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
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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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