STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT
= Course 1 =

Associate professor PhD. Valentina Mihaela GHINEA

What type of employees your organization needs?
What type of employees
your organization needs?
What type of employees
your organization needs?
What type of employees
your organization needs?
What type of employees
your organization needs?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN_jcom8TR4

EACH TIME HAS ITS OWN REALITY

- technological advances

- nature of work (manual  clerical workers  knowledge workers)

- information at hand

- standardized soft-skills

- entrepreneurship and small businesses

 EACH TIME HAS ITS OWN REALITY

1956: Anthony F. C. Wallace  1978:

William G. McLoughlin  the ’80:
historians William Strauss and Neil Howe

GENERATIONAL THEORY:
“generations shaped by similar early-life
experiences often develop similar collective
personae and follow similar life trajectories.
The patterns are strong enough to support a
measure of predictability.”

SYSTEMS DYNAMICS SOCIETY

Jay W. Forrester
https://sds.memberclicks.net/jay-w-forrester
page

2010: Xenakis  GENERATIONAL

DYNAMICS
Figure 1. Generational matrix
Source: Howe and Strauss (2007).
“possible to foresee how the generations
alive today will think and act in decades to
come”
Figure 1. Generational matrix
http://www.generationaldynamics.com/
Source: Howe and Strauss (2007).
pg/ww2010.home.htm
 INTELLIGENCE vs. CREATIVITY
vs.
SARCASM vs. ROUTINE vs. PSYCHOPATHY
 INTELLIGENCE vs. CREATIVITY vs.
SARCASM vs. ROUTINE vs. PSYCHOPATHY
  Creativity prerequisites Creativity consequences
  Certain level of intelligence  
(convergent thinking)
(Runco, 2014); (Wallach & Wing,
1969); (Guilford, 1969);
(Hollingworth, 2015)
Autonomy (Runco, 2014)  
nonconformity, unconventionality
and rebelliousness (rooted in Originality
autonomy level) (Westby & Dawson,
1995); (Runco & Albert, 1985)
  Certain level of impulsivity  
(McLaren, 1993); (Cropley, 2008)
CREATIVITY
Divergent
  Contrarianism thinking Reverse is not necessarily true
(Runco, 2014). (Runco, 1999); (Crutchfield, 1962)
  Playfulness Spontaneity and self-actualization
Daydreaming (Runco, 2014)
  Perseverance & Persistence  
(Csikszentmihalyi, 1996), (Torrance,
1988) (Hayes and Simon, 1988)
(Cropley, 1997)
Imagination and insight (McCrae Openness to experience Reverse is not necessarily true
Costa, 1987); (Anglim & Grant, 2016); (Helson, 1990); (Fiest, 1998); (Runco, 2014); (DeYoung, 2002)
(Cherry, 2017) (Greengross & Miller, 2009)
(Digman, 1997)
 INTELLIGENCE vs. CREATIVITY
vs.
SARCASM vs. ROUTINE vs. PSYCHOPATHY

SARCASM = “stating remarks with opposite connotation than the actual meaning of the
words used”

Humor (SARCASM)  ? Mood ?  CREATIVITY

SARCASM  ? Cognitive Complexity ? – CREATIVITY
SARCASM  Abstract Thinking  CREATIVITY
 INTELLIGENCE vs. CREATIVITY
vs.
SARCASM vs. ROUTINE vs. PSYCHOPATHY

DOMESTIC ROUTINE  (emotional) stability  better academic

results  positive impact on mental & physical health

ROUTINE  learning + improvement + performance

 taking advantage of the experience curve
 INTELLIGENCE vs. CREATIVITY
vs.
SARCASM vs. ROUTINE vs. PSYCHOPATHY

!! Lack of physical activity  slower neuronal plasticity

= the ability of the brain to change and adapt itself
as a result of one’s experience

CHANGING ROUTINE  stronger

ENVIRONMENT  synapsis of the brain 
brain = constantly busy  working better & faster
doesn’t get older
 INTELLIGENCE vs. CREATIVITY
vs.
SARCASM vs. ROUTINE vs. PSYCHOPATHY
The most stable traits across age:
Emotional deficit
Impairments in emotional learning and decision making (resulting
( in antisocial behavior and a lack of
morality (Blair and Cipolotti, 2000; Blair, 2007; Brazil et al., 2011).

Clinical and empirical findings  individuals in the general population who exhibit high levels of
psychopathic traits might exhibit immoral or antisocial acts without being noticed since they may disguise
parts of their personalities,
personalities such as:
-EGOCENTRICITY,
-CALLOUSNESS,
-IRRESPONSIBILITY,

and they superficially comply with social norms or behave in socially acceptable ways.
ways

!!! a self-report scale for assessing psychopathic traits  “I tell other people what they want to hear so that they
will do what I want them to do”
do (Levenson et al., 1995)

https://thilanlegierse.com/project/blog-how-to-handle-conflict-with-a-corporate-psychopath/
Over the past three decades, an extensive body of research has also documented
the effects of “functional” psychopaths in business and public‐sector
organizations.

https://thilanlegierse.com/project/blog-how-to-handle-conflict-with-a-corporate-psychopath/

https://www.businessinsider.com/ceos-often-have-psychopathic-traits-2017-7

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-3-topics-psychopaths-talk-about-twice-as-much-according-to-
science.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/18/why-psychopaths-are-so-good-at-getting-ahead.html

https://recruitloop.com/blog/11-ways-to-spot-a-psychopath-at-work/
SIGNS OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER:
DISORDER

•EXPLOIT, manipulate or violate the rights of others

•LACK CONCERN, regret or remorse about other people's distress
•BEHAVE IRRESPONSIBLY and show disregard for normal social behaviour
•have DIFFICULTY SUSTAINING LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS
•be UNABLE TO CONTROL THEIR ANGER
•LACK GUILT, or not learn from their mistakes
•BLAME OTHERS for problems in their lives  external locus of control
•repeatedly BREAK THE LAW

WHO DEVELOPS ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER?

Antisocial personality disorder affects more men than women.
women
It's not known why some people develop antisocial personality disorder, but both genetics and
traumatic childhood experiences, such as child abuse or neglect, are thought to play a role.

TREATMENT
In the past, antisocial personality disorder was thought to be a lifelong disorder, but that's not
always the case and it can sometimes be managed and treated.
treated Evidence suggests that
behaviour can improve over time with therapy, even if core characteristics such as lack of
empathy remain.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/13/1-in-5-ceos-are-psychopaths-australian-study-finds/