Organizational Performance and Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management according to Michael Armstrong is defined as ‘’a strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization’s most valued assets – the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of its organization’’ (Armstrong , 2006). There are five functional areas of HRM – staffing, rewards, employee development, employee maintenance and employee relations (Bratton & Gold, 1999 & 2000). Strategic Human Resource Management ‘’is the…

best way to measure any work performance. Carrot is the reward offered to the employees if they work well whereas stick is the chastisement given to them when they are unable to accomplish the given tasks. This concept keeps them motivated towards performing in the superlative customs. Measuring good performance requires expertise in certain proficiencies. Competencies are measurable and observable designs of expertise, understanding, knowledge, aptitudes and performances etc. that individuals…

(1980) opined that organizational culture plays a vital role in expanding an organizational structure for the development of human resources technical and behavioral skills. For instance, organizations can develop codes of conduct to guide the conduct of its employees by encouraging ethical values in the organization culture. Moreover, the business environment is changing rapidly due to globalization and technological advancements which have affected organizations human resource development…

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people to generate the best performance for the purpose of achieving the company mission through providing the employees the necessary motivations on the basis of their needs. Amabile (1994) mentioned that it is necessity for the organization leaders to learn, understand and deal effectively with the employees’ motivation because this is considered as a type of organizational support. In additions, when the employees feel that they are motivated, high level of performance will be executed…

Management control system (MCS): The system (MCS) is a system that gathers and uses information to evaluate the performance followed by a variety of organizational resources such as human, physical, financial and organizational strategies in light of the organization as a whole. System influences the behavior of organizational resources that can be performed in organizational strategies. System can be formal or informal. Control systems management tools to an organization's strategic goals and…

Introduction Today’s business environment is increasingly global and competitive, the influence of organizational behavior, the efficient human management and the nature of relationship between people organization. This essay studies the changes in the business environment since the past one hundred years and how the organizations have responded to the identified challenges because of the changes that occurred. Moreover, it explains how the attitude of the consumers towards the workplace has…

Chapter One Introduction Achieving high-performance business is undoubtedly an organization’s goal. Research conducted by Armitage and Keeble Allen (2007) indicated that people management basis formed the foundation of high-performance. O’Connell (2003) believes that managerial philosophies or values espousing “employee partnership” may affect both the use of high-performance HR practices and firm performance. At the organizational level, one of the most effective ways of integrating HR and…

Two of the key functional area that contributes to the effective organizational goal setting is Human Resource Department and Field Department. One of the objectives of Caribbean Broilers is to ensure employees are working one hundred percent of the time on things that move forward the goal of the organization. The Human Resource Department knows how to ensure that all employees in on the same page and in alignment with the organization goal. They…

Organization development is an area of management that concerns itself with a broad study of a typical organization and what factors can bring about success of failure. But in order to take it up, there needs to be solid foundation laid down in the form of a strong, overarching set of basic principles, values & rules which is collectively called the organizational culture. This has to be set up by the topmost leadership and the management. Based on the organizational culture there are three…