Essays and Research Papers on Human Resource Issues

This 6 page paper defines consulting and goes on to explain why there has been such an interest in this business. Why it has increased in recent years is the focus of this paper. Career counseling is also discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5-page paper is an example of a job analysis and redesign for an employee at Target Corp. Topics discussed include rewards and motivations used by the company, the job itself, and potential ways to boost motivation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper answers 4 questions set by the student concerning organisational behaviour. The first looks at the impact of downsizing on management. The second examines the argument that whistle blowers should be fired. The third considers the benefits and disadvantages of matrix structures and the last considers the value of managing organisational ...

This 4-page paper discusses the best way for Reardan, a plastics company, to set up a human resources program to both compensate for potential retirement of its baby boomers, and for an international workforce (as one of its plants is in China. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page consideration of the different views that are in play regarding third world sweat shops. There is considerable contrast between the view that the establishment of these types of businesses benefit those that are ultimately employed in them and the view that sweat shops amount to no more than American businesses taking ...

A paper which looks at NHS appraisal procedures with reference to Benson and Dresdow's discovery model, and considers its applicability in this context. Bibliography lists 6 sources

A paper which looks at overseas recruitment in the NHS and the ethical and professional issues which it raises. Bibliography lists 6 sources

This 4-page paper examines a part of the management system of NAVSEA, the company that manufactures and maintains battleships for the Navy. The paper also examines the management system through management expert Richard L. Daft's perspective, and sees where there might be problems. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 12 page paper considers a case supplied by the student. A telephone call centre company, with two offices, want to introduce some changes to the holiday pay system. This paper presents the outline for a newsletter to tell the employees and some briefing notes for the management. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

A 3 page paper arguing that self-employment is preferable to working for someone else. The self-employed typically make less over a lifetime than do those who work for others, and they are notorious for not having sufficient retirement funds. However, the self-employed also have the ability to define precisely what they do for ...

A 3 page paper discussing training's influence on employee retention at Ritz-Carlton hotels and Pal's Sudden Service, a fast food chain in east Tennessee. Both companies have won the Baldrige Award for Quality; both have employee turnover rates at or below one-third of the average rates of their respective industries. Not only did ...

This 18 page paper examines the human resource management strategy of the well known fast foods chain McDonalds. The paper starts by examining the model of HRM that is followed arguing that there is both a hard approach with the Matching model as well as a softer approach with the resources based view. The paper ...

This 4 page paper examines Migrant Mexican Farm Workers in California and takes a look at how they live. The topic is looked at in historical perspective. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5-page paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of internal versus external recruiting. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 9 page paper discusses the statement that "As form of work organization for large companies, team working does not offer a viable alternative to the long-established, tried-and-tested bureaucratic organization structure". To discuss this the paper looks at the characteristics of a bureaucratic structure and considers the potential of alterative team or network based structures. ...

This 7-page paper introduces four leadership theories: Contingency, situational, leadership-membership exchange and tranformational, and applies them to what an office manager might or might not do. Bibliiogaphyl lists 5 sources.

From an economic perspective, organisational change is regarded as essential for continued growth and development. However, there are a number of other implication associated with organisational change, particularly in psychological perspective. This 7 page paper consider the different reactions and how they may be managed by the employer. The bibliography cites 12 sources.

This 19 page paper considers the major issues involved in transferring human resource management strategies from the headquarters of multinational enterprise to subsidiaries in other countries. The paper analyses the way in which international human resource management differs from HRM in single national context due to the diversity of culture. The paper uses Hofstede's framework ...

This 3-page paper gives an overview of pay for performance systems in the UK, and how effective they may or may not be. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page overview of the labor strike that occurred at Yale University in 2003. Everyone it seems had an agenda in the 2003 Yale University Strike. While the strike was supported by national labor unions, the employees that were striking were quite dissimilar to the employees that spawned those labor unions to ...

A 5 page discussion of the problems a single black mother faces in trying to compete in an Ivy League school. These challenges center around finances and academic preparation. When she has that degree in hand, however, life will improve. Although she is still likely to make less than white men in ...

This 5-page paper details how companies have dealt with rising costs in employee benefits by controlling costs where possible. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing 11 theories of personal and group development and evolution, summarizing the theories in a table and providing a business example for each. Some of the theories included are Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Schultz’s FIRO Theory, Tuckman’ Stages, Fisher Phases and 7 others. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 4-page paper discusses the increasing trend of resume verification services and why it's important for a company to consider performing resume verification. Also discussed are the prices of such services. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

The increased level of competition in the manufacturing industries globally have forces changes in industries in order for them to remain competitive. This 6 page paper look at how the Austrian manufacturing industry has changed moving towards the softer human relations school of management. The bibliography cites 14 sources.