...Assessment 1: Discuss the ways strategic human resource management (SHRM) could contribute to organisational performance in the next five years. Human resource management (HRM) is the function within an organisation that focuses on its most valued asset – its personnel. HRM is one of the most important functions in any business and is detrimental to the company’s overall success. It has taken quite a while for HRM to be adopted into the business strategy as organisations were unwilling to accept or change their ways. Their focus was on economic growth for the company. However researchers such as Hezberg, Maslow and Lewin revealed that employee performance was influenced by their social and emotional needs and their desire for interesting work. This is when the shift began for companies to not only focus on economic growth, but to satisfy the needs of their employees in order to improve performance and productivity which will bring greater success to the company. Human resource management has a number of key policy areas including recruitment and selection, job analysis and design, workforce planning, performance management, training and development and career planning. It is through these policies that we can understand the concept of strategic human resource management (SHRM). SHRM explicitly links these policies, practices and systems to enable the achievements of an organisations strategy and goals. In my understanding, SHRM represents an attempt to methodically manage...
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...Effects of Social Media on Hospitality/Tourism Name: Institution: Date: Introduction Since the turn of the century, there has been an upsurge in the use of social media. As a result, many tourism organizations that include hotels, travel agencies, and airline companies have started using the internet as one of the important tools in marketing and communication strategies. Many businesses within the hospitality industry rely on good reviews from their customers, and social media is offering this as a natural marketing tool (Bennet, 2012). The use of social media have become very widespread, and the travelers use these sites consistently to brag about their great experiences as well as express displeasure with poor experiences. This is a natural way through which the social media is impacting the hospitality and tourism industry. After realizing the power of social media, businesses are also leveraging on the wide presence of customers in social media to communicate, engage, and market their services and products to the customers (Guzel & Sengun, 2015). The growth of social media has had immense impacts on social media that range from marketing, communication, and even corporate social responsibility. This paper conducts a literature review on the effects of social media on hospitality and tourism. Literature Review According to Mahmood A Khan (2012), the benefits of social media can be very helpful in marketing and management in hospitality and tourism. He states...
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...Effects of Social Media on Hospitality/Tourism Name: Institution: Date: Introduction Since the turn of the century, there has been an upsurge in the use of social media. As a result, many tourism organizations that include hotels, travel agencies, and airline companies have started using the internet as one of the important tools in marketing and communication strategies. Many businesses within the hospitality industry rely on good reviews from their customers, and social media is offering this as a natural marketing tool (Bennet, 2012). The use of social media have become very widespread, and the travelers use these sites consistently to brag about their great experiences as well as express displeasure with poor experiences. This is a natural way through which the social media is impacting the hospitality and tourism industry. After realizing the power of social media, businesses are also leveraging on the wide presence of customers in social media to communicate, engage, and market their services and products to the customers (Guzel & Sengun, 2015). The growth of social media has had immense impacts on social media that range from marketing, communication, and even corporate social responsibility. This paper conducts a literature review on the effects of social media on hospitality and tourism. Literature Review According to Mahmood A Khan (2012), the benefits of social media can be very helpful in marketing and management in hospitality and tourism. He states...
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...BUS 520: Leadership and Organizational Management Submitted to: Dr. Thomas Schaefer, Strayer University Instructor Submitted by: Aythea L. Jackson 1. Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRAs) in your current (or future) workplace. Most employers have realized that employees send a great deal of time within the week in the environment. Due to the time spent in close professional relationships, people learn of similar interests such as education, intellectual interests, common personal acquaintances, as well as shared workplace stresses, and/or pleasantries, therefore personal relationships often evolve. In a 2005 SHRM poll (Parks, 2006) 40 percent of employee acknowledge being involved in a workplace romance, yet only 12 percent of organizations have a formal or written workplace romance policy. (Shellenbarger, 2004) Employers often in past practices had an established policy or non-fraternization between employees. In at least two of my past employers I have had to sign a policy of non-fraternization. Now is it realistic to think a policy like that can be fully enforced? Relationships forged at work have led to people eating lunch together, attending church with one another or may even visit one another’s home. In some instances, the relationship between co-workers can change from being platonic to romantic. While the ban of dating between co-workers...
