HRM Contributions

Question 0

What often happens in terms of HR within SME’s?

Answer 0

Cost conscious so don’t employ HR until really needed

Might outsource but keep for admin

Might hire HR generalist

Question 1

What was Truss & Gill’s investigation?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What does Greiner say about a growing organisation?

Answer 2

Goes through a series of crises

Crisis of control
Need to pull back together
Crisis of red tape

Question 3

What do Boxall & Purcell say about diversification?

Answer 3

Can lead to different strategies in different sub units

Question 4

Can HR be outsourced?

Answer 4

Only areas that don’t contribute to strategic success otherwise held externally

Wahrenburg - clerical functions often outsourced

Question 5

What does Woodall say about outsourcing?

Answer 5

If HR is completely outsourced, message is that they aren’t considered to be central to management of people in providing competitive advantage

Question 6

What are Perlmutter’s staffing strategies?

Answer 6

Regiocentric
Polycentric
Ethnocentric
Geocentric

Question 7

Why is the third sector fragile?

Answer 7

Fragile to changes in donor behaviour

Recruitment and retention difficult

Question 8

How does an expatriate placement work?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What do Harry & Collings say about localisation?

Answer 9

Increase in last decade

Question 10

How does Ulrich say HR can add value?

Answer 10

Through compliance with legal requirements

Question 11

What reasons does Strack give for transferring staff to another country?

Answer 11

Development of individual
Knowledge of market/product
Strengthen international competencies

Question 12

What are similarities in HR in the public and private sector?

Answer 12

NHS nurses and courier

Empowerment, training & learning

Question 13

What do the following people say about HRM?

Glover and Butler
Wright and McMahan

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What did Michael Porter say about value?

Answer 14

Economist

Value can be added through adding features or reducing costs

Question 15

Describe a Regiocentric approach to recruitment

Answer 15

Give autonomy in decision making to allow local responsiveness

Risk of knowledge that parent does not benefit from

Question 16

Describe a geocentric approach to recruitment

Answer 16

Resource best person regardless of nationality

Question 17

What is a self initiated expatriate?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Describe a polycentric approach to recruitment

Answer 18

Operations managed by HCN’s

Reduced knowledge transfer

Question 19

Describe and ethnocentric approach to recruitment

Answer 19

Strategic decisions made by headquarters and qualified managers available from home

Limits opportunity to promote HCN to management

Question 20

What is strategic international HRM?

Answer 20

Shluer - issues, functions, policies and practices that result from the strategic activities of MNE

Question 21

Discuss HRM in the private sector

Answer 21

Costs important and tracked

Links between performance and HR alignment with strategy

HR need to challenge line managers

Question 22

What are the 3 major components influenced by the MNE strategic activities?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What did Gould-Williams say about public sector organisations?

Answer 23

Have staff costs of at least 50% of budget

HR can add value by reducing this