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Understanding Business
BUSS1001
Presented by
Dr Chris F Wright
The University of Sydney Business School
Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies
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Some definitions
What are Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations?
HRM
HRM assumes that all personnel activities are integrated with each other,
and strategically with organisational objectives (Nankervis et al)
an approach to the practice and study of the employment relationship that
focuses on the role of management in eliciting effort and value from
employees (Bray et al)
IR (employment relations)
The study of the formal and informal rules which regulate the employment
relationship and the social processes which create and enforce these rules
(Brady et al)
Career in IR/HRM
But:
Labour is not (necessarily) a commodity in the same way as other
commodities
Employees bring their labour power or capacity to work in return for
wages
Employers hire this capacity to work, not actual work effort
The management process is crucial to turning labour power into labour
effort and productivity or commitment, effort and compliance
Employment is a power relationship employee submits to authority
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But:
Labour is not (necessarily) a commodity in the same way as other
commodities
Employees bring their labour power or capacity to work in return for
wages
Employers hire this capacity to work, not actual work effort
The management process is crucial to turning labour power into labour
effort and productivity or commitment, effort and compliance
Employment is a power relationship employee submits to authority
Legal
contract
Social
contract
Psychological
contract
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Fe b- 19 78
M ar - 19 78
A pr - 197 8
M ay -1 97 8
Ju n- 197 8
Ju l- 19 78
A ug- 1 978
S ep- 1 978
O ct - 197 8
N ov- 1 978
D ec- 1 978
Ja n- 197 9
Fe b- 19 79
M ar - 19 79
A pr - 197 9
M ay -1 97 9
Ju n- 197 9
Ju l- 19 79
A ug- 1 979
S ep- 1 979
O ct - 197 9
N ov- 1 979
D ec- 1 979
Ja n- 198 0
Fe b- 19 80
M ar - 19 80
A pr - 198 0
M ay -1 98 0
Ju n- 198 0
Ju l- 19 80
A ug- 1 980
S ep- 1 980
O ct - 198 0
N ov- 1 980
D ec- 1 980
Delivery
Ja n- 198 1
Fe b- 19 81
M ar - 19 81
Males
O ct - 199 3
N ov- 1 993
D ec- 1 993
Ja n- 199 4
Fe b- 19 94
M ar - 19 94
A pr - 199 4
M ay -1 99 4
Ju n- 199 4
Ju l- 19 94
A ug- 1 994
S ep- 1 994
O ct - 199 4
N ov- 1 994
D ec- 1 994
Ja n- 199 5
Fe b- 19 95
M ar - 19 95
A pr - 199 5
M ay -1 99 5
Ju n- 199 5
Ju l- 19 95
A ug- 1 995
S ep- 1 995
O ct - 199 5
N ov- 1 995
D ec- 1 995
Ja n- 199 6
Fe b- 19 96
M ar - 19 96
A pr - 199 6
M ay -1 99 6
Ju n- 199 6
Ju l- 19 96
A ug- 1 996
S ep- 1 996
O ct - 199 6
N ov- 1 996
D ec- 1 996
Ja n- 199 7
Fe b- 19 97
M ar - 19 97
A pr - 199 7
M ay -1 99 7
Ju n- 199 7
Ju l- 19 97
Females
A ug- 1 997
S ep- 1 997
O ct - 199 7
CONTEXT
N ov- 1 997
D ec- 1 997
Ja n- 199 8
Fe b- 19 98
M ar - 19 98
A pr - 199 8
M ay -1 99 8
Ju n- 199 8
Ju l- 19 98
A ug- 1 998
S ep- 1 998
O ct - 199 8
N ov- 1 998
D ec- 1 998
Ja n- 199 9
Fe b- 19 99
M ar - 19 99
A pr - 199 9
M ay -1 99 9
Ju n- 199 9
Ju l- 19 99
A ug- 1 999
S ep- 1 999
O ct - 199 9
N ov- 1 999
D ec- 1 999
Ja n- 200 0
Fe b- 20 00
M ar - 20 00
A pr - 200 0
M ay -2 00 0
LABOUR MARKET
Ju n- 200 0
Ju l- 20 00
A ug- 2 000
S ep- 2 000
O ct - 200 0
N ov- 2 000
D ec- 2 000
Ja n- 200 1
Fe b- 20 01
M ar - 20 01
A pr - 200 1
M ay -2 00 1
Ju n- 200 1
Ju l- 20 01
A ug- 2 001
S ep- 2 001
O ct - 200 1
N ov- 2 001
D ec- 2 001
Ja n- 200 2
Fe b- 20 02
Ju n- 200 5
Ju l- 20 05
A ug- 2 005
S ep- 2 005
O ct - 200 5
N ov- 2 005
D ec- 2 005
Ja n- 200 6
Fe b- 20 06
M ar - 20 06
A pr - 200 6
M ay -2 00 6
Ju n- 200 6
Ju l- 20 06
A ug- 2 006
S ep- 2 006
O ct - 200 6
N ov- 2 006
D ec- 2 006
Ja n- 200 7
Fe b- 20 07
M ar - 20 07
A pr - 200 7
M ay -2 00 7
Ju n- 200 7
Source: ABS (2011, June), 6291.0.55.001 Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic
Ju l- 20 08
A ug- 2 008
S ep- 2 008
O ct - 200 8
N ov- 2 008
D ec- 2 008
Ja n- 200 9
Fe b- 20 09
M ar - 20 09
A pr - 200 9
M ay -2 00 9
Ju n- 200 9
Ju l- 20 09
A ug- 2 009
S ep- 2 009
O ct - 200 9
N ov- 2 009
D ec- 2 009
Ja n- 201 0
Fe b- 20 10
M ar - 20 10
A pr - 201 0
M ay -2 01 0
Ju n- 201 0
Ju l- 20 10
A ug- 2 010
S ep- 2 010
O ct - 201 0
N ov- 2 010
D ec- 2 010
Ja n- 201 1
