Advanced Human Resource Perspectives Assignment: AM7314 Media

This assignment analyzes four media articles (two journal and two newspaper articles) focusing on advanced human resource perspectives. The first article discusses the shift in strategic planning research towards an integrative, communicative device, emphasizing the role of actors in the planning process. The second article explores workforce analytics, highlighting its importance in HRM and its use in data analysis. The third article examines the role of HRM in mergers and acquisitions, emphasizing its contribution to post-merger integration. The fourth article clarifies trends in authorship and collaboration in business ethics literature. The assignment includes detailed summaries of each article, along with full references, adhering to the assignment brief's requirements for contemporary strategic issues in HRM.

Running head: ADVANCED HUMAN RESOURCE PERSPECTIVES
Advanced human resource perspectives
Name of the student
Name of the university
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AM 7314 Advanced HR Issues
Media Assignment
Name:__________________________________Student I.D No._________________
Newspaper article No. _______ OR Journal article No.________
Note: the articles must reflect the content and nature of the course.
1st Journal Article
Wolf, C., & Floyd, S. W. (2017). Strategic planning research: Toward a theory-driven
agenda. Journal of Management, 43(6), 1754-1788.
Source Wolf, C., & Floyd, S. W. (2017)
Title Strategic planning research: Toward a theory-driven agenda. Journal of
Management
Date 2017
Page
number
1754-1788

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2nd Journal Article
McIver, D., Lengnick-Hall, M. L., & Lengnick-Hall, C. A. (2018). A strategic approach to
workforce analytics: Integrating science and agility. Business Horizons, 61(3), 397-407.
Source McIver, D., Lengnick-Hall, M. L., & Lengnick-Hall, C. A. (2018)
Title A strategic approach to workforce analytics: Integrating science and
agility. Business Horizons
Date 2018
Page
number
397-407
1st Newspaper Article
Brueller, N. N., Carmeli, A., & Markman, G. D. (2018). Linking merger and acquisition
strategies to postmerger integration: a configurational perspective of human resource
management. Journal of Management, 44(5), 1793-1818.
Source Brueller, N. N., Carmeli, A., & Markman, G. D. (2018), Journal of
Management
Title Linking merger and acquisition strategies to postmerger integration: a
configurational perspective of human resource management.
Date 2018
Page
number
1793-1818

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2nd Newspaper Article
Köseoglu, M. A., Yildiz, M., & Ciftci, T. (2018). Authorship trends and collaboration patterns in
business ethics literature. Business Ethics: A European Review, 27(2), 164-177.
Source Köseoglu, M. A., Yildiz, M., & Ciftci, T. (2018)
Title Authorship trends and collaboration patterns in business ethics
literature. Business Ethics: A European Review
Date 2018
Page
number
164-177
Summary of 1st Article
Recent research on human research factors has shown gradual shift on the focus from
rational, top-down decision making to the role of planning system as an integrative,
communicative device and a key coordinating mechanism for different kinds of strategic
decision making. Strategic Planning Research thus depends on the social and political
integrations of decision making process over the strategy making process. The different types of
the researchers have discussed beyond the process of planning and focus instead of what the
actors involved in the strategic planning commits easily. Rather, the researchers now focus on
how members of the organization enact strategic planning, that is, what people actually do during
planning episodes and how strategic planning can help to achieve integrated strategy making and
strategic coordination. There are main three trends in the recent research on the role of the
different actors involved in the strategic planning process. The strategic field has now moved

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away from the simple view of strategic thinking being the purview of the top management with
the implementation left as the responsibility of the rest of the organization.
Summary of 2nd Article
The workforce analytics is one of the major emerging trends in Human Resource
management. Yet despite the enthusiasm there are misunderstandings of how the organizations
can usually use workforce analytics to achieve important organizational outcomes. Human
Resource Management is a latecomer in the data analytics. This data analytics involves the HR
Analytics, talent Analytics and also the people Analytics. The use and implementation of the
human resource technology helps in the collection, manipulation and reporting of a diverse type
of structured and unstructured forms of data.
Summary of 3rd Article
Firms use different types of mergers and acquisitions to increase their growth in the
market and venture into new lands. It also helps them to capture a particular part of the market
share. However most of the strategies formulated by the management of the organizations fail in
the midway. The following study emphasizes the use of the HRM perspective to make important
contributions to the M&A. The HRM perspectives help the business organizations to perform
their jobs, structure an easy layoff, manage the resources and fulfil different kinds of firm level
objectives.

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Summary of 4th Article
The primary aim of the study is to clarify the different trends that arise in authorship,
collaboration patterns and different kinds of impact factors present in the business ethics. The
business ethics is defined by means of the application of different HRM strategies in the
business. The maintenance of business ethics is important to the success of the business.

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References
Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2014). Armstrong's handbook of human resource management
practice. Kogan Page Publishers.
Brueller, N. N., Carmeli, A., & Markman, G. D. (2018). Linking merger and acquisition
strategies to postmerger integration: a configurational perspective of human resource
management. Journal of Management, 44(5), 1793-1818.
Jamali, D. R., El Dirani, A. M., & Harwood, I. A. (2015). Exploring human resource
management roles in corporate social responsibility: the CSR‐HRM co‐creation
model. Business Ethics: A European Review, 24(2), 125-143.
Köseoglu, M. A., Yildiz, M., & Ciftci, T. (2018). Authorship trends and collaboration patterns in
business ethics literature. Business Ethics: A European Review, 27(2), 164-177.
McIver, D., Lengnick-Hall, M. L., & Lengnick-Hall, C. A. (2018). A strategic approach to
workforce analytics: Integrating science and agility. Business Horizons, 61(3), 397-407.
Wolf, C., & Floyd, S. W. (2017). Strategic planning research: Toward a theory-driven
agenda. Journal of Management, 43(6), 1754-1788.