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Human Resource Management
“The role of judiciary in IR has been regressive.” Give your viewpoint.
“The management has economic power which it uses to affect the life of a worker.” Discuss.
Sudarshan, the Managing Director of M. Feeds, a Bangalore-based company, is a worried man. All his efforts to regain the lost market and to wipe out red in the company’s balance sheet have proved
What do you understand by labour laws? State and explain the principles of such laws
Bring out the Articles in the Constitution that have relevance for labour laws.
Bring out the arguments for and against labour law reforms.
What do you understand by the reactive and the proactive strategies for industrial relations? Which of these strategies invites labour laws?Why?
Do you think that the rigid labour laws help achieve social justice and social equity? If yes, how?
Arguments mentioned in the book apart, do you have any other reasons for supporting or opposing labour law reforms?
Define a trade union. Why do employees join unions?
Bring out the tactics adopted by unions to influence the management.
Explain the strategies and techniques adopted by the management to keep their plants union-free.
What impact do unions have on employers and employees?
Identify and discuss the factors that make unionisation attractive to employees. Are these factors different today than they were fifty years ago?
It was past 4 pm and Purushottam Kshirsagar was still at his shopfloor office. The small but elegant office was a perk he was entitled to after he had been nominated to the board of Horizon
What is an industrial dispute? What are the causes for disputes?
Bring out the nature of collective bargaining. What is its role in resolving disputes?
What is arbitration? How does it help resolve industrial conflict?
What is grievance procedure? Bring out its merits and demerits.
Describe and comment on:(a) Code of discipline(b) Unfair labour practices
Describe the major collective bargaining issues of today. What do you foresee as the major issues of the future? Elaborate.
How does arbitration differ from grievance procedure? Bring out the respective roles in resolving disputes.
Bitter it may taste, shrill it may sound, and sleeplees nights it may cause, but it is true. In a major shake up, Airbus—the European aircraft manufacturer—has thrown a big shock to its
Define the term ethics. Trace the sources of ethics. Why is ethics important?
What are ethical dilemmas? Explain each.
Explain the various HR ethical issues.
Prepare a list of the guidelines for managing ethics.
“Ethical behaviour is moulded from the clay of human imperfection”—give your viewpoint?
“An HR manager who hopes to substantially alter ethical conduct of an organisation is doomed to disappointment.” Elaborate.
Why is ethical decision-making difficult? Discuss.
Placing yourself as the international manager, comment on each of the opening cases to this chapter.
How does HR function become involved with business ethics in the organisations?
What is HRM evaluation? Why is it justified?
Explain the framework of HRM evaluation.
What are the approaches to HRM evaluation?
Define HR audit. Bring out its scope and approaches.
What is a HR Dash Board? How does it help?
Why should an organisation assess its own HRM function?
How can the effect of HR strategy on organisational performance be explained?
How effective is the benchmarking and balanced scorecard for measuring an HR strategy’s contribution to the financial “bottomline”of a company?
Sitting on 50-plus year old ION Tyres, the Kolkata-based tyres and tubes manufacturing company with a turnover of more than 1,000 crore, both A.K. Mathur, the Chairman and Raman Kumar, the CEO are
Bring out the challenges lying ahead of HRM.
How do changing employee demographics affect HRM?
Bring out the impact of corporate reorganisations on HRM.
How to manage diversity?
How to ensure ethical behaviour?
In what way has increased international competition influenced HRM?
What do you think are the two most important challenges of the HR managers in future? Why do you think so?
Identify and discuss the major forces influencing HRM in future. In your answer, address how these challenges are likely to affect the practice of HRM.
What is IHRM? How does it differ from domestic HRM?
Explain the different activities of IHRM.
Bring out the components of expat remuneration.
What constitutes an expat training?
What is reverse culture shock? How do MNCs cope with it?
How is expat performance assessed?
How are industrial relations of a subsidiary handled?
What is culture shock?
Why do expat failures occur? How can MNCs minimise such failures?
Which staffing policy—ethnocentric, polycentric or geocentric—is preferable for an MNC? Why?
How is a remuneration package tailor-made to expats? Which approach, according to you, is more suitable for MNCs operating in India?
Supposing your company intends to set up a subsidiary in Thailand.Which country’s nationals do you pick up to head the subsidiary—India, Thailand or any other country?
You are asked to draft a repatriation programme. How do you go about it?
Office Equipment Company (OEC) must identify a manager to help set up and run a new manufacturing facility located in the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip. The position will have a minimum duration
What is e-HRM? How do web-based HR activities differ from the conventional personnel management functions?
What is e-recruiting? Explain the typical e-recruiting model.
What is e-selection? What are its purposes?
What are the benefits and demerits of e-learning?
How does e-compensation help HR professionals in improving their productivity?
Design e-selection model for an organisation having an employee strength of 2000.
Can e-enabled packages replace conventional methods of handling HR activities? Discuss.
What do you understand by micro, small and medium enterprises?
Bring out the problems faced by the MSM sector units. How do they set a tone for application of HR practices in these units?
Describe the current HR practices followed in small scale units
Do you agree with the statement made by the owner/manager of a small unit — “I don’t want to run the risk of incurring loss by having HR professional”?
What role can each of the following play in application of HR in small units(a) Owner/Manager?(b) Government?(c) HR consultants?(d) Professional bodies?
It is highly difficult to stereotype the man. He refuses to be slotted. At 80, he is not sitting idle and does not indulge in endless gossip which men of his age savour all the time.Octogenarians
What is HRM? What are its functions and objectives?
Outline the policies and principles of HRM.
Explain the HRM models. Which according to you is the most comprehensive?
“HRM policies and principles contribute to the effectiveness, continuity and stability of the organisation.” Give your viewpoint.
“HRM is full of paradoxes. The field is high on rhetoric and low in content.” Comment.
Outline the impact of political-legal, economic, cultural and technological factors on HR function.
Name an organisation with which you are familiar. How is its culture different from the organisational culture discussed in this chapter?
Since the emergence of e-commerce (e.g., digital marketplaces) there has been an exponential growth in the rise of micro-multinationals (e.g., small businesses that use technology and digital
Ford Motor Company has been in business for over 100 years (was incorporated in Delaware in 1919) and when it comes to a global mindset, Ford is ahead of most of its competitors, although this was
How has the multinational enterprise evolved? How have the changes in MNEs affected IHRM?
What are the various choices that MNEs have for entry into international business?How do the functions of HR vary with these various choices?
What is the link between SIHRM and IHRM? Why is it important for IHRM to be strategic?
How does IHRM strategy vary with an MNE’s business strategy?
What are some of the IHRM challenges faced by an MNE with a transnational business strategy?
What are the pros and cons of centralization and decentralization of the IHRM function?
What are the various choices that MNEs have for designing organizational structure?How do they differ from an HR point-of-view?
How do networks and learning organizations help to ensure a MNE’s competitive advantage?
Capgemini, founded in 1967 and headquartered in Paris, France, is one of Europe’s largest IT software and services groups. The firm has taken all available means (organic growth, acquisitions, and
Some managers argue that IJVs are fraught with problems and all but doomed to failure. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
Name three well-known MNEs that have formed international mergers or acquisitions during the last few years. Are they successful? What role does HRM play in facilitating success in international
What are the advantages and disadvantages of working for an IJV? An international alliance?
What are some of the reasons that an MNE would choose international expansion through an acquisition? An IJV? An alliance? What are the variables that would influence the decision? Which choice do
Lance Richards, former international director of HR at Teleglobe, has been through a number of major cross-border acquisitions and alliances. These included British Telecom with MCI and GTE with Bell
How would you define or describe the concept of culture?
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