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HUMAN
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
India & Britain HRM Practices
 INTRODUCTION
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As time passes, changes occur in the
HRM field.

HR is having problems these days, but the

base has transformed.

Delegating HRM to line managers, and

investigating the extent to which HRM is
a source of competitive advantage for
firms.

It used to be HR and personnel

management, but these days its industrial
connections combined with HRM.
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Human resources slide 4HR PRACTICES

RECRUITMENT COMPENSATION

TRAINING & EMPLOYEE

DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION

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INDIA BRITAIN
RECRUITMENT RECRUITMENT
Indian private sector companies are
When hiring managers, place greater
more likely to hire current staff
members for management positions. emphasis on the current workforce.

Internal advertisements are used more British businesses that are in the
often in the growth life cycle when HR process of expanding do not prioritize

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tactics are pursued for talent acquisition internal advertising as a means of
and talent improvement. attracting talent through cost-cutting

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HR strategies.
Indian businesses with a talent
acquisition strategy that were Organizations in the private sector that

PRACTICES established after 1965 are more likely to

use external advertising.
use talent improvement strategies don't
run external advertisements.

Internal hiring was the most common However, British companies prefer to
method used by Indian businesses advertise outside for blue collar workers
adopting talent acquisition, talent and rely less on the word-of-mouth
enhancement, and cost-cutting HR recruiting strategy.
methods to fill entry-level positions. In
addition to saving time and money, this
aids in keeping the best workers.
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INDIA BRITAIN

COMPENSATION COMPENSATION

Based on an employee's abilities or However, in order to compensate,

competences, performance-based British private-sector companies are
remuneration, seniority or work more likely to use a mixed strategy that
experience, or a combination of the first combines seniority-based, performance-

HUMAN three methods.. based, and skills-based methods.

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PRACTICES
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INDIA BRITAIN

TRAINING & TRAINING &

DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT

Performance reviews were more Employers in Britain that have a

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frequently used by Indian FMs who successful HR strategy for allocating
were implementing a talent acquisition resources are less likely to invest in
HR strategy to teach their employees. expensive management training

RESOURCES It is less common for Indian private-

programs.

PRACTICES
sector companies to use job rotation as
a staff training tool. Top managers in private companies
established after 1965 that are pursuing
Time-based promotions and increments a talent acquisition HR strategy are
are still taken seriously by Indian public probably going to use such a program.
sector enterprises.
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INDIA BRITAIN

EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE
COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION

Indian unionized films are probably Employers in Britain that are using
using work councils and unions as a talent improvement HR strategies are

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means of communication with their more likely to speak with staff members
workforce. The main causes of this are via their direct supervisors. This
the existence of powerful unions and demonstrates how British companies

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PRACTICES
There is a lower likelihood of
communication between employees and
immediate supervisors in organizations
that are in the growth stage of their life
cycle. They are also unlikely to
communicate via work councils or trade
unions. In Indian enterprises, the
hierarchical system is still widely used,
mostly leading to top-down
communication.
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