HRM Study Material: Impact of Deregulation on Employment Relations, Collaboration in Australian Retail Union, Work-Life Balance and Organizational Performance, Fun in the Workplace, Talent Management

HRM

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Topic 1- The impact of deregulation on employment relations in the Australian retail industry
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Topic 2- Varieties of collaboration: The case of an Australian retail union...............................2
Topic 3- Making the link between work-life balance practices and organisational performance
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Topic 4- Fun in the workplace: A review and expanded theoretical perspective.......................5
Topic 5- Talent management......................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management (HRM) is the concept which emphasizes on the
management of employees within the organisation. There are many activities which are carried
by HR manager such as recruitment, selection, providing induction and training, development
etc. by which workforce can be made potential enough to achieve targets and goals. Human
resource is the most important asset for the company who apply their skills and talents to achieve
the goals. In this report, retail industry of Australia ahas been taken which is one of the fast
growing industry that comprises of number of organisations at various scales. Furthermore, the
report will cover investigation of the chosen topic by forming research objective and question
which are later reviewed.
Topic 1- The impact of deregulation on employment relations in the Australian retail industry
Research objective: “To analyse the impact of deregulation on employment relations in
Australian retail industry.”
Research question: What is the effect of deregulation on employment relations in Australian
retail industry?
Literature Review:
Effect of deregulation on employment relations in Australian retail industry
According to Mortimer, Dennis, Ingersoll and Louise, Australian retail industry has
underwent decentralisation during the time period of 1980s and 1990s. In this period, a sole
company has the management limited to certain areas which emphasized on connecting the
strategies for employees with the common strategy of the company. The main target for this
article is to highlight on the analysis of strategic decision that HR manager is required to make
for the management of the employees (Impact of deregulation, 2015).
Employee relations refer to the relationship with the co-workers working at the
workplace. It is about sharing the healthy relationship with each other with an objective of
increasing the performance. It is the foundation on which all the activities are carried by the
employees within the organisation. There is a hierarchy which comprises of leaders who give
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