Human Resources Management (HRM)
The post is a comb
ination of two asighnments
1:Human Resources Management (HRM)
major,Market
ing & Management
1. Discuss the impact of contemporary contextual
influences on people management and
in the light of this outl
ine how HR can contribute to organisational viability and competitive advantage.
2. How could the role and purpose of HR be described by employees, l
ine managers, HR professionals and senior management
in organisations? What tensions might arise based on these views?
3. Critically evaluate the idea that an organisation’s HR strategy should fit its competitive strategy.
4. Critically evaluate the relative merits of the new flexible model of ‘Gig’ work
ing adopted by companies like UBER, Deliveroo and Taskrabbit.
5. Critically discuss the challenges that the
increas
ing prevalence of ‘Emotional Labour’ (Hochschild, 1983) poses to HR professionals.
2:A Better Place
Read “A Better Place”,
in the Summer 2014 edition of MS Magaz
ine, write a page
in which you describe how access to birth control affects or does not affect your family plann
ing options.Discuss the issue
in relationship to the short story.
Very Important.