Conclusion

            I have learnt new knowledge in this class since all of these three topics are related to Human Resource. It may benefit me in the future when I will enter the workplace environment. Among the three topics, I understand more on Human Resource recruiting and staffing topic because I have learnt this before in Human Resource Management subject. Another two topics was related with Information System which is new to me. These three topics have broadened my knowledge about the importance of Information System in the management of an organization. It smoothens and facilitates the company’s flow. My hope is that I can develop all I have learnt in this class when I have entered the workplace.

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Blog 3: Information and competitive advantages

            Since the first class, I only knew the meaning of Information System is the system which aids the management or the flow of the organization. But, in this class I have learnt that a strategic information system is any information system that uses IT to help an organization to gain advantage, reduce a competitive disadvantage or meet other strategic enterprise objectives.

            Nowadays, Information Technology is important because it can change the way business compete. IT plays important roles in the organization because it can substantially increase process efficiencies, improves communication among peers and facilitates collaboration.

            I also learnt about the competitive forces that exist in the business. The forces comes from the rivalry of competitors within its industry, new entrants into an industry and its markets, substitute products, bargaining power of customers, and bargaining power of suppliers. To overcome these forces, the organization needs to have strategies. Examples of the strategies are cost leadership, differentiation strategy, innovation strategy, growth strategy and alliance strategy.

            The strategy in cost leadership is always the main thing that can attract the clients, since everyone in the whole world is seeking for the lowest price of the product. If the organization offers low-cost products, but the quality is still same with other company, for sure the clients will stick with the company. This is because the company is actually helping suppliers or customers to reduce their costs of buying the products. Meanwhile, the differentiation strategy is used when the company offers differentiation in their products than the competitors. The products that was produced is hard to find at other places unless the company itself, since the clients would like to have different product than other people.

            Other than that, the company must be creative in creating the products. The company can try to create products that were unique, top services or markets. This process is called innovation strategy. Innovation on the products should be aligning with the business processes and the markets. The next strategy is the growth strategy. After operating for a few years, the company should expand company’s capacity to produce the products. This is because the demands from the clients is increasing, thus, the production should be faster and increase in the quantity. The company can expand it into global market through the internet by offering the online services. The last strategy is the alliance strategy. The company can establish linkages and alliances or the networks with the customers, suppliers and etc. this is to broaden the market and increase the opportunity in marketing and introducing the products. (426 words)

Blog 2: Human Resource Recruiting and Staffing

            For me, this topic was interesting because recruiting and staffing is the early process for an employee must go through to work for the organization. Recruitment is the process of having the right person, at the right time and the right place. There are many ways to recruit the candidates. If the employers want to have the qualified employees, they have to compete with other organizations. This is because other organization also uses the same instrument in order to recruit the employees.

            Nowadays, the World Wide Web is the most famous medium for people to get information from all over the world. That is why the e-recruitment was introduced, so that the process of recruitment would be simplify and won’t take a long time. Examples of e-recruitment are JobStreet.com, LinkedIn, and etc.

            Many companies like to use the e-recruitment application because it can speed up the recruitment cycle and streamline administration. Thus, the companies will have enough time to go through and choose the most capable candidates to work with them. Moreover, this system can reduce the recruitment costs and reach a wide pool of applicants. Reducing the costs but still can get many applicants would give big benefits for the companies since money was always being a barrier for every people. The World Wide Web is operating 24 hours every day, so the access to vacancies was offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to reach a global audience. Everyone can browse and fill the e-form and send it via the internet.

            Every matters have its own pros and cons. Although e-recruitment have many advantages, still it has the own weaknesses. The response received may overload since everyone in the world have Internet access. The possibility to get the unqualified candidates is high rather than the qualified candidates. When these problems arise, the company need to take time to wade through each application.

Another thing is the technology issues. Nowadays, there still have people that were not confident enough with the security of the online application. They would rather send a resume and who knows that they might be the suitable employee-to-be for the company. Thus, the company may lose the qualified person.

            Information system and technology helped a lot in the recruitment and staffing process. It simplifies the process from the beginning until the end. But, still we need to be careful with the system because it may not benefit us at all. (407 words)

Reference

e-recruitment buddy. (2008-2012). Warminster, Wiltshire. http://www.e-recruitmentbuddy.com/articlesnews/showarticle/4

Hearst Communications, Inc. (2012). Houston Chronicle | P.O. Box 4260 Houston, Texas. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/disadvantages-online-recruitment-748.html

Blog 1: Transnational Human Resource Systems

               When first time I heard about this topic, I cannot understand thoroughly all of the content but with the help by Dr Roya, I can slowly understand the subject. Transnational HR Model is the models that involve the organizational structure of enterprise in an organization (Dee Hock, 2010). Four basic structures or models were introduced; that organization may manifest in their global development which is multinational, global, international and transnational organizations.

            Multinational organization is one that is highly decentralized, consisting of numerous independent local business units and little control at the center. It is an independent approach since all the external activities is the assembly of independent activities. Example of this model is the company of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).

            The next model is the globalization organization model. Global is used for worldwide and broad activities. This model is the model that highly centralized and standardized, minimizing the needs of the local business units. This approach has disadvantage, which is the management of organization does not have the power to change the system because of the centralization. It is suitable for business that uses the single type of its product and operating environment.

            The third model is the international organization model. This type of model is largely centralized by the organization, but it takes the learning and sharing approaches. Taking the local innovations and integrate it into the global business is the way of how this model operates. It involves the transfer of knowledge and information from the center of organization to other country that was the branches. In my opinion, Maybank is one of the examples of organization that uses this type of model.

            Lastly is the transnational organization model. This is the new model. It focuses on the apprenticeship outside the national borders with the view to optimizing the reaction adapted to different markets (C.A. Borlett, S. Ghoshal, 1989). The use of this model is when one regional unit has developed a solution or a product; it can easily be spread to other branches around the world. It facilitates the spread of the solution or the product establishment.

            From all the information above, I can understand more about the four types of approaches that the organizations can use. Every model has different approaches that may give benefits to different needs of organization. (384 words)

Reference

C.A. Borlett, S. Ghoshal. (1989). Managing Across Borders: the Transnational Solution, Boston, Harvard Business School Press.