Development Of Good Practice In Hr Management

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Discuss the factors that affect the development of good practice in human resource management in Hospitality organisations. Which do you think is the most critical and why? ‘Hospitality’ is a very broad term, which is used for various types of businesses or business groups. Although the separate sectors within the industry may differ greatly it can be said that all hospitality businesses share common attributes, for instance, they are all operating in the service industry (Mullins, 1998).Therefore hospitality is a people industry where the employees have a direct influence on the businesses success (Mullins 1998). Martin and Jackson (2005, p.86) describe this link between good people management and business success as “the understanding that satisfied employees are the key to successful guest relations.” This highlights the importance of development of good practice in Human Resource Management (HRM) in Hospitality organisations; personnel objectives, policies and procedures must be designed carefully. Before discussing the factors that affect ‘good practice’, this term needs to be defined. Every successful personnel department will have personnel objectives which state the aims to be achieved and the desired end results (Mullins, 1998). Then policies are drawn and procedures are identified to achieve the policies. Every action carried out as a result of this process is called organizational ‘practice’. Good practice therefore describes the outcome of policies that successfully support the personnel objectives. The areas a HRM has to develop good practice for are for instance recruitment, training or reward. (Torrington and Hall, 1991) However, how is HRM related to the organisational strategy? Beardwell and Holden (2001, p.5) argue that “the assumption behind HRM is that it is essentially a strategically driven activity, which is not only a major

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