Human resource management

Question 1

Core HRM activities

Answer 1

Attraction: What can the organisation offer to potential recruits?

Recruitment: Overseeing the process of the recruitment. Should be transparent and offer equal opportunities for all. From the organisations view it should deliver the bet candidate for the job.

Retention: Ensure retention of staff. The expectations of the job should be met.

Releasing Human Resources: Sensitive and difficult task, requires skills and knowledge. Legal, moral and logistical challenges.

Question 2

HRM strategies

Unitarism

Answer 2

build on the assumption that all concerned parties in an organisation share the same aims and objectives relating products, services, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.

Question 3

HRM strategies

Pluralism

Answer 3

Rules, regulations, and procedures are used to manage the potential conflict that can arise from different views and perspectives.

Question 4

HRM strategies

Radicalism

Answer 4

Allow the staff to manage resources and make decisions on the deployment of staff in the productive process.

Question 5

HRM strategies

Conflict

Answer 5

The role of HR managers is to contain and deal with conflict. Characterised by a lack of trust.

Question 6

HRM Strategies

Conformity

Answer 6

Workers, disregard their differences, work in a cohesive manner for the greater good of the organisation. HR managers display strong leadership.

Question 7

HRM Strategies

Consensus

Answer 7

Full and complete unanimity of understanding and acceptance of the organisation’s aims and objectives, processes, management style etc.