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...Determining HRIS Needs Jane R. Alleyne Instructor: Dr. Jack Huddleston Strategic Human Resource Management - HRM 520 July 28, 2013 1. Assess the types of changes and new developments in technology and government regulations that should be considered in long-range planning requirements for updating or replacing a HRIS. Rapid change in technology, market competition and government regulations can make long term planning very difficult, when updating or replacing a HRIS. One of the critical quality control functions the planning team must enforce is phase containment. That is organizations should identify problems as early as possible in the life cycle of a system and deal with those problems at that time rather than allowing them to continue possibly leading to greater and more costly rework and modifications later Kavanagh, Thite & Johnson(2012, p. 102). Phase containment is a quality control principle that should guide all HRIS projects, Kavanagh, Thite & Johnson (2012, p. 102). Conversely, some changes to consider are: 1. Portable Device Security 5. Same Sex Marriage 2. Affirmative Action Tracking 6. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 3. EEO/OSHA Compliance Reports 7. Health Care Benefits – How to determine 4. Immigration Reform average hours worked for eligibility 2. Identify three (3) advantages (other than time) of using interviews and focus groups for...
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...mobile and diverse workforce and to stay competitive in their marketplace, they must be able to attract and retain qualified employees while staying focused on their business. Human Resources departments are faced with numerous tasks and they must not only stay up to date and offer appealing benefit packages, but also keep up with the everyday supervision of the department and its programs. It is the constant administration of these duties which are so time consuming. The supervision of these duties are viewed as operational costs. These resources and time can be focused on more important issues. Companies are looking to outsource these administrative duties. Benefits “R” Us is the perfect solution for these companies. 4.1 Target Market Segment Strategy BENEFITS “R” US will target companies with 10 to 1000 employees. It is our goal to provide quality benefits and outstanding customer service for the small to midsize company who are often ignored in the benefits market. The outsourcing of these administrative functions is beneficial for these small companies. Companies are paying for a service and are not laden with additional operating expenses. 4.1.1 Market Needs The outsourcing of any administrative business function can really be an advantage to any size or type of company. Human Resource professionals need to...
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...Human Resource Management 1. Executive Summary Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) has established great in recent years in the fields of Human Resource Management (HRM). SHRM is the new concept for both the strategic management field and the human resource management field. The SHRM concept is based mainly on the HRM Practices, which are the main force driving organizational performance. SHRM is concerned with approaches to HRM practices as a critical strategic dimension affecting organization performance; which is the objective of this assignment. Strategic human resource management enhances organizational effectiveness and also productivity. The implementations of the HRM practices mentioned in this assignment are able to achieve their goals and objectives. This assignment on SHRM highlights its importance in TECO Electric and Machinery Pte Ltd. And it focuses on what best practices of strategic planning the organization can achieve organizational effectiveness and performance. 2. Introduction 2.1. Human Resource Management (HRM): Torrington, Hall and Taylor (2005, p.14) defines Human Resource Management is a series of activities which: first enables working people and the organization which uses their skills to agree about the objectives and nature of their working relationship and, secondly, ensures that the agreement is fulfilled. Armstrong (2008, p.5) defines HRM as a strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization’s most valued assets...
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...An organization that I am a familiar with is SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management). This organization is focused on every aspect of human resources. SHRM has a very well managed website with detailed information about legal issues, Hr disciplines, Rules & regulations, job ads and much more. SHRM is used by almost every person that has worked in the human resource department or who is seeking work in the human resource department. I use it daily to guild me through my day to day responsibilities in my current position. In thinking of the current trends in training the most appropriate to the SHRM organization is aligning training with business strategy because this is just what the organization does. It forms all of the resources, education and legal knowledge that you need and stores it all in one location so that a business associate can research and get the answers that they need as far as human resources goes. Every company has a human resource department or a human resource representative that handles the day to day operations of payroll etc. In knowing that companies must continuously train employees to better the business, this organization supports the direction that human resource department should be going in, which supports the direction of how the human resources manager trains their staff, which supports the business managers who worked together with employees to supply great detailed and knowledgably customer service to the customer. After all the main...
