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UNITED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
A-31 UPSIDC Industrial Area, Naini, Prayagraj – 211010
Ph. 0532–2686070. 2686090 Fax 0532-2687147
Certificate
He / she has carried out the training under my supervision and has completed the
same in conformance with / partial fulfillment of the provisions of AKTU, Lucknow.
The work is original and has not been submitted anywhere else in any manner.
Signature……………………………….
Name - Mr./Ms./Dr……………………...
Project guide
Department of Business Administration
Date……………………………………….
Counter signed
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(Prof K K Malviya)
Principal Date………….
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Dr APJ ABDUL KALAM. TECHNICAL UNIVERISTY, LUCKNOW
Noida Campus: 50, Knowledge Park III. Greater Noida. G.B. Nagar Ph: 0120-3230169. 2322209 Fax: 2322208
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is a matter of great pleasure to thanks all esteemed who helped me to complete my final
project report successfully otherwise it would not been possible.
Acknowledgement is not only a ritual but also an expression of indebtedness to all those who
have helped in the completion process of the project. One of the most pleasant aspects in
collecting the necessary and vital information and compiling it is the opportunity to thanks all
those whose activity contributed to it.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude and thanks To PROF. KK. MALVIYA
(PRINCIPAL UIM), DR. ROHIT KUMAR VISHWAKARMA (HEAD OF
DEPARTMENT, UIM), EVOLVE HR SOLUTION (A Consultancy Company) & Dr.
NIDHI TIWARI (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & INTERNAL GUIDER) and project
guide of the valuable guidance and constant encouragement which extend to me through my
research project.
Date:
Place: Prayagraj
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PREFACE
I opted for this particular topic names ‘PRACTICAL POLICIES IN HR’ because practical
policies have taken a dramatic change in the industry. Human resource is responsible for
giving birth to human embalmers. The core function of an organization is Recruitment &
Selection because the organization doesn’t want to be a bad recruiter by selecting manpower
that might have the potential to spoil the long earn goodwill or corporate image and also incur
heavy recruitment costs on them.
Recruitment is the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job at
an organization or firm. It is the process to discover sources of manpower to meet the
requirement of staffing schedule and to employ effective measures for attracting that
manpower in adequate numbers to facilitate effective selection an efficient working force.
The main objective of the recruitment process is to expedite the selection process.
Selection is the process of picking individuals who have relevant qualifications to fill jobs in
an organization. The purpose of selection is to pick p the most suitable candidate who would
meet the requirements of the job in an organization best, to find out which job applicant will
be successful, if hired. To meet this goal, the company obtains and assesses information
about the applicant in terms of his age, qualifications, skills experience etc. The need of the
job is matched with the profile of candidates.
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the summer project training report entitled "PRACTICAL POLICIES IN HR"
which is being submitted as PROJECT REPORT of 3rd semester in UNITED INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT NAINI, PRAYAGRAJ (U.P) is an authentic record of our genuine work done
under the guidance of EVOLVE HR SOLUTION (A Consultancy Company) & internal guidance by
DR. NIDHI TIWARI (associate professor).
Date:
Place: Prayagraj
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INDEX
1. Objectives 8
2. Literature Review 10 - 14
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Chapter - 1
Objectives
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Objectives
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Chapter – 2
Literature Review
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Literature Review
Thoroughly updated and expanded, the fourth edition of International Human Resource
Management: Policies and Practices for Multinational Enterprises now includes learning
objectives, discussion questions, end-of-chapter cases, and two end-of-book integrative cases.
It has been designed to lead readers through all of the key topics in a highly engaging and
approachable way. This book focuses on International Human Resource Management within
multi-national enterprises (MNEs) and covers topics including: the development of IHRM
MNE and country culture strategic IHRM organizational structure and design international
joint ventures and cross-border mergers and acquisitions labor standards, ethics and codes of
conduct global talent management selection and management of international assignees
training and management development compensation and benefits health and safety and crisis
management international HRIS international Human Resource Management departments
and professionals. Uncovering precisely why International Human Resource Management is
important for success in international business and how International Human Resource
Management policies and practices function within the multinational enterprise, this
comprehensive textbook provides an outstanding foundation for understanding the theory and
practice of International Human Resource Management. This book is essential reading for all
students, lecturers and International Human Resource Management professionals
In the United States in the last few years there has developed a notion of “strategic human
resource management” (HRM). As with other high‐sounding phrases in the management of
people, first reactions are likely to divide between “let's have some of it” to “it won't work
here”, with the latter possibly predominating. Where American pragmatism inclines towards
trying new things to see if they work, British pragmatism tends to mean sticking with the
actual and the evidently possible. Nevertheless, reviewing ideas which run ahead of practice
can, on occasion, be useful in suggesting new possibilities. This article will review the
implications of “strategic HRM” and ask whether it has any relevance to some of the issues
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which currently exercise personnel managers in the UK — notably, decentralising the
personnel function and increasing workforce flexibility.
