HRMT20024 Assessment 2: Evolution and Challenges of HRM in Healthcare

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Central Queensland University, Australia
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HRMT20024 Assessment 2
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Assessment: MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
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Article 1 (evolution of HRM)
Full reference of the article
Witter, S.z, Bertone, M., Chirwa, Y., Namakula, J., So, S., & Wurie, H. (2017). Evolution of
policies on human resources for health: Opportunities and constraints in four post-conflict and
post-crisis settings. Conflict and Health, 10(1), 31.
Objective and research question
The main objective of this research is to identify the areas of the constancy and change of the
SHRM that depicts the evolution and development in the field of the HRM. In this, the author
new theoretical ideas to attracting the academic attention and its implications on practitioners.
According to the authors, explains the design of the human resource management for
highlighting the perspectives of general management which is confined by the HR department.
In this article, the research question includes to consider why the HR department important for
the growth and development of the field of health care. It also includes that what keeps the
employee relationship balanced.
Method
In this research, the author uses the method like problem-solving method and survey data method
that assist the author in analysing the views that denotes the strengths and weaknesses over the
performance relationship. For improving the financial performance, the author used the
sophisticated empirical methodology to get a competitive advantage.
Findings and discussion
After a thorough discussion in this article, it shows the practices of HRM assist in achieving the
goals and objectives of the business. In this author discussed the superior methods of motivation
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for gain the mutuality and high commitment to use the HRM for the optimum use of the
employees through motivation, ability, and infrastructure of the social capital. The author finds
that the function of the HR assists in increasing the productivity of the employees in effective
and efficient by using the effective methods of motivation to enhance their skills and abilities.
For improving the performance, various practices contribute to bringing the competitive
advantage for protecting the returns from human capital by paying less to the employees. For
accomplishing the desired outcomes of the health care sector, it is important to provide fair
treatment to the employees to maintain the security of the employees in making decisions.
Further, the motivating behaviour assists in providing rewards to the employees so that they
work with their greater efficiency towards the achievement of both the personal and health care
objectives. This article given more emphasis on achieving the higher targets by eliminating the
discrimination and inequality factors that are prevail in the field of health care. It also focuses on
the practices of HRM that internally focus on the forces of environment that externally and
internally impacts the business functions. In this article, it depicts the relationship of the
employer and employee for implementing the higher performance practices in the field of health
care.
Conclusion
This article concludes that HRM always remains part of the companies even if the HR
departments are functioning low level of administration. For increasing the commitments of the
employees for the goals achievement for implementing the fundamental change in the health care
sector to give more attention to practices in the field of the HRM.
How this article will contribute to my Essay 3.
In this article different practices of HRM that are highlighted that connect the overall functions
in the field of health care. It also gives more focus on the combination of the skills of the
employees for building the management of HR for gaining progress in the goals achievement.
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Article 2 (context of HRM)
A full reference for the article
Shantz, A., Alfes, K., & Arevshatian, L. (2016). HRM in healthcare: The role of work
engagement. Personnel Review, 45(2), 274-295.
Objective and research question
The main objective of this article is to provide education and to learn for encouraging human
resources management and education in this context. This article main aim is to provide
education to prevail equality and fairness in human resource practices. The other objective is to
educate about the consequences of unethical practices in the field of health care. It further
examines the education and technological developments for providing support to the government
financially. This research focuses on the issues of social impact on business operations. The next
question is how such practices may operate in the health care sector.
Method
In this research, the qualitative and mixed methodologies are used by the authors of this article
for prevailing positivity in the environment. For the development of the positivity in the
organisations, the role of the HRM is important and crucial for identifying the relations and its
powers that prevail in the health care field.
Findings and discussion
This article includes the discussions related to the findings by including employers, government
and leaders of the universities. While discussing this article, the author discusses the visions and
strategies that main aim is to evaluate the performances at the place of occupation critically. This
article determines the importance of him in the context of business norms and ethics. This paper
depicts the working conditions regarding the health and safety standards at the place of
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occupation. This article depicts the moral and ethical assumptions for practices the HRM in the
health care sector. It also focuses on the production and outputs for the scrutiny of business
practicesto achieve the efficiency level in the organisations. In this, the author discusses the
problems that are possessed and prevail in the working condition of the health care sector. By the
author findings, it critically analyse the good employees and also the bad employees that impact
over all the business functions. For the development of the management culture with positivity, it
becomes supportive in achieving the goals of the health care sector. It investigates over the issues
related to society and morality. HRM plays an important role in bringing social change in society
to provide maximum benefits by practising HRM. Human resource management assists in
dealing with the challenges in the context of the HRM that area face by the health care sector
with the effective formulation of the strategies in this context.
Conclusion
This article concludes that HRM plays an important role to deal with social causes and the
economic activities that prevail in society. This study also focuses on the staff changing values
and attitudes towards working at the place of occupation. To achieve this purpose, it is important
to keep the staff motivated in the health care sector.
How this article will contribute to my Essay 3.
This article contributes to the achievement of the business objectives and the importance of
HRM that further act as a supporting role in the growth and development if the health care sector
in the ethical and fair manner.
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Article 3 (Industrial relations)
Full reference for the article
Turnipseed, W. (2010). Industrial relations with academic health care and professional medical
associations: What's all the fuss? Who cares anyway? Surgery, 148(4), 613-617.
Objective and research question
The main objective of this report is to perform the comparison among the cross countries by
depicting the important features in the context of industrial relations. In this, the author discusses
the number of similarities and differences in all over health care industries and assists in
determining the alternatives and its progress in the current period. This research also formulates
various challenges that empower the industries and the worst situation that can affect health care
security. This research include question about why the centres of health care are concerned
should and how they relate to the central surgical association.
