Basics of Human Resource Management

Child refugees in Turkey making clothes for UK shops.  It is ethically and legally wrong, what the companies are doing, by using refugees as workers in their factories, and paying them under minimum wage. They are also people, so you can't treat them like disposable products. Companies need to own up to what they've done, and not just lie and say that they haven't done anything wrong. (BBC, 24.10.2016.) 'Heads should roll' British Airways IT failure 'was made worse because inexperienced staff outsourced to India didn't know how to launch back-up system'  A lot of people got stranded in London during a bank holiday, because British Airways had outsourced their IT support. If the IT staff outsourced to India had known how to start the backup system there wouldn't had been a problem. (Collins, D. 28.5.2017.) Apple has China labor problems - again Apple is under fire form en NGO for terrible working conditions through out their supply chain. Sp...

A: An employee that cares about the company, is also engaged in it. They do things without being asked and even if the boss isn't watching, they do it simply out of their own will to help the company to success without getting a reward. If an employee isn't engaged, they will leave the company straight away if they get a better offer from someone else. You as an employer has to show the employee that they are cared about and valued in the company, because without that an employee will certainly not be engaged in the company. B: A big problem is the rapid changing in jobs. To keep your employees, you need to reshape your engagement strategy and earn the loyalty of their employees. You need to respond to the changes happening around us in the world. It's a clear fact that the companies that have engaged employees achieve better business results. Sources: Kruse, K. 22.6.2012. What is employee engagement. Forbes. URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2012/06/22/...

Fired for being pregnant: another kind of discrimination women face at work. A Walmart fired a woman for being pregnant. They told her that she would have to apply for unpaid leave for the job. What Walmart did to Tomlison was discrimination, and illegal. Walmart also has a history of discrimination against pregnant women. (Strauss, E. 2018.) Understanding equal opportunity and the legal environment Employers should develop employment policies and practices that avoid the discrimination treatment against an employee, to avoid legal problems. Managerial perspective: - while making certain decisions, e.g. which employees to hire, how to compensate employees, what benefits to offer, how to accommodate employees with dependents, how and when to fire an employee, managers should always consider legal issues. Challenges with legal compliance: The law is very complex, and there is a lot of information you need to know, just with the HR laws. You should never make decisions based ...

CASE A: Nokia closes plant in Germany and relocates in Romania. A problem here is that since Nokia closed the plant without any consulting or information, and 4 000 people could lose their jobs, this didn’t give such a great picture of the company. Nokia took advantage of the fact that Romania was a new comer in EU and received aid from the bloc partly. The company’s image got damaged among Germans, and their SPD leader thought it was irresponsible financial investors. The whole decision seed a little bit two rushed, and also brought up a lot of bad media for Nokia as well as seemed unfair for the 4 000 people that were going to lose their jobs. (Communicating labour rights, 2008.) CASE B: Nokia cuts 3 500 jobs ‘’to ensure profitability’’. I think they should have learned from their mistake in the past, if the thought process behind the job cuts in Germany, was to ensure profitability, and know they are in the same position, then why would this job cut ensure p...