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Identify
the similarities and differences
between different organisations in your
group.
Corporate strategy
Business or competitive strategy
Operational strategy
Whittingtons Typology of Strategy
PROCESSES
Deliberate
CLASSICAL SYSTMATIC
Profit Pluralistic
OUTCOMES
maximising
EVOLUTIONARY PROCESUAL
Emergent
No single definition
Large and diverse theoretical
background
Formal models hard and soft
Definitions
A strategic, coherent and comprehensive approach to the management and
development of the organisations human resources in which every aspect of that
process is wholly integrated within the overall management of the organisation.
HRM is essentially an ideology.
Armstrong, M. (1992) human resource management: strategy and action. Kogan page.
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A diverse body of thoughts and practice, loosely unified by a concern to integrate
the management of personnel more closely with the core management activity of
organisations.
Goss, D. (1994) principles of human resource management. Routledge.
.
Human resource management is a distinctive approach to employment
management which seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the
strategic development of a highly committed and capable workforce, using an
integrated array of cultural, structural and personnel techniques.
Storey, J (ed.) 1995) human resource management: A critical text, Routledge.
Theoretical Background
F W Taylor scientific management
Frank and Lilian Girbreth work study methods (now developed into performance
management)
Elton mayo human relations behaviour orientation humanistic and people centred
Kurt Lewin models of change
Neo-human relations and socio-technical theorists team based development
Deaming total quality
Pascale and Athos investigation of Japanese working practices
Tom Peters pursuit of excellence
Charles handy, Chris Argris, Edgar Schein, - nature of work and organisation
Henry Mintzberg research with managers and leaders planning and strategy
Rosabeth Moss Kanter organisational change
Shift to HRM
Beliefs and
assumption
s
Enhanced Strategic
Competition Response
Changes in
key levers