HRM Contributions Flashcards
What often happens in terms of HR within SME’s?
Cost conscious so don’t employ HR until really needed
Might outsource but keep for admin
Might hire HR generalist
What was Truss & Gill’s investigation?
Investigated value adding and value reducing activities in an NHS hospital
Value adding - visible and active HR leader, timely responses
Value reducing - poor time scales in recruitment, poor union employer relationships
What does Greiner say about a growing organisation?
Goes through a series of crises
Crisis of control
Need to pull back together
Crisis of red tape
What do Boxall & Purcell say about diversification?
Can lead to different strategies in different sub units
Can HR be outsourced?
Only areas that don’t contribute to strategic success otherwise held externally
Wahrenburg - clerical functions often outsourced
What does Woodall say about outsourcing?
If HR is completely outsourced, message is that they aren’t considered to be central to management of people in providing competitive advantage
What are Perlmutter’s staffing strategies?
Regiocentric
Polycentric
Ethnocentric
Geocentric
Why is the third sector fragile?
Fragile to changes in donor behaviour
Recruitment and retention difficult
How does an expatriate placement work?
Short term, long term or business trip
Short term less than 12 months - no support
Long term- over 12 months - high coat of support for family - 3/4 times salary
What do Harry & Collings say about localisation?
Increase in last decade
How does Ulrich say HR can add value?
Through compliance with legal requirements
What reasons does Strack give for transferring staff to another country?
Development of individual
Knowledge of market/product
Strengthen international competencies
What are similarities in HR in the public and private sector?
NHS nurses and courier
Empowerment, training & learning
What do the following people say about HRM?
Glover and Butler
Wright and McMahan
Glover & Butler - study highlights contribution of HR behind the scenes. Work not always visible so not credited with benefit
Wright & McMahan - HR must be explicit in order to identify benefit
What did Michael Porter say about value?
Economist
Value can be added through adding features or reducing costs
Describe a Regiocentric approach to recruitment
Give autonomy in decision making to allow local responsiveness
Risk of knowledge that parent does not benefit from
Describe a geocentric approach to recruitment
Resource best person regardless of nationality
What is a self initiated expatriate?
Independently moves abroad for employment - no additional support
Fitzgerald - reasons may be career development, no family ties, location of vacancy
May provide support in recruitment, training and non work support
Describe a polycentric approach to recruitment
Operations managed by HCN’s
Reduced knowledge transfer
Describe and ethnocentric approach to recruitment
Strategic decisions made by headquarters and qualified managers available from home
Limits opportunity to promote HCN to management
What is strategic international HRM?
Shluer - issues, functions, policies and practices that result from the strategic activities of MNE
Discuss HRM in the private sector
Costs important and tracked
Links between performance and HR alignment with strategy
HR need to challenge line managers
What are the 3 major components influenced by the MNE strategic activities?
Issues - how much control to allow local business
Functions - do local divisions tailor HR operations?
Policies & practices - general guidelines on how people will be managed - take into account local legislation
What did Gould-Williams say about public sector organisations?
Have staff costs of at least 50% of budget
HR can add value by reducing this
