Allison, D. (2011, December 11).
Human Capital: The most overlooked asset. Retrieved on
2013, June 15 from
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/younginvestors/09/human-capital.asp
This article gives a very good outlook on what is human capital and how does it affects ones financial capital allocation? One has to understand the importance of human capital not just from an organization point of view but also from an investment point of view. Once I understood that human capital is an important investment for an organization it helped me relate its importance to the competitive advantage it brings to an organization. I’m using this relationship and its importance in my final research project.
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderlund, L., & Brizee, A.
(2013, March 1).
General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01
This article gives an overview to the APA (American Psychological Association) style format which is the most commonly used cite sources within the social science. This article was revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual and offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnote/footnotes, and the reference page. I’m using the APA citation format in my final research document as per the university written assignment requirement. This article helped in understand the general APA citation format correctly and apply it accordingly in my final research document.
The Research paper on Human Cloning Government Research Clone
Governmental Banning on human and organ cloning is posing a problem on those educated ones in academia. Researcher and scientist Dr. Ian Wilmot has successfully cloned a sheep, and has gathered from this experiment evidence that strongly proves that human and organ cloning could be performed safely and effectively. Unfortunately, our government has almost immediately banned such cloning in this ...
Competitive Advantage. Retrieved on 2013, June 15 from
http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/competitive-advantage/
This article gives the basic understanding of competitive advantage from a strategic management point of view. A competitive advantage exists when the firm is able to deliver the same benefit as competitors but at a lower cost (cost advantage) or deliver benefits that exceed those of competing products (differentiation advantage).
One needs to understand what does competitive advantage stands for and then relate how human capital can contribute to it. By understanding competitive advantage from a strategic management point of view it gave me a better idea about how to relate it with human capital and its benefit for an information technology consultancy and outsourcing company or business for the final research project.
Engle, M., Blumenthal, A., & Cosgrave, T. (2012, September 25).
How to prepare an annotated
bibliography? Retrieved from http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill28.htm
This article explains about the annotated bibliography, what is the difference between annotations and abstracts, what is the correct process of selecting a citation format and gives a sample annotated bibliography entry for a journal article. It helped me with my preparation for understanding the annotated bibliography research written assignment.
Hitt, Michael & Miller C, & Colella, Adrienne (2011).
Organization Behavior Third Edition
This is the prescribed course book for BA590 Organizational behavior subject by Grantham University. It describes in an effective way the knowledge of managing people in different organizations. It presents an up-do-date concept of organizational behavior (OB) in a lively and easy-to-read, understand and implement manner. It emphasizes more on the importance of people and how they contribute towards a successful organization. It explains how proper communications is important for managing people and implementing a better strategy in an organization, gaining an advantage over competitors, and ensuring positive organizational performance. This book has been the key reference point for me in my final research project. It explains how human capitals are important assets to organizations; application of their knowledge and skills is necessary for organizations to accomplish their goals and succeed.
The Research paper on Human Resource Shrm Strategy Management
... opportunities. In a growing number of organizations human resources are now viewed as a source of competitive advantage. There is greater recognition that distinctive ... physical assets and capital to complement and augment the human resources based advantage 1 The Role of Strategy Education in Strategic Human Resource Management Courses ...
Rivera, R. (2013, February 05).
HR Analytics and Competitive Advantage. Retrieved on 2013,
June 15 from
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2013/02/05/hr-analytics-and-competitive-advantage/
This article gives a very good overview on things that overlap between HR aspect and corporate strategy aspect in an organization. White HR is preoccupied with the right people, right place, right time, right role and right training; corporate strategy is much more concerned with what industry, what product mix, what segment and above all, what value the company is delivering to its customers. Rivera has shown that both HR analytics and corporate’s strategy to get a competitive advantage in the market goes hand in hand and overlaps each other in terms of their requirements. Competitive advantage is not possible unless the HR analysis on using the right resource for the right industry, product and market segment has been cleared. I’ll be using the above idea in explaining how right human capital using the HR analysis will be more effective in giving the corporate a competitive advantage in the right industry, product and market segments in my final project.
Wright, P., McMahan, G., & McWilliams, A., (1993, November).
Human resources and
sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based perspective. Retrieved on 2013, June 15 from
This paper integrates the theories and findings of micro-level organizational behavior or
human resource management research with the macro-level resource-based view of the firm, specifically presenting a firm’s human capital as an important potential source of sustained competitive advantage. It emphasizes more on the roles of HR practices and managers in order for developing human capital as a source of sustained competitive advantage in an organization.
The Essay on Competitive advantage through employees
Organizations that seek to gain competitive advantage through employees must be able to manage their performance. A 360-degree feedback process is a popular means of managing and improving organizational performance. This method means a person receives feedback from a full circle of other people who work around him or her, which includes peers, subordinates, supervisor and even themselves (Atwater ...
