Analysis of Business and HR Issues in Apple Inc.

AN ANALYSIS OF A SPECIFIC ORGANISATION'S BUSINESS AND
HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES

Introduction
It has been assessed that the frequently changing market dynamics are imposing several
challenges and threats before the organisations, which is enforcing the business owner to
emphasise explicitly on productivity and profitability than on HRM (Human Resource
Management) functions. In the consideration of ten Have et al. (2015), since organisations are on
the verge of constantly experimenting with new methods to survive the threats of uncertainties
and fierce competition, the employees are getting exhausted with the repeated changes in the
operation. The employees are getting several amendments to do as a result of the new
experimentations by the organisation. This to a certain extent is also exploiting employees,
where they are asked to dedicate extra time and energy to the companies with receiving any hike
in compensation.
According to Koplyay et al. (2014), HR issues can definitely slow down output, reduce
employee confidence and thwart a business from growing. The HRM department is a significant
department within any chief business or company. It is imperative for the HR department to deal
with its employee requests and conformity subjects on a regular basis, besides focusing on the
profitability. The current essay attempts to evaluate the strategic HR issues and the business
concern of Apple Inc. The brand is extremely popular for innovation and creative lines. Hence,
the essay attempts to find out the conflicts management face with its internal resources and the
efforts taken to mitigate them. Based on which an authentic conclusion would be derived.
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Strategic Management of Human Resource Issues of Apple Inc
It is a well-known fact that Apple Inc is an incredibly secretive brand and intends to get more
secretive with the passage of time. However, the brand sometimes crosses its limits with its
efforts to retain its secret formulas. Apparently, the excessive secretive efforts of the
management often create issues and fatigue for its employees of every department. Information
gathered from employees underscore the fact that these secretive efforts sometimes demand
employees to do their work on the repeated number of times, which is highly demotivating and
exhausting (Business Insider., 2018). Moreover, few of the employees claimed that on the very
basic level, the extreme level of secrecy often made it impossible for the resources to know
exactly why a certain assignment or project has been allocated. The only option the employees
had was to trust the organisation blindly and do as told. Sometimes resources were asked to
work with the ones who are extremely arrogant in nature and the HR department had been
strongly inefficient to look through the matter an avoid taking necessary steps. It can be assessed
from the previous information that the brand is more concerned about its business prospect than
to pay equal attention to the issues employees are facing with its change initiatives. In the
opinion of McGuire and Brenner (2015), employees are the foremost assets of every company
ranging from small-medium to multinational business. It is significant to pay equal attention
towards employees' concerns and their demands to witness the growth and profitability for a
longer run.
Employees from every department throughout the organisation sorting from the retail advisors to
engineering leaders had complained for its long hours, hectic and inflexible schedules, which
reduces the space for employees to maintain a perfect work-life balance while working in Apple
(Glassdoor.co.in., 2018). This automatically creates a negative impact on employees’ morals. It
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