The concept of strategic human resource management (SHRM) originated in the USA soon after the development of the concept of human resource management (HRM) in the 1960s and 1970s (Kazmi & Ahmad, 2001). HRM and SHRM are considered identical and used interchangeably by some authors. For example, (Mathis & Jackson 1985, in Kazmi & Ahmad, 2001) define HRM as "the strategic planning and management of human resources for an organization and HRM is more broadly focused and strategic in nature". This means
Strategic Human Resource Management Business objectives are accomplished when human resources practices, procedures and systems are developed and implemented based on organizational needs that are when a strategic perspective to human resource management is adopted. The conceptual basis of strategic HRM is the interface between HRM and strategic management. What is resource based view of strategic HRM and its importance? It is the range of resources in an organization, including its human resources
III- Literature review and background Human Capital and the importance of improving the workforce: Starting by defining the term ‘Human Capital’: “Human capital is a measure of the economic value of an employee's skill set. This measure builds on the basic production input of labor measure where all labor is thought to be equal. The concept of human capital recognizes that not all labor is equal and that the quality of employees can be improved by investing in them. The education, experience and
strategy and human resource management, this research will not focus on the alignment of business strategy and human resource management and why the need for such alignment should exist. This study postulates that given the relative acceptance of the need for alignment between business strategy and human resources management, what is HR’s role in formulating and executing strategies. First, we examine the prevailing HR role and its role as a strategic partner. In order for HR to become strategic we will
Biological resources provided by the Earth play essential role in economic and social development of the humans. Therefore, it is of great importance to acknowledge an enormous value of biological diversity both to present and future generations. However, ecosystems and species have never been under such threat as they are nowadays. Loss of species caused by human activities continues at an alarming rate (CBD, 2014). As a reaction to the seriousness of the problem, in November 1988 the United Nations
STUDY AND EVALUATION OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN INDIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Naveen Thomas Abraham1, A. Arokia Prakash2 1 Student, Construction Engineering and Management, SRM University, Chennai, 603203, naveennt2007@gmail.com 2Assistent Professor, Construction Engineering and Management, SRM University, Chennai, 603203, arokiaprakash.a@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in 1 ABSTRACT Strategic Management is a concept that concerns with making decisions and taking corrective actions to achieve long term targets and
studied is written in regards to examining the Human Resource Development (HRD) approaches of Tourism Industry while utilizing Air India Ltd., New Delhi as the subject in enriching the potential of its workers. It is set on identifying the issues, problems and inadequacies confronted by the industry while rectifying them in accordance to the needs of each personnel as well as integrating the traits of HRD into the organization using every relevant human resource structures. In this context, a number of
successful even without adequate plans , organization or controls . They were successful because they had the aptitude for hiring the right people for the right job and then motivating appraising and developing them (Dessler, Act1988) .Thus , human resource management can be defined as , the process of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization. Also , it is the way for both private and public
approaches developed by several authors in recent decades, from industrial relations to this day, that is, to the information age. The area of Human Resource Management in an engineering environment has ceased to be a mere personnel department to become an activity of strategic importance within organisations (Need, 2006, p.67). Decades ago, the Department of Human Resources was acting mechanistically, in which the employee was limited to performing the tasks, obedience to the head and centralized control
1.0 INTRODUCTION Employee training and development have been explained by different scholars to be of very importance to organizations. It is the responsibility of organizations to train and develop their staff so as to enhance effective performance and bring about positive outcomes in the organizations. Human resource development (HRD) is concerned with the provision of learning, development and training opportunities in order to improve individual, team and organizational performance. HRD is