Analysis Of Unilever

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Tesco's plan is to grow and expand the business to have the right individuals, in the perfect spot, at the ideal time. Numerous elements influence workforce

This essay will discuss the key theories and principles relating to recruitment and selection, personality and also motivation to ensure Tesco brings success to their business operations. Tesco is a multi-national organisation; it has 13 supermarkets in different countries around the globe including India, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, China and also Turkey. Therefore, this includes 2,318 stores worldwide and 1,878 stores in the UK. The scale of this multi-national organisational is very large due to the amount of stores, as well as having more than 310,000 employees in the UK and 500,000 globally. Over the years, Tesco is recognised as one of the largest retailers in the world in terms of profitability and also revenues.

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Wright and McMahan (1994) define strategic HRM as “the pattern of planned Human Resource deployments and activities intended to enable the organisation to achieve its goals.” A HR function should impact the success of an organisation; a policy must remain current and suitable to both the internal and external environment. Ulrich and Lake (1990) affirm, ‘HRM systems can be the source of organisational capabilities that allow organisations to learn and capitalise on new opportunities.’

The report emphasis on various aspects of Sainsbury’s human resource strategies which includes, employees’ selection, training and development and performance management. The objective of the report is to identify issues related to human resources management.

In view of Unilever's wide operational achieve, it is liable to dangers from changes in outside money values that could move wages. It is impractical to completely outskirt these changes. Unilever has a remote trade approach that needs working organizations to oversee tradeoff and monetary outside trade contacts inside

HRM is an approach to employment management, which aims to achieve a competitive advantage through the strategic deployment of a committed and capable workforce using an array of cultural, structural and personnel techniques (Storey 2001). Ultimately, it focuses on the sharpening the ‘Labour’ and ‘Entrepreneurship’ factors of production. This means that the business can produce a high quality product to consumers with hopes of outshining competitors and achieving its strategic aims.

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Its origin goes back to the 19th century when a group of companies operating independently, produced soaps and margarine. In 1930, the companies merged to form Unilever that diversified into food products in 1940s. Through the next five decades, it emerged as a major fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) multinational operating in several businesses. In 2004, the Unilever 2010 strategic plan was put into action with the mission to ‘bring vitality to life’ and ‘to meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life’. The corporate strategy is of focusing on core businesses of food, home care and personal care. Unilever operates in more than 100 countries, has a turnover of €39.6 billion and net profit of €3.685 billion in 2006 and derives 41 per cent of its income from the developing and emerging economies around the world. It has 179,000 employees and is a culturally-diverse organization with its top management coming from 24 nations. Internationalization is based on the principle of local roots with global scale aimed at becoming a ‘multi-local

If the adage 'two heads are better than one' applies to business, then certainly Unilever is a prime example. The food and consumer products giant actually has two parent companies: Unilever PLC, based in the United Kingdom, and Unilever N.V., based in The Netherlands. The two companies, which operate virtually as a single corporation, are run by a single group of directors and are linked by a number of agreements. Unilever considers itself the second largest consumer goods firm in the world, trailing only Philip Morris Companies Inc., and produces numerous brand name foods, cleaning products, and personal care items. About 52 percent of revenues are generated in the foods sector; brands include Imperial and

It makes it realistic by motivating the workforce, developing commitment in them and improving communication.(Armstrong M,2003) Traditional Personnel management deals with short term planning and controlled externally. With employee relations’ perspective, it has low trust and less communication. It has lot to do with labour management.(limited to the people and not deals with strategy) On the other hand, HRM emphasizes that employees are critical to achieving sustainable competitive advantage and is central to organisational strategic performance.(Bratton and Gold,1999).HRM plays great role with organisation’s corporate strategy. But to do this, all HR strategies must be integrated and must be in line with overall business strategies.(Lecture Notes,2004 Topic 1)

1.3Assessment of implication for line managers and employees of developing a strategic approach to HRM at Harrods:

The 21st century workplace environment is established on numerous reforms and transformations in different aspects that constitute the management of human resources. Therefore, the human resource departments in different departments have adopted different approaches to managing their employees. In this regard, most businesses and organizations across the globe have adopted different concepts of strategic human resource management in their operations, particularly, in managing their employees. With this mind, these businesses and organizations consider either best practice or best fit approaches in addressing issues that concerns employees. Speaking from this perspective, this paper will evaluate the ‘best fit/best practices’ approach in relation to strategic HRM.

Unilever believes in the sustainable growth and use of renewable sources of energy. It is also very watchful of employee health and has managed to bring down its accidental rate by a high margin. Unilever’s vision includes a better way for living for its consumers and better use of the products that they use. It maintains a high standard of its products by following stringent standards which helps in maintaining consumer satisfaction. Over the years, after working for different social projects like Water conservation and Food for all, it has grown its image as a socially aware and responsible