A Human Resource Training Program for Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have increased in the twenty-first century; however, the majority of cross-border mergers fail to achieve their financial objectives. Nonetheless, the number of merger failures has not stopped organizations from undertaking mergers. There are multiple sources and types of conflict associated with merger failure, which can all be traced back to the facts that human resource departments have not been utilized effectively and that there has been a lack of planning during the M&A process. Thus, this capstone proposes a training program as a reference for human resource departments to apply best practices for planning, training, and evaluating during the process of M&As, which will help potentially alleviate conflicts during the merger period.

Manager Training and Development Strategy: A Methodology to Link Strategic Initiatives at Washington and Lee University

Washington and Lee University has developed and implemented a strategic plan and performance development initiative for 2007-2017. In concert with the strategic plan and performance development initiative, supportive manager core competencies have been identified. The deliverable for this capstone project is a documented methodology that supports the strategy for the design and implementation of a manager training and development program that ensures needed competencies are available. The author uses survey data to determine training needs and priorities and, through a review of literature, investigates effective strategies to arrive at a successful implementation methodology. The author presents findings and conclusions regarding design implementation methodology for manager training and development.

Performance Management: Can Coaching Result in Improved Employee Satisfaction and Motivation?

The goal of this project is to determine whether or not coaching, as a part of performance management, results in increased employee motivation, ultimately impacting employee performance. Teletech's customer service group was a case study where their effectiveness of performance management through coaching was analyzed. The data for this research was gathered from interviews of two of TeleTech's managers, and an employee survey created by the author. The results reveal that most participants felt more motivated after their coaching sessions, changed their behavior based on feedback during coaching, resulting in improved performance. Therefore, the results of the project show that regular coaching, as part of performance management, results in improved employee satisfaction and motivation, resulting in increased productivity.

The New Strategic Onboarding Process

Onboarding is an important aspect of the employment process that has been often ignored. Overlooked onboarding results in high turnover costs, totaling up to 30 to 50 percent of an employee's first-year pay. To decrease this turnover and its associated high costs, this paper proposes the implementation of a highly strategic onboarding process. This process has a strategic focus, SMART goals, integrates multiple offices and people, and addresses all new employee needs with two considerations, generational and technological advances. An employee stays continuously and actively engaged, with vested interest in success, maximizing engagement and retention. The process focuses on constant and continuous feedback from all stakeholders. The project is a practical guide for implementing a new strategically focused onboarding process.

Challenges and Opportunities in Managing the Aging Workforce: An Investigation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

The aging workforce is becoming the majority of the working population in the United States. Although the literature on the aging workforce is sizable, little exists on how public agencies use the older workers. This capstone project examines the challenges and opportunities related to the employment of older workers as seen through a case study of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Knowledge gained from a synthesis of the literature review with survey data collected and analyzed will enable HR professionals to better understand the demographic, economic, regulatory, and intellectual influences of the aging workforce. The results from the survey of FEMA employees suggest a basis to plan and implement successful hiring and retention policies related to the aging workforce.

Hiring Manager Training for Strategically Selecting the Best Human Capital

The selection process is arguably the most important part of the employee life cycle in an organization, but a process often underdeveloped in many organizations. Successful selection processes can put the right people into critical positions, whereas failure to focus on selection can result in poor performance, turnover, and loss of productivity critical to the continuing success of organizations. This paper creates a model for a hiring manager training that focuses on a strategic selection process to maximize chances for successful hires. Utilizing leadership and selection models, human resources can engage hiring managers in a strategic applicant selection process as well as give tools for screening, interviewing, and selecting the best candidates for employment throughout all levels of their organization.

Summary report of Human Resources Planning Conference : Hunt Valley, November 1984.

Mode of access: Internet.

International human resource management:review and critique

The research agenda for the field of international human resource management (IHRM) is clear. For a better understanding and to benefit substantially, management scholars must study IHRM in context (Jackson, S.E. and Schuler, R.S. 1995. Understanding human resource management in the context of organizations and their environment. Annual Review of Psychology, 46: 237–264; Geringer, J.M., Frayne, C.A. and Milliman, J.F. 2002. In search of 'best practices' in international human resource management: research design and methodology. Human Resource Management, forthcoming). IHRM should be studied within the context of changing economic and business conditions. The dynamics of both the local/regional and international/global business context in which the firm operates should be given serious consideration. Further, it could be beneficial to study IHRM within the context of the industry and the firm's strategy and its other functional areas and operations. In taking these perspectives, one needs to use multiple levels of analysis when studying IHRM: the external social, political, cultural and economic environment; the industry, the firm, the sub-unit, the group, and the individual. Research in contextual isolation is misleading: it fails to advance understanding in any significant way (Adler, N.J. and Ghadar, E. 1990. Strategic human resource management: a global perspective. Human Resource Management in International Comparison. Berlin: de Gruyter; Locke, R. and Thelen, K. 1995. Apples and oranges revisited: contextualized comparisons and the study of comparative labor politics. Politics & Society, 23, 337–367). In this paper, we attempt to review the existing state of academic work in IHRM and illustrate how it incorporates the content and how it might be expanded to do so.

