BA 2204 and BAS 324

Human Resource Management

Human resource challenges

Instructor: Çağrı Topal

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Environmental challenges
 Rapid change
 Internet revolution
 Workforce diversity
 Globalization
 Legislation
 Family and work roles
 Shortage of skills
 Rise of the service sector
 Disasters

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Question
 Which environmental challenge is the most
difficult to deal with? Why?

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Organizational challenges
 Competitive position
 Decentralization
 Downsizing
 Organizational restructuring
 Self-managed work teams
 Growth of small businesses
 Technology
 Security
 Outsourcing
 Organizational culture 4
Question
 Which organizational challenge is the most
difficult to deal with? Why?

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Individual challenges
 Matching people and organizations
 Ethics and social responsibility
 Productivity
 Empowerment
 Brain drain
 Job insecurity

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Question
 Which individual challenge is the most
difficult to deal with? Why?

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Strategic HR planning: benefits
 Proactive behavior
 Explicit communication of goals
 Critical thinking
 Identifying gaps
 Encouraging participation
 Identify HR constraints and opportunities
 Creating common bonds

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Strategic HR planning: challenges
 Maintaining competitive advantage
 Reinforcing overall business strategy
 Avoiding concentration on day-to-day
problems
 Fitting organizational characteristics
 Coping with the environment
 Securing management commitment
 Translating strategies into specific actions
 Combining intended and emergent strategies
 Accommodating change

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Strategic HR choices
 Work flows
 Staffing
 Employee separations
 Performance appraisal
 Training and career development
 Compensation
 Employee rights
 Employee and labor relations
 International management

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Selecting HR strategies
 Fit with organizational strategies
 Fit with the environment
 Fit with organizational characteristics
 Fit with organizational capabilities
 Consistency

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Question
 What HR strategies does the Department of
Business Administration at METU need to
achieve fit with its organizational strategies,
environment, characteristics, and
capabilities?

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Managers and HR departments
 HR as a support function
 Partnership between managers and HR
professionals

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