21555 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Employee Engagement
Document Summary
Human resource management: define the purposes and scope of hrm in australia. People = key ingredient (must manage ethically/equitably/effectively) Nature of work is changing (changing ir laws, tech, org. restructuring) Focus on admin, welfare and industrial relations. Linked strategically with objectives (focus on overall org effectiveness) Unitarist, high trust/fairness, employee engagement, organic structure. Focus on maximum utilisation: development of hrm in australia - its influences, issues and theories. Hrm as a set of policy choices (reward/work systems) Org. performance + advocates equal concern for employee wellbeing. Control through commitment (effective utilisation of employees) Long term focus, employee empowerment, delegated roles. Employees as source of competitive advantage, democratic leadership. Focus on cost reduction and common sense seen as route to success. Based on best (cid:494)fit(cid:495) strategic control, systems for managing people. Hrm role = furthering comp. advantage of the organisation. Short term focus, autocratic leadership style, employees as a resource.
