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The Ethical Context of HRM

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Ethics and HRM As per, Winstanley, Woodall and Heery (1996), ‘Ethics is a special section of philosophy that connects with morality, that is concepts such as good and bad, right and wrong ; fairness and righteousness’. Business ethics deals with the degree and extent of morality to be used in business (UKEssays, Ethics and Human Resource Management, 2017).  As per Johnson (2003), All practices of Human Resource carry an ethical foundation to it and deals with the practical consequences of same. The present world focus more on ethical leadership. A relationship between business and its employees is now connected with the employment contract. The principle of ethical selection is followed by an ethical organization for hiring prospective employees.  In accordance to this an organization is mainly focused on hiring a person who can commit him or herself to contribute the maximum towards increasing the long-term value of the business.  According to thi

Employee Engagement in HRM

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What is employee engagement? According to Truss (2009), employee engagement is about creating opportunities for employees to   interconnect with their colleagues and creating an environment for them to get motivated connect to the work to perform their job with care. According to institute of Employment Studies (2008), Employee engagement is positive attitude of employees towards the values of organization. If an employee is engaged he is aware of business context and work with others with in the job to maximize the performance. The organization must adopt a good employee and employer relationship to develop and nature engagement. According to Storey (2008), Employee engagement is asset of positive attitudes and behaviors of the employees to which leads to high job performance aligned to organization’s mission. However there are many definitions for the employee engagement and there’s no single definition for the same that everyone agrees upon. Levels of engageme

Organisation Change Management

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What is change Management?   In simple terms change management is a process of and approach to transition of organisations to desired future state.   Present competitive and fast changing environment driven by globalization of markets and technology, forces organisations to change over time if they are to survive.  T he change can not  be done overnight hence, the change management is a process of planning and implementing desired change in organizations to minimize employee resistance, cost and maximizing the effectiveness of the change effort. What are the types of Change adopted by organisation? · Evolutionary change or adaptation- Significant change to the organisation · Development change- Enhance and correct  the current state of the   organisation  Transitional change- to achieve different state from existing state · Drastic & revolutionary change- Immidiate and significantly new state · Transformational change- change of culture, process , structure and

Organisation Culture in HRM

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What is organisation culture? Organization culture could be described as set of shared values and believes that drives the employees of an organization how to interact with each other and approach to their work. Organization culture is based on shared written and unwritten rules, attitudes, customs developed over the time within the employees of the organization which are also aligned with the values of the organization.   A perfect alignment between the shared values and beliefs of the employees of the organization and the values of organization to succeed it mission will create a sustainable and successful work culture which also referred as high performance culture. Key elements of the culture ·         Individual values ·         Organizational values ·         Alignment of Individual & organizational values ·         Dynamism ·         The role of the leader of the organization     How does the high performance culture impact in organisation performan