Essay: HRM's Role In Australian Mining Industry - A Review.

Motivational factors and employee performance

Discuss about the Global Work In The Multinational Enterprise.

Australian mining industry has higher level of impact on the Australian economy. Due to the influences of mining industry, the immigration system has been improved. Here the study has shed light on the role of human resource management in order to develop the mining industry in Australia. In this study, previous articles has been reviewed and depending on the articles the hypothesis has been done.

Key words: motivational factors, work performance and human resource management.

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According to the author, the role of Human resource management is very important in order to motivate the employees towards achieving the goals and objectives of the organization. Through the process of motivation, organizations get the chance to improve the service quality and innovation in the workplace. This also very influencing in the case of increasing the rate of productivity. Therefore this has been identified in this article that through the process of motivating the employees, the financial condition of the organization gets improved. On the other hand, the author has pointed out how the healthy relation among the employees and employers influences the productivity of the company. It has been identified in this article that due to lack of proper motivation in the mining industry, the rate of productivity in the organizations are getting affected. In this article, the major question, which has been aroused by the author that how effectively the motivational techniques impacts on the employee performance. In order to manage the situation, the author has identified five influential factors namely, safety, equity, supervision, social and remuneration. According to the author, the human resource management of the organizations needs to take wise step towards employee motivation.

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The major strength of the article is it has shed light on the importance of the motivation in order to bring the development in the mining industry. Here the author has also focused that if the relationship between the employees and the employers gets affected, it also impacts on the productivity of the organization. However, the author has discussed about various motivational factors for increasing the engagement of the employees in the workplace. However, the author has not mentioned money as the important influential factor in organizational development. On the other hand, the study has shed light on the internal situation of the mining industry. By following the motivational techniques introduced by the author, the other organizations, which are facing the same problems regarding the employees’ productivity. These organizations will get the chance to adopt these motivational strategies in order to increase the rate of productivity. This is also very influencing in the case of improving employees and employer relationship. Therefore, this can be said that by following this article other organizations will be able to adopt effective motivational strategies.

Strengths and weaknesses of the study

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According to the author, in the Australian mining industry, the employees are facing the issues regarding their work life balance. It has been identified in this article that through the flexible trade policies in the international market, the government has tried to provide better life to the workers. However, the initiative has faced the failure.  As stated by the author, due to lack of organizational support the workers are facing these challenges. Here the author has done a primary survey on the 60 professionals of mining industry and has found that due to excessive working pressure, the working life of the employees have become integrated. On the other hand, this has been found by the author that lack of job security and financial status of the employees, the personal life is getting affected, which indirectly affects the working performance of the employees. Therefore, the author has tried to shed light on how the dissatisfaction in the workplace, creating interruption in the work life balance.

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In this article, the author has discussed about the influences of work life integration in the case of job satisfaction. On the other hand, the article has also shed light on the importance of work life balance for motivating the employees towards their work. However, the study has not specified any organization in the case of discussing the importance of work life balance for the employees. On the other hand, the role of Human resource managers in order to control the situation, has not clarified in this article. Therefore, this can be said that if the author would focus on the activities of HR manager in the industry, the article would be easier to understand. From the above article this can be said that it will be helping in the case of understanding the work life integration for motivating the employees. This will also help the organizations to adopt proper strategy for providing better opportunities to the employees in the workplace.

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In this article the author has highlighted the HRM practices in the organization in UK. The aim of the author is to highlight the influence of HRM practices in the case of promoting the Pro-environmental behaviour in the UK ‘industry by surveying on 214 organizations. Here the author has focused on the importance of environmental influences in the case of organizational development. According to the author managers play the important role to maintain healthy environment in the organization. Here the author has considered the managers as the gatekeepers for maintaining environmental performance. In this article, the author has shed light on different HRM practices, by which the employees of the organization will be engaged for adopting pro-environmental behaviour. Here the issue which has been identified by the author is due to improper HRM practices in the workplace, the internal environment of the organization gets hampered. This has been also identified in this article that the organizations do not maintain any record about the HRM practices and its influences in the workplace. In this situation, it creates difficulties in the case of implementing further development in the organization.  