Michael Armstrong
Kogan Page Publishers, 2006
A fully updated and revised tenth edition of this classic, best selling textbook. It remains the
primary text for all students studying HRM-both undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as
for students of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) diploma. The
Handbook also continues to be an essential reference source for all managers concerned with
personnel and HRM issues. This new edition of A Handbook of Human Resource
Management Practice contains a number of significant additions and revisions including
substantial revisions to seventeen chapters and new chapters on: Human Capital
Management, the Role of the Front Line Manager; HR Strategies; Developing and
Implementing HR Strategies and Learning and Development. The new edition also contains
updated material based on recent developments in HRM policy and practice and a wide range
of surveys and research projects conducted by professional associations and research bodies.
Strategic human resource management (SHRM) implies a concern with the ways in which
HRM is critical to organizational effectiveness. This straightforward assertion is examined in
theory and through research evidence to reveal high levels of complexity in relation to how,
when and why the interconnection between HRM and organizational outcomes is achieved.
The two dominant normative models of ‘best fit’ and ‘best practice’ are considered. The
paper concludes that the HR strategies of firms are heavily shaped by contextual
contingencies, including national, sectoral and organizational factors. However, such a
conclusion does not invalidate all ‘best‐practice’ thinking. Although constrained in certain
ways, underpinning principles of labour management still have relevance to practice as
essential attributes of a firm's ability to compete in its chosen markets. The paper then
considers the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm and asks whether this provides a better
basis for the development of theory in SHRM and in understanding the contribution of HRM
to the achievement of sustained competitive advantage. While limits to the utility of RBV in
respect of SHRM theory are identified, important implications for research are signalled.
Trends in the RBV literature are pushing all those interested in strategy towards studies of
intellectual capital, learning processes and organizational adaptability. Researchers in HRM
could, if they wished, play a central role in these developments because questions of how to
attract, motivate and develop workers with critical and scarce abilities, and develop effective
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processes of work organization, must be fundamental to any model of knowledge‐based
competition. Greater progress will be made when organizations are studied in a much more
interdisciplinary or systemic way.
This article provokes that human resource management (HRM) research is a long way from
helping practice. Following a review of HRM empirical articles published in 2018, we show
the limited focus academic journals place on practical implications. We provoke that HRM
journals are failing to ‘do the right thing’ by not requiring authors to pay enough attention to
communicating the practical implications of their research. In half of the articles that we
reviewed (n = 324) less than 2% of the text focuses on practical implications. We also found
that where practical implications were offered, they were often obscure, implicit, and used
unintelligible terms. We argue for extensive practical implications to be included in
publications that provide an impetus to research relevant topics and close the knowledge‐
translation gap.
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Unraveling home and host country effects: An investigation of the
HR policies of an American multinational in four European
countries
Phil Almond, Tony Edwards, Trevor Colling, Anthony Ferner, Paddy Gunnigle,
Michael Müller‐Camen, Javier Quintanilla, Hartmut Wächter
This article argues that the institutional “home” and “host” country effects on employment
policy and practice in multinational corporations (MNCs) need to be analyzed within a
framework which takes more account both of the multiple levels of embeddedness
experienced by the MNC, and processes of negotiation at different levels within the firm.
Using in‐depth case study analysis of the human resource (HR) structure and industrial
relations and pay policies of a large U.S.‐owned MNC in the IT sector, across Germany,
Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom, the article attempts to move towards
such a framework.
I consider the implications for research and practice in strategic human resource management
(SHRM) of a complex, living-systems extension of the resource-based view (RBV). I do so
by demonstrating that concepts from complexity align well with the RBV, and I extend the
RBV by considering critical but difficult aspects commonly identified in the RBV strategy
literature. An integrated framework for SHRM is presented, allowing an application of
complexity principles at the appropriate level of abstraction in the HR system.
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focus on employee engagement, a concept which is becoming increasingly prominent in
people management, but which is often presented as a mantra without being properly
understood; this is examined in detail with reference to recent research. Michael Armstrong's
original Handbook of Human Resource Management is the classic text for all those studying
HR or who are entering the profession for the first time. In this new title Michael Armstrong
provides a condensed text which has been rewritten with the non-HR student or professional
in mind, describing and evaluating key HRM concepts such as: HRM itself; strategic HRM;
the resource-based view; the choice between best practice and best fit; human capital
measurement; motivation theory; emotional intelligence; the flexible firm; the learning
organization; and financial rewards. Online supporting resources for this book include lecture
slides, an instructor's manual, case examples and a literature review.
This tenth edition of A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice contains many
additions and revisions. It refers to major developments in HR practice in the last two to three
years such as the development of the theory and practice of human capital management,
talent management and approaches to learning and development, all covered in new or
substantially revised chapters. Reference is also made to a number of significant research
projects including those conducted by the CIPD, IES and e-reward.
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