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• 1 Black Box Debate

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• What is the black box debate?

  The unclarity of how many steps there are between HRM and performance and what the content is of each step

• The black box debate includes various theories; what is the resource based view theory?

  The assumption that organisations can build a competitive advantage based on the resources which are valuable, rare, imperfectly imitable and non-substitutable

• When looking at the RBV it is proposed that there a human resource advantage consists of two types, name these two?

  Human capital advantage
  Human processes advantage

• What does human capital advantage entail (RBV)?

  A situation where there is a stock of exceptional human talent working within the organisation, whose knowledge, abilities and skills match the strategic needs of the firm

• What does human process advantage entail (RBV)?

  The presence of difficult to imitate, historically evolved processes within the organisation
  (such as an intensive form of cooperation between people)

• What is the AMO Framework?

  The idea that people perform well when they have the ability, motivation and opportunity

• What does the SHRM process model highlight?

  This highlights the distinction between HR practices that senior manager intend to implement, the practices that are actually implemented by the line managers, and employees perception of these implemented practices

• 2 HRM and Performance - Peccei, R. & Vd Voorde, K., 2014

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• What is the research aim of Peccei and vd Voorde 2014?

  Results of 3 meta analysis were reviewed on the evidence of the relationship between HRM and performance

• What is the main hypotheses and main theory within this article?

  There is a moderately strong positive relationship between HRM and Performance

• HRM Bundles and systems have an effect on performance, like the high performance work systems. Is this positive or negatively related to performance? And what is an HPWS?

  Are positively related to performance. 
  And consist of an internally coherent and self-reinforcing set of progressive HR practices in the areas of selection, training, rewards, job design, communication etc