C/HR/111. The Importance of People in Organisational Effectiveness

Human Resource Management (HRM) is increasing deemed as a significant factor that leads to achieving sustainable competitive advantage in today’s business arena (Marchington et al, 2005). The role of the people in organisational effectiveness is discussed in this paper. The significance of HRM as an increasingly vital function in the organisation and HRM style and strategy are discussed. Also, the role of culture, job satisfaction and motivation, and employee’s orientation towards work and how these factors relate to overall organisational performance is discussed. The paper makes use of examples to illustrate crucial points. Moreover, the changing role of HRM vis-?-vis the changes in the business environment is discussed.