Work-life integration and organizational support

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The major strength of the article is it has tried to focus on the importance of pro-environmental behaviour in the organization. It has been clearly mentioned in the paper that managers are the main influential factor in the case of developing pro-environmental behaviour in workplace. On the other hand, the author has also elaborated in this study that how the HRM practices can bring the evaluation in the industry. However, the issue which has been identified by the researcher is lack of proper evidence in the organization. Therefore, this can be assumed that the author also did not get any proper evidence which would helped him to reach at the ultimate decision. Therefore, this cannot be said that the HRM practices are the only influencing element in the case of improving employee behaviour in the workplace. In this article, the author has discussed about how the managers can play an effective role in improving organizational environment. Hence, this can be said that by following the article, the organizations will be able to develop the HRM practices in order to improve the organizational behaviour.

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According to the author, the mining industry is facing challenges due to the gender inequality in the workplace, which is influencing the rate of women employees in the organizations. It has been identified in this study that due to lack of job satisfaction the women employees are facing different types of mental health related issues. Here the author has surveyed 263 women employees in a particular organization, which is in the Australian mining industry. There are also few organizations in the global mining industry where the rate of women employees are high. However, gender based issues are common in every places. From a survey, the author identified that the employees are facing the issues related to their mental health and gender inequality. It has been also identified from the survey that different initiatives are being taken by the organization in order to improving interpersonal relationship rather than organizational sexism for improving the position of the women employees in the workplace.

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In this article, the author has focused on organizational flexibility as the important factor for improving the interpersonal relationship. Here the article has identified the position of the women employees in the organization due to gender inequality. It has suggested in this article that by introducing different strategies the organizational flexibility will be improved. However, the author only focused on the organizational flexibility, which is not the only factor which will be improving the position of women in the workplace. If the organizations will focus on providing different campaigns for improving the position of women in society, this will be very affective for changing the situation. Although the author has not shown other directions, but this cannot be said that organizational flexibility has not any importance for women empowerment in the workplace. By improving the organizational behaviour the others organizations will be able to manage the current situation.

Pro-environmental behavior and HRM practices

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In this article, the author has shed light on the duration of job vacancies in Queensland. Here the author has surveyed on employers by using ‘Cox Proportional Hazard Model’. According to the author, depending on the required skill and experience the duration of job vacancies gets influenced. It has been identified in this article that, size and location of the firm are important influential factor in the case of increasing job vacancies in the organization. It is known to all that money is the motivational factor for engaging the employees in their work. Hence, this can be clearly said that depending on the wages, which is being provided by the company the candidates get influenced. It has been also discussed by the author that higher wages are being paid to the employees who are in the higher position in the organization. Therefore, this can be said that depending on the responsibilities, the wages of the organizations get affected. The purpose of the study is to find out how the wages and size of different organizations impact on the job vacancy duration. According to the author, depending on the internal environment of the organization, the demand for the posts of the company increases.

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In this article, the author has clearly shown the wages structure of an organization. In this study, it has been also mentioned that how the organizational structure influences the duration of job vacancies. However, the author has not clearly mentioned the other factors, such as employee relationship, working hours, work life balance and many more as the influential factor behind the duration job vacancies. On the other hand, the study has not mentioned a particular industry of organization. The research has shed light on the Queensland business market. Specific information is needed in this type of research, because the author has mentioned that in the case of job vacancies, the result can be varied depending on the popularity of the organization. However, the wages structure mentioned in the article is very clear. This can be said that, by using this wage structure, other organizations will be able to develop proper strategy for grabbing the attention of large number of customers.

Conclusion

In the above study, this can be identified that role of Human resource management is very important in the case of bringing the development in the mining industry. This has been also identified in this study that motivation and job security are the important element in order t bring development in mining industry.

Gender inequality in the mining industry

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