Critically assess the claim that certain bundles of HR practices have a definite causal link to improved organisational performance. In your answer contrast both quantitative and qualitative evidence from your reading. Essays should clearly demonstrate an engagement with the course’s reading materials but this should not prevent students from reading beyond these.

Does your essay require any of the following additional parts?

– How does human resource management influence organisational performance? An integrative approach-based analysis Anastasia A. Katou Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

– High-performance HR practices, positive affect and employee outcomes Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
– The effect of strategic human resource management on organisational performance: the mediating role of high-performance human resource practices. Rebecca Mitchell, Shatha Obeidat and Mark Bray.

– Search of Mechanisms: how do high-performance HR practices affect organisational effectiveness? aakanksha Kataria*

– The impact of HR practices, HR effectiveness and a ‘strong HR system’ on organisational outcomes: a stakeholder perspective David Guest & Neil Conway
To cite this article: David Guest & Neil Conway (2011) The impact of HR practices,
HR effectiveness and a ‘strong HR system’ on organisational outcomes: a stakeholder
perspective, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22:8, 1686-1702, DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.565657

– The importance of HR practices and workplace trust in achieving superior performance: A study of public-sector organizations
Julian Gould-Williams To cite this article: Julian Gould-Williams (2003) The importance of HR practices and workplace trust in achieving superior performance: A study of public-sector organizations, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 14:1, 28-54, DOI: 10.1080/09585190210158501