Essays and Research Papers on Human Resource Issues

A 13 page annotated bibliography identifying and describing 21 sources for their applicability to considering the "customer" orientation of effective HR management. Customers may be internal or external, including job applicants, existing employees and the organization's various departments.

Organizational change is an important element of a company’s survival. The way in which change takes place can focus in different issues, this 7 page paper looks at Theory E and Theory O and considers how they maybe used to explain the way that change has taken place at British Airways (BA). The bibliography cites ...

A 7 page paper discussing salient points regarding employee development and retention using training as a tool. The paper discusses the reasons for pursuing employee development and retention and offers a training plan using an approach similar to that already in use by the 84th U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Command, and it shadows ...

This 11 page paper looks at the way the change in culture and socialization at a place of work may be measured. The paper is written in two part, the first considers what is meant by culture and socializations and how it manifests. The second part of the paper is a suggestions questionnaire and an ...

8 pages in length. The very nature of being a group is to work collectively toward attaining an objective the assemblage seeks to achieve, a concept whose impact is felt wherever two or more people are brought together for a unified purpose. The extent to which group cohesion exists in virtually all successful ...

This 5 page paper looks at the way self managing team may benefit a company. The paper looks first at how and why there may be advantages and then considers the way that successful teams develop and failures can be avoided. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 8 page paper looks at the way game theory can be applied to way in which collective bargaining and negotiation take place contemporary British industry. The paper outlines the use of game theory in this context, with the use of examples and then considers its application to different patterns of collective bargaining and negotiations ...

This 10 page paper examines group dynamics and pays particular attention to teams. Conflict resolution is discussed in addition to team formation. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3 page paper answers about the family-friendly workplace: what its policies are, what it looks like, etc. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the case study of Duke Children’s Hospital (DCH), considering how and why they introduced the balanced scorecard (BSC) and the results. The implementation is examined from the perceptive of change management. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 32 page paper written as a report of a senior HR director to the CEO, identifying three areas in which the unnamed organization needs to improve and providing theoretical and practical support for the recommendations. The three target areas are recruiting and testing; compensation; and adopting a systematic approach to change management. ...

8 pages in length. Performance appraisals in the public sector allow for a hands-on approach to assessing how a given department operates according to its mission and vision, while at the same time providing a springboard for performance improvement through the beneficial means of teamwork and intrinsic motivation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at how and why strategic human resource management could be important and add value to a small company and then considers the way in which it could help the company expand. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

A 5 page paper assessing a newspaper article and its implications. The USA Today article appearing in late 2003 reviews the decline of several family-friendly benefits programs offered by large employers. The purpose of the discussion is to answer several questions about the benefits class and organizations' decisions to withdraw them. Bibliography ...

This 6 page paper looks at the advantages and disadvantages that are linked to the use of a traditional hierarchical structure. The paper looks at the theory and uses the example of British Airways to illustrate the points raised. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses some of the factors involved in outsourcing jobs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 9 page paper examining compensation practices at Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Microsoft, Bristol-Meyer Squibb, Chubb Group and SAS Institute for how they approach compensation types and totals. It would be difficult to say which of these companies offers the highest level of compensation in terms of job and industry types. The great variation ...

This 1 page paper discusses the effects of deciding to quit a job. Bibliography lists 1 source.

An 8 page paper that begins with an explanation of what corporate entrepreneurship is. The major part of the paper reports examples of corporate entrepreneurship in four companies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper looks at how and why ethics are important in career counselling and examines the concept of ethics as it applies to this type of counselling. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 3 page paper briefly examines the differences between one and two career households. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper asking what keeps HR up at night? Leadership development does – specifically, attracting and retaining effective leaders who can positively influence performance and therefore profitability, as well as developing talent already present within the organization for leadership positions in the future. Management support and thoughtful compensation positively contribute. ...

A 6 page paper consisting of slide contents and speaker notes for a 6-slide PowerPoint® presentation encouraging a young, growing company to establish and adopt commitment to diversity at the top management levels. Using Nestlé as an example – the Swiss company has only one Swiss board member – the presentation highlights the benefits ...

This 7 page paper explores the 8 roles of leadership identified by Quinn in his Competing Values Framework (CVF), looking at each role and where it may be seen within an organization. The second part of the paper looks at the more challenging role of innovator and how this may be realized by a ...

This 6 page paper looks at the way in which compensation a remuneration strategies are used by companies when determining the way they will pay their employees. The paper considers the impact of various compensation methods and approaches on employees and organizations and discusses salary and benefit administration strategies in the context of organizational culture ...