Essays and Research Papers on Human Resource Issues

7 pages. This excellent description of what makes a good administrator also proves that one must be a good politician as well. One of the examples used in this paper is that of James E. Webb, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration who fulfills this description well. The rationale behind ...

This paper discusses the concept of employee empowerment, focusing on the definition, as well as the positive and negative aspects of this particular type of management. Microsoft, Inc. is used as an example of an organization that empowers its employees. Bibliography list 7 sources.

A 21 page paper discussing identifying and implementing necessary change. In just over a decade, we have experienced a lengthy recession; the longest period of economic growth ever known in the US; and finally another recession assisted in part by the terrorist attacks of September 11. A factor that has been common to ...

This 10 page paper discusses techniques for motivating employees in a manufacturing plant and relates the comments to Ford Motor Company. This company was established under the autocratic style of Henry Ford and it does not seem to have moved into other management styles despite lip service to the contrary. The company has been involved ...

This 12 page paper considers the way that work systems design take place, and the way in which individual actions and motivation needs to be taken into account when these systems are designed and implemented. The writer argues that for many scenarios participative design can be seen as the ultimate model of the humanist ...

This 9 page paper considers the current thinking that managers should also be leaders. The writer considers the way in which the two roles may be seen as similar, or the same, and the evidence which points towards the increased importance of leadership skills being present in management. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing human resource considerations in a developing nation. Many employers do not meet the psycho-social needs of the staff, though there are those agricultural interests that are attempting to implement higher standards for themselves. Those who provide more than only subsistence wages without added benefit can become employers of ...

This 6 page paper provides an overview of the country, including population, literacy rate, GDP, type of government, types of industries and general economic facts. The writer also discusses the issue of foreign workers, illegal immigration, wages, poverty factors, who may and may not participate in a trade union and other aspects of work in ...

A 5 page paper that explains how to use the Internet to find a job. The writer first discusses the use of the Internet for job searching, in general. Monster.com is then accesses with specific job searches conducted and the results reported. Using the Internet to find a job is becoming a commonplace event and ...

A 7 page paper that discusses how one medical clinic initiated a change in a major operational task and also improved the transfer of training to the work site at the same time. This is an issue faced by many corporations. This partially hypothetical case focuses on an outpatient clinic in an urban hospital. The ...

This 7 page report discusses the extreme differences that exist in the understanding and functions of human resources in three very different nations with very different attitudes relating to the implementation of human resource functions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 7 page report discusses human resources at the corporation that has been known, since its 1998 merger as DaimlerChrysler. With a clearly top-down management system, presence in Asia, Europe, and the U.S., and the changes brought about from any major merger, the company and its human resources professionals have faced countless challenges. Bibliography lists ...

A 30 page paper discussing the changes that have occurred in HR in the recent past, particularly in the use of Internet recruiting. HRM likely will never return to the patterns common even 20 years ago. The function’s roles had changed materially far in advance of the advent of the Internet, particularly in ...

A ten page paper which looks critically at Weber’s assertion that bureaucracy is ‘necessary, unavoidable and unstoppable’, in terms of both the structural organisation of bureaucracies and possible alternatives to them.

This 20 page paper consider the idea of organisational leadership, and argues that this may be seen in a many informal scenarios. The are consider the current literature and applies this in an analytical manner to determine how informal leadership can be recognised and assessed. The bibliography cites 14 sources.

A 9 page paper that discusses the theory of job enrichment as a motivational technique. In the 1960s, Frederick Herzberg offered a two factor theory of motivation: hygiene and motivation. Job enrichment is one of the strategies that fall under the motivation factor. This essay discusses the principles and premises of job enrichment and offers ...

15 pages. There is tremendous competition among corporate headhunters today to find the best corporate talent for their organization. Even more difficult is finding a way to keep that talent happy once they are hired. In today's workforce it is quite common for employees to move from job to job in order ...

This 5 page paper. Using student-supplied information, this paper presents a case study of a manager who is very successful but who tends to go against the norm, not conforming to the rules. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This business case study discusses how laboratory group leader Bob Knowlton behaved when a "better" man was hired for his group; and how Knowlton's behavior fits into Rotter's theory of locus of control.

This 8 page paper considers the ideas of Fisher and Ury regarding the way negotiations may be held without resorting to the traditional positional braining models. The writer considers the merits of their book “Getting to Yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in”. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing the role that employee handbooks play in limiting employees' and former employees' ability to bring suit against the employer. The paper cautions against using software-generated or pre-written handbooks without carefully considering all scenarios raised within the text. The paper uses decisions of the Supreme Courts of California, New ...

This paper examines a fictitious company and suggests ways in which this company can both empower its employees while managing staff costs. Some of the theories advanced include total quality management and outsourcing. Bibliography lists 8 pages.

This paper examines the Peabody/Stybel article "The Right Way to Be Fired." Using the article as a jumping off point, the paper discusses why firing is so traumatic for an employee and how he or she should react when fired. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 12 page paper considers how leadership will effect the formation and success of teamwork, the role leaders play, what is meant by teamwork, how this can be managed and created, the way that it is a reflection of corporate culture, the need for motivation and the reasons that teams fail. The bibliography cites 8 ...

This paper examines the changes that employees and employers have undergone during the past two decades and addresses concepts such as career, psychological contracts and contingent work. Bibliography lists 7 sources.