Managing Office Politics

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Play Office Politics Without Dirty

MHR: Resources

To make it easier to access all the posting on related topics, I am including the following:

Assignments
All assignments should adopt the Harvard style referencing. Please read the document at the following link:

Harvard Referencing - Audio Presentation from USQ

Harvard Referencing

Harvard Referencing

References and Bibliography

Harvard Bibiliograpghy Reference Generator


Get your punctuation and grammar right. Try the following site:

Grammar

Grammar Exercises

Academic writing & critical thinking Learn how to write a good essay. Visit:
Writing an essay

Introduction to Management Principles
In order to do well in the Management and MHR module you should have a good understanding about the management principles and practices. You should at least read a basic textbook on management. For a quick familiarisation of Management principles and practices you may visit the following web sites:

http://www.trainingmag.com/msg/index.jsp

http://ollie.dcccd.edu/mgmt1374/contents.html


Principles of Scientific Management
The study of management principles and practices is not complete until you have some basic understanding of Frederick Taylor's scientific management principles. You need to first know the basic details of the principles. You should also familiarise yourself with the relevance of the principles to a modern business organisation. You should find the following web links useful.

You can read Tarylor's book by following the link below:
The Principles of Scientific Management

Frederick Taylor's The Principles of Scientific Management

The following link analyse the Taylor's principle and its relevance to employee motivation:
The Scientific Management and Frederick Taylor - an analysis

An interesting analysis of Taylor's principles. Visit:
The Evolution of Innovation

Scientific Management


Business Ethics

Business Ethics


Job Analysis
Job analysis is carried out as part of HR Planning. There are several reasons for conducting Job Analysis. Read the recommended chapter in your text book (Human Resource Management by Gary Dessler) and the articles at the following websites. At the end of the reading, you should be able to explain the following concepts:

- What is Job Analysis?
- Job description and Job specification
- Reasons for conducting job analysis.
- Methods of data collection for job analysis
- Steps you will adopt when conducting job analysis

Job analysis
Job Analysis - an overview
Employee tasks & Job analysis

Recruitment & Selection
You will be able to learn almost all aspects of recruitment and selection from the following site (maintained by The Open University):

Recruitment & selection

Once recruitment is settled it is time to move on to selection. You should familiarise yourself on the following aspects of selection:
- Selections tests
- What is job interview and its purpose
- Common errors associated with job interviews
- Steps/solutions you need to adopt to make the selction interview effective.

Read the articles at the following sites:
Selection Process
Selection Tests
Successful Hiring
Successful selection

Training & Development
Resources on Training & Development
Benefits of Training
Training - is it worth?
Training Needs Analysis
Training Evaluation
Evaluating the training

Performance Appraisal
Read the articles at the following websites to familiarise yourself about Performance Appraisal:
Introduction to performance appraisal
Common Appraisal Errors
Why performance appraisal won't work?"
Conducting Employee Appraisal

International Assignment Practices
The International assignment is an important component of HR. Read the following articles:
Am I Ready for that International Assignment?
Reducing the Failure of International assignment
The Benefits of International Assignment
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Additional Resources on HRM
HRM articles ar Wharton

ADBS: OB - Resources

To help you to acquire a broader understanding of the topics covered in your module, I am providing the following links for your reading.


OB Mod- Organizational Behaviour Modification

Classical Conditioning

Social Learning Theory

Communication barriers

Managing Resistance to Change

Managing Change - 8 step process

Sources of Power

The Stages of Group Development

DHRM: T&D - Outsourcing

Additional resources on outsourcing in relation to training and development


Benefits of outsourcing

Outsourcing Training Function

DHRM: T&D - Understanding Benchmarking

Benchmarking Basics

Benefits of Benchmarking

Benchmarking Steps

Harvard Referencing

All assignments should adopt the Harvard style referencing. Please read the document at the following link:

Harvard Referencing - Audio Presentation from USQ


Harvard Referencing


Harvard Referencing

Get your punctuation and grammar right. Try the following site:

Grammar

Grammar Exercises

Academic writing & critical thinking
Learn how to write a good essay. Visit:
Writing an essay

Treating Customers Like Sheikhs

What makes Emirates different? The airline had just $10 million dollars investment 22 years ago. It is an international airline that is known for its outstanding service. How it happened?

Maurice Flanagan's Emirates Airline: Flying High and Treating Customers like Sheikhs Published: December 12, 2007 in Knowledge@Wharton