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Human Resource management is definitely onetools  in  order  to  analyse
of the most important branches of any
organizations. In this article I will discussjudgemental data. Another important point to
how hr principles can be implemented onconsider  when  dealing
practice using Xerox as an example of the
successful strategy realization.In the 1980'swith human resource planning is that it
the concept of Human Resource Managementinvolves  people,  therefore
(HRM)  took  the
planners need to plan for what is acceptable
management world by storm, and hasas well as feasible.HRM is considered by many
represented  a  major  changeto  be  a  direct  follow-on  from  Personnel
thereafter in the way personnel has beenManagement, so in order to completely
managed  in  Britain.  Theunderstand  HRM  it  is  important
terminology of HRM emerged in America first,that we now look at Personnel Management,
where  the  politicaltrying  to  analyse  some  of
climate, partnered with the decline of thethe differences between them."Personnel
union  movement,  allowedmanagement is a series of activities, which
first  enables
managers to experiment with new ideas and
concepts  associatedworking people and the business which uses
their  skills  to  agree  about
personnel management. This led managers to
look  for  new  ideas  andthe objectives and nature of their working
relationship  and  secondly,
workplace practices around the world,
focusing  mainly  on  the  positiveit ensures that the agreement is
fulfilled."The philosophy of personnel
example that was coming from the "Tigermanagement  has  been  around  for  a  long
Economies",  in  particular
time, and has changed very little in that
Japan. Japanese companies at the time were atime.  It  originated  in  the
good  example  for  their
late 1970's, as a way to better manage
western counterparts, achieving strongemployees.  Workers  were
economic  success  coupled  with
persuaded to adopt new virtues regarding
highly committed employees and high levelstheir  everyday  working
of employee satisfaction.There is no
universally accepted definition of humanpractices, for example, punctuality and
resourceobedience.  The  practices  of
management; however most people are inclinedpersonnel management have followed the
to  suggest  that  "its  corechanging  patterns  of  employment
principles challenge both the traditionaland, despite all the changes in the labour
practice  of  personnelmarket  and  in  the
management in Britain, and the traditionalgovernment's approach to the economy; this
focus  of  academicseems  a  realistic  and
industrial relations on collective employeeconstructive approach. It is based on the
relations"(Hollinshead  etearlier  ideas  of  Enid
al. 1999 pg8) Human resource management isMumford (1972) and McCarthy and Ellis
the  responsibility  of  using(1973).  Personnel  management  is
and developing the organisation's personnelgoing through the biggest change in its
in  the  most  productivehistory.  Many  commentators
way. This appears to be little more thanbelieved that the arrival of human resource
restating  the  role  of  themanagement  was  to  be  a
personnel department, but Human Resourcegreat change in emphasis, but it was no more
Management  (HRM)  has  somethan  rethinking  the
distinctive features. It origins have beenprocesses inside the organisation. Personnel
the  success  of  the  Japanesemanagement  has  grown  and
at managing employees, even though theirdeveloped with the increasing size and
firms  rarely  have  personnelvariety of organisations.Personnel management
is workforce-centred, which means its
department, so HRM represent a rethink bydirected
personnel  professionals.  It
mainly at the organisation employees. It
also places greater emphasis on developmentencompasses  a  whole  range  of
through  training  and
tasks crucial to the effective management of
career planning. HRM hopefully has theemployees,  such  as
potential  to  persuade  all
finding and training them, arranging for
managers that the development of their humanthem  to  be  paid,  explaining
resources  is  their  job,
management's expectations or justifying
not that of the personnel department.HRM ismanagement's  actions.  The
a resource-centred style of management, which
focusesstarting point is the people who work for
the  organisation;  they  are  a
predominantly on managements needs for human
resources  (notresource like materials and cash, but
considerably less flexible.Underpinning
necessarily employees) to be provided andpersonnel management are the two ideas that
deployed.  It  focuses  onpeople  have  a
planning, monitoring and control rather thanright to be treated as dignified human
mediation,  hoping  thatbeings  while  at  work,  that  they
problem solving is dealt with though otherare only effective as employees when their
members  of  management  onjob-related  personnel  needs
human resource issues rather than directlyare met, and that this will not happen
with  employees  or  theirwithout  personnel  management
representative.In order for a company's HRMintervention in the everyday manager
policy  to  be  successful  it  is  veryemployee  relations.  Personnel
important that the company establishesmanagers are involved in a more direct way
direct  links  between  its  humanin  the  relationship  between
resource policies and its broader corporateother managers and their subordinates,
goals.  Therefore  it  isbecause  the  personnel  aspects
essential for a company to have a good humanof management are often perceived by line
resource  strategy.  Inmanagers  as  not  central  to
1994 Henry Mintzberg stated that 'the mosttheir role.In the next section of this essay
successful  strategies  areI  am  going  to  use  the  case  study  of
visions, not plans', Mintzberg identifiesXerox.  During  the  mid-eighties
the  role  of  planning  in
Xerox underwent serious changes in both in
terms of programming the 'strategic vision',their  workforces,  and
and  also  in  terms  of
workforce practices. In doing this they
providing information that stimulates theearned  the  reputation  as  a
'visioning process'.Increasingly, in modern
day  management,  there  is  a  need  forleading case for "beating the Japanese at
their own game". Today, Xerox continues to
organisations to combine the processesdominate
involved  in  planning  the
the photocopying market. Many elements of
numbers and skills of employees. This isthe  organisation  have  proved
done  through  trying  to  affect
critical in the implementation of this
employee behaviour and organisationalchange,  but  more  than  any  the
culture,  organisational  design
human resource department proved crucial. In
and the make up of individual jobs, throughterms  of  outcomes,  the
the  creation  of  formal  and
period of 1981 saw a decline in the levels
informal work systems. These aspects are allof  salaried  employees
critical  in  moulding
compared with those involved in "direct"
individual employees behaviour and achievinglabour.  This  was  reflected  in
the  company's  vision.
increased levels of shop floor autonomy. In
Planning an HRM strategy is different forthis  period  of  change  the
every  organisation  and  it  is
number of grievances actually declined.
crucial that it is done well. A good humanTherefore  it  is  fair  to
resource  plan  will  cover
suggest that, the interest of the employees,
areas such as people supply, communications,the  union,  and  the  firm
training  and  development,
were all being met. This is not to say there
appraisal, organisational structure and pay.weren't  conflicts  between
Some  organisations  will
management and its employees, more that it
place emphasis on all of the aspectswas  possible  for  such
mentioned  above,  planning  them
conflicts to occur, whilst, at the same time
individually, while other organisations maythe  company  achieving  its
plan  for  some  and  others
objectives.Mary Anne Winslow is a member of
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