Essays on Personnel Management

Organizational Design

Contrary to typical assumptions that will associate the concept of organization design with that of structuring organizational charts and the likes, organization design has a more comprehensive and practical designation than it really sounds. There is a holistic way of looking at organization design –it is the modeling and alignment of all the involved elements of an organization with the intention of achieving an agreed upon objective. Organizational design is a forthright organizational process with a pertinence so outspoken, that it should literally be addressed in every status meeting of every department on that organization. Organization design is carried ...

Corporate structure in Amazon assumes rigid selection because "the guidelines conjure an empire of elite workers (principle No. 5:" Hire and develop the best “)" (Streitfeld, 2015). At Amazon it is necessary all the time to understand and prioritize a large flow of information that is very difficult for new employees referred from small and medium-sized firms. Difficulty can arise in the distribution of human tasks within HR management. The decision of problems of adaptation newly hired employees that is one of the most important aspects of service management corporation staff. The important drawback of human resource programs in Amazon ...

Leader and Management Development

Introduction Leadership forms the backbone of any organization. This is because it entails offering direction, creating a sense of purpose and defining a strategic plan for the organization. Such aspects of leadership are important in ensuring the success of an organization in the long run (Yukl, 2013). For the leadership functions mentioned above to be successfully implemented, it is critical that the individuals in leadership positions show responsibility in their day-to-day undertakings. It therefore implies that leadership development has become a primary aspect of the overall management function. Leadership development is anchored on the character and behavior of the ...

Human Resource Management (HRM) refers to the practices and knowledge within an organization that is concerned with the organization’s primary responsibility and employment relations (Redman, & Wilkinson, 2009). As such, it is a discipline that is guided by numerous models that include Guest, Harvard, Warwick, Storey, and Fombrun models. The Guest model developed by David Guest contends that the HR manager is initially presented with specific strategies which then create a need for certain practices within the organization in order to achieve the desired outcome. It bears six aspects that include HRM strategy and practices as well as behavior, ...

Chapter 2: Literature review

Introduction This chapter presents the literature review appraisal that exists and is linked to work contentment and inspiration subjects and how these issues are closely related to industrial performance. The chapter discusses the concept of motivation, job satisfaction, and project management and employee satisfaction. Organizational performance as well as its continuity largely depends on critical assets, employees and the managers' capabilities to create and sustain motivating environments of the employees and other human assets. The primary challenge that managers are faced with today is keeping their human capital such as the employees satisfied and motivated. Therefore, all managers must ...

About Quicken Loans

Quicken Loans was founded in 1985 and is the United States largest online lender. In its 30 years of operation, the company has helped over two million Americans get financing for their homes. Between 2013 and 2014, Quicken Loans was able to close over $140 billion in mortgages. The company has over 13,000 employees in its 29 locations spread all over the United States. According to Forbes Magazine 2016 rankings, the company is the 274th best employer in America (Dill, 2016).

Quicken Loan Values

Quicken Loans has 19 core values that are the foundation of the company’s culture and act ...

Crumpacker, M., & Crumpacker, J. (2007). Succession planning and generational stereotypes: Should HR consider age-based values and attitudes a relevant factor or a passing fad? Public Personnel Management, 36(4), 349-369.

Problem Statement

The problem statement in the article ‘Succession planning and generational stereotypes: Should HR consider age-based values and attitudes a relevant factor or a passing fad?’ by Martha Crumpacker and Jill M. Crumpacker establishes that the labour force of the present day consist of no less than four age groups, which spread more than sixty years apart. The capability of the department of the human resources to operate with the ...

Introduction

In context of fierce competition in front of even the well-known and developed enterprises need to fulfill rather complicated task of maintaining their positions and efficiency on the market. Typically, branding is considered to be effective management technique. Despite the fact it has been already implemented within the Nike Company, the management system faces new challenges of business environment. Therefore this technique should be implemented in new more efficient form in order to meet the demand of customers. This research aims to resolve the problem of brand management implementation on the basis of new principles of development and sustainable ...

Human Resource Management

Introduction Human Resource Management is responsible for attracting, selecting, recruiting, placing, recognizing, engaging, retaining and rewarding people while developing anticipated organizational culture and leadership, as well as, ensuring compliance with national and international labor and employment laws. Mostly, small to medium organizations manage their HRM activities by outsourcing their human resource functions to specialized HRM firms. Other hires few HR professionals. However, larger business corporations uphold an all-inclusive HRM functional division that is characteristically dedicated to the specialized tasks such as strategic recruitment and selection, employee engagement, and development of functional leadership across the business undertakings (Bratton & Gold, 2011, ...

