Topic: Human Resource Management at Marriott Company
Assignment-1
Please read the Managing People “Marriott: HR Practices….” Page no. 64
of Chapter 1, “Human Resource Management: Gaining a competitive
advantage” available in your textbook Human Resource Management:
Gaining A Competitive Advantage-Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, Wright,11e.,
and answer the following questions:
Assignment Question(s): (Marks 5)
1. Which HR Practices do you believe are the most critical for the Marriott to
maintain and grow its competitive advantage? Explain why?
2. Would Marriott have been successful without its current HR Practices? Explain.
3. Can companies in other industries such as health care, manufacturing, or research
and development adopt Marriott’s value and practices and have similar success?
Explain why or why not.
4. What other types of HR Practices should Marriott consider adopting that would
appeal to its growing number of Millennial Employees?
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