HRM | Advantage of Internal & External Recruitment

What are the different advantages of internal and external recruitment?

MOTIVATION | What are the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting?

ANSWER

The advantages of telecommuting are:

•        Increased productivity

•        Fewer distractions

•        Less time spent on commuting to and from work

•        Freedom to schedule work timings

The disadvantages of telecommuting are:

•        Spending more time on work

•        Difficulty in separating work and personal life

•        Devoting less time for family

Source: Management, 11th Edition & 12th Edition- John R. Schermerhorn

HRM | Describe the process of recruiting. What are the different types of recruiting? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each

Describe the process of recruiting. What are the different types of recruiting? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each.

ANSWER

Recruitment is a set of activities designed to attract a qualified pool of job applicants to an organization. The three steps in a typical recruitment process are:

1. advertisement of a job vacancy,

2. preliminary contact with potential job candidates, and

3. initial screening to create a pool of qualified applicants.

Recruitment can be external or internal. The recruiting that takes place on college campuses is one example of external recruitment, in which job candidates are sought from outside the hiring organization. Company websites and their social media sites, virtual job fairs, or specialized recruiting websites such as Monster and CareerBuilder, employment agencies and headhunters, university placement centers, personal contacts and employee referrals are all sources of external recruits. Internal recruitment, by contrast, seeks applicants from inside the organization. Most organizations have a procedure for announcing vacancies through newsletters, electronic postings, and the like. They also rely on managers to recommend candidates for advancement.

Both recruitment methods have potential advantages and disadvantages. External recruitment brings outsider applicants with fresh perspectives, expertise, and work experience. But extra effort is needed to get reliable information on them. Internal recruitment is usually quicker and focuses on persons whose performance records are well known. A history of internal recruitment builds employee commitment and motivation by showing that opportunities exist to advance within the organization. It also helps to reduce turnover rates and aids in the retention of high-quality employees.

Source: Management, 11th Edition & 12^th Edition- John R. Schermerhorn

ORGANIZING | What are the advantages and disadvantages of network structures?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of network structures?

ANSWER

The advantages of network structures include: network structures are lean and streamlined. They help organizations stay cost-competitive by reducing overhead and increasing operating efficiency. Network concepts allow organizations to employ outsourcing strategies and contract out specialized business functions. Within the operating core of a network structure, furthermore, interesting jobs are created for those who coordinate the entire system of relationships.

The potential disadvantages of network structures lie largely with the demands of new management responsibilities. The more complex the business or mission of the organization, the more complicated it is to control and coordinate the network of contracts and alliances. If one part of the network breaks down or fails to deliver, the entire system suffers. Also, there is the potential to lose control over activities contracted out and to experience a lack of loyalty among contractors who are used infrequently rather than on a long-term basis.

Source: Management, 11th Edition & 12^th Edition- John R. Schermerhorn

Organizational Design | Describe the boundaryless organization. What types of boundaries are there? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this organizational design?

Describe the boundaryless organization. What types of boundaries are there? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this organizational design?

Answer

Another approach to contemporary organizational design is the concept of a boundaryless organization, an organization whose design is not defined by, or limited to, the horizontal, vertical, or external boundaries imposed by a predefined structure. Although the idea of eliminating boundaries may seem odd, many of today’s most successful organizations are finding that they can operate most effectively by remaining flexible and unstructured: that the ideal structure for them is not having a rigid, bounded, and predefined structure. There are two types: internal boundaries—the horizontal boundaries imposed by work specialization and departmentalization and the vertical boundaries that separate employees into organizational levels and hierarchies; and external boundaries—the boundaries that separate the organization from its customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders. To minimize or eliminate these boundaries, managers might use virtual or network structural designs. The advantages of a boundaryless organization are that it is highly flexible and responsive and draws on talent wherever it is found. The disadvantages are that there is a lack of control and it presents communication difficulties.

Source: Management, 11e (Robbins/Coulter)

Organizational Design | What is work specialization? What are the advantages and disadvantages of work specialization?

What is work specialization? What are the advantages and disadvantages of work specialization?

Answer:

Work specialization or division of labor is the degree to which activities in the organization are subdivided into separate jobs. Work specialization creates efficiency and productivity, but can also result in boredom, fatigue, stress, low productivity, poor quality, increased absenteeism, and high turnover. 

The trend towards specialization has been altered by the realization that productivity may be increased by enlarging the scope of job activities.

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Organizational Behavior / Robbins & Judge - 14th edition