Human Resource Management

Introduction Human resource management (HRM) is the process through which an organization interacts and guides its personnel so that they work together and achieve company objectives. The primary goal of this process is to set a target for the firm, build a plan for the organization, analyze data about staff members, train the company employees, and mentor them to fit in the enterprise. HRM can be traced back to the year 1950 when great scholars Drucker and McGregor saw that there is a need to have a vision and goal-directed activities in organizations. They also stressed that the management ...

Introduction

Performance management refers to the continuous process of communication between the supervisors and the employees which take place throughout the year and are aimed at accomplishing the strategic objectives of an organization. It includes setting up objectives, clarifying expectations, identifying goals, providing feedback as well us reviewing results.

Part one

Government Sector The government through a particular agency laid unique management strategies to ensure higher performance of its sectors these strategies were as follows: It formulated pre-session development materials while still identifying key documents to be used for strategic planning. This paper was to be used as reference sources for these ...

Management

2016-04-30

Introduction

The current paper is devoted to the issue of the public personnel management, its main features and how it can be managed by the environmental agency of the state Michigan. This agency is called Department of Environmental Quality. Its activity is connected with the environment protection (including air, land and water resources), pollution prevention, supporting the sustainable environment and healthy communities in the state (Annual Report of the Agency, 2016). The structure of the agency includes nine divisions and offices. There is also special environmental assistance center on the agency’s structure that is in charge of the ...

Analyze the principles behind the new “learning organization.” At what point has an organization transformed into a learning organization? Explain your rationale. The environment where the organization operates is changing at a very fast speed. New technologies come and the organization needs to move with the current technological advances. A learning organization is an organization that innovates fast and acquires knowledge fast enough to keep up with the rapid changing environment that surrounds the organization. A learning organization acquires shares information and knowledge for the purpose of achieving the objective and improving on effectiveness and efficiency. In the past, learning ...

In any organization, the human resource function plays a key role in determining rate of success or failure of the business. In fact the role played by the employees of any company is the single most important determinant of the outcome of business and the general goodwill of the same. It is due to this reason that human resource management forms one of the key functions of business and the manner in which it is undertaken goes a long way in the determination of the general internal operating environment of a business. In this regard, it is of primeval importance that the ...

The personnel management activities in an organization are extremely dynamic and multifaceted. Not only must personnel management continuously employ sound personnel management, but also those concerns better performance of the business (Condrey, 2010). Constantly, human resource managers attempts to make better alignment between business and personnel. In doing so, however, they are continually faced with challenges that basically make the performances of both employees and the business unsuccessful. This paper therefore considers, and is devoted to highlighting common challenges facing personnel management in the organization.

Quite often, discrimination has been a center stage in the employee performance management. It is ...

Professional Speech

The biggest achievement of human evolution is power of speech. We have so many languages and dialects, but still the speech is most important feature of communication. “Interviews are a fact of modern working life and the skills needed to do well at an interview will be used by us all many times throughout our life”(Corfield, 2). One of the qualities of being a successful person is the oratory skill. It’s an era of cut throat competition and the power of professional speech has become an essential aspect to get a job. As per Churchill's view, “A good speech should ...

Introduction

This paper will examine the important elements and aspects of Juanita’s World and present a scenario on how the organization can meet its goals and ends. This will include the presentation of a critical analysis of the situation which will be followed by a review of relevant situations and matters that will aid in the formulation of logical conclusions into the matter

Proposed Scenario

The facts of the case indicate that organization is faced with a series of HR problems and issues that has a strategic impact on the company. From the circumstances, it appears that the previous HR unit operated like the old personnel ...

This document is the risk analysis plan of American Military University Arena located in Charleston, West Virginia. The arena can accommodate 65000 people and is utilized as a multipurpose facility to host events in college and professional basketball, football and hockey matches. The objective of this document is to analyze various possibilities of risk which may occur and cause hindrances in arena usage, threat to audiences and players or performers, result in any serious damages, etc. In this document, the information provided will include: services provided, clients served, person responsible for risk management, roles and responsibilities, stakeholders of facility, details ...

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In the modern world of business, learned human resource is considered as a key of success for organizations. Bersin (2013) suggests that in today’s scenario, attracting talent and retaining them is now become a challenge for the organizations as global economic growth pointed towards the scarcity of a skilled workforce. Skill development via training is vital for gaining the advantage of efficient workforce. Training in monetary terms can be defined as investing in people to make them able to achieve strategic objectives of the organization (Bond & McCracken, 2005). Investment in training is considered highly profitable for the organizations in terms ...

California Lutheran University

Rayan Azhari Chapter I

Introduction

Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. ...