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...FEMSA – Organization Development – HR Sustainment Intervention Fomento Economico Mexicano, known as Femsa (FMX) sustainability program keeps evolving with new acquisition and joint business ventures. In 2011, FEMSA and business segments required an organization development planned change to improve the corporation’s sustainability. Our research will focus on the corporations five core areas: ethics and corporate values; quality of life in the company; health and wellness, community engagement and, environment care. The OD practitioner used the well know Lewin’s Action Research theory, which is composed of repetitive four step process: diagnostic, planning, plan execution, and plan evaluation (Cheung-Judge, M., & Holbeche, L. 2011) FEMSA is a leading company that participates in the non-alcoholic beverage industry through Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), the largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world in terms of sales volume; in the retail industry through FEMSA Comercio, operating the largest and fastest-growing chain of stores in Latin America, and in the beer industry, through its ownership of the second largest equity stake in Heineken, one of the world’s leading brewers with operations in over 70 countries. KOF invested more than Ps. 28,000 million in mergers and acquisitions during 2011, to consolidate its leadership position in Mexico and Latin America, while entering the milk and value-added dairy products category with a leading...
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...1. How many members are there in SHRM? There are over 250,000 members in SHRM, spread out in 160 different countries. This is the world’s largest HR membership organization. There are more than 575 affiliated chapters in the United States, with subsidiary chapters in China, India, and United Arab Estates. This large organization has focus on being the leading provider of resources to serve the needs of HR professionals and advance the professional practice of human resource management. SHRM is a great tool for human resource professionals and leaders in many companies. Forty percent of members have titles of director or above. Fifty percent of members work in organizations with more than 500 employees. 2. What types of careers are available in the HRM field? Cite three of these and provide a description of each of the three. Director of Human Resources at Atlas Technologies, Inc. in Charleston South Carolina: They are looking for a motivated, hands-on Human Resources professional who wants to define their future with an IT defense firm focused on accountability and growth. It would be a leadership position to develop, oversee, and contribute to benefits administration, recruiting, learning & development, compensation and employee relations. The ideal candidate has more than 15 years of progressive experience as a Human Resources professional who will develop and lead strategic corporate initiatives. Director, Recruiting at Progressive Insurance, in Cleveland...
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...Strategic Management of Human Resources Section A: (Take around 15 minutes to answer each question, 1 or max 1.5 pages for each question) 1. What do we mean by the terms ‘Best fit’ and ‘Best practice’ to describe SHRM (Strategic Human Resource Management). Which is better? Use any short case examples to illustrate your discussion? The best answers will be offering a sharp definition, discussion of the key differential factors associated with the models and a critique of the issues and tensions organizations face. The best answers will introduce the strategy process behind the models, planning, competence and the flow from the business strategy. They will be able to focus around the vision of the organization the values and how this is worked through with better examples. 2. How are Human Resource Departments responding to the challenge of SHRM? Answers will use the Ulrich or similar framework and assessing the challenges HR faces with respect to becoming strategic actors and business partners. They will be able to offer more contemporary information / discussion updating progress toward becoming business partners and change agents with some examples beyond the basic module guide. This will offer a critical and challenging view point. They will offer a comprehensive update on what it means to measure HR value added, develop the function around consultancy and basic service functions and be able to offer more on audit and the relationship with other line...
