...7 EDSML|STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT| || Assignment title|| In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found.| Criteria reference|To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the student is able to:||Task no.||Evidence| 1|Explanation of the importance of strategic human resource management in organisations||1.1||| 1|Assessment of the purpose of strategic human resource management activities in an organisation||1.2||| 1|Evaluation of the contribution of strategic human resource management to the achievement of an organisation’s objectives||1.3||| 2|Analysis of the business factors that underpin human resource planning in an organisation||2.1||| 2|Assessment of the human resource requirements in a given situation||2.2||| 2|A human resources plan for an organisation||2.3||| 2|Evaluation of how a human resources plan can contribute to meeting an organisation’s objectives||2.4||| 3|Explanation of the purpose of human resource management policies in organisations||3.1||| 3|Analysis of the impact of regulatory requirements on human resource policies in an organisation||3.2||| 4|Analysis of the impact of an organisational structure on the management of human resources||4.1||| 4|Analysis of the impact of an organisational culture on the management of human resources||4.2||| 4|Examination of how the effectiveness of human resources management is monitored...
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...32 Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 2004 42(1) Human resource management strategies in practice: Case-study findings in multinational firms Irene K.H. Chew* Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Frank M. Horwitz* University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Competitive pressures have increased the strategic value of a skilled, motivated and adaptable workforce, and the HRM strategies to support and develop it. A strategic perspective of HRM requires the firm to identify and adopt human capital initiatives likely to enhance competitiveness and shareholder value. A key question considered here is the extent to which multinational firms adapt internally consistent human resource strategies across national boundaries to address these issues. Case-study data on how eight multinational firms in Singapore apply strategic approaches to human resource management are presented. Findings show that while some adaptation considering local context occurs, the diffusion of headquarters and centrally initiated, but competitively differentiated strategies across cultural boundaries, is significant. Effective human resource strategies were understood as ‘configurational’, integrated both vertically and horizontally. Keywords: convergent/divergent practices, human resource strategy, multinational firms There is a paucity of empirical, especially case-study research on human resource management (HRM) strategies of multinational...
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...2. Identify at least three strategically relevant HR systems policies and activities that Siemens has instituted in order to help human resource management contribute to achieving Siemens’ strategic goals. (L02- Assessment Criteria 2.1) 3. Siemens’ as we know is an MNC. Analyze its legal influences in the areas of Employee Relations with reference to its operations in Dubai. (L02- Assessment Criteria 2.2 and L03 Assessment Criteria 3.1) Case Study : Integrating of Strategy and Human Resource Management The experiences of several organizations provide good examples of the integration of strategy and human resource management. One such example is provided by the experiences of People’s Bank, a financial services company headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Massive changes began to take place in the business environment of banking with deregulation and relaxation of ceilings on interest. Money markets began to drain off funds that ordinarily went into banks’ deposits, forcing them to rely on more expensive sources of funds. Further, the money center banks began to compete in the same middle markets as regional banks. People’s, which was a small regional bank, responded by changing its strategy from a product orientation to one directed toward markets. With a product orientation, products are developed and then markets are sought out in which to sell the product. Conversely, a market orientation involves an opposite approach in that market demands are determined...
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...maintaining control on employee’s activities as well as the employee’s management policies through the development of the Human Resource Management Department. This shows that how important role HR plays in maintain the employees satisfied within any organization. This research study is focused on studying the impact of HR and business strategy alignment on job performance and employee satisfaction. This research used deductive approach as this study find out the impact of aligning HR with business strategy and effect of job environment on employee satisfaction. The survey questionnaire method is used to get reliable and valid results based on close ended questions having a 5-Likert scale to measure the attitude of employees and employers towards the impact of aligning HR with business strategy and effect of job environment on employee satisfaction at Siemens. The research used SPSS for analysing quantitative information by using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. Research shows that Siemens align HR practices and business strategy. From regression analysis, it is found that alignment of Human Resource practices with the business strategies of Siemens has significant impact on job environment and insignificant impact on employee satisfaction. Moreover, it is found that there is a significant impact of alignment of Human Resource practices with the business strategies on job environment and Siemens job environment is satisfactory as analysis showed the employees are satisfied...