Traditional Personal Management Vs. Contemporary Human Resource Management

Human resource management was earlier known as personal management. Personal management used to take care of numerous duties for organizations, and the same is done by the HRM in modern times. HRM has gone through significant changes in the past hundred years. The role of HRM is wide and not limited to the recruitment of the employees and management of their records and wages. HRM is responsible for a variety of the tasks that affect the performance of an organization right from selection and retention of the talent, performance management and overall employees’ development. It further deals with training of ...

Chapter I

Introduction Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. Effective succession planning ...

Abstract

The policing in the United States has changed over time, and the profession has evolved over time. The structure, characteristic and training of American police agencies and their daily operations have transformed with advanced technology. Looking back in the 1800s, there was a powerful relationship between politicians and the police during those times. However, times have changed, and policing has now moved to new dimensions beyond politics and reforms. The aim of this paper is to look at the complete procedure of hiring and training police officers.

Introduction

Police is often shown as a challenging and exciting profession in media. However, the ...

As the manager of a multinational car manufacturer, one’s task would be to ensure maximum efficiency of those below them in the assigned departments under one’s jurisdiction. In order to do this, it is necessary to ensure that all employees under the manager’s care are utilizing their skills, making use of their knowledge and training their fullest potential. A corporation is only as strong as its workers, like cogs in a machine, and it is the manager’s job to keep the proverbial machine running efficiently. The issue one runs into more often than not is what can a manager ...

This paper will focus on the laws and ethics that the agency implements so that they may hire a workforce that is diverse. The introduction briefly explains about the ethics and laws that the agency puts in place to achieve this task. An analysis of three court laws and decisions that affect the management of the personnel in the agency will be given. The system’s goals and the practices based on diverse workforce recruitment will follow. There will be an evaluation of the approaches that the agency has put in place about the ethics and training programs made available ...

Introduction

Georgia Department of Corrections is one of the agencies of the government which is tasked with the responsibility of operating prison systems within the state of Georgia. Georgia is one of the states of the United States. Currently, the headquarters of Georgia Department of Corrections is found in Tift College. This college is situated at a place that is known as Forsyth which is found in Atlanta. Initially, the headquarters of the Georgia Department of Corrections was located at the James H. "Sloppy" Floyd Veterans Memorial Building. This specific building is also found in Atlanta. The headquarters of Georgia Department ...

Organization Design

Personnel management is one of the major functions that are normally carried out by the management team. It is a management function that is classified under human resource manager. This is because it is a management function that is directly involved in matters that pertain to the management of human resources. Personnel management entails the classification, and evaluation of human resources. After the classification and evaluation of human resources, the personnel manager determines the human resource requirements with respect to the achievement of the objectives of the organization. Organisations need to utilize their human resources in a manner that will enable them ...

Organizational Design

Any operating organization should have its own structure in order to operate efficiently. An organizational structure is the hierarchy of people in regards to the management of an organization. An organization’s structure is also supposed to describe the functions of each hierarchy or level within the organization. It is also important to note that an organization’s structure can be an important aspect that can be used to describe the character of an organization and its values. Every organization needs a structure for it to operate systematically thus enabling it to keep its activities well-coordinated. In some cases, ...

Training module for managers and other significant persons in society on helping employees and members of public manage their work and personal life

Introduction Managers in the business sector need to help employees on how to carry out their routine work. This is important because it helps the employees to catch the fundamental requirements that enable them to carry out their duties competently. Still, it is important to train people on how to go about their routine life. Work and general life form distinct parts of routine processes of humanity, as such, it is important to train people ...

Introduction

Federal government health programs serve as among the constructive recipients of programs related to health informatics initiatives. For this study, three federal government health programs come under review – the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), TRICARE and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). FEHBP benefits former and current federal employees through vast health plan offerings throughout the United States (US). Federal employees have two choices between the two – consumer-driven and high deductible plans, on one hand, and fee-for-services (FFS) plans involving health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations (PPO), on the other (Graney, 1997). Currently, the ...

Human Resource Management

Human resource management (HRM) is all about managing the employees but sometimes one must question whether only the organisations benefit. Historically the mission statement of organizations and businesses has been to reach the goals of the entity such as profits for shareholders or the best product possible. After all, organisations whether they are for profit or not, must remember that the employees are not only resources; they are also human beings. Reading the titles of some of the handbooks and papers published with advice for human resources managers can raise this question because the topics indicate discussions of what ...

Analysis of the Agency’s Policies, Procedures and Plans

The Administration for Children and Families (AFC) in the United States which falls under the Department of Health and Human Services has the responsibility of the common welfare as well as the financial well being of individuals, families, children and communities. Among its objectives, is to advance the health and wealth of families and children by providing resources, partnership and leadership for effective transfer of human services. It therefore aims at advancing hope and opportunities for persons in need of personal and social services.

In recent years quite a number of national labor unions have increased their efforts to systematize ...

