Is Ulrich's model useful in understanding HR practitioners' roles in non-western developing countries? An exploratory investigation across private and public sector organizations in the Sultanate Kingdom of Oman

This study set out to explore whether Ulrich's model is useful in understanding HR roles in non-western developing countries such as Oman. The study surveyed a random sample of 780 HR practitioners, line managers and employees from public and private sector organizations. In addition 12 HR practitioners and managers were interviewed to supplement the data collected from the survey. The findings indicate that HR practitioners in Oman perform all the roles. However, ‘strategic partner’ is the least performed role. The findings also indicate that HR practitioners in the private sector are more likely to perform all the five roles to a greater extent than their counterparts in the public sector. We also found partial support for our proposition that HR practitioners in the public sector would play more ‘operational’ roles (e.g. employee advocate or functional expert) than ‘strategic’ roles (i.e. strategic partner or HR leader). The study revealed that Ulrich's model is robust enough to help in the understanding of HR roles in a non-western, developing country context. The findings are discussed within the context of institutional and cultural frameworks. The paper argues for more research to improve the understanding of how socio-economic and cultural factors influence HR roles and how they are performed.     

基于伦理视野下企业并购中的人力资源整合框架

并购后人力资源的整合是企业并购成功不可缺少的重要环节。由于存在诸多影响并购成功的HRM因素,以及人力资源管理者在遵守多元化的伦理原则的同时需要承担一些特定的角色,使得在并购前后、在人力资源管理中出现伦理困境。因此,可以从价值、文化两个层面来分解HRM整合的实现框架。HRM价值整合需要综合考虑HRM伦理动因、冲突、风险。HRM文化整合则需要在企业文化冲突的背景下,从员工选拔、培训、绩效、薪酬等方面进行文化整合,并在HRM战略下建立统一的社会责任文化。两个层面的整合都需要进行HRM伦理实践。     

Does alignment matter? The performance implications of HR roles connected to organizational strategy

For the HR function to have a positive impact on performance and thus strategically add value to the organization, it has been suggested to redefine its traditional operational role. However, to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between these HR roles and performance, their alignment with the organizational strategy should not be ignored. In this paper, we therefore focus not only on whether the operational and strategic HR roles are linked to performance, but also on the extent to which their alignment with the applied organizational strategy actually matters for performance. We carried out a survey study among 336 respondents either holding an HR function or being responsible for HR-related tasks in various organizations. We found a positive effect of the strategic role on performance, and also how it might substitute a lack of innovation strategy. Further, we found an alignment effect between a cost strategy and the operational HR role in relation to organizational performance. We discuss these findings based on the literature and provide some practical recommendations for further developing the role of HR.     

循证管理在跨国并购中的应用

在经济全球化的背景下,企业之间的并购重组成为突破企业发展瓶颈、提高企业经营能力的一种行之有效的方式。现阶段,我国并没有非常完善的并购理论,而并购中情况的复杂性也使依靠经验的传统管理方式很难发挥作用。为实现并购的有效进行,论文将循证管理的理念引入跨国并购理论中,分析并购中可能产生的风险,并以循证管理的角度给出解决方法,为并购理论提供新的完善思路。     

浅析半导体行业内企业并购动因

国内外半导体公司在本世纪展开了并购重组潮,希望通过并购带来的规模和领导力在半导体市场上获胜。本文从经济学中关于企业并购的不同角度分析,对半导体行业内的企业并购行为受规模经济,协同效应,产业集群效应等的影响进行大概的分析。     

企业并购中的财务风险控制研究

企业要想提升自身价值,提高综合竞争能力,企业并购是很好的一种方式。在我国市场经济发展中,企业并购有很多风险,但是企业并购的成本最终会影响财务风险。因此,我们来分析研究企业并购财务风险,找到合适的解决办法,对我国企业并购将有很大的帮助。     

跨国并购后品牌整合的风险研究

随着经济全球化的进一步深入,以获取品牌优势为目的的跨国并购席卷全球。然而并购后的品牌整合存在着多种风险,包括决策风险、品牌评估风险、管理风险、控制风险、法律风险、国别文化风险以及客户流失风险,严重制约着品牌整合的效果。在此基础上,针对性的应对措施会在一定程度上规避风险的产生,实现品牌的顺利整合。     

