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QUESTION 1
(a) Confer the statement ‘The Warwick Model of HRM depicts the strategic nature of HRM'
(b) Elucidate the notion (concept) of Human Resource Capabilities in an organization.
(c) ‘In Strategic HRM there must be top management commitment to H.R practices in an organisation'. Converse this statement.
QUESTION 2
(a) Considering Porter's three generic strategies of Innovation, Quality Enhancement and Cost Reduction, discuss the required employee activities and the accompanying H.R approach that can be pursued to fulfil these strategies.
(b) In light of the above, highlight the advantages that can accrue to an association by pursuing such approaches.
QUESTION 3
(a) Confer the main principles of Strategic HRM as derived from Guest, Sisson and Hendry and Pettigrew.
(b) Describe & consider how these principles can help to devise an effective human resource strategy in organizations.
QUESTION 4
"There are three models that prescribe different approaches for Strategic HRM. One of the models is the ‘High-performance model' of Strategic HRM".
(a) Consider the essential features of this model.
(b) Examine the HRM features which best characterise this model.
(c) provide reasons as to why organizations should adopt such a model.
QUESTION 5
‘The Resource Based View (RBV) of Strategic HRM considers human resources as a main source of competitive advantage in modern organisations'.
(a) Confer this statement.
(b) Illuminate the importance of strategic integration of the H.R strategy with the corporate strategy in modern day organizations.
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