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...Siemens is a 150 year old German Company, but it is not the company it was few years ago. Until recently. Siemens focused on producing electrical products. Today the firm has diversified into software, engineering, and services, and also global, with over 4, 00,000 employees working in 190 countries. In other words, Siemens became a world leader by pursuing a corporate strategy that emphasized diversifying into high tech products and services and doing so on a global basis. With a corporate strategy like that, human resource management plays a big role at Siemens. Sophisticated engineering and services require more focus on employee selection, training, and compensation than in the average firm, and globalisation requires delivering these services globally. Siemens sums up the basic themes of its HR strategy in several points. These include: 1. A living company is a learning company. The high tech nature of Siemens's business means that employees must be able to learn on a continuing basis. Siemens uses its system of combined classroom and hands on apprenticeship training around the world to help facilitate this. It also offers employees extensive continuing education and management development. 2. Global teamwork is the key to developing and using all the potential of the firm's human resources. Because it is so important from employees throughout Siemens to fee! free to work together and interact, employee's have to understand the whole process, not just bits and pieces...
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...Siemens Corporate Strategies: A Siemens AG Case Study Jeff Head Loyola University Chicago Foundations of Organization CPST 250 Dr. Marilyn Stocker February 13, 2015 Siemens AG, An Organizational Analysis “Siemens is a global technologies company comprised of 343,000 employees worldwide” (Karczewski, 2014). For the purpose of this paper an analysis of the company will be presented, to include a look at the company mission, human resources, markets, products offered, recent financial performance, and how engineering plays a major role in Siemens AG. Description of the Organization In 2013, Peter Loscher was replaced as CEO of Siemens AG by the current CEO Joe Kaeser. The following year Kaeser presented “Vision 2020”, a comprehensive plan to get the company back on track. This vision provided focus on the company’s path, positioning, culture and strategy. The strategic framework to support the vision centered on the company with four contributing elements: Customer and Business Focus, Governance, Management Model and Ownership Culture. Siemens History and Operations “Siemens was first founded in 1887 and started to expand with mass production and established a branch in Saint Petersburg and London for Russian lines and English lines” (Choudhary, 2013). It increased its production and started producing electrical power, lighting, and other advances after the Industrial Revolution, which enabled it to gain strength. After the end of World War II, it faced expropriation of over...
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...1) Based on the information in this case, provide examples, for Siemens, of at least four strategically required organizational outcomes, and four required workforce competencies and behaviors. a) High technology products and services -Siemens Company established more than hundred years. The high technology nature of Siemens’ business allow employee to learn on a continuing basis. The most important thing is Siemens provide employees extensive continuing education and management development. They are also training employees for jobs that are new to them. This will not only can motivate employee to learn more but also can enhance the image of the Company itself directly. b) Team work management -team work management is essential for a corporation to be successful. This is because employee productivity is likely to be enhanced through existence of unity in the marketplace. If everyone works as a team and noticed the vision and mission of the company are going to achieve, the managers and employees will have a easier time arriving at a consensus when important decision are made. c) Expand products to global -Siemens wants to expand their business to become globalization and wants have the competitive advantage as compared to other company so the wealth of nationalities, cultures, languages, and outlooks represented by its employees is one of its most valuable asset. Siemens Human Resource understands their responsibilities which is placing right person in the right job. ...
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...Siemens Builds a Strategy-Oriented Hr System SIEMENS BUILDS A STRATEGY-ORIENTATED HR SYSTEM 1) Based on the information in this case, provide examples for Siemens of at least four strategically required organizational outcomes, and four required workforce competencies and behaviors. • Organizational outcomes are the results that follow from a preceding set of events and activities. In the application case, Siemens wants the following results, among others: A) Develop high-tech products and services, which also have to be very innovative and valuable B) Be a “learning company”, which means that employees have to be able to learn on a continuing basis C) A culture of team work to take advantage of all the potential of the employees D) Mutual respect and social roles in the employees to help creating a climate of transparency, fairness and diversity • Workforce competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic aims: A) Diversified workforce and cross-cultural experience to cope with globalization B) Teamwork skills C) Learning environment so the employees are open to learn new things on a daily basis D) Respect, openness and social skills 2) Identify at least four strategically relevant HR policies and activities that Siemens has instituted in order to help human resource management contribute to achieving Siemens’ strategic goals. A) Training and development activities to help employees learn on a continuing basis. It consists on a system of combined...
