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MN2705 Human Resource Management

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MN2705 Human Resource Management
Essay Questions: Autumn Term 2019
Deadline: Noon, Monday 13 January 2020
 
Please write an essay of not more than 2,000 words on ONE of the following topics:
 

  1. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of approaches to HR Strategy, such as the ‘universalist’ and ‘contingency’ approaches. In doing so, discuss the conditions under which HR strategy may help a firm secure competitive advantage.

 

  1. What do you understand by the term ‘wage-effort bargain’? To what extent does it inform your understanding of the ways in which management controls the workforce and the workforce may resist? Give examples to illustrate your points.

 

  1. Discuss the view that workers no longer require representation at work by a trade union because, in the 21st century, management already fully takes into account the interests of workers when making decisions that affect them.

 

  1. Some discrimination is a function of the HR system, such as recruiting through word of mouth or referral. Using case studies examine the ways in which an organisation might attempt to reduce or eliminate discrimination.

 

  1. For some hi-tech companies “the cultivation of the corporate workspace as a home-away-from-home, of the high-tech worker as a playful, emotionally integrated hipster and the corporate team as a cross between a family and a rock band became commonplace” (Turner, 2009: 77-78). What are the advantages and disadvantages for the firm and individual of making work a total institution?

Turner, F. (2009) ‘Burning Man at Google: a cultural infrastructure for new media production’, New Media & Society, 11(1-2), pp.73-94.
 

  1. “When they [Polish migrants] first started coming I thought they were really keen workers. Superb workers… But then I found once they get in their comfort zone things change. You find they get into the same league as the rest of them” (Night shift production manager) (Baxter-Reid, 2016: 344). What explains why migrant workers acclimatize themselves to the local work norms over time and should we really be surprised by this?

Baxter‐Reid, H., 2016. Buying into the ‘good worker’ rhetoric or being as good as they need to be? The effort bargaining process of new migrant workers. Human Resource Management Journal, 26(3), pp.337-350.
 
Please note that assignments must be fully referenced and contain a full bibliography. Marks are deducted for failure to do so. Extensions are given only in exceptional circumstances, and work received late is subject to a range of penalties.
Your attention is drawn to the penalties for plagiarism outlined in your Student Handbook. If you have any questions about plagiarism, please do not hesitate to ask us.
 
Chris Smith/ Michael Gold
October 2019

 
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