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...What do we mean by the terms ‘best fit’ and ‘best practice ‘to describe SHRM. Use any short case examples to illustrate your discussion? REWARD What are the main elements/components of a reward strategy?may 2012 , MAY 2011 What should organisations consider when developing a reward strategy? OCT 2012 What are the main features of Lawler’s model on strategic issues in reward management? RECRUITMENT & Selection process How can recruitment and selection processes contribute to strategic HRM? MAY 2012 How can recruitment and selection processes contribute to strategic HRM? OCT 2012 How do recruitment and selection practices help to deliver SHRM? MAY 2011 LEARNING ORGANISATION / ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPEMENT Discuss the main features of a Learning Organisation. Why is it important in a strategic HRD approach to organising development? oct 2012 How does the ‘Learning Organisation’ approach seek to deliver organizational success? MAY 2011 Discuss the main features of a Learning Organisation. Why is important in a strategic HRD approach To organising development? Outline the main features of the organisational development process as laid down by Beckard? HUMAN RESOURCE PLANING How does modern human resource planning relate to human resource strategy and how does it differ from manpower planning?may 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Outline the main principles of human resource planning. 1. Specify the data that you would need to analyse the potential...
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...PEST Analysis in strategic Human Resources Planning Hamid Reza Qasemi Islamic Azad University of Iran, Aligoodarz Branch Hamid-reza@myway.com Abstract: The present complex world require as far as is feasible, it consider impact of important factors related to organizations in strategic planning. The strategic planning of business includes all functional subdivisions and forwards them in a united direction. One of these subsystems is human resource management. Strategic human resource management comes after the strategic planning, and followed by strategic human resource planning as a major activity in SHRM. In strategic human resource planning, it can use different analytical methods and techniques that one of them is PEST analysis. This paper introduces how to apply it in a new manner. This manner is result of practical case of application of SHRP in an organization. Key words: PEST Analysis/ Strategic Human Resource Planning/ Strategic Human resource Management. 1. Introduction: Planning is about change and change management is a difficult. Rise and fall of strategic planning indicates organizations find tools to help to navigate organization's ship into the uncertain water of change. Success of a program is difficult to assess, as changing objectives and goals and the results are not simply measurable (Martinez: 1999). The organizations always are attempting to coordinate their resources, feasibilities, tools and capital in certain framework for...
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...| Individual Report | | Nguyen Long Hai | 11/15/2013 | Word Count: 1234 | Outline 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Strategic Human Resource Management 3.1 Why is SHRM Important? 3.0 Competitive Advantages 4.2 Improvement in Customers and Employees Satisfaction 4.3 Greater productivity 4.0 Challenges in Implementing SHRM 5.4 Limited Time, Money, and Resources 5.5 Economic and Market Pressure 5.0 Evaluation on Strategies 6.0 Conclusion 7.0 References 1.0 Introduction Human resource management is a system, which manages important dimensions of human resource such as policies, practices, and structure of the company that would have impact upon employees’ behavior, attitudes, and performance. Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is a specified strategy, which is specifically designed to enable businesses and corporation to archive their goals as well as their employees’ needs. Moreover, Michie and Sheehan (2005) provide the definition of strategic human resource management as is the process of structurally planned HR tasks and deployment with the intention of enhancing an organization or company to gain its aims. 2.0 Strategic Human Resource Management Strategic human resource management is established through the process of analyzing and design of work, human resource planning, recruiting of employees, selecting employees, training and developing employees’ skills, compensating, performance managing, and...
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...HRIS on Human Resource Professionals: 4 Implementation issues of HRIS in Organization: 5 References: 5 Working Title: The role of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) in a Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) The proposal is to examine the concepts underpinning the role of human resource information systems and explores its application in circumstances of human resource strategies. The concepts of information systems involved in the SHRM are furnished to view for the practitioners. Introduction: An information system in human resource department is an emerging as a most important field of management. The quality and development of the contribution of information systems in strategic human management is measured that global competition, technological changes and the competitive advantages in an organisations are the primary motives towards the information systems. Fundamentally, this improvement in a human resource department is the imperative to prepare and develop in strategic of the human resource. According to the author Dessler (1999), in the field of human resource management (HRM), issues of the HRM is the major concerns at all levels of the managers. Strategic related in human resource management in an organisations plays a vital role in providing with the attempts of initial plans and models which turns into a key success factors to support the objectives of the managerial. Aim and Objectives: * To explore the involvement of HRIS in SHRM *...
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