Internal Management: Human Resource Management

Question 1

What is HRM?

Answer 1

Is the management of work and people

Question 2

What does public HRM focus on?

Answer 2

on delivering public value and supporting employees due to the labour intensive field

Question 3

What does private HRM focus on?

Answer 3

on competition and organisational strategy for profit generation

Question 4

3 public HRM aspects differing from private HRM

Answer 4

1. Systematic Approach: balance between soft hrm (wellbeing) and hard HRM (maximisation)
2. Politico-Administrative Systems: political environment
3. Legal Environment: based on rule of law and hierarchy
   This aspect doesn’t differ from private HRM

Question 5

What is PSM?

Answer 5

The aspect analysing the motivation/motives a person has to deliver, implement and improve social aspects of the world.
General interest is greater than the personal interest

Question 6

3 premises of PSM

Answer 6

1. Attraction to Policymaking
2. Commitment to Public Interest
3. Compassion & SelfSacrifice

Question 7

HR practices/recruitment process (5)

Answer 7

1. Workforce planning
2. Recruitment
3. Performance Management
4. Training & Development
5. Release

Question 8

HR Challenges (6)

Answer 8

1. Diversity
2. Equal Opportunities
3. Employer Attractiveness
4. Digitalisation
5. New ways of working
6. Leadership & Employee roles

Question 9

HRM’s Value Chain Model

Answer 9

it describes what and why HRM is important for the organisation by focusing on the organisation’s strategy, HRM policies and facilitating employees’ attitudes

Question 10

Vertical Alignment of HRM’s VCM

Answer 10

HR practices are in line with the organisation’s strategy

Question 11

Horizontal Alignment of HRM’s VCM

Answer 11

prevents the overlap of HRM’s policies and the organisational aims

Question 12

Types of Leadership
Transactional

Answer 12

task/control oriented based on reward & punishment

Question 13

Types of Leadership
Transformational

Answer 13

motivational style. followers have greater autonomy and better relationship with the leader

Question 14

Types of Leadership
Charismatic

Answer 14

charismatic style through inspiration & encouragement

Question 15

Leadership Theories (2)

Answer 15

Adaptive Leadership Theory: leader adapts to the followers and environmental dynamics

Social Identity Theory: is based on group dynamics and traditional leadership background