Human Resource Management & Organisational Development

By Dr Amanda Marshall-Ponting – licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution – Non-Commercial – Share Alike License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module you will be able to:• Understand the impact the main schools of

management thought have had upon human resource management

• Reflect upon the impact of different reward management approaches on staff motivation and retention

• Understand the recruitment and selection process

• Critically evaluate theory in the context current of practice

HRM & organisational development: Subject focus

PowerDiscussion: Different types of power; power and motivation

Recruitment, selection & retention

Discussion: recruitment process; retention & turnover; performance incentives; reward management; motivation

Management theoryModels: Fayol’s principles of management; Taylor’s scientific management; Weber’s bureaucratic management; Mayo’s Hawthorne Works experiments; Drucker’s management by objectivesDiscussion: Productivity; motivation; performance

MotivationModels: Herzberg’s two factor theory; Maslow’s hierarchy of needsDiscussion: performance

AppraisalDiscussion: performance standards; employee development; good practice for appraisers; appraisal approaches

Structure of the learning materials

Reflective questions

Supplementary reading

Stage 3

Presentation

Background reading

Stage 2

Introductory presentation

Stage 1

Using the learning materials

Recommendation: Work through activities in stages 1, 2, and 3 in sequence

The exercises and supplementary reading in stage 3 will be more meaningful if you complete

stages 1 and 2 first

Using the learning materials

Recommendation: Work through activities in stages 1, 2, and 3 in sequence

But you can choose the order in which you complete the activities in each stage

Using the learning materials

Recommendation: Work through activities in stages 1, 2, and 3 in sequence

You might want to complete the exercises as youwork through the background document

or at the end

HRM & performance management: Background

These dimensions are linked with motivation and performance and should be considered in relation to this but it should be recognised that the extent to which a person will respond to improves in these factors will depend upon their level of ‘growth need’.  

 

4.0 EMPLOYEE APPRAISALPerformance management and appraisal form a key part of a company’s drive for high performance and competitive advantage through the setting and monitoring of individual goals for employees and aligi

EXERCISE: You can reflect upon staff motivation and incentives by completing the exercise in section 2 of the exercises document and the answers can be found in section 2 of the Solutions document.

Using the learning materialsHRM & performance

management: exercises

1. REFELCTIVE EXERCISE: STAFF MOTIV

Reflective exercise: Why do you think that staIndustries than others? Make a list of the diffe variations

HRM & performance management: solutions

1. REFELCTIVE EXERCISE: STAFF MOTIV

The background document identifies the points at which the content specific exercises

could be completed

Using the learning materialsHackman, J.R. And Oldham, G.R. (1976) Motivation through the design of work: Test of a theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 16, pp 250-279

The supplementary reading can be

completed prior to tackling the exercises

or afterwards

Raiden, A.B., Dainty, A.R.J. And Neale, R.H. (2006) Balancing employee needs, project requirements and organisational priorities in team deployment. Construction Management and Economics, 24, pp 883-895.