HR management analysis


 


Introduction


The Human Resources Management is a part of the industry assigned with the task of managing its manpower. A weak manpower simply indicates less productivity and progress, while a strong manpower means more. Obviously, the task of the HR manager is to make the manpower of the organisation strong by making sure that they are talented, skilled, and bounded by effective regulations and organisation policies. Nonetheless, that was the traditional human resource management approach. Primarily, the goal of this paper is to analyse and compare the HR management in US and Europe, through the Hard Rock Café.


 


Overview of the Organisation


            Hard Rock Cafe is one of the recognised brands in the entertainment world. The company provides different collection of music memorabilia which has been displayed in each location all over the global market. Hard Rock is also considered for its collectible music related merchandises and fashion and also the Live performance venues for all famous artists.  The company owns 110 restaurants in over 40 nations which starts their operation since 1971.  Accordingly, in terms of human resources, the management believes that their human resources are the conscious of the organisation. In this regard, they give support to their employees through their support centre providing training and development programmes and giving them the opportunity to have career development. The employees of Hard Rock have a high passion in music.   Since the company is operating worldwide, it can be said that each management among the branch are considering their own human resource management approach.


 


Comparison HRM Approach,


In the United             States of American, most scholars have been able to define the context of management by determining the function of human resource management in a organisation and classifying management into various styles. For instance, American scholar, describe management as the course of influencing the followers to agree and understand the things that must be accomplished and how these activities can be accomplished efficiently. It is also noted as the process of assisting the subordinates and facilitating cumulative efforts to achieve a common goal. In the US, the management style that has been commonly described by most scholars is the participative type of management. Accordingly, the American human resource management are able to use this style, specifically in making decisions (Stewart et al, 1986).  In America, Seibold and Shea (2001) emphasise 5 types of participation approaches, including the so-called quality circle, self-directed work teams, quality of work life program, sharing plans and quality circle. These classifications have provided American organisations a model to encourage workforce participation. Hence, it can be noted that human resource management in the US hard rock cafe branch are providing more opportunities for their employees to participate in all operations and decision making process to make the service even better.


European has been noted for being an innovative leader and participative management. In Europe, most firms adhere to the transformational type of human resource management. Transformational management motivate others to do more than they originally intended and often even more than they thought possible. Such management set more challenging expectations as well as typically achieve higher performances. H herein, human resource management emphasizes the transaction or exchange that takes place among management, colleagues, and followers (Leithwood, 1992). This exchange is based on the leader discussing with others what is required and specifying the conditions and rewards these others will receive if they fulfil the requirements. Accordingly, the human resource management style used in European is noted to be effective. This is because European human resource management style has enable the organisation to achieve higher levels of employee motivation, commitment, delegation in terms of decision making and intrinsic job satisfaction. In addition, authors and scholars also agreed that Europeans is known to be a collectivistic culture which means that industries would highlights collective decision making as well as accumulative obligation. In addition, some utilised a communicative concept to given meaning to European human resource management style. Herein, European management have been able to act as efficient communicators in their respective firms. In addition, European management make efforts in maintaining harmony in their firms.


 


Conclusion


By and large, it can be said that the even though there is a difference between European and American HRM approach, it can still be said that both approach aims to have a better and productive employees with good employee relationship for the entire Hard Rock cafe industry.


Reference


Reference


 


Leithwood, K.A.  (1992). The Move Toward Transformational Leadership.
 Educational Leadership, vol. 49, no.5, pp. 8-12.


Seibold, D. R., & Shea, B. C. (2001). Participation and decision making. In F. M. Jablin, L. L. Putman (Eds.). The new handbook of organizational communication: Advances in theory, research, and methods (pp. 664-703). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.


 


 


 


 



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