Core Concepts Human Capital Management
Term Assignment (Individual Assignment)
Name: Shalu Chopra
Discuss 5 core concepts that were covered in the first and second sessions.
Examine critically to what extent these concepts can be applied in the workplace in terms of their relevance and cultural adaptation.
The 5 core concepts that we covered during the first and second sessions are as follows: • Identifying Work Flow through the
Organization Structure and Job Analysis • HR Planning for Recruitment • Performance Appraisals for Developmental Purpose • HR Best Practices to counteract Present and
Emerging HR Challenges • Role of HR in Managing Diversity
1. Identifying Work Flow through the Organization Structure and Job Analysis
As recruitment of employees, their performance appraisal, challenges and training them is an important part of HRM; identifying or determining the different aspects of a job or job analysis is the foremost function of HRM.
From the material we have read and from the classes we have attended, we learnt that the organizations can be of three kinds: • Bureaucratic organizational structures (Fig. 1.1) • Flat organizational structures (Fig. 1.2) • Boundary less organizational structures (Fig. 1.3)
Fig. 1.1 - Bureaucratic Organizations
Fig. 1.2 – Flat Organizations
Fig. 1.3 – Boundary less Organizations
Job Analysis is the process of getting detailed information of the job, description and its specifications according to the work flow of the organization. In other words; it helps to fit the job with the right people. Hence, job analysis is not a performance indicator of the individual performing the job but the understanding of the job itself and the requirements it entails.
There are various job analysis methods including:
Observation - where you take out time to observe the way the job is being performed
Questionnaires - collect the data regarding the job and summarize it for the analysis by experts, managers etc.
Interviews - are
Name: Shalu Chopra
Discuss 5 core concepts that were covered in the first and second sessions.
Examine critically to what extent these concepts can be applied in the workplace in terms of their relevance and cultural adaptation.
The 5 core concepts that we covered during the first and second sessions are as follows: • Identifying Work Flow through the
Organization Structure and Job Analysis • HR Planning for Recruitment • Performance Appraisals for Developmental Purpose • HR Best Practices to counteract Present and
Emerging HR Challenges • Role of HR in Managing Diversity
1. Identifying Work Flow through the Organization Structure and Job Analysis
As recruitment of employees, their performance appraisal, challenges and training them is an important part of HRM; identifying or determining the different aspects of a job or job analysis is the foremost function of HRM.
From the material we have read and from the classes we have attended, we learnt that the organizations can be of three kinds: • Bureaucratic organizational structures (Fig. 1.1) • Flat organizational structures (Fig. 1.2) • Boundary less organizational structures (Fig. 1.3)
Fig. 1.1 - Bureaucratic Organizations
Fig. 1.2 – Flat Organizations
Fig. 1.3 – Boundary less Organizations
Job Analysis is the process of getting detailed information of the job, description and its specifications according to the work flow of the organization. In other words; it helps to fit the job with the right people. Hence, job analysis is not a performance indicator of the individual performing the job but the understanding of the job itself and the requirements it entails.
There are various job analysis methods including:
Observation - where you take out time to observe the way the job is being performed
Questionnaires - collect the data regarding the job and summarize it for the analysis by experts, managers etc.
Interviews - are
References: • About Singapore Airlines Retrieved from http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/about-us/ • Singapore Airlines Annual Report 2011/2012 Retrieved from http://www.singaporeair.com/pdf/Investor-Relations/Annual-Report/annualreport1112.pdf • How to manage your diverse team, FILIPPO SARTI Retrieved from http://sbr.com.sg/hr-education/commentary/how-manage-your-diverse-team • Where we fly Retrieved from http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/plan-and-book/where-we-fly/