scholarly journals Strategic Human Resource Management: 37 Years in Academia, How Many in Practice? A Focus on Large Companies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaine Garmendia ◽  
Unai Elorza ◽  
Urtzi Uribetxebarria
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Strategic Human Resource Management ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Business World ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Third ◽  
Strategic Hrm ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Global Companies

In the fast-changing global workplace of today, maintaining competitive advantage has become imperative to survival. Employees matter today more than ever since they become non-imitable sources of firm uniqueness that can deliver value to every stakeholder. Based on this, the field of Strategic HRM has gained a special interest among researchers and practitioners since it employs a strategic approach to the role of employees within the organisations. However, looking at the business world results, it looks like there is a divorce between academia and practitioners and that they are operating in a parallel way. With the aim of evidencing this gap and echoing this issue, this chapter is structured as follows. It starts with a summary of the research conducted under the SHRM field in the last two decades. It follows with a section that evidences the gap between research and practice showing the results of global companies’ surveys related to people management. In the third section a special focus on big companies is done due to their importance when legitimizing managerial trends. The chapter finishes with some conclusions and thoughts for future managers.

scholarly journals The Role of Virtual Teams in Increasing the Number of Innovations and Developing Competitive Advantage - Exploratory Data Analysis Study –: دور الفرق الافتراضية في تحسين الابتكار وزيادة الميزة التنافسية - دراسة تحليلية –

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (13) ◽  
pp. 162-143
Author(s):  
Fatimah Mohamed Mahdy Fatimah Mohamed Mahdy
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Exploratory Data Analysis ◽  
Global Companies ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Exploratory Data ◽  
Positive Direct

This paper attempts to discover the role that virtual teams play in increasing the number of innovations in the research and development (R&D) department in global companies, and the extent to which this affects achieving a competitive advantage for the organizations under study (SAMSUNG, LG, IBM, and Toyota). The research was based on the method of exploratory analysis of data as the method of the study, and to achieve this goal, the researcher collected data on the number of hypothetical employees assigned to the research and development department in those companies compared to investments and sales and related to the number of innovations during the period between 2009- 2016. The research was based on the method of exploratory data analysis as a method for the study and analysis of the data used. The results of the research concluded that there is a positive direct relationship between the previous variables. Virtual teams are also one of the most important modern methods used in modern business enterprises and their necessity as a result of increasing response and shifting from serial work to simultaneous and parallel work to increase innovation, which leads to an increase in the competitive advantage of these organizations. The study recommends the need to pay attention to building effective virtual teams within organizations because of their essential advantages and to overcome the most important challenges that hinder the effectiveness and success of these teams. By increasing collaboration, interaction and efficiency leadership.

scholarly journals The Changing Role of Marketing in the Third Millennium

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Reshma Sreedharan ◽  
Rehin KR
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Millennium ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
New Millennium

<div><p><em>In the 21<sup>st</sup> century, any marketer has to face stiff competition due to the dynamic environment. Nowadays, marketers are offering more value to the customers so that they can gain a competitive advantage. The present customers are now digitally conscious and are opposing the traditional way of marketing. The marketers have to identify the new techniques which can be used to target the new millennium customers and earn sizeable profits. This paper focuses on the emerging marketing trends and its repercussions.<strong></strong></em></p></div>

scholarly journals Strategic HRM and competitiveness of Hotels in the Central Region of Ghana: the Mediating role of employee competencies

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-104
Author(s):  
Felix Kwame Opoku
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Hr Practices ◽  
Strategic Hrm ◽  
Employee Competencies

The main purpose of this study was to examine the effect of strategic HR practices on the competitiveness of hotels in the Central Region of Ghana. A secondary objective was to assess the mediating role of employee competencies on the link between strategic HR practices and competitive advantage. The study adopted an explanatory research design, using a purely quantitative approach. The target population comprised of all managers of registered hotels in the Central Region of Ghana. Data were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire. The available data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. It was established that strategic HRM practices have a positive influence on employee competencies, which in turn has a significant positive effect on competitive advantage. As a consequence, it was concluded that internal capabilities and competencies are the major sources of sustainable competitive advantage in the hospitality industry in Ghana. The effect of strategic HR practices on competitive advantage was, however, found to be insignificant. These findings require managers in the hospitality industry to continuously employ strategic HR practices such as training and development activities, linking incentive pay to performance, providing staff with a flexible compensation structure and promoting skill-based pay elements in employees’ pay package.

