Lecture 1 Introduction

Question 1

How does Armstrong and Taylor define HRM?

Answer 1

‘HRM can be regarded as a philosophy about how people should be managed which is underpinned by a number of theories relating to the behaviour of people and organisations’ (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014: 1)

Question 2

What are 3 key features of HRM?

Answer 2

Improving organisational effectiveness through people
Ethical dimensions of employing people
Policies and procedures about organisational development and design.

Question 3

According to Bratton and Gold, what presents challenges to the managers?

Answer 3

The management of people in the workplace (Bratton and Gold, 2012:3)

Question 4

What do Gilmore and Williams say about the effects of the second world war?

Answer 4

‘The second world war also saw the rise of the local negotiations between trade unions and employers and the 1950s and 1960s witnessed an acceleration of this trend. The 1960s also saw a large number of official and unofficial strikes, particularly in the manufacturing industry’ (Gilmore and Williams, 2007: 7).

Question 5

What happened to HRM in the 1960s and 1970s?

Answer 5

The roles changed to include collective bargaining, ensuring law followed, policies and rules about behaviour, business as well as welfare role and areas such as performance improvement