Research Project: HRM Practices Impact on British Airways Employees

This research project investigates the impact of changing Human Resource Management (HRM) practices on employee performance, using British Airways (BA) as a case study. The project aims to analyze the relationship between HRM practices and employee performance, exploring the changing HRM practices at BA, evaluating the relationship between different HRM practices and employee relationship, analyzing the impact of changing HRM practices on employee performance, and recommending ways to improve HRM practices to enhance employee performance. The research employs an interpretivism philosophy and a descriptive research design, using a qualitative research technique. Data collection involves primary and secondary methods, with thematic analysis applied to the collected data. Key findings indicate that HRM plays a major role in enhancing employee performance, that changing and adaptive HRM practices are more significant than traditional practices, that innovative HRM practices are beneficial in a competitive environment, and that effective implementation of changing HRM practices correlates with increased employee performance. Motivational practices, training methods, appraisal systems, and proper incentives are also highlighted as crucial factors. The project utilizes various formats for presenting the outcomes including abstract, referencing, section headings, and considers journal publications, professional body conferences, and press reports to present the research outcome effectively.

RESEARCH PROJECT
Presenting Outcomes the Research
Investigation
TASK 4

RESEARCH TITLE
Impact of changing Human Resource Management practices on
employee performance: A case study of British Airways.

RESEARCH AIM AND OBJECTIVES
Aim:
“To analyze the impact of changing HRM practices on employee performance: A case
study of British Airways”.
Objectives:
To explore the changing HRM practices at BA.
To evaluate the relationship between different HRM practices and employee
relationship at BA.
To analyze the impact of changing HRM practices on employee performance at BA.
To recommend ways through which HRM practices can be improved to enhance
employee performance at BA.

RESEARCH QUESTION
Research questions:
The following will be the research questions for the study:
•What are practices followed by BA in context of changing HRM practices?
•What is the relationship between different HRM practices and employee performance?
• What are the impacts of changing HRM practices on employee performance?
• What are the ways through which HRM practices can be improved to enhance
employee performance at BA?

RESEARCH PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
 Introduction
 Objectives
 Scope
 Method

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO RESEARCH
PROJECT SELECTION
• Achieve the requirement
• Availability of past researches
• Current issue

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
 Research philosophy: Interpretivism research philosophy
 Research design: Descriptive research design
 Research approach: Inductive research approach
 Research techniques: Qualitative research technique
 Data collection methods: Primary and Secondary data collection method
 Analysis of data: Thematic technique

MATCH RESOURCES TO RESEARCH
QUESTION
 Financial Resources
 Human Resources
 Time Resource
 Physical Resources

Theme 1: Human resource management contribute major
role in enhancing employee performance.

Analysis of Theme 1
Analysis: As per the collected data, it has been determined that human resource
management plays an effective role in enhancing the performance of employees as
15 out 20 respondents stated that they are agree upon this statement. However, 3 out
20 employees of British Airways determined that HRM practices do not help in
improving the performance of employees and remaining 2 respondents were not able
to say anything regarding subject matter.

Theme 2: Changing and adaptive HRM practices are more
significant to enhance employee performance.

Analysis of Theme 2
Analysis: According to the survey, it has been identified that changing and adaptive
HRM practices are more beneficial in enhancing the level of employee performance
as compared to traditional HRM practices. 18 out of 20 employees of British
Airways have belief that changing and adaptive HRM practices are helpful for them
in terms of improving their performance.