People Management – The Emerging Dimensions

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Preshita Neha Tudu ◽  
Pramod Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Human Resource Professionals ◽  
Business World ◽  
Effective Utilization ◽  
Fierce Competition

The business world has become more global and competitive and organizations are looking forward to seek new means to combat fierce competition, in order to bring the organization to a bright future. Competition in the market is tough and company that can win the war is one that provides better services and products to the customer. Cut throat competition has made employers realize that employees are the only source of competitive advantage. Much attention has been directed to provide quality service and products. This can be achieved through effective utilization of the human resources. The present review paper is an attempt to critically examine how the human resources function has changed over the years in order to cope with the changing market scenario and how has role of human resource professionals being transformed.

scholarly journals Strategic Human Resource Management in the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum: A Network Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3830
Author(s):  
Latifi ◽  
Lim
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Strategic Human Resource Management ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Strategic Hrm ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Decision Making Processes

The focus of this paper is to examine the strategic role of human resource (HR) management in organizational level goal-setting and decision-making processes and to determine how the Human Resources department collaborates with other departments or outside organizations to execute its practices both within and outside the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP). In this study, social network analysis (SNA) is utilized to analyse the formation of networks for each practice of human resources management (HRM) in the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum. This research has found that although public organizations in Afghanistan lack a modern administrative system due to the unsuccessful implementation of administrative reform, some features of strategic HRM are apparent in the current HRM within public organizations in Afghanistan, particularly in the MoMP. This finding provides insight into the strategic HRM concept, which can contribute more than traditional HRM to improving the sustainability of the MoMP.

Adiponectin receptors, with special focus on the role of the third receptor, T-cadherin, in vascular disease

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamotsu Takeuchi ◽  
Yoshihiro Adachi ◽  
Yuji Ohtsuki ◽  
Mutsuo Furihata
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Disease ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Adiponectin Receptors ◽  
The Third

scholarly journals Mediated Recognition and the Quest for a Common Rational Field of Discussion in Three Early Medieval Dialogues

Open Theology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritva Palmén ◽  
Heikki J. Koskinen
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Rational Field ◽  
The Third ◽  
Shared Set ◽  
Recognition Theory ◽  
Interpretative Approach

AbstractUsing interpretative resources from contemporary recognition theory with a special focus on the notion of mediated recognition, this paper discusses the nature and degree of methodological agreement as manifested in three twelfth-century dialogues. The first source to be considered was written by Gilbert of Crispin, and known as Disputatio Christiani cum Gentili (Disputation of Christian with a Pagan), ca. 1093. The second source was composed by the Christian convert Peter Alfonsi, whose dialogue Dialogi contra Iudaeos (Dialogue against the Jews) was written about 1110. The third source to be considered is Peter Abelard’s treatise Collationes, a dialogue with three participants and the narrator, written between 1127 and 1132. In particular, the paper discusses the role of reason, the principles of argument, and the potentially-shared set of rules these dialogues employ, thereby bringing the agreement among conflicting parties into focus. In this respect, the novel interpretative approach based on recognition theory also differs markedly from the standard reading of apologetic texts, which usually emphasizes conflict and disagreement.

scholarly journals Lifelong Learning and ICTs

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Athanasios Drigas ◽  
Vasiliki Tsolaki
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
The Third ◽  
E Learning

The purpose of this paper is to present a review of sample papers that have been published from 2003-2013 regarding lifelong learning and ICT. The use of ICT in lifelong learning is viewed in relation to different settings of learning i.e. formal, informal and non-formal learning, with special reference to the third-age. A special focus is also given on the technologies and specific tools which are used for the provision of lifelong learning. The role of ICT networks, web technologies in e-learning, mobile learning tools and virtual worlds as facilitators of knowledge sharing in all types of learning settings is examined.

The Role of the State in Strategic HRM at Enterprises in Agriculture

10.12737/2621 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Мельникова ◽  
Marina Melnikova ◽  
Анисимова ◽  
Galina Anisimova ◽  
Дроздова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Guidance ◽  
Strategic Human Resource Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Strategic Hrm ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
State Participation

Urgency of enterprises and personnel strategic management is constantly growing, especially after Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. The subject and essence of strategic human resource management (HRM) are considered, peculiarities of agricultural enterprises functioning in this country are highlighted, and in particllar — the case of the JSC «Zelenoye pole» enterprise. Based on the revealed problems and forecasted perspectives of the Primorsky Krai agricultural enterprises’s sufficiency with qualified personnel, the authors prove the need for strategic HRM and specify the role of state in formation and development of labor potential in agriculture. Among the primary aspects of strategic HRM at agricultural enterprises the authors emphasize the need to carry out career guidance and vocational education and training of highly professional engineering staff with the state participation and support. The proposals, presented in this paper, are of profound practical value.

The Role of Digital Marketing in Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage

2022 ◽  
pp. 44-60
Author(s):  
Edna Mngusughun Denga ◽  
Narasimha Rao Vajjhala ◽  
Sandip Rakshit
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Conversion Rates ◽  
Global Companies ◽  
Digital Billboards ◽  
Day By Day

Digital marketing is a growing trend day by day, with internet marketing concepts becoming a powerful medium for digital marketing and electronic devices such as cell phones, digital billboards, tablets and laptops, portable game devices, and many gadgets that help in digital marketing. In this chapter, the role of digital marketing in assisting companies to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage was analyzed. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has put an end to companies' sales and business growth predictions, and digital marketing is no exception. Digital marketing will be at the forefront as many marketers might be looking for creative ways to sell online, reduce lead costs, increase click-through rates and conversion rates, and seek out what's new in digital marketing. This chapter focuses on understanding digital marketing concepts and how firms can achieve a competitive edge using various examples. This chapter reviews the different digital marketing concepts and strategies adopted by major global companies.

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