HMN7181 - People and Organizations

What is employee engagement? Employee engagement can be defined as the commitment, enthusiasm of employees and the level of involvement in their work and workplace due to their own willingness. Deci and Ryan (1985) expanded early work by differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Competence, autonomy, and psychological relatedness which are psychological needs, motivate the individual to initiate behavior essential for psychological health and well-being of an individual and if satisfied may lead to optimal function and growth. Importance of Employee Engagement. Employees are people who take day-to-day decisions at different levels of work. The way the employees are treated and how the employees treat other employees may affect them positively or put the organization at risk. Employee engagement is a powerful predictor of an organization’s success. Image 1: Benefits of Employee Engagement (Emeritus.org, 2022) How to engage employees? Employee engagement, a byproduct of...

The recruitment and selection process is a dynamic, complex and an important part of human resource management in organizations. The most critical part is, those in charge of selecting the successful applicant ought to have sufficient data whereupon to base their choices. (Okusanya, A.O.; Oseji, A.S 2012). In this competitive job market, applicants fake themselves to be hired. Therefore, building recruitment strategies to increase the predictability of the attracting right applicant. Definition of Recruitment  Recruitment is the process of attracting prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for a job in an organization.  Recruitment is the process of hiring the right kinds of candidates for the right job.  Methods of Recruitment  There are various methods of recruitment but for simplicity, they have been categorized under two broad headings.  Internal Recruitment    According to Myrna L. Gusdorf, the recruitment process starts with the most ...

Image 01:  The Role of HRM in Organizational Success (Brentwood Open Learning Colloge,2016) Does HRM effect Organizational Success? An organization is a  group of people work together to achieve a common set objective. one of the key element in organization is people, where we consider them as Human Resource which is inevitable. the organization could achieve its goals & objectives only if the human resource is directed properly. In simple terms organizations have two types of resources as unique resources and threshold resources.  Human resource which could be made a unique resource which couldn't be copied by the competitors. having a best HR Practice human resources can be turned in to Unique resources which will bring core competencies to the organization. At the same time the created unique resource should be retained in the organization which could be attained by HRM. There is indeed a convergence in the use of HRM for competitive advantage. However, i...