Trends in Human Resource

Management
Work Force Diversity
•Women Participation
(Example: In India 35% of workforce in software industry is
women)
•Racial Composition
( Example: Inclusion of different race and communal group)
•Portion of Ageing work force
( Example: retirement age, average life expectancy etc.)
•Technological Change
( Example:
•Stenograph, Teletype, Fax, Email, Tele-seminar etc.)
•Attraction to White Collar and professional jobs
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Changes in work environment
Technological changes
a) Collaborative work
b) Telecommuting
c) Flexible work arrangements
d) Total quality management
e) Benchmarking
f) Reengineering
g) Flexible manufacturing systems
Outsourcing
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• Trends in work force
• Work force diversity
a) Ageing work force
b) Women in workforce
c) Policy of reservations
d) Temporary workers
e) Employment relationship
• Work –life balance
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Globalization/Changing Economy
•Production globalization
(Example: same product from different countries, production of
different accessories-parts in different countries)
•International competition of market
( Example: automobile, electronics, knowledge industries etc.)
•Manufacturing plant in different countries
( Example: Sony in Malaysia, )
•Job shifting from one place to another
( Example: Tendency to use cheaper workforce, e. g. garments)
•High performance work system
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Other Trends:
•Changing legal provisions such as equal
opportunity laws are being passed which
bars discrimination on the basis of age, sex,
race, religion, disability, national origin etc.
•Health and occupational safety rules are
also affect HRM.