Debate and critique the relative importance of cultural differences and national business systems on the development of HRM. What are the implications of your conclusions for convergence and divergence? Use examples of HRM across the globe to illustrate y
Case study - 10 pages - Human resources
Over time, groups and civilizations have evolved differently; what can be seen as a perfectly normal conduct in one country for example is not necessarily the same in a country at the other side of the globe or even in for its neighbouring country. This is more visible today with globalization...
How to attract, recruit and make loyal employees in the software firms?
Case study - 60 pages - Human resources
Recruitment in a company is an obligated part when we are looking for a job. It is necessary to pass job interviews, and a selection is made before the interview in order to select the best candidate. Recruitment involves costs, but not just financial costs. We have the cost of time, cost of...
Management of human resources: L'Occitane
Essay - 18 pages - Human resources
Olivier Baussan founded the company l'Occitane in 1976. At the beginning the main idea was to manufacture natural products, thanks to ingredients coming from near Provence. L'Occitane's activity consists in providing natural and quality products for hair and body to favor wellbeing and...
Examine the concept of total reward and explore the reasons for its increasing prominence in organizations
Case study - 10 pages - Human resources
This coursework examines the concept of total rewards in the context of today's competitive business environment. There are many different total rewards concept in the existing literature and therefore the primary focus must be to choose the most appropriate concept and to examine it and...
Case study: Cirque Du Soleil
Essay - 8 pages - Human resources
Cirque Du Soleil doesn't talk about product, but “artistic works”. The main artistic works that the company delivers is circus shows without animals all over the world. They offer a luxury service. They perform 375 shows a year and the large variety of shows make their...
The company incentive plans: Case of Cessna
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
The company incentive plans of Cessna can also be seen as performance goals to the workers of the organization. Compensation and benefits offered by Cessna are basically given to all workers after the completion of the six month probation period. The corporation's incentive plans can be found...
Cover letter for Merchandiser Position
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
The cover letter has the format and description for a Merchandiser Position in Kailua-Kona.
Sample Resume: Content writer
Sample resume - 1 pages - Human resources
Sophomore: Writing, Literature & Publishing student at Emerson College. Proficiencies include writing, editing, articulating story ideas, and field research. Areas of Expertise: -Eager and passionate for the opportunity to work with a magazine. -Original creativity in finding new stories, and...
Comparative analysis of two HR systems
Thesis - 15 pages - Human resources
Nowadays, each country has its own management style and possesses a culture which influences its decisions and business strategies. Moreover, organizations have to face a business environment that keeps getting more and more complex, where firms need to reply quickly and efficiently to changes in...
The need for international human resources management
Thesis - 7 pages - Human resources
As the process of globalization accelerates, there is a growing number of expatriates working in foreign countries as well as repatriates coming back to home companies. Therefore, international human resources managers have the urgent task of taking care of employees' characteristics of cultures,...
Google's total compensation plan
Case study - 4 pages - Human resources
Google is a monopoly in itself, an Internet giant, and it has a different and special structure. Employees maintain a link among them, while simultaneously retaining a sense of autonomy. In this paper, we will examine Goggle's Total Compensation Plan, and its relevance in this company. Firstly,...
Human Resource Management: E-Recruitment
Thesis - 12 pages - Human resources
This report offers an overall analysis and evaluation of the current recruitment scenario. It shows the current economic climate, and how it affects E-recruitments a whole. It compares traditional methods of recruitment with that of the fast growing domain of E-recruitment. The website review...
A comparative study of working conditions in Ireland and France in 2008
Worksheets - 3 pages - Human resources
The purpose of this report is to analyze the differences and similarities between France and Ireland with respect to working conditions. While both countries have a common policy to protect employees, they also have different ways to maintain and ensure those standards through legislation....
Human Resources and strategic tools
Case study - 8 pages - Human resources
The management of jobs is a tool that is used for managing human resources. It consists of the projection for the medium and long term needs and staff resources of an organization. It is composed of qualitative approaches of management planning skills and workforce planning. The management of...
Theories of motivation
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
This document is presented in tabular form and presents a synthesis of the theoretical trends, key authors and special theories of content and process. For example, the authors Maslow (1954), McClelland (1961), Atkinson (1964), Alderfer (1969), Schein (1975), Herzberg (1971), and McGregor...
