Arxiu de categoria: General

“Whether in a recession or during boom times, companies compete for talent” (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. , 29) HR employees are considered Staff employees rather than line employees because instead of being directly involved in producing the company’s goods or delivering the service, they are the ones who support the line function.Continua llegint “Meeting Present and Emerging Strategic Human Resources Challenges”

Managing Employee Separations, Downsizing, and Outplacement “Maintaining the fiscal health of an organization, particularly in difficult economic times, often means cutting costs.” (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. , 209) Firing people has been always the main tool organization use to reduce labor costs. In history, downsizing has become a common practice in allContinua llegint “Exit Management”

Managing Compensation Every person has the right to receive a compensation for the labour or job given to a company. This compensations are the single most important cost in almost all the firms. The total compensation is divided in different parts. Base compensation is the fixed pay an employee receives on a regular basis, eitherContinua llegint “Total rewards and Employee Engagement.”

Understanding Equal Opportunity and the Legal Environment Discrimination claims are always difficult for companies. (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. , 110) Tattoos and companies are one of the most known problems in this field. Companies have policies banning them or obliging employees to hide their visible ones while working. Some things companies CAN’TContinua llegint “Labor Union and Labor Law”

Respecting Employee Rights and Managing Discipline Employers have the legal right to monitor employees, they can monitor their company phone, how they behave in the office or even social media like Facebook or Twitter. Some companies have rules against having convicted people in the payrol and it’s understandable that they want to keep track ofContinua llegint “Legal Compliance, Discipline and Grievance”

The initial text with George and Estelle proves that not always the most easy solution is the best solution. What I mean is, in this case of performance evaluation, using an external software to evaluate your employee’s performance. Maintaining and improving the company’s performance is an important part of the manager’s role. But which waysContinua llegint “Performance Management”

Training the Workforce Jim’s problem as a manager appeared when one of her employees, Suzy, was worried because she was not recommended to go to training sessions by him. Jim as manager didn’t see the need of sending her to training sessions but realized it’s not always about the environment. Employees see training sessions asContinua llegint “Learning and Development”

Chapter 5 of our theory book started explaining a situation in The Espresso Hut” where they needed an assistant store manager. When the manager had to choose, she chose Anthony, a guy who had never worked as a barista but had some business knowledge and understanding of the industry. Also thinking that he could learnContinua llegint “Recruitment and Selection”