Summary of article: The article titled ‘Finding Employees and Keeping Them: Predicting Loyalty in the Small Business’ accounts for various factors that determine employee loyalty in small businesses. The authors assert that employees in small businesses are expected to be more versatile and dynamic. This makes hiring the right people a little challenging. In larger…
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Women and Global Leadership at Bestfoods – Discussion Questions
Should the headquarters of U.S.-based multinationals promote diversity initiatives in their worldwide subsidiaries? If so, what’s the best way to accomplish this? There is nothing wrong in U.S.-based headquarters taking the initiative for diversity promotion across other locations in the globe. The thoughts and measures of Brody and Shoemate are instructive, for they provide a…
Case Study: How the new HR strategy makes Lloyd’s one of the best companies
Summary: The case study highlights a major recent transformation underwent by Britain’s global insurer Lloyd’s. The appointment of Suzy Black as HR Director in 2009 was unprecedented in the history of the company. It indicated a new competitive branding for its HR practices, breaking away from traditional personnel office style of functioning. Though there was…
Human Resources Management Case Study: Employee retention in GS Plumbing
What should GS Plumbing be doing when employees leave the organization? How could such activities improve retention, recruitment and selection? GS Plumbing, and especially Alan as the HR Manager, can take certain constructive steps in improving retention, recruitment and selection of employees. As the case clearly illustrates, GS Plumbing is ailing from high turnover rate,…
With reference to motivation theory discuss the psychological foundations of pay
Financial reward or pay is a core component of employee motivation. Eminent thinkers such as Maslow, McGregor, Tolman, Locke, Pavlov, etc have contributed to our understanding of workplace motivation. Based on a synthesis of their theories, we are in a position to ascertain how key a role pay plays in motivating employees and enhancing their…
Do workers no longer need a trade union as management takes care of their needs and views?
Modern management theory and practice pay scant attention to the value or relevance of trade unions. It is believed by modern managers that the Human Resource Management department is sufficiently equipped to address employee concerns and grievances that no other form of representation is needed. But empirical evidence does not support this assertion. If anything,…
How should a global firm design its recruitment and selection policy?
Globalisation, and the effect that it has had on the theory and practice of selection and hiring personnel, has attracted the attention of numerous researchers and practitioners alike. Although problems and challenges associated with expatriation are at the centre of international human resource management (HRM) practice and discourse, the assimilation of superior business processes associated…