首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
If sustainable competitive advantage depends on work force skills, American firms have a problem. Human resource management is n
If sustainable competitive advantage depends on work force skills, American firms have a problem. Human resource management is n
admin
2010-07-06
94
问题
If sustainable competitive advantage depends on work force skills, American firms have a problem. Human resource management is not traditionally seen as central to the competitive survival of the firm in the United States. Skill acquisition is considered as an individual responsibility. Labor is simply another factor of production to be hired—rented at the lowest possible cost—much as one buys raw materials or equipment.
The lack of importance attached to human resource management can be seen in the corporation hierarchy. In an American firm the chief financial officer is almost always second in command. The post of head of human resource managements is usually a specialized job, off at the edge of the corporate hierarchy. The executive who holds it is never consulted on major strategic decisions and has no chance to move up to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). By way of contrast, in Japan the head of human resource management is central—usually the second most important executive, after the CEO, in the firm’s hierarchy.
While American firms often talk about the vast amounts spent on training their work forces, in fact they invest less in the skill of their employees than the Japanese or German firms do. The
money they do invest is also more highly concentrated on professional and managerial employees. And the limited investments that are made in training workers are also much more narrowly focused on the specific skills necessary to do the next job rather than on the basic background skills that make it possible to absorb new technologies.
As a result, problems emerge when new breakthrough technologies arrive. If American workers, for example, take much longer to learn how to operate new flexible manufacturing stations than workers in Germany (as they do), the effective cost of those stations is lower in Germany than it is in the United Stated. More time is required before equipment is up and running at capacity, and the need for extensive retraining generates costs and creates bottlenecks that limit the speed with which new equipment can be employed. The result is a slower pace of technological change. And in the end the skills of the bottom half of the population affect the wages of the top half. If the bottom half can’t effectively staff the processes that have to be operated, the management and professional jobs that go with these processes will disappear.
What is the position of the head of human resource management in an American firm?
选项
A、He is one of the most important executives in the firm.
B、His post is likely to disappear when new technologies are introduced.
C、He is directly under the chief financial executive.
D、He has no authority in making important decisions in the firm.
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/8RDd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Culturalglobalization,formany,meansWesternizationorAmericanization.Animportantdistinctionconcerningtoday’scultural
America—thegreat"meltingpot"—hasalwaysbeenarichblendofculturaltraditionsfromallovertheworld.ManyAmericanfamil
America—thegreat"meltingpot"—hasalwaysbeenarichblendofculturaltraditionsfromallovertheworld.ManyAmericanfamil
America—thegreat"meltingpot"—hasalwaysbeenarichblendofculturaltraditionsfromallovertheworld.ManyAmericanfamil
America—thegreat"meltingpot"—hasalwaysbeenarichblendofculturaltraditionsfromallovertheworld.ManyAmericanfamil
America—thegreat"meltingpot"—hasalwaysbeenarichblendofculturaltraditionsfromallovertheworld.ManyAmericanfamil
随机试题
某工地地处A区与B区的交界处。某日,一工人因劳资纠纷与包工头吵了起来,并纠集了多名老乡到其办公室“讨说法”,双方言语不和,进而大打出手。从A区打到B区,造成多人轻微伤,围观群众立即报了警。关于此案的管辖正确的是()。
主报表最多可以包含______级子报表。
获取原始资料的方法有()
A.甲氧苄啶(TMP)B.甲硝唑(灭滴灵)C.氯喹D.伯氨喹E.乙胺嘧啶(息疟定)治疗滴虫病最有效的药物是
热势较高,日哺热甚,兼见腹胀便秘属于
A.足以严重危害人体健康B.对人体健康造成严重危害C.对人体健康造成特别严重危害D.后果特别严重根据《最高人民法院、最高人民检察院关于办理生产、销售假药、劣药刑事案具体应用法律若干问题的解释》生产、销售的假药被使用后造成轻伤的,应认定(
债权人行使撤销权的必要费用的承担者是()。
有一条河流从遥远的高山上流下来,经过了千山万水。当它要越过沙漠的时候,它发现它的河水渐渐消失在沙里。“也许这就是我的命运,我永远也到不了传说中浩瀚的大海。”它颓丧地自言自语。这时候响起了一阵低沉的声音:“如果微风可以跨越沙漠,那么河流也可以。”这是沙漠发出
So______arethechildrenabouttheexperimentthattheyaskendlessquestionsaboutit.
Nexttimeyoubringyourkidsinforacheckup,don’tbesurprisedifthedoctorasksabouttheirtastesandentertainment.The
最新回复
(
0
)