Managing a business operation: An introduction

Running head: MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS RESEARCH
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Table of contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Problem statement......................................................................................................................3
Aim.............................................................................................................................................4
Objectives...................................................................................................................................4
Research questions.................................................................................................................5
Scope of the research.............................................................................................................5
Justification and potential output of the research...................................................................5
2.0 Conceptual framework.........................................................................................................6
Literature review........................................................................................................................7
Recruitment and selection process.........................................................................................7
Challenges in recruitment and selection process...................................................................7
Theories of motivation...........................................................................................................8
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.............................................................................................8
Herzberg’s theory of motivation........................................................................................8
Theories of leadership............................................................................................................9
Great man theory................................................................................................................9
Trait theory.......................................................................................................................10
Transactional leadership theory.......................................................................................10
Impact of challenges in recruitment and selection process on the overall productivity......11
Gaps in literature..................................................................................................................11
Methodology............................................................................................................................12
Research philosophy............................................................................................................12
Research design....................................................................................................................12
Research approach...............................................................................................................12
Data collection.....................................................................................................................13
Sampling size and technique................................................................................................13
Data analysis........................................................................................................................13
Reliability and validity.........................................................................................................14
Ethical considerations..........................................................................................................14
Budget..................................................................................................................................14
Action plan...........................................................................................................................15
References................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
In a business, the employees belong to different socio-cultural background, which
reflects diversification of the workplace culture. Legislative components like Ethical code of
conduct and Equal Employment and Opportunity Act is vital in terms of standardizing the
processes. Consciousness towards strategic management is reflected from the revising the
selection and recruitment policies (Guillot et al., 2019). Negligence towards this revision
compels the staffs to encounter challenges, which poses a threat towards providing effective
opportunity to the staffs for exposing better performance. In case of the inadequacies, the
alternative procedures are adopted, which revolve around outsourcing, contingent labour, and
the employees working overtime. Cost issues are also to be catered for averting the
challenges in recruitment and selection. Newman et al., (2018) highlights that the main issues
in this context are promotion through internal aspects, nepotism, strict labour market
conditions among others. This assignment aims to shed light on the issues, which act as an
obstacle in the process of recruitment and selection in the workplace of Woolworths.
Problem statement
The present age is that of competitive, compelling the companies to think of
automatized and tailor made solutions for satisfying the needs of the customers. In order to
finish the orders within the stipulated time, more labours need to be extracted, which reflects
the need for hiring more skilled and qualified labours. However, Rozario, Venkatraman and
Abbas, (2019) is of the view that the current businesses lack effective Human Resource
management policies, which deprives the talented employees to invest their talents in the
services. In the current scenario, the challenge, which is the most prominent is that of the
spontaneity towards time to fill. Imbalances in this context reflects the delays in finishing the
orders within the stipulated time.