Compensation: scales and seniority with the example of Randstad of Belgium
Case study - 4 pages - Human resources
Belgium has now banned the age criterion for wage scales. Tens of thousands of employers are under transition. Randstad had taken this step ten years ago. Not because Europe compelled it, but because it was an advantage for its own activities. The company specializes in advising temporary...
The Belgian system to earn a degree while you are working
Case study - 4 pages - Human resources
This document intends to show that this has been possible for a long time. The novelty is that one can get any number of distractions while pursuing their higher education through means of distance learning according to their experience, acquired skills and the business training that has been...
Adaptation of a worker to the local problems: French in China
Case study - 10 pages - Human resources
Working abroad as part of an international assignment or other contract inevitably raises many challenges with regard to adaptability. One has to adapt to different cultures, ways of living and study the key points rigorously to live more comfortably in a host country. A host country receives a...
Conflict management
Case study - 8 pages - Human resources
We are confronted daily with situations of conflict. Indeed, tensions arise in the workplace as well as within the family. These disagreements often are due to more secret reasons and not conscious and it is sometimes difficult to terminate. After identifying the origins of conflicts, we will...
The internationalization of the company and human resource management
Book review - 10 pages - Human resources
Today, most French companies have had the "great leap" in international markets. With increased trade and international context, the phenomenon of globalization has forced companies to open their activities abroad. Even if we can see significant differences in their degree of...
The research of the motivations in Two Factor theory of Herzberg
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
Herzberg's analysis focuses on the problem of motivation and on the crucial question: "How does one cause an employee to do what is expected of him?" He presents an introduction and develops a list of attitudes and inefficiencies to get the job expected of employees: Ask, give instructions,...
Strategic Analysis of HR for Alcatel-Lucent: A merger facing HR & management culture issues
Dissertation - 11 pages - Human resources
In this document, we focus on the analysis of the human resources function of a huge company, which is unique because it is in the perspective of a merger between Alcatel and Lucent. We have first presented an overview of the merger to position the sector, and concluded this part with a SWOT...
Change Management, the new role of HR
Dissertation - 47 pages - Human resources
The method ofmanagement of a company has evolved considerably in recent years. The removal of certain boundaries, the development of new technologies, new modes of communication, etc. have internationalized the economic and social landscape. In this context, companies have become involved in a...
Corporate culture: Case study of IKEA
Case study - 19 pages - Human resources
"Let us begin with an anecdote to highlight the theme of corporate culture in an intelligible and meaningful manner”. The following testimony is that of an officer of a company which was recently formed by the merger of two industrial companies: "When I need a new piece, I can ask someone...
Human Resources department of IKEA
Essay - 38 pages - Human resources
Since it was registered as a corporation in 1943, IKEA has developed into an international group, present in approximately 43 countries. IKEA gets its name from the initials of Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, located in Småland, Sweden. Ingvar Kamprad was just 17 when he registered IKEA...
The recruitment policy of Michelin
Case study - 3 pages - Human resources
There are four elements that are essential to the Human Resource department, these are acquisition, integration, performance and allocation of human resources. So, any function of this department should fulfill these four factors. In this paper, we will be studying these four dimensions and the...
The management of the expatriation in France and Europe
Dissertation - 42 pages - Human resources
After 30 years of mass unemployment, mobility has become a reality. Viewed more as a threat than as an opportunity to advance in life, mobility is in fact often a prerequisite for a job that is both stable and of quality. The year 2006 was proclaimed by the European Commission as "European Year...
Case Club Med: recruitment
Case study - 8 pages - Human resources
Though Club Med, the inventor of the holiday clubs, remains the leading brand in the world in terms of reputation in the tourism sector, several factors have nevertheless tarnished its image since the late 90s. In 1997, the Trigano family was ousted from the company by shareholders and in 2000,...
Negotiation with the Mexicans
Case study - 8 pages - Human resources
Mexico is a country in North America, located in the southern United States (which is partly separated by the Rio Grande, said the Rio Bravo to Mexicans) and bordered on the south by Guatemala and Belize. Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking countries. He also recorded the second highest...
The role of HR managers in the context of changing external environmental factors
Thesis - 13 pages - Human resources
Over the last two decades, the work environment has improved in new techniques that no one expected, causing growth in innovation and globalization. The following era will witness superior changes, influencing all sides of the workstation, containing main variations for HR managers. To respond...