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...SIEMENS BUILDS A STRATEGY-ORIENTATED HR SYSTEM 1) Based on the information in this case, provide examples for Siemens of at least four strategically required organizational outcomes, and four required workforce competencies and behaviors. • Organizational outcomes are the results that follow from a preceding set of events and activities. In the application case, Siemens wants the following results, among others: A) Develop high-tech products and services, which also have to be very innovative and valuable B) Be a “learning company”, which means that employees have to be able to learn on a continuing basis C) A culture of team work to take advantage of all the potential of the employees D) Mutual respect and social roles in the employees to help creating a climate of transparency, fairness and diversity • Workforce competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic aims: A) Diversified workforce and cross-cultural experience to cope with globalization B) Teamwork skills C) Learning environment so the employees are open to learn new things on a daily basis D) Respect, openness and social skills 2) Identify at least four strategically relevant HR policies and activities that Siemens has instituted in order to help human resource management contribute to achieving Siemens’ strategic goals. A) Training and development activities to help employees learn on a continuing basis. It consists on a system of combined classroom and hands-on apprenticeship...
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...SIEMENS COMPANY ANALYSIS Matthew Ady, Mark Marcus, Mariana Florea Strategic Management Dr. Carrick May 3, 2014 Section I: Energy Sector Macro Analysis The external environment for international business is always complicated and dynamic. The macro-environment analysis of Siemens is based from two perspectives: one is that Siemens run its business in German and the other condition is that it runs its business internationally or in other destination countries. Political: Political factors always have great impact over the macro-environment in which the business runs, so multi-national companies need to do research on political environment before their international marketing planning. Siemens is doing well in evaluating political risk before it enters a new market. It is lucky for it that Germen government has steady relationship with lots of countries. Siemens often need to evaluate the historical relationship between countries that would benefit or do harm to its business. The influence of communities or unions for trading is also in its consideration. For example, trade barrier is also implemented in different firms of local laws. If necessary, a report regarding the political risks needs to be completed before its international marketing (Bell, 2001). Economic: The economic situation in destination countries, the impact of currency fluctuations on exchange rates, the development of local market, the local market structure (Barney, 1996), the local human resources...
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...SIEMENS BUILDS A STRATEGY-ORIENTATED HR SYSTEM 1) Based on the information in this case, provide examples for Siemens of at least four strategically required organizational outcomes, and four required workforce competencies and behaviors. • Organizational outcomes are the results that follow from a preceding set of events and activities. In the application case, Siemens wants the following results, among others: A) Develop high-tech products and services, which also have to be very innovative and valuable B) Be a “learning company”, which means that employees have to be able to learn on a continuing basis C) A culture of team work to take advantage of all the potential of the employees D) Mutual respect and social roles in the employees to help creating a climate of transparency, fairness and diversity • Workforce competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic aims: A) Diversified workforce and cross-cultural experience to cope with globalization B) Teamwork skills C) Learning environment so the employees are open to learn new things on a daily basis D) Respect, openness and social skills 2) Identify at least four strategically relevant HR policies and activities that Siemens has instituted in order to help human resource management contribute to achieving Siemens’ strategic goals. A) Training and development activities to help employees learn on a continuing basis. It consists on a system of combined classroom and hands-on apprenticeship...
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...Strategic solutions 1. In the very beginning of the new product development process, a feasibility study and a business case is conducted in order to assess whether the project is going to bring benefits to the company. If the result is positive and shows that there is a market, it means that the project has a strong business case and it will be compared with other projects in order to have an accurate position among many other projects. Thus, the company would have a more logical resource allocation. We identify this routine carried out by R&D department in SIT is a process in the Boston Consulting Group portfolio model. 2. The different group of projects in R&D. We identify “buckets” as a reflection on the Boston Consulting Group portfolio model. For instance, New Platform Portfolio can be considered as the Wildcat business which the degree of market attractiveness is high but Siemens business position is weak. Siemens just enter a new market; a large amount of R&D resources is needed. Once, this new product has fully developed, it is transferred to the Existing Product Portfolio which we think is corresponding with the Star business which also needs much spending in R&D activities. However, Star business can bring lots of benefits and profits for the company. Furthermore, the project carried out in Technology portfolio are also part of the strategic solution. This is the innovation part in which we try to have strategic planning with a 15 year perspective...
