First and Last Impressions
Discussion #2
Changing & Strategic Nature of Human Resource Management
Marissa McCall
In all organizations there are many resources that affect organizational performance. One of the most crucial is human resources, the people within an organization. They are key to the success of any organization. Here are the discussion questions for this week. You can use sources other than your book for your response. Please be sure to cite your reference.
1. Think of the jobs you have had in the past or expect to seek in the future. What two features of employment did you (or will you) value the most? How can Human Resource Management (HRM) activities contribute to the presence and success of these employment features?
Working in a fun and friendly environment has always been very important to me. In my best jobs, I was always working with people who loved their job and really enjoyed what they were doing. If HR can find the right people for the job who are qualified and fit the “brand” of the company, the work environment will have a better atmosphere.
I also love that my current company help me pay for my education. It benefits me because I am getting the education I need to succeed and my company benefits because they are bettering the qualifications of the employees them already have.
I used to work in retail and we used to receive bonuses onto our commission on high sales. Those bonuses really boosted employee effort and the friendly competition creates great morale. This employee benefit was listed by Mathis and Jackson as a “High Performing Work Practice” (MJ, p.42). This is incentive compensation or “Pay-for-performance systems that tie employee rewards directly to successful performance of job responsibilities.” (MJ, p.43).
2. Should HRM programs have to be justified on a cost-benefit basis? Why or why not? What problem does the need to justify activities from a cost-benefit perspective pose for HRM?
HRM programs have to be justified on a cost
Changing & Strategic Nature of Human Resource Management
Marissa McCall
In all organizations there are many resources that affect organizational performance. One of the most crucial is human resources, the people within an organization. They are key to the success of any organization. Here are the discussion questions for this week. You can use sources other than your book for your response. Please be sure to cite your reference.
1. Think of the jobs you have had in the past or expect to seek in the future. What two features of employment did you (or will you) value the most? How can Human Resource Management (HRM) activities contribute to the presence and success of these employment features?
Working in a fun and friendly environment has always been very important to me. In my best jobs, I was always working with people who loved their job and really enjoyed what they were doing. If HR can find the right people for the job who are qualified and fit the “brand” of the company, the work environment will have a better atmosphere.
I also love that my current company help me pay for my education. It benefits me because I am getting the education I need to succeed and my company benefits because they are bettering the qualifications of the employees them already have.
I used to work in retail and we used to receive bonuses onto our commission on high sales. Those bonuses really boosted employee effort and the friendly competition creates great morale. This employee benefit was listed by Mathis and Jackson as a “High Performing Work Practice” (MJ, p.42). This is incentive compensation or “Pay-for-performance systems that tie employee rewards directly to successful performance of job responsibilities.” (MJ, p.43).
2. Should HRM programs have to be justified on a cost-benefit basis? Why or why not? What problem does the need to justify activities from a cost-benefit perspective pose for HRM?
HRM programs have to be justified on a cost