Analysis of Human Resource Management Practices in Project Success

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Table of content
• Introduction
• Motivational theories
• Development of project team
• Training
• Team building
• Different personality types
• Case study & business questions
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
• Human resource management is concentrating on the major area like training &
learning, organization development, personality development of workforce etc.
• HRM practices are typical for professionals in this functional areas so management
often acquires skillful expertise to implement HRM.
• It is systematic program of developing and administrating activities that establishes
employer-employee relationships.

Motivational theories
• Motivation is a practice of behavior and activities that managers and leaders deliver
inside the organization.
• The managerial activities are influenced by motivational theories that releases good
results. Human resources understands entire motivation as intellectual activity.
• The HRM is differentiated with general framework of management in order to
explore objectives of motivation.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• This theory of motivation includes the lowest level of needs of employees that have
not been met. Therefore the HRM is responsible for meeting the need timely.
• The needs included psychological needs that improves food, water, sleep, warmth
and pay the general expenses.
• Safety needs outline security, relaxation from threats, safe working environment
and job security.
• Social needs are also required to be viewed by HRM by organizing the engagement
activities that increase affection and establishes good working relationships.
• Esteem needs and self-actualization needs are also necessary in order to engage
promotional activities like advancement and let them allows to take challenges of
job.

Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory
• The administration of Herzberg theory that implies vice versa of
satisfaction is not dissatisfaction that showcases most interesting
results.
• Herzberg believe that effective implication of this motivation tool
could prevent the employees from dissatisfaction.
• Good working conditions in the company keep the employees at a
job but never feel them as dissatisfied or not make them work hard.
• According to Herzberg, the HRM who focuses on employees
satisfaction they also required to implicate these theories in their
business.

McClelland’s acquire-needs theory
• People who wants higher achievement in career generally avoids low and
high risk in their work. because easily achieved success is not a genuine
attainment. They work for moderate profitability in the business.
• Employees with high need of affiliations who need pleasant relationships
from the other follows this theory of motivation.
• David McClelland signifies that by acquiring this theory in practicing also
allow to get absolute power that holds the ability to control personal and
institutional missions.
• Higher need of power, affiliation and achievement motivates the people in
very different ways according to different peoples.

McGregor theory x and y
• In X factor of this theory McGregor signifies the traditional working management among
the peoples in organization on the basis of characteristic assumption. It is also called
autocratic motivation style.
• IN Y factor of this theory assumes the people are intrinsically cheerful to their work life.
This theory makes people exerting themselves and perceive the objectives.
• In general, HRM avoids legal systems that includes rewards and castigation. This theory
of motivation enhance potential to take the responsibility towards the work they do.
• McGregor theory of X and Y factor is not studied on single truth. The perception of these
theories depends on managers perspectives that people confirmed. Therefore, this
motivation theory is less to make efforts and bear responsibility.

Ouchi’s theory Z
• Theory of Z stress the need of employees by following general strategies
rather than specialization. It signifies the job rotation that develops
flexibility in workers.
• In order to increase the knowledge of worker Z theory applied by HRM
to educate its workers that how to perceive the situation if
departmentalization takes place.
• The philosophy and culture are necessary to be understand by an
organization to build up trust and believe in their work they do.
• Z theory of motivation encourages the workers to become participative
and assess how to develop quality in work.

Developing a project team
• Project management practices done by HRM identifies and analyze team
development performances that could give favorable impacts on project
success exclusively.
• It refers to the process of analyzing availability of human resources and
acquiring team for the development of successful project activities.
• The team made up with specific skills and abilities but HRM is responsible to
educate project team members to execute a project to make it successful.
• Team members of project management is also called core, executive or
leadership team which holds the responsibility of project planning,
controlling and winding up the project.

Training
• The aspects of uncertainty of the market and higher costs of
unemployment, the training has become a key tool for the HRM
because it helps to create a all-embracing skilled workforce.
• The training of peoples in the organization helps to increase the skills
and knowledge that relates with the existing task or mission.
• Training and development of employees help in increasing the job
satisfaction and participation of members in project accomplishment.
• A continuous training is also a perspective that respected by manager
in order to reduce obsolescence of knowledge of human capital.

Team building activities
• Team building activities promotes effective coordination and team
collaboration in order to get opportunities to attain common objectives.
• HRM often conducts different team engagement activities that influence
team building and assimilate that ready to diverse in someway.
• Successful build up teams integrates removing barriers and
encouraging participants to allocates their ideas and involve in other
tasks.
• Team building is also called a problem solving activity because if there
is problem comes in project other team member brings several ideas
and clarification to get the problem sort.