OH&S legislation is the result of the vested interests of doctors and lawyers rather than genuine concern for employee health or management excellence’. Do you agree with this statement? Discuss. Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) legislation are a set of rules that promote worker safety within a workplace. These rules are based around the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 which aims to improve workplace safety in Victoria‚ however these are regulated and applicable nationally. This act
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development director of a company being usually inside of its human resources department‚ this department must therefore play a key role in the implementation of sustainable development policies. But what role exactly ? How can companies use human resources management to improve their sustainable development strategy ? Sustainable development implies taking into account ethical values and principles. For example‚ a new trend in companies nowadays is volunteering. Many different projects
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Singapore‚ unlike many other larger countries‚ are lacking in natural resources. The main reason for Singapore’s growth and success today is largely due to good governance‚ encouraging the influx of foreign investments and development in various fields like engineering and manufacturing sectors. However‚ without the most important criteria to ensure economic success; the human population and workforce‚ Singapore would not have been able to achieve today’s standards as a first world country. Without
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National Institute of Business Management Chennai - 020 FIRST SEMESTER EMBA/ MBA Subject : Human Resources Management Attend any 4 questions. Each question carries 25 marks (Each answer should be of minimum 2 pages / of 300 words) 1. Explain the steps in Human Resource Planning. Human resource planning is a process through which the company anticipates future business and environmental forces. Human resources planning assess the manpoour requirement for future period of time. It attempts
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Executive summary Mr. Tong plan to open a Korean restaurant‚ as Human Resource Agency‚ he asked us to make a plan for his restaurant in terms of Human Resource Management. According to HRM theories‚ we will do: 1. SWOT analysis of restaurant 2. Job analysis for all possible positions in the restaurant 3. Personnel planning‚ recruitment‚ selection plan 4. Training and development 5. Performance evaluation and control 6. Compensation 7. Performance motivation strategies
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. Planning‚ organizing‚ staffing‚ leading and controlling represent the: Your Answer: HR management function. Correct Answer: Management process. Incorrect. This is the staffing and personnel management function. Be cognizant of the basic functions that all managers perform. 2. The bottom line of managing is: Your Answer: Getting results. Correct. Managers get these results through people. 3. Which of the following is not a right bestowed by a manager’s authority
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Knowledge Management and Creative HRM Professor Ingi Runar Edvardsson University of Akureyri‚ Iceland Occasional Paper 14 Department of Human Resource Management University of Strathclyde 2003 Knowledge Management and Creative HRM Introduction Knowledge management (KM) is about developing‚ sharing and applying knowledge within the organization to gain and sustain a competitive advantage (Petersen and Poulfelt 2002). How‚ then‚ is human resource management (HRM) related to knowledge management
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Evolving future of human resource practice Research Analysis Paper As newer generations begin to fill management roles at companies‚ evolving HR practices are positioning HR professionals on the pulse of industry trends–helping them to focus on the idea that employee performance is part of an ongoing evaluation. This evaluation‚ many experts argue‚ should be focused on the future and on inspiring people towards demonstrating new ways of attaining goals set by the company. HR consultants
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Employee A (2011) – Interview 1st June 2011. Secondary research Handy (1993) Understanding Organisations (4th ed) Harmondsworth: Penguin. Martin‚ Whiting and Jackson (2010) Human Resource Practice (5th ed) London: the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development. Websites CIPD (2011) HR in Tough Times: Adapting to a Changing World. CIPD (2011) Immigration Debate needs to take into account recruitment difficulties.
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