Recruitment and Selection: HRM Trends Presentation for HRMT20024

This presentation analyzes two academic articles on recruitment and selection within the field of Human Resource Management (HRM). The first article examines the influence of corporate strategies, organizational structures, and international policies on HRM practices, particularly employee selection processes in multinational subsidiaries. It uses a qualitative case study approach to explore these relationships. The second article discusses the impact of technological advancements on HRM, evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of technology in recruitment and selection. The presentation highlights the articles' arguments, methods, and conclusions, emphasizing their contribution to understanding the evolving nature of recruitment and selection strategies. It also discusses the relationship between the articles and their overall contribution to the topic. The presentation is designed for a course on HRM, specifically addressing future trends in the context of current academic literature.

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References
• Mahmood, M. (2015). Strategy, structure, and HRM policy
orientation: Employee recruitment and selection practices in
multinational subsidiaries. Asia Pacific Journal of Human
Resources, 53(3), 331-350.
• Stone, D. L., Deadrick, D. L., Lukaszewski, K. M., & Johnson, R. (2015).
The influence of technology on the future of human resource
management. Human Resource Management Review, 25(2), 216-231.

Article 1 – Selection Strategies
• Objective
Mahmood (2015) attempts a discussion on the influences of the corporate
strategies, the organizational structures, the orientation of the international
policies on the practices related to the human resource management within
the organization. The author attempts to throw light majorly on the activities
that are related to the selection of the potential staff of the organization.
• Method
The author in this case aimed to implement the methods that are best suited
for the qualitative case studies. The interview responses were analyzed
through the qualitative method.

Article 1
• Argument
The author argues that the corporate strategies, the organizational structures, the
orientation of the international policies have a major influence on the practices
related to the human resource management within the organization. The author
further points out that the various selection and the recruitment processes that are
followed by the subsidiaries of a company might not be dependent solely on the
concerned parent organization.
• Conclusion
The article concludes on the fact that there are a number of managerial implications
of the study. The managers of the business organizations might be advised to
observe the relationships that exist among the subsidiaries and the headquarters.

Article 2 – Recruitment
Strategies
• Objective
Stone et al. (2015) argue the fact that the human resources within the
organization is deeply affected by the advancements within the given
industry. The authors of this study aim to discuss the matters that pertain to
the various advantages and the disadvantages of the usage of the
technological improvements in the context of the human resources of the
organization.
• Method
The authors of the article conduct a review of the existing literature on the
implementation of the strategies of recruitment within the several business
organizations that are operative in the global market.

Article 2
• Argument
The authors of the article tend to discuss the factors that are related to the
influences on the human resources within the organization by the
advancements within the given industry. The authors of this study further
argues on the various advantages and the disadvantages of the usage of the
technological improvements in the context of the human resources of the
organization.
• Conclusion
The article concludes with a discussion on the matters that pertain to the
limitations of implementations of the technology in the fields of the
recruitment and the selection of the potential employees of the organization.

Contribution
The articles in discussion tend to discuss the various matters that
pertain to the influence of the recruitment and the selection of the
potential employees of the concerned organization on the strategies
and the culture that is followed within the organization. The articles
discuss the fact that the managers of the business organizations might
be advised to observe the relationships that exist among the
subsidiaries and the headquarters of the organization.