Human Resources Management (HRM)
STUDIES OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONFORMITY
SUMMARY
Group Pressure
- Group pressure has diverse effects on both individual and the groups themselves. This is because it creates and affects the operations at any work place. For example, it could create independence for the entire human resources. The creation of such characters increases the levels of disagreements in work places.
Majority Effects
- There are several possibilities that employees could influence their respective behavior. This practice creates an element of interdependence in organizations.
- Interdependence could pose negativity if the respective mangers do not register frequent monitoring
Compromised Reactions
- The creation of group pressures in organizations compromises the productivity of the respective human resources. The compromise occurs when individuals influence their colleagues to respond in similar manners. The influence is negative because it speeds throughout the organization and in turn reduces the productivity in companies.
Individual differences
- All organizations should understand the differences in their human resources. This is essential because it allows the respective management to register effective allocation of tasks.
Benefit of independence
- Organizations whose employees work as individuals increase their productivity. This is because there are minimal cases in where these employees’ will experience negative impacts from group pressure.
ROLES AND NORMS
SUMMARY
Roles
- Roles include the function that individuals play at their respective work places. Their performance of these roles depends on their behavior. The dissimilarities in roles creates dynamism in organizations
Employee Behavior
- Employees need to understand that their employees come from diverse cultures that influence their behavior. This knowledge should make them teach their employees of their roles in the diverse work environment.
Conflict
- Individual employees have different roles to play in their respective organizations. The definition of these roles is largely dependent on their behavior.
- They also need to understand the possibilities of role conflicts. This will enable the administration of an organization to assign appropriate roles and in turn increase their efficiency.
Norms
- Norms allow employees be responsible in their respective execution of tasks. The creation of norms in human resources ensures that there is effective development of competency. There are diverse types of norms in all organizations. Norms present necessary pressure to employees who use it to increase their respective productivity.
THE PROCESS OF GROUP DECISION MAKING
SUMMARY
Decisions
- All organizations should identify the perfect means to arrive at respective decisions. This is because the entire process of decision-making includes several people.
- This also makes it lengthy and a waste of company time.
- There should be an understanding that each stage of decision-making is effective in its own manner.
Approach
- There are numerous approaches to effective creation of decisions. Some of these procedures include brainstorming for relevant ideas.
- Organizations should establish the most effective models that are applicable to them, and use them during regular meetings.
Strategies
- This includes careful analysis of any problems that the organization could be facing. Efficient gathering of information ensures that the entire process of decision creation is successful.
Phases
- Each phase of the process is significant because it allows the organization to establish suitable communication techniques
INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS
SUMMARY
Communication
- Simulated prisons create an incredible confidence in both employers and employees. This is because they allow these two groups to be confident about their actions.
- They realize that there is no confinement, and they can exercise intense levels of freedom while working.
Work place and prisons
- In the study, there were significant relations between the above places to determine the value of communication in organizations.
- The prison set up makes employees determine each other’s personality. This was necessary because it creates understanding in the future when these employees work on similar tasks.
Reality
- Organizations should establish policies that punish the human resources that fail in obeying respective company policies. They could also introduce restrictions that would facilitate order in their companies.
Applicability to the Work Place
Interpersonal dynamics enable companies to create suitable communication strategies at the work place. This is because these dynamics create an understanding of employee character. It is also effective because it allows management to assign responsibility to employees depending on their personality.
Example from My Work Place
- In my work place, there are clear norms that guide employees in the operations of the entire organization. There is also development of group norm that later enable the company to display admirable ethics to its clientele. This minimizes any conflicts in the organization that can arise from role confusion
Discussion Questions
- How can organizations ensure that there is minimal group pressure for their employees? Page 30
- What is the responsibility of communication in the development of organizations? Page 79