Method
In this report, it compares the contribution of the special issues that are problematic and
challengeable in the context of the business.
Findings and discussion
For the protection of the employment and bargaining institutions, it is important to organise the
relations among the industry for enlarging the employers. It also includes in maintain
harmonisation for regulating standards and strengthening over the social dimensions for
regulating the employment in the society as well as health care industries. The findings of this
research assist in protecting employment and support in achieving the desired outcomes. It
discusses the transformation with the overall capitalism that threatened over industrial relations.
With an increase in the overall social impacts affects the overall working of the health care
industries. The research findings of this report are to cover the legislation related to employment
by maintaining relations in the industry. The hiring and firing of the employees are also one of
the key findings that impact over the relations of the health care industries. These findings also
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assist the employees to remove the social constraints that are prevailing in the society and affect
the relations of the health care industry. Further, the next factor is the globalisation that is also
contributing to the binding the relations of the industry and assists the health care industries to
take necessary action in this regard. In this article, it discusses the development in the
globalization phase so as to bring the technological development for achieving the goals of the
business without affecting the industrial relations. It also includes cost-cutting by creating new
norms and regulations for achieving the health care industries.
Conclusion
It concludes with this article to assist in overcoming the challenges that assist in improving the
relations of the industry. With constructive action, this article assists in bringing the self-
confidence to take initiatives to bring change to achieve the predetermined targets.
How this article will contribute to my Essay 3.
This article contributes to formulating the plans for protecting the patients by providing better
heal care products and provide ethical opportunities for learning. Further, it provides various
solutions to overcome the challenges in health care industries.
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Article 4 (HR planning)
Full reference of the article
Effiong, A., & Myrick, D. (2012). H.R. 1589: Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in advance
care planning among Medicare beneficiaries. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2(2), 181.1-
181.
Objective and research question
This article focuses on the role of the HRM to make the proper budgeting plans for spending
over the HR software for utilising the software for bringing the efficiency in the business
operations. This study main aim is to use the Human Resource Information System to implement
the Human Resources Planning efficiently. It’s another objective is to identify the overall
contribution of the HRIS in the process of making decisions and implementing the strategies of
HR. In this research, it consists of questions for increasing the contribution towards the
effectiveness of HR planning through innovative skills and technologies. For the implementation
of the Health care system, it is important to the analyser and providing the training in this
context.
Method
In this article, research methodology is used to bring the respondents and the managers for
gaining maximum knowledge in this field.
Findings and discussion
In this research, the findings include that the senior executives of the HR are aware of the
increase in efficiency all over the planning of the Health care sector. In this organisations should
identify the value for gaining the competitive advantage. This assists in saving the time and cost
of the health care industries with effective and efficient planning. In the contradicting situation, it
is important that the document is discussed with the customers to make the senior managers
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believe as per the training programme. In this context, the employees must consult with the
senior executives before investing any amount in the Health care system for the development of
the health care sector. It is important that the vendor invests in the Health care system for
increasing the efficiency of the function of the health care sector. In this the author suggests with
the finding is to recruit the Health care system for the large size organisations in the health care
sector. With the highest usage of the training and development programmes, it assists the health
care industries to provide better training to avoid the malfunctions due to the incapability of the
infrastructure in the health care industry. It includes effective utilisation of the HRIS system for
proper utilization of this system for bringing the satisfactory level in regards to the progress in
the organisation in the health care sector. The role of the HRIS in the health care sector is
important for businesses to provide effective and efficient training in this sector.
Conclusion
The discussions of this article conclude that it is important that the managers forecast the
strategies of the organisation for improving the performance of the health care sector, it also
assists in further with and development of this sector for the achievement of the sustainable
health care system.
How this article will contribute to my Essay 3.
This article contributes to the evaluation of the different methods of HR planning in the health
care sector. It also supports the overall contribution in providing an imperative solution for
achieving the targets.
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Article 5 (work design challenges in a global environment)
Full reference for the article
Srinivasan, V., & Chandwani, R. (2014). HRM innovations in rapid growth contexts: The
healthcare sector in India. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(10), 1-
21.
Objective and research question
The main objective of this article is to efficiently design the home cares services for reducing the
cost of hospitalisation. It includes the focuses on the three levels of the decision making process.
Further, it is important to improve the efficiency of the quality by resolving the complex
constraints. It allows in improving the life quality of the patient who gets their treatment at home.
The main aim of this research is to focus on the short process of planning where the human
resources services assist in performing on-site services to perform the activities at the place of
occupation.
Method
For delivering the services to the patients at home this research assist in addressing the solution
methods so as jointly consider the process of making decisions. In this the author research
methods to resolve the issues in the emerging health care sector. Further, the patterns based
method assist in analysing health care problems.
Findings and discussion
This method supports in achieving the desired results by scheduling and routing the availability
of the operators in the health care sectors for effective and efficient planning to overcoming the
uncertainties. This research assists in providing flexibility to highlight the relationship and
managed the skills of the employees as well as HR efficiently. For resolving the routine
problems, it provides effective solutions by the use of effective tools and techniques.
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Conclusion
This article concludes it is derived with the help of the computational efficiency so to provide
quality indicators and providing solutions of good quality. It provides important for the planning
and controlling system that are efficiently managed by HR in the health care sector.
How this article will contribute to my Essay 3.
This article contributes to providing solutions for the development of the health care sector for
achieving the desired goals and upliftment of society. It also suggests the ways in increasing the
efficiency of the HR to bring the effectiveness in this sector.
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