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Airline Industry Value Chain

Assignment 2:

Human Resource Implications of Technological Change

Submission Date:

5th May 2007

Table of Contents

I Introduction 2

1.1 Definition and Conceptual Framework for HRM Implications of Technological 2
1.2 Importance of HRM Implications of Technological Change to Managing People 3

II HRM Implications of Technological Change 3

2.1 Main Themes on the Topic 3
2.2 HRM Implications of Technological Change 4

Implications of Technological Change on Job Design and Job Analysis 4
Implications of Technological Change on Human Resource (or Employee Planning) 5
Implications of Technological Change on Organisation Design 6
Implications of Technological Change on Recruitment and Selection 6
Implications of Technological Change on Training and Education 7
Implications of Technological Change on Compensation and Appraisal 7
Implications of Technological Change on Organisational Culture 8
Implications of Technological Change on Labour- Management Relations 8

III Summary and Conclusion 9

I Introduction

1.1 Conceptual Framework for HRM Implications of Technological Change

Natalie Greenan (2003, p. 289) describes technological change as a series of changes affecting both factors of production and the way they are used and combined together. He further says that these changes are primarily qualitative. As far as the capital factor is concerned it involves replacing old equipment by new equipment, often incorporating more information technology than before. As far as the labour factor is concerned, it involves investing in new skills and competencies to meet new requirements. Consequently, as far as the use and combination of factors is concerned, it involves redefining the division of labour and the rules permitting effective co-ordination within the firm.

Implicit in the above statement, is that technological change spurs global, systemic and diffuse effects on the different aspects of a product- or...