中国矿产资源行业并购对股东财富的影响研究

随着我国股票市场的日趋成熟,并购在资本市场中扮演越来越重要的角色。同全球并购的缓慢复苏相比,2011年中国却并购掀起了新一轮的高潮。2011年中国能源及矿产行业完成的并购交易数量为153起,占并购总量的13.2%;并购交易金额高达219.83亿美元,占并购总额的32.8%。本文运用事件法,从股东财富的角度分析了2005-2011年间中国矿产资源类上市公司的短期并购绩效。通过对并购事件发生的窗口期[-5,5]内上市公司的超额收益率的研究发现并购公司在并购窗口期内的股东财富仅仅在宣告日前后两天有少量的增加,此后一直呈现下降的趋势。说明并购事件并未对股东财富形成积极的影响。本文试图从股票市场本身做出进一步的阐释,意在说明我国的股票市场中存在短期投机性。     

企业并购中的财务风险与应对措施

随着经济形势成熟化的发展,中国的并购市场也得到了发展与壮大.但是,根据相关数据显示,我国企业并购的成功率与欧美等发达国家相比较,仍然还有一定的差距.伴随经济全球化发展,各大企业面临着越来越大挑战.一个企业如果想仅仅依靠自己的力量去开拓新领域,在新领域发展变得越来越困难.这时,企业并购给了这些企业希望,企业并购成为企业开...     

并购中现金流折现法定价应用研究

我国企业定价不合理,被收购公司价格严重低估。为合理定价被并购公司,用现金流折现法对被并购企业价格估算,详细分析中国石化收购扬子石化并购一案,估算出扬子石化的理论价格,并比较实际价格,提出了并购风险防范方法。     

Unwrapping the HRM bundle: HR system design in an Irish power utility

This article considers the way in which new HR systems were designed for three power stations within Ireland. The study provides insights into how choices are made about which practices are included in or excluded from the HR bundle and considers the factors that can lead to or prevent the successful implementation of new HR systems. The research suggests that all HR practices are not necessarily of equal importance in the bundle that comprises an HR system. Instead, it may be useful to view such a system as comprising both core and ancillary HR practices and as dependent on the existence of appropriate HR processes if it is to operate successfully. In addition, the study suggests that new HR systems may fail because insufficient attention is paid to the impact of ‘deadly combinations’ (Becker et al., 1997 Becker, B., Huselid, M., Pickus, P. and Spratt, M. 1997. HR as a Source of Shareholder Value. Human Resource Management, 36(1): 389–447.  [Google Scholar]) and that changing an existing system will require the elimination of old practices before new practices can be introduced successfully.     

不同交易结构下并购的税收成本分析

财税〔2009〕59号文规定了并购特殊性税务处理及一般性税务处理的条件。自政策出台以来,经过了多年实践,但未有不同交易结构下并购的税收成本研究。论文从定量角度分析不同交易结构下并购的税收成本差异,当不考虑非税因素和满足一定的假设条件下,股份支付比例越高,税收成本越低,希望对并购的税收筹划有一定的指导作用。     

浅析企业并购的财务风险及控制

随着经济全球化的发展和信息技术革命的突破,在全球范围内,以多国公司为主的大型企业掀起了第五次并购浪潮。随着一个个大型并购活动的开展,相关国家的所涉及的企业组织和产业结构都受到了深远的影响。而在企业并购的过程中,企业的财务活动从开始到结束,贯穿到整个并购活动中,并且影响着企业并购的实施。随着中国经济的发展,越来越多的中国企业也迈开了自己的国内、国际的并购步伐,开始由被并购方转变成并购方。在此背景下,研究企业并购的财务风险,并提出相应的控制和防范措施显得尤为重要。     

我国企业并购的财务风险与控制

随着我国经济的高速发展,并购已经成为当前企业实现快速扩张、增强自身竞争力的一种策略,对于企业并购的相关研究也成为财务管理的一个重要内容。从以前很多的并购案例来看,由于有些企业忽视了并购的财务风险而最终导致失败。因此,对并购中财务风险的分析和管理有着重大的现实意义。本文通过对近年来我国企业并购的各项统计数据进行分析,阐述企业并购中财务风险的各种形成因素,并提出了相应控制财务风险的政策建议。