Human Resource Management (HRM), Economic Crisis (EC) and Business Life Cycle (BLC): a literature review and discussion

Mitsakis, FV ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-5777, 2014. Human Resource Management (HRM), Economic Crisis (EC) and Business Life Cycle (BLC): a literature review and discussion. International Journal of Human Resource Studies, 4 (1), pp. 189-203. ISSN 2162-3058

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Abstract

Today’s turbulent business environments require from firms to continuously re-shape their HR practices and strategies in order to sustain competitiveness within the market. Among numerous factors affecting a firm’s viability and effectiveness, the recent EC, along with
firm's BLC, will also present distinctive opportunities and obstacles that will impact upon business’s units and operations. Identifying a firm’s life stage will help organizations to acknowledge their competencies and constricts so to successufully manage future challenges.
The present paper examines the different BLC stages, their obstacles and the competitve strategies which organizations can implement on each phase. Based on Hoy’s (2006) BLC model, the stages are analyzed in accordance with business’ HR implementations and strategies. Additional reference is concentrated on the organizational life cycle in the banking industry. Therefore, the paper presents an extensive overview of the relevant literature on business life cycles models, followed by and analysis of a specific BLC model suggested by Hoy (2006).

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Human Resource Studies
Creators:	Mitsakis, F.V.
Publisher:	Macrothink Institute in collaboration with Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS)
Date:	17 March 2014
Volume:	4
Number:	1
ISSN:	2162-3058
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.5296/ijhrs.v4i1.5303 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Jill Tomkinson
Date Added:	09 Sep 2016 09:45
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2017 13:25
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28422

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