P1
Human Resource Planning is the planning of labour which is required for the future. For example, an organisation such as Tesco will need to work out the skills their employees are required to have as well as how many employees the company needs to operate efficiently and effectively. Human Resource Planning is extremely important as it helps a business to meet its aims and objectives and allows a firm to meet its goals more easily, something Tesco has done successfully. An example of Human Resource Planning carried out by Tesco would be their strategic plan to hire 20,000 customer service staff in 2012. Tesco’s way of Human Resource Planning is based around many issues relating to the organisation; such as to increase profits, to improve the service they provide and to become more competitive and grow their market share in the retailing industry.
Internal planning factors mean things going on inside the organisation which will impact on the human resource requirements in terms of numbers and skills required. An example of an internal factor would be organisational needs. Organisations are constantly changing and their human resources need to be able to adapt. The demand for products will affect the number of employees needed in certain roles. For example, when a Tesco store proves to be particularly busy, they will have to recruit more staff to accommodate the amount of customers. Three internal planning factors include;
1. Organisational needs. Organisations need to
When you factor in an external environment you dela with what can happen and influence the company from a outside point of view. Such as social, legal, and economic factors. In this case the company market ventures, source of revenues and new customer base is the components that will impact their ability to achieve their vision.
Major competitors
Internal factors happen inside an organisation the staff are likely to have direct control over it. External factors happen outside the organisation and are less likely to have a direct control over it. The businesses reputation or image may affect a business internally as a customer may have suffered poor customer service and this would have a negative influence on the business. Just as exceptional customer service would have a positive affect on the business, Other internal inlfuences on an organisation would be staff changes or issues. Staff within one grouping may not work well together so staff may have to be moved around or staff changes due to promotion etc.
Planning is important in any business venture. It can be the difference in the success or failure of the organization. A manager must know how to implement strategies such as pricing and advertising to attract more business during slow
Week Seven: Target Corporation
Justin T. Vance
American Military University
HRMT 603: Human Resource Policy
Dr. James Starcher
February 19, 2023
Week Seven: Target Corporation
The goal of any organization is to achieve success measured in production and productivity. To achieve success, it is vital that productivity, quality control, innovation, and profit are at the forefront; however, employee morale, motivation, and job satisfaction must be taken into consideration when creating human resource policy or policies. As a member of the top management team for Target Corporation, it has been discovered that productivity, quality control, innovation, profit, motivation, morale, and job satisfaction are much lower than expected.
P4 - Factors that affect selection, planning and implementation of Creative and Therapeutic Activities.
Setting: The setting or surrounding environment is essential to selecting, planning and implementing a suitable activity according to the needs of the service user. Selecting an activity requires you to acknowledge the setting it will take place in, therefore the Setting affect the deliverance of the activity. The setting will also affect the planning of the activity by considering the possibilities and risks, in order to structure out a satisfactory plan to carry out the activity advisable to the service user or group.
The internal and external factors are a big influence on person zeal to change or develop their actions. In 1930 the theorist Elton Mayo hinted that the motivation at work is stimulated by good teamwork, better communication, involving others in the decision making make employees feel valued. Lastly guaranteeing the work itself is interesting and not boring. Employees feel motivated in a work place when giving a degree of freedom in making alternatives by granting their social needs. Effective communication among employees rise up productivity and moderate errors, it makes an operation to run smoothly and profitable.
P4
Explain how internal and external factors affect UK inbound and domestic tourism. There are many internal and external factors that can affect both Inbound and domestic tourism.
Internal Factors
Internal factors are factors within the country that affects both inbound and domestic tourism.
This scheme is what helps Tesco achieve their organization aims and assists the employees to gain character and career objectives.
However, just like any other topic of discussion carrying out the human resource practices mentioned also has its drawbacks.
If not properly implemented, the human resource department and its practices can be a misuse of time and financial resources.
In a company Human Resource is a very important part of the strategic plan. The HR department is the go-to when a company decides how to approach a problem or gain Ideas. If there needs to be hiring, the HR department will take care of it. They will provide the proper training and tools to achieve the organizations goals. There must be a strategic plan put in place that way everyone is on the same page internally within the company to be successful outside of the company.
It can thus be seen as “a process by which managers discover where they are, where they want to go, how they believe they might get there, if they are getting there, and, as they proceed, if they still want to get there”. To do this efficiently and effectively, planning must take into account both the company’s complexity and its relevant environment. It does so in many ways, which include forming different levels of planning.
Effectiveness of anticipation: The starting point for strategic planning is anticipating an action.
These may be internal as well as external, the external ones particularly hard to gauge and hence their impact on the product or the organization comparatively uncertain to
What one does, is dependent on the situation. The situation can depend on internal or external contingency factors. Internal contingency factors include tasks, technology, structure, and people. External factors on the other hand comprise of economic factors, technological factors, political factors, and socio-cultural factors. Contingency theory declares that when managers make a choice, they have to take into account all aspects of the present situation and perform on those aspects which are keys to the situation at hand.
Introduction
Strategic human resource management is an
approach to the development and implementation of Human Resource
strategies. The best way to understand strategic human resource mamagement is by
comparing it to human resource management.strategic human resorce management
is seen as a partner in organizational succes. It utilizes the talent and opportunity
within the human resources department to make other departments stronger and
more effective. Strategic human resource management is the practice of
attracting,developing,rewarding, and retaining employees for the benefit of both the
employees as individuals and the organizations as a whole. Hr departments interact
with the other departments within an organization in order to understand their goals
and then create strategies that align with those objectives, as well as those of the
organization.
As mentioned above, there are five tasks of management that should be accomplished in a daily work routine. Those are planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling (Koontz and O’Donnell, 1976). Notwithstanding that some theorists, such as Richard Steers (1985) and Mason Carpenter (2009), highlight only four of those, planning is always considered to be the first and main function of management. It is an activity that involves choosing a strategy to accomplish the objectives of the organization, using the resources effectively and efficiently (Olum, 2004). To make a good plan, a manager should follow the essential steps of planning, which are setting goals, identifying the threats and opportunities of the organization, developing a plan for achieving the goals, and finally evaluating it and reviewing (Gamache, 2008; Duncan,
