Rezwan
Rezwan
Organization
Introduction
Human resource management (HRM or HR) is the strategic approach to the
effective management of people in a company or organization such that they help
their business gain a competitive advantages. It is designed to maximize employee
performance in service of an employer's strategic objectives. Human resource
management is primarily concerned with the management of people within
organizations, focusing on policies and systems.Human Resourse departments are
responsible for overseeing employee benefit design, employee recruitment, training
and development, perfomance appraisal, and reward management, such as
managing pay and benefit systems HR also concerns itself with organisational
change and industrial relations, or the balancing of organizational practices with
requirements arising from collective bargaining and governmental laws.
Impact of human resource management practices on organizational performance has
been a widely researched area for years. Results of studies, from developed countries
to developing countries, have been time and again showing that HR practices have
significant impact on organizational performance (Delaney & Huselid, 1996; Katou
& Budhwar, 2007; Sing, 2004; Tzafrir, 2006). But unfortunately, very insufficient
numbers of studies have been conducted in this area among the developing countries.
To augment the contemporary knowledge base of human resource practices of
developing countries, this study has been undertaken in a Telecom Malaysia.
Telecommunication industry has seen massive structural transformation in terms of
technological development which has made the industry to be highly competitive.
The industry is the fifth largest and fastest growing industry worldwide (Hawken,
Lovins, & Lovins, 2010). The industry takes a significant role in the world economy
(Porter, 2000). The industry estimated revenue in 2008 was $3.85 trillion and the
service revenue of the global telecommunications industry was estimated to be $1.7
trillion in 2008 and this is expected to reach $2.7 trillion by 2013 (Tedjokusumo &
Setyorini, 2011). The telecommunications industry can be categorized into two
sectors, service and manufacturing sector (Tan, 2002). The industry also faces a lot
of challenges as a result of technological change and customer demands.
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