Impact of Human Resource Management

Question: Discuss about the Impact of Human Resource Management. Answer: Introduction: This research work would focus in the field of Human Resource Management. The discussion over the past weeks has covered a range of issues around human resources and shown that HRM has a huge impact on businesses across the country and globe. One of the most interesting revelations, bought out by some of the initial research in the field of HRM, is that HR likely has a far bigger impact on small businesses than it does on larger ones (Cereola, 2012).Human resource management in large corporations will differ from HRM in small enterprises. Differences arise, for example, with the size and complexity of the organizational structures, the size and structure of employment (number and variety of jobs), financial capacity and technological potentials of human enterprises. The fact that most people will spend a much larger percentage of their lives in the workplace or with colleagues than they do their families and friends (Holland, 2006). This exchange relationship is an extremely importan t one because it establishes an employees sense of worth within the company and will ultimately enhance or discourage work performance. HR teams need to recognize employees as people and take the time to encourage personal growth as well professional growth and maintain a positive relationship in order to get the best out of those employees (Stone, 2013). The specific research questions of this research work can be discussed as: How is the role of HRM (Human Resource Management) function differs for large organizations and small organizations? How can small organizations use the HRM functions to improve the motivation of employees and productivity of organization as a whole? In an organizational setting, how can Human Resource Managers improve the performance of employees? Research methodologies and techniques The specific attributes of the research methodologies and technologies of this research work can be discussed as: Research Hypothesis The Human Resource Management is a strategic function for small organizations and it can help the organizations to develop a platform where employees can work with high motivation levels. There would be both dependent and independent variables in this research work (Zikmund, 2012). The dependent and independent variables for this research work can be discussed as: Independent variable: The application and use of Human Resource Management for small organizations. Dependent variable: The motivation levels and the productivity level of employees in the small organizations. The assumptions of this research work can be discussed as: Assumptions / Limitations It is assumed that a small organization is one that has less than 100 employees. The research work would be focused on the small organizations in Australia. The results would be generic in nature that could be applied to the organizations in other countries. The research methodology for this research work has both primary and secondary research. These methods for this research work can be discussed as: Research Methods: Primary As a part of primary research methods, the data would be collected in the form of online questionnaire. The online survey development website would be used to create an online survey (Robson, 2011). A single questionnaire would be created that would have few close ended questions and few open ended questions. Research Methods: Secondary The secondary research for this research work would be completed by analyzing the various literature sources. The field of Human Resource Management is an established field and researches have done lot of research in this area (Pickard, 2013). As a part of secondary research or literature review, both online and offline sources would be used. Research Process There would be five key stages in this research work. The five stages of five phases can be discussed as: Step 1: Problem identification The research problem for this work is already identified and the broad area for this research work is human resource management. Step 2: Background Study Questions The background study would be done to form the specific research questions. This research proposal has three specific questions. These questions could be changed slightly in the due course of research. Step 3: Literature Review The literature review or the secondary research would be used to collect the data and information from the existing researches in this area. Step 4: Data collection analysis The data collection would be used to collect the raw data from online questionnaire. Both quantitative and qualitative data methods would be used to analyze the data. Step 5: Results Conclusion This would be the concluding phase of the research. In this phase, the focus would be to develop a formal research report. Data collection analysis methods The data collection would be used to collect the raw data from online questionnaire. Both quantitative and qualitative data methods would be used to analyze the data. The data analysis methods would include the simple tools Microsoft Excel and the scientific and statistical tools like Microsoft SPSS (Hair, 2007). The data collection and analysis method would be a key phase of this research and the researcher would have to ensure that unbiased data is used to make the inferences. Expected research outcome The research project would be successful only when the research objectives are achieved. It is expected that this research work establish a relationship between the use of Human Resource Management function for small organizations and the motivation levels and productivity of employees in the small organizations. References Cereola, S. J., Wier, B., Norman, C. S. (2012). Impact of top management team on firm performance in small and medium-sized enterprises adopting commercial open-source enterprise resource planning.Behaviour Information Technology,31(9), 889-907. Hair, J. F. (2007). Research methods for business. Pickard, A. J. (2013).Research methods in information. Facet Publ. Robson, C. (2011).Real world research: a resource for users of social research methods in applied settings. Chichester: Wiley. Stone, R.J. (2013). Managing Human Resources (4th ed.). Milton, QLD: John Wiley Sons (Australia), Ltd. ISBN 978 0 730 30255 1 Teicher, J., Holland, P., and Gough. R. (Eds.), (2006). Employee Relations Management, Second Edition. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Prentice-Hall. 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