Impact of the HRM content (i.e. practices) and process (i.e. strength) on individual and organizational outcomes, in the hotel industry

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Analyzing the impact of HRM Systems on the organizational climate, culture and outcomes: The mediating role of HMR Strength, organizational climate and culture

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Henkilöstöhallinnosta strategiseen henkilöstövoimavarojen johtamiseen - HRM 2000-luvulla

Tässä tutkielmassa on tarkastelu henkilöstöhallinnon kehittymistä strategiseksi henkilöstövoimavarojen johtamiseksi. Tutkielmassa on tarkasteltu tuota kehitysprosessia kronologisesti edeten, tarkastellen henkilöstöasioiden hoitamisen eri kehitysvaiheita sekä kehittymiseen vaikuttaneita tekijöitä. Tutkielmassa on myös pyritty hahmottelemaan henkilöstöfunktion tulevaisuuden näkymiä. Tutkielman aiheeseen on perehdytty käyttäen apuna aiheesta aiemmin kirjoitettua kirjallisuutta sekä tarkastelemalla siitä tehtyjä tutkimuksia. Tämän prosessin avulla tutkimuksessa on pyritty luomaan käsitys siitä, mitä henkilöstöasioiden hoitamiseen sisältyy ja miten se on kehittynyt. Tutkimuksen ollessa kirjallisuuteen perustuva teoreettinen tarkastelu on aiheen lähestyminen ollut mahdollista vain suhteellisen pinnallisesti. Tällainen teoreettinen tarkastelu antaa kuitenkin hyvän perustan aiheesta kiinnostuneella sekä mahdollisuuden esimerkiksi aiheesta tehtävälle jatkotutkimukselle.

Henkilöstövoimavarojen strateginen johtaminen toimitusketjussa

Tutkielman aiheena on henkilöstövoimavarojen strateginen johtaminen toimitusketjussa. Tavoitteena on selvittää henkilöstövoimavarojen johtamisen ja toimitusketjujen hallinnan välistä suhdetta ja sitä, minkälaisilla henkilöstöresurssien hallinnan keinoilla voidaan tehostaa yrityksen toimitusketjuja ja parantaa sen kilpailukykyä markkinoilla. Tutkimuksessa on otettu huomioon myös liiketoimintaympäristön jatkuvasti muuttuvan luonteen vaikutus organisaatioiden henkilöstöresurssien ja toimitusketjujen hallintaan. Tavoitteena on lisäksi kartoittaa ne johtajien ja hankinnan ammattilaisten ominaispiirteet, jotka ovat edellytyksenä tuloksekkaaseen toimintaan modernissa liiketoiminnassa. Tutkimus on luonteeltaan kvalitatiivinen eli laadullinen tutkimus ja siinä on käytetty hyväksi teoriatriangulaation menetelmää kuvailtaessa toimitusketjuja henkilöstövoimavarojen keinoin. Tutkimuksessa muodostetaan henkilöstöresurssien hallinnan ja toimitusketjujen hallinnan teoriakokonaisuuksista synteesi, joka kuvaa niitä henkilöstöstrategisia erityispiirteitä, joita toimitusketjujen hallintaan sisältyy.

Magneettisairaalan työnantajakuvan merkitys lääkäri- ja sairaanhoitajaopiskelijoiden näkökulmasta tarkasteltuna

Tämä tutkimus tarkastelee valmistumassa olevien lääkäri- ja sairaanhoitajaopiskelijoiden näkemyksiä terveydenhuollon työnantajakuvaan ja sen vetovoimaisuuteen liittyen. Tarkastelun näkökulmina ovat strateginen henkilöstövoimavarojen johtaminen, rekrytointiprosessi ja motivaatio työhön hakeutumisessa. Aihetta on tutkittu toistaiseksi vähän terveydenhuollon opiskelijoiden näkökulmasta. Laadullisen tutkimuksen teoreettinen osuus toteutettiin kyselylomakkeella. Kyselylomakkeen vastausten (n=14) analyysissä käytettiin sisällönanalyysiä. Tulosten mukaan voidaan todeta, että terveydenhuollon työnantajakuvalla on melko suuri merkitys lääkäreiden ja sairaanhoitajien työhön hakeutumisessa. Työpaikan vetovoimaisuutta lisäävät tekijät liittyvät esimiehen hyviin johtamistaitoihin, ammatillisen osaamisen kehittämisen mahdollisuuksiin ja kilpailukykyiseen palkkaukseen. Lisäksi työpaikan sijainnilla ja tehtävän sisällöllä on vaikutusta työpaikkaan hakeutumisessa. Vetovoimaisuutta vähentävät vastaavasti huono työilmapiiri, huono palkka, esimiehen heikot johtamistaidot sekä konsultaatiomahdollisuuksien puute. Rekrytointiprosesseissa ja työnantajan markkinoinnissa on vaihtelua eri työnantajien välillä.