Fe b- 20 11
M ar - 20 11
A pr - 201 1
M ay -2 01 1
Ju n- 201 1
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M and Bell
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1978 1988 1998 2011
900000
We are a nation and a workforce of
immigrants 800000
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Union Membership
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Recruitment
& Selection
T
Pay & H
Reward E
F
I
Performance
Management R
M
Termination
Recruitment
& Selection
T
Pay & H
Reward E
E/ers &
F
E/er Associations
I
Performance
Management R
M
Termination
1. RECRUITMENT &
SELECTION
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RECRUITMENT ATTRACTION
SELECTION DISCRIMINATION
Total 87%
79%
Mining 84%
79%
Interpersonal
Manufacturing 89%
77% competencies
Construction 90%
75%
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Internal Sources
Existing employees transfer / relocation or promotion
Existing employees - tell friends, relatives, contacts in the community
Former employees (eg recall from layoff) or past applicants
External Sources
External labour market local, regional, international etc
Interview 91%
Biodata 9.5%
Handwriting (graphology) 0%
Astrology 0%
The University of Sydney Page 30
(Dessler, 1999: p.257)
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Reference: Schmidt, F.L. and Hunter, J.E. (1998) The validity and utility of selection methods in
personnel psychology: Practical and theoretical implications over 85 years of research
findings, Psychological Bulletin, 124, 262-274.
The University of Sydney Page 31
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Findings
Minimum wages
83% of workers in restaurants paid under minimum award rate
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1. Managerial prerogative
e.g. take-it-or-leave-it contract; company policies/HRM policies
2. Individual contracting or bargaining
Joint decisions of management and an employee
3. Collective (or enterprise) bargaining
Joint decisions of management and more than one employee - often
represented by a union
4. Decision by 3rd parties
e.g. NES; modern awards
http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/roundtheclock-consumption-no-
reason-to-cut-weekend-penalty-rates-20151001-gjzlv4.html
http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/penalty-rates-are-absurd-
20151005-gk1s9w.html
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PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT
Performance Management
a) Discretionary effort
Effort that employees volunteer over the minimum amount required to keep
their job.
Performance Management
b) Effort bargain (or wage-effort bargain)
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Performance Management
c) Performance management
The process through which managers ensure that employees activities and outputs
are congruent with the organisations goals
(Kramar et al, 2014:323)
Activities undertaken by management ensure that all employees are doing their job
properly and to the best of their ability to achieve the goal of the organisation
(Balnave et al, 2007:243)
Performance Management
d) Performance appraisal
Process that allows for assessing progress towards the achievement of the desired
goals or other performance standards
(Kramar et al, 2014:323)
Performance Management
5 aspects of a performance management system
Defining performance
o which aspects of performance are relevant to the organisation
Facilitating performance
o by removing obstacles that limit performance
Encouraging performance
o providing sufficient rewards that are valued by employees
Measuring performance
o measuring those aspects of performance important for achieving competitive
advantage and organisational strategy (e.g. performance appraisal)
Feeding back performance information
o providing feedback to e/ees so they can adjust their performance to
organisational goals
The University of Sydney Page 45
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Performance Management
Hot topic
Performance appraisals - are they worth it?
http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/managing/work-in-progress/are-
performance-appraisals-worth-it-20150219-13jvez.html
TERMINATION
Termination
How to terminate an employment relationship
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Termination
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