HR Practices to Improve Workforce

Human Resource Advice
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Human Resource Management & Psychology - SHR018-2
 Assignment 2: HR issues at R&R Ltd
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Identify and explain which HR practices need to be examined further to improve the workforce at R&R.   Discuss what kind of training and development activities (and for whom) might be helpful to assist with this improvement.
 Introduction 
Organizations with greater access to human capital have greater competitive advantages, because of the caliber of workers in the firm who are more productive and efficient.  Success in human resources policies is important since it translates a good investment and there is recouping the costs, and effective HR policies and practices should be part of the strategic management to ensure that there is a favourable working environment, where employees can thrive.   The human resource practices are linked to achieving the strategic objectives of the company, and effective management skills and techniques can help improve employee engagement (Van De Voorde, Veld and Van Veldhoven, 2016, p. 196).  R&R store has performed dismally in her recent past and a look into the company’s human resources development, highlights that there are gaps because of poor employee engagement linked to high labour turnover, a command and control management style, a highly hierarchal structure, ineffective recruitment and selecting as well as failure to prioritize customer feedback.   The HRM practices at R & R need to be reviewed and changed to meet the organization goals and the human resource department needs to work with others to facilitate training and development.
Task 1 Examining HRM Practices 
The labour climate needs to be more flexible to ensure there is better employee engagement since there is low collaboration and open communication among the store employees, supervisors and managers. When there is greater flexibility in the work environment and support for employee engagement, there is greater mutual trust and employees appreciate when their input is valued in decision making (Guerci et al., 2015:330). This is not the case with R & R, as the staff members mostly engage with those in a similar capacity, where employees expected to implement what has been decided by the supervisors and management without necessarily knowing the value of such decisions. Failure to prioritize the labour climate improvement has meant that there is no sense of belonging within the firm and employees do not feel valued.
R & R has failed to prioritize the management and evaluation of performance, which may be one of the reasons for the high turnover as there are inadequate professional development plans.  The case for supporting professional development initiatives is that the wholesaler will optimize productivity when there is greater commitment among the employees (Ramadevi et al., 2016, p. 390). Furthermore, commitment then employees work in teams allows them to acquire more knowledge, which is complemented by training and how they perform their duties. Evaluating employees and adequate compensation is necessary as the employees have a better understanding what is expected of them.
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