1.0 Executive Summary
Natural Knibbles, an established health food company, is facing a number of challenges due to changes within the market and business environment. To fix these problems, it is important to outline the role of the HR manager, as well as identify the HRM activities and steps that Natural Knibbles would need to take to develop an effective HR plan.
It is important for the HR manager to be involved in the management team, and have the opportunity to contribute to the organisations’ strategic decisions. HR managers take a more strategic approach by gaining a better understanding of the organisation, the employees, stakeholders, products and finances, helping them fulfil their role by translating business strategy into
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‘Three sets of forecasts are required; a forecast for demand for human resources, a forecast for supply of external human resources and a forecast of the supply of human resources available within the organisation’ (Stone 2008 p60).
3.0 Problem Analysis and justification
Natural Knibbles is currently facing a number of challenges due to changes within the business and market environment. To fix these problems, the following HR issues and challenges need to be addressed by the company.
3.1 The Role of the HR manager
The HR manager is a crucial part of the management team. The role of the HR manager is to administer employer/employee relationships. In order to perform these tasks, the HR manager must understand his/her role, and constantly review it, so that management can gain a better understanding of what HR is. HR managers are becoming more aware of internal and external changes, and are incorporating a more strategic approach by linking business strategies to HR policies and procedures.
Since Cherrie is responsible for all administrative and HR issues, it is important that she develops and maintains a business insight and understands her role as HRM. She needs to develop a new strategic approach to overcome the changes that are occurring within Natural Knibbles.
3.2 Strategic Partner
It is important for the HR manager to be involved in the
The problem with Maples Leaf Shoes Ltd. was that the company did not have an experienced, qualified, skilled and knowledgeable manager to deal with the company’s day-to-day human resource activities like union negotiation and recruitment. A human resource manager plans strategies and handles the short and long-term challenges facing the company’s increasing global completion, increasing labor and production cost, managerial training and development for employees.
Lehigh Hanson is the company I chose as my business case. Lehigh Hanson has been supplying cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt, and other building materials throughout the United States, Canada, and Germany. The high demands on performance and being open minded is what HR and management hold at high demands and they lead by example. To transition the Human Resource department in becoming an innovative and driving force of the organizations to become a driving force of the 21st century, the HR department needs some assistance. This paper covers the human resource management strategy
In my role as HR, I need to be prepared for the rapid changes in the business environment; organizations are increasingly looking at human resource as a unique asset that can help provide a sustained competitive advantage., I will ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy of the company I am responsible for. Obviously, my ultimate goal is to provide a full-fledged effort to ensure the productive and fruitful integration between HR strategy and Business strategy.
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.
The functional expert has access to a huge pool of HR knowledge and covers foundational HR practices like recruitment, compensation, rewarding or training (Price, 2007) as well as new HR practices like internal communications, processes, leadership development or organizational structure (Armstrong, 2007). Café Co should ensure on-going optimizations of processes where people are involved, also investigating them in order to establish credibility of the HR sector (Price, 2007). Ensuring higher competencies and commitment by improving the above mentioned practices like methods of employee
HR’s strategic management responsibilities include collaborating with other departments and leadership to plan, incorporate change initiatives, and provide tools which measure the effectiveness of HR in reaching organizational goals (Reed & Bogardus, 2012). As Anca-Ioana (2013) pointed out, it is crucial that HR participate in strategic planning and management processes in order to develop a workforce of employees who possess the competencies needed to achieve organizational objectives.
By way of introduction to the business, CNH Industrial is a global leader in the capital goods sector. Like most successful business entities within today’s modern context, CNH Industrial understands the need for exceptional and strategic Human Resource (HR) functionality, including within its
The Human Resources Department at Zilack Cup Company has a mission to promote the company’s goals by aiding and assisting our organization in our functional area. The department must reconstruct the way in which it operates to facilitate the required demand of growth, acquiring and retaining a very efficient and highly motivated workforce. Crucial focal points for achievement and success are attracting, cultivating and preparing a workforce that can accommodate the growth level and changes that the company will under go.
“HRM is comprised of the staffing, development, motivation, and maintenance functions. Each of these functions however is affected by external
By allocating a team to hire employees it makes the role of HRM much easier and efficient. This allows them to address the policies implemented much effectively. Human Resource Management covers four main areas; employee influence, work systems, human resource flow and reward management. Different roles of the HRM allows to manage the organisation thus fulfilling the assigned areas. One key role of HRM is the executive role, where the managers are viewed as specialists that encompass Human resources or people management. The audit role are concerned with the company’s HR policy thus checks the organisation to ensure all HR policies such as health & safety, staff appraisals are being implemented. The Management Information System in Harrods undertakes the facilitator role of the HRM, which helps or facilitate other departments to achieve the organisational strategy through the HR policies implemented. This in turn allows Harrods to maintain its identity as a Top Employer. Similarly the People Support team could be classed with the consultancy and service roles, allowing the department to act as internal consultants offering expertise, advice and assistance to line managers and other staff in order to achieve the organisational objective. (Brockbank, 2008). This ensures that the HRM values the importance of discretion, compliance and unwavering support.
Brenda McCain views her responsibilities as challenging given that multiple areas of the corporation’s operation need improvement in order to better align with the updated store business strategy. She clearly expresses several areas of need that fall within some functions of HR Management; however, after careful review and discussion of the case, the team collectively agreed that some of the
When Redmond Mineral moved away from a strategy emphasizing low costs and low prices and adopted a strategy based on unique products, how did its HRM practices need to change to support the new strategy?
Q1: Why is it important for HR Management to transform from being primarily administrative and operational to becoming more strategic contributor?
An HR manager can have a tremendous impact on the productivity of an organization. One of the ways they can influence an organization is by properly managing the change process and
“Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on the recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in an organization (Heathfield, 2016)”. While the HR professional is responsible for the organization development that generates the culture of the organization by ensuring that the key functional areas are met. The five functions chosen that works coherently with each other are as follows: analysis and