HRM (Human resource management) essays and reports

These essays link in broadly to the area of Human Resource Management which is more commonly known as HRM. I hope you'll find these useful. You can download these reports by right clicking on the paper name and choosing "save target as". You can download, print and share these essays, but if you use these reports please reference them appropriately.

An investigation into whether organisational culture is directly linked to motivation and performance through looking at Google Inc. - I researched and wrote this article for my final year dissertation at the University of Birmingham in 2006. This article examines the relationship that exists between organisational culture and performance, and how these factors influence employee motivation. The issues are discussed at length, firstly through a review of the current literature relating to the topic, and secondly by means of investigating the organisational culture of Google. Thanks to Suzana Rodrigues for supervising my writing of this article.

HR is far too obsessed with adding value. Would it not be better for HR departments and HR professionals to concentrate upon the ‘risk reduction’ aspect of their policies and functions? - I wrote this paper in 2006 on my Human Resource Management course for David Perman at University of Birmingham. This paper provides an analysis of the current trend in HR practice towards demonstrating added value. This is done by evaluating the HR function and investigating the value adding elements of HRM in comparison to its risk reduction attributes. The results of this analysis show that whilst HR functions do add value, they also help identify risks, thus enabling the development of strategies to reduce the impact of these risks.

The state of total quality management: a review - I wrote this paper in 2003 as part of my second year course in Quality and Change management at the University of Birmingham. This paper analyses Yong, and Wilkinson's paper entitled “The state of total quality management: a review” which was published in 1999 in The International Journal of Human Resource Management 10 (1), 137-161.