I. Executive Summary The present memorandum details an analysis and suggested response strategy to the recently disclosed American military activities within the Abu Ghraib detention center in Iraq. In forming the analysis, I provide a discussion of the major causative factors of the situation and an overview of the authorizing environment in place. The recommended response strategy details a five-step program to address the crisis in a way that acknowledges the issues and provides concrete actions to remedy the damage. Finally, this memorandum closes with a review of the lessons to be taken forward from this situation with the ultimate goal of ...

Organizational effectiveness can be described as the extent of the realisation of the organizational goals. An effective organization thus is one that realises its goals while a non-effective organization refers to the organization that fails to realise its goals. It is imperative to note that the level of effectiveness differ. In addition, scholars have observed that the constituents of effectiveness differ depending on the nature of the organization, the school of thought its leaders subscribe to and finally the objects that guide the organizational structure and conceptual framework. In addition, it is essential to appreciate the body of theories that ...

Introduction

- U.S. Department of Interior’s Human Capital Management Mission

Identification and explanation of two challenges

Explanation of Resolutions Conclusion Abstract Human resource management encompasses interrelationships between people and systems. These systems operate in organizations within the context of personnel management or the contemporary concept known as human capital management. Articulating strategies applicable to development of this vital resource an organization can function either at a very high competent level; in mediocrity or just a consistent failure. This discussion embraces an exploration into how challenges can be resolved for organizational goals to be achieved. Introduction U.S. Department of Interior’s Human Capital ...

Introduction p.4

Main terms defined p.4-7 Evolution of HRM concept p.7-10 Modern challenges of HRM p.10-12 Conclusion p.12 Abstract The paper is dedicated to researching into historical roots of HR Management over the period from nineteenth to twenty first century. Particular attention is paid to reasons, which underlie changes of the concept; earlier concepts, related to managing HR and existing challenges, which tend to influence modern stage of HRM concept evolution. Conclusion contains brief summary of results of the research. Key words: human capital, management, development

Introduction

According to the opinion of A.Haslinda (2009), “human resources ...

FEDERAL LAWS

Fair Labor Standards Act The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 lays down federal standards on minimum wage, payment for overtime, keeping of records and young people employment for both part time and full-time employees (Nicholson, 2008). Attempts to endorse legislation regarding the number of working hours and overtime pay started in the early nineteenth century, although, Congress did not succeed in adopting the Fair Labor Standards Act pending 1938.

Equal Pay Act

The Equal Pay Act became established in 1963 by federal law with an aim of preventing wage disparities that based on sex. The Equal Pay Act, also, ...

Strategic human resource management entails formulating and implementing the right procedures to hire and motivate skilled employees in any field of our lives. For any success to be accomplished, human resource managers and personnel should be incorporated in the formulation of the strategic plan. Strategic human resource management involves the internal and external factors to the organization.

Health Care Human Resource Management

The law is outlined in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and also in Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1990, whereby all the employees have equal rights to employment and in employment. It is emphasized that no one should be discriminated ...

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Part 1: Introduction

Organizational context: The US department of the Navy as an organization was established with the sole purpose of providing the US navy with government organizational structure. Initially this purpose only covered the United State Navy but was later extended to the US Marine Corps and the US Coast Guard. This organization is headed by the Secretary of the Navy who is among the top three executive officials in the department of defense. However, they are all under the direct authority of the Secretary of Defense. There ...

The word recruitment is described as the procedure of choosing the workers and then registering them for satisfying the openings in the business. The procedure is employed to distinguish the possible citizens who are appropriate for carrying out a definite job. The procedure endeavors to discover the most excellent individuals for the job. Conversely, selection is a procedure of choosing the individuals by scrutinizing them on diverse standards. Selection is referred to as the preliminary phase or footstep of employment since for hiring the novel workers ' selection is executed first. In addition, no set criterion for the procedure of selection ...

Abstract

Management has the power to select either hard or soft dimension in HRM. The management choice is based on that management purely depends on whether the management emphasis is placed on the employees or the firms resources. Soft dimension seeks to let workers grow over time through coaching them it is based on McGregor theory Y. on the other hand hard dimension is based on McGregor X. in reality management borrows from both dimension so as to make labor policies human and applicable. Flexibility in the work place is geared at making workers more productive. Several models of ...

Abstract

Management has the power to select either hard or soft dimension in HRM. The management choice is based on that management purely depends on whether the management emphasis is placed on the employees or the firms resources. Soft dimension seeks to let workers grow over time through coaching them it is based on McGregor theory Y. On the other hand hard dimension is based on McGregor X. In reality management borrows from both dimension so as to make labor policies human and applicable. Flexibility in the work place is geared at making workers more productive. Several models of ...