HRM 2021 Week 1 Tutorial

Human Resource Management
Course Code 6013B0521Y
Workgroup Session 1
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Outline
◼ Admin, Welcome & Intro!

◼ Quiz Time – Warm-up
◼ Group Project/Assignment
◼ Case practice time
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Tutorial Purpose
◼ During workgroup sessions we will

rely on cases and exercises to…
▪ Make the material more alive
▪ Practice for the exam
▪ Let you apply theory to practice
▪ And to increase your learning!!!
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WHY CASES & EXERCISES?
◼ Because students remember:
▪ 10% of what they read
▪ 20% of what they hear
▪ 30% of what they see
▪ 50% of what they see and hear
▪ 70% of what they say & do
◼ Information acquired firsthand often feels richer and

closer to real knowledge than do words and data in an
article (Pfeffer & Sutton, 2006, p.15)
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Tutorial Attendance
◼ Also see syllabus!
◼ You can miss 1 (but not recommended)

◼ Second miss = Extra Assignment (Pass/Fail basis)
◼ Does your group present? → Be Present
◼ Temporary switch? → Only after request and not
allowed when presenting
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Group Assignment
◼ Purpose:
▪ Connecting theory and practice
▪ So that you practice, learn, and remember
◼ What?
The goal of this assignment is to reflect on the current
environment, the rapid changes and the transition due to
COVID-19, and then to connect them to the content of the
course.
* See Group Project Assignment on Canvas !
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Assignment Steps
Step 1.
a) Choose one company to analyze in your network.

b) Decide which of these three HRM practices you will focus your analysis on:
1. Job design and redesign OR
2. Recruitment and selection OR
3. Performance management and compensation.
c) Do some pre-research on the practice and the company
d) Conduct semi-structured interviews and write up a transcript.
Step 2.
Describe the following:
1) Provide a short description of the company:

2) Provide a description of the changes in the company’s HR practice you chose. What
was it like before the pandemics? How did the company adapt/adjust the practice
over the past 1.5 years? What is the current situation? Did the company make any
plans for the near future?
SUBMISSION – HALF-WAY CHECK IN
Submit 26.09.2021 at 23:59.
Assignment Steps
Step 3.
Use your critical thinking and evaluate the HRM practices described in
the previous step.
Step 4.
Imagine you are a consultant, and you need to support the company
with your advice and a strategic plan.
Step 5.
Prepare a written report of 4000 words on all those aspects you
analyzed om Steps 1-4. Also, create a presentation (maximum 8
minutes, either a live presentation or a video) to illustrate your report.
Final submission- Submit on October 22 at 23:59.

Paper Requirements
Format requirements for the written report (and the
point weights):
1. Description of the company (10 points)
2. Description of the HR practice and the changes
(20 points)
3. Critical analysis of the HR practices (40 points)
4. Advice for the future (30 points)
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Do we really need HRM?
Aren’t we naturally good at managing people?
Psychology = intuitive, common sense
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Quiz Time
https://play.kahoot.it/
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MANAGERS’ KNOWLEDGE OF HR?
Average of 57% correct answers
Rynes, S. L., Colbert, A. E., & Brown, K. G. (2002). HR professionals' beliefs about effective human resource practices:
Correspondence between research and practice. Human Resource Management.
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What was HRM again?
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What was HRM again?
Policies, practices and systems that

influence employees’ behaviour,
attitudes and performance (Noe et al.,
2019)
HR as a Business with Three Product Lines
SOURCE: Adapted from Figure 1, “HR Product Lines” in E. E. Lawler, “From Human Resource Management to Organizational
Effectiveness,” Human Resource Management 44 (2005), pp. 165–69.
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HRM: How does it matter?
◼ Read Taj Case Part 1
◼ Discuss Q1 in your team
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Mumbai Terror Attacks: Nov 26, 2008
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◼ Q1: What explains the behavior of Taj Employees?
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Industry Culture?
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Industry Culture / Professional Ethics?
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National Culture?
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Corporate Culture!
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Part of the variance is clearly explained
by Corporate Culture
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◼ Read Taj Part 2

◼ Discuss Q2, Q3, Q4 in teams
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◼ Q2: What do you think the role of HRM is during strategy

formulation at the Taj?
◼ Q3: Which HR practices do you recognize in the case?
And how do they support the Taj strategy?
◼ Q4: What do you think this case illustrates about the role
of HRM?
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HRM & ORGANIZATIONAL
FUNCTIONING
HRM & Fit
Next week’s workgroup (WG2)
◼ Case study and advice related to IBM employer

branding
◼ Thank you!
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Human Resource Management

Course Code 6013B0521Y

◼ Admin, Welcome & Intro!

◼ During workgroup sessions we will

▪ 70% of what they say & do

◼ Information acquired firsthand often feels richer and

◼ You can miss 1 (but not recommended)

a) Choose one company to analyze in your network.

Describe the following:

1) Provide a short description of the company:

Final submission- Submit on October 22 at 23:59.

Psychology = intuitive, common sense

Policies, practices and systems that

◼ Q1: What explains the behavior of Taj Employees?

◼ Read Taj Part 2

◼ Q2: What do you think the role of HRM is during strategy

◼ Case study and advice related to IBM employer

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