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...Cornell University ILR School DigitalCommons@ILR Visiting Fellow Working Papers International Programs 3-1-2005 The Role of Corporate HR Funcitons in MNCs: The Interplay Between Corporate, Regional/ National and Plant Level Elaine Farndale Erasmus University Rotterdam, farndale@few.eur.nl Jaap Paauwe Erasmus University Rotterdam, paauwe@few.eur.nl Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/intlvf Part of the Human Resources Management Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the International Programs at DigitalCommons@ILR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Visiting Fellow Working Papers by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@ILR. For more information, please contact jdd10@cornell.edu. The Role of Corporate HR Funcitons in MNCs: The Interplay Between Corporate, Regional/National and Plant Level Abstract The HR literature has been abundant in providing typologies of the roles of HR professionals in their organisation. These typologies are largely related to the changing nature of HRM over time, and the context in which empirical work was carried out. In this paper we focus on the context of the increasing internationalisation of firms and how this has an effect upon modern-day typologies of HR roles. We explore these roles by focusing on the way in which HRM practices come about. Especially in a MNC setting of increasing internationalisation of firms the issues of coordination, shared...
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...Value Chain Management, VIA University College Horsens Authors: Thomas Gottlob Ployart Wetche 2036932 Kristina Hemmingsen 2029398 Pawel Rosiak 2008258 Ioan Stavarache 2020733 Filip Petru 2020724 Supervisor: Erik Aaen Project: SPV 4 Project Date: 10 June 2010 Contents Table of figures: 6 0.0 Problem formulation 8 0.1 Background description: 8 0.2 Purpose: 8 0.4 Problem statement: 8 0.5 Delimitation: 8 0.6 Choice of methods and models: 9 0.7 Time schedule 10 1.0 Introduction 11 1.1 Value chain analysis 11 Optimization of the value chain at Siemens Wind Power 11 1.2 Primary Activities: 13 1.2.1 Inbound Logistics: 13 1.2.2 Operations: 13 1.2.3 Outbound Logistics 13 1.2.4 Marketing and Sales: 14 1.2.5 Service 15 1.3 Support Activities 15 1.3.1 Procurement 15 1.3.2 Technology Development 16 1.3.3 Human Resource Management 16 1.3.4 Firm Infrastructure 16 1.4 Choosing the right supply chain strategy 17 1.5 Supply Chain Strategies 17 1.5.1 Innovative Products with Evolving Supply Processes 18 1.6 The Right Supply Chain Strategy 18 The concept of agility : 18 1.7 Summarize 19 2.0 How can Siemens optimize the cross functional communication? 19 2.1 Resources and capability model 20 2.2 Obstacles when using the strategic resources and capability model 21 2.3 Issues within the organization 22 2.4 Root causes for the internal challenges: 23 ...
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...2012 Liang, Marier, and Cui 55 S Y East Meets West P O S I U Strategic Human Resource Management in China: by Xiaoya Liang, Janet H. Marier, and Zhiyu Cui Executive Overview This paper outlines important ideological, institutional, and cultural contexts that shape what strategic human resource management practices are possible in Ghina. A detailed review of the main components of the high-performance work systems model suggests that when they are introduced into the Ghinese socioeconomic and political context, the cost-benefit calculus for high-performance work system human resource management practices is different from that in the U.S. context. Yet, in our review of Ghina-based strategic human resource management research we find the expected positive relationship between high-performance work systems and organizational performance in companies operating in Ghina. We conclude with a case example to illustrate how Ghinese firms might be both adopting and adapting the high-performance work system model to better fit their current cultural and economic context. T he Study of strategic human resource management (SHRM) emerged out of researchers' interests in understanding the relationship between human resource management and organizational performance (Delery & Doty, 1996; Kaufman, 2007). Since the late 1980s, most research evidence in this vein has been collected from firms located in the United States (see Combs, Liu, Hall, &. Ketchen, 2006; Huselid...
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