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Human Resource Management: Week 26
Human Resource Management: Week 26
Human Resource Management: Week 26
WEEK 26
Employee Communication,
Involvement and Engagement
Learning Outcome
Downward communication
Upward communication
Lateral communication
Downward Communication
• Decision quality
• Decision commitment
• Decision conflict
• Structured problem
Overcoming Involvement Challenges
• Cultural Differences
– Better in collectivist and low power distance cultures
• Management Resistance
– Educate/train managers to become facilitators
• Employee and Union Resistance
– Concerns about increased stress, giving up union
rights, and union power
– Solution is trust and involvement
Negotiation and Negotiating Skills