Recruitmentandtraininginsmallfirms小企业的招聘与培训大学毕业论文英文文献翻译及原文文档格式.docx
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小企业的招聘与培训
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Recruitmentandtraininginsmallfirms
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Abstract
ThehospitalityandtourismindustriesaretwoofthefastestgrowingandmostdynamicsectorsoftheUKeconomy.Bothindustriesarehighlylabourintensiveand,becauseofthis,theeffectivemanagementofhumanresourcesiscriticaltotheirsuccess.Adefiningcharacteristicoftheseindustriesisthehighincidenceofsmallfirms.Theissueoftraininginthesmallbusinesssectoringeneralhasbeenneglectedbyacademicsandmanagementspecialistsandthisisalsothecasespecificallyintourismandhospitality.Thisarticlegoessomewaytoaddressthisgapinknowledgeandexaminestherecruitmentandtrainingpracticesofsmalltourismandhospitalityfirms.Theissuesexaminedincludesourcesofrecruitment,theextenttowhichsmalltourismandhospitalityfirmshadtrainingplansandtrainingbudgets,participation,andevaluationoftraining.
Keyword(s):
Recruitment;
Training;
Smallfirms;
Hospitality;
Tourism.
Background
Smallfirmsandtraining
Althoughdefinitionsofsmallfirmshavebeenextensivelydebated,thereisnodisagreementthatthemostcommonlyfoundtourismorhospitalityenterpriseissmall(Thomas,1998).Todate,verylittleresearchhasbeenconductedintheseorganisations.ThisisnosurpriseandasMatlayargues:
TheissueoftraininginthesmallbusinesssectoroftheBritisheconomyhaslargelybeenneglectedbyacademicresearchersandhumanresourceplanning,developmentandmanagementspecialistswho,untilrecently,werecontenttosuggestsolutionswhichweremorerelevanttothebusinessesstrategiesoflargerfirms(Matlay,1996,p.648).
ThisissupportedbyJohnsonandGubbins(1992,pp.28-9)whosuggestthat:
relativelylittleisknownabouttheextent,natureanddeterminantsoftraininginsmallandmedium-sizedbusinesses,eitheronanationaloronalocalbasis.
Itisarguedthatwiththegrowthoftourismandhospitalityandtheimportanceofhumanresourceswithinthemthisneglectshouldnotcontinue.
Researchconductedinhospitalityandtourismfirmsofallsizeshasdiscoveredthatinformalityandarelativelyunsophisticatedmanagementstylecharacterisetheapproachtakentowardsrecruitmentandtraining(Goldsmithetal.,1997;
Price,1994;
Lucas,1995;
Baum,1995).Researchonrecruitmentandtraininginsmallfirmsingeneral(Jameson,1998)hasalsoindicatedthataninformalapproachtowardsthemanagementofhumanresourcesisthenorminthesefirms.Oneofthemajorthemesinsmallbusinessliteraturehasbeentheexaminationoftheinformalityofrelationsbetweenemployersandemployees.Acorrelationhasbeenfoundtoexistbetweenthesizeoffirmandlevelofformalityinvarioussectorsoftheeconomy(see,forexample,Scottetal.(1989);
Curranetal.(1993)).Researchconductedspecificallyinhospitalityfirms(Price,1994,p.49)foundthat:
oneofthemainfindingsfromthesurveywastheimportanceoftherelationshipbetweenestablishmentsizeandemploymentpractices…therewasastrongcorrelationbetweensizeandtheextenttowhichestablishmentshadintroducedpersonnelpolicies,proceduresorotherarrangementswhichmettherequirementsofemploymentlaw.
Thesignificanceofthisrelationshipcannotbeunderestimatedandmustbeborneinmindwheninterpretingtheresultsonrecruitmentandtraininginthesmallfirmsinthesample.
Anymeaningfulanalysisofrecruitmentandtrainingcannotbeundertakenwithoutsomeunderstandingofthelabourmarketwithinwhichsmalltourismandhospitalityfirmsoperate.Muchefforthasbeenexpendeddevelopingtheoreticalmodelsofthelabourmarket.Asfarasthetourismandhospitalityindustriesareconcernedoneofthemostusefultheoriesisduallabourmarkettheory.Goldsmithetal.(1997)summarizethissuccinctly.Duallabourmarkettheoryproposesthatthetotallabourmarketcanbesegmented.Onesectionistheprimarylabourmarket,wherejobstendtobesuppliedbylarge,highlyprofitablefirmswithahighcapitaltolabourratioandhighproductivity.Here,productionisusuallylargescalewithhighinvestmentintechnology.Employmentinthesefirmsisnormallystablewithrelativelyhighskillandwagelevels.Inthiscontext,therearenormallyopportunitiesfortraining.Thesecondarylabourmarketisnormallycharacterisedbysmallfirmswithlowcapitaltolabourratio,lowproductivityandsmallscaleproduction.Inthesefirms,wageandskilllevelstendtobelow,employmentisunstableandtrainingopportunitiesareusuallylimited.Smalltourismandhospitalityfirmsnormallytendtooperatewithinthesecondarylabourmar