People and Organisations - MN7181 (Blog 01)

GLOBAL ISSUES ON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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Introduction to Human resource management

Definition:
Human resource management (HRM) is a strategic, integrated and coherent approach to the employment, development, and well-being of the people working in organizations (Armstrong, 2011).

Human resource management involves all management decisions and activities that affect the nature of the relationship between the organization and its employees – its human resources. (Beer et al, 1984)

HRM comprises a set of policies designed to maximize organizational integration, employee commitment, flexibility and quality of work. (Guest, 1987)

The objectives of HRM

The overall purpose of human resource management is to ensure that the organization is able to achieve success through people. HRM aims to increase organizational effectiveness and capability – the capacity of an organization to achieve its goals by making the best use of the resources available to it.

Ulrich and Lake (1990) remarked that: ‘HRM systems can be the source of organizational capabilities that allow firms to learn and capitalize on new opportunities.' But HRM has an ethical dimension which means that it must also be concerned with the rights and needs of people in organizations through the exercise of social responsibility.

Global challenges identified in modern human resource management literature.

The challenges include skills shortages, talent management, shifting demographics, work/life balance, and managing intergenerational and intercultural work groups. Approaches to these challenges are discussed as reported in the literature of human resource management, library management, and information technology (Munde, 2010). 

The success of a multinational company depends on international human resource management. Human resources managers are kind of people managers of any business organization and are responsible for managing a wide range of employees. The human resource manager in a multi-national company with divisions or subsidiaries in foreign countries has all the normal HR responsibilities plus a brace of additional tasks that are specific to offshore operations of his department (Munde, 2010).

Rapidly change in information technology is the key challenge, when managing a wide range of employees in a modern organization. 

References

Armstrong, M., (2009) Armstrong’s handbook of human resource management practice, 11th edition, Kogan page, London

Beer, M., Spector, B., Lawrence, P., Quinn Mills, D. and Walton, R., (1984) Managing Human Assets, The Free Press, New York

Guest, D. E., (1987) Human resource management and industrial relations, Journal of Management Studies, 14 (5), pp 503–21

Munde, G., (2010) Global Issues in Human Resource Management and Their Significance to Information Organizations and Information Professionals, East Carolina University, USA

Ulrich, D. and Lake, D., (1990) Organizational Capability: Competing from the inside out, Wiley, New York

Comments

  1. Upul MedakotuwaApril 14, 2018 at 10:31 AM

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  2. Subash WijerathneApril 14, 2018 at 5:29 PM

    Suggest to add some examples as well. But still you have done a really good job even without examples.

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    1. UnknownApril 14, 2018 at 8:21 PM

      Thanks. Those will be addressed in future blogs.

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  3. Thameera galkaduwaApril 14, 2018 at 6:40 PM

    Good start. It would add more colour to your blog if you can discuss each HRM issue separately with good examples in future. Keep it up.

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    1. UnknownApril 14, 2018 at 8:24 PM

      Thanks. I Will add user friendly colours in future.

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  4. UpulApril 16, 2018 at 4:06 AM

    Very good start .Prefer if you could add some figures to explain the content.

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  5. AnonymousApril 16, 2018 at 5:29 PM

    Good referencing, better if you would add one or two examples as well.

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  6. darshanaApril 18, 2018 at 11:47 AM

    well organized, good job

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  7. Sachie HennadigeJune 25, 2018 at 10:40 PM

    great going. add some examples as well

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  8. Dr. Rizvan JaldeenJune 28, 2018 at 10:42 PM

    Good write up, add some examples from global firms. Good referencing and intext citations

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    1. Dr. Rizvan JaldeenJuly 2, 2018 at 12:45 AM

      please get these blogs peer reviewed and also write the others asap

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  9. SachithraJuly 6, 2018 at 5:32 AM

    Good structured essay. Keep up good work.

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  10. UnknownJuly 6, 2018 at 5:39 PM

    Good content and well explained article..

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  11. NeranjiJuly 6, 2018 at 5:45 PM

    Well arranged flow.. you have illustrated latest HR challenges.. Good examples might increase the value of this artcle. Good luck!

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