Human Resource Management Issues in BMW: A Case Study

This case study explores the human resource management issues faced by BMW due to its rapid expansion, image, overseas production, performance-related pay, and older workforce. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of performance-related pay and the benefits and problems associated with an older workforce.

BMW Case Study

Table of Contents
INTRDOUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource management plays very important role in the organisation and is
basically considered as the strategic approach that helps in efficient and effective management of
the people in the organisation. It further helps the business to gain a competitive advantage. In
this report it involves the issues related to the management of people in organisation and involves
the various HRM policies, advantages and benefits that help the organisation to deal with the
problems associated with the older workforce(Mining, 2021).
MAIN BODY
What issues concerning the management of people are likely to be raised in a group such
as BMW that has rapidly expanded production and distribution facilities?
It basically involves the issues that consists of recruitment of staff, integration of the teams and
ways of working. It also includes issues related to the balance of growth among the facilities or
small units. It also includes change in the management which is essential for managing the
growth and increasing the dispersed workforce.
What image does BMW convey – and to deliver that image, what kind of behaviour
would you expect of employees? What HRM practices may encourage/discourage that
behaviour?
In context to BMW, the main objective of the HRM is to make individuals more creative and
productive. The BMW being one of the leading brand names in the industry of automotive. The
company has earned a image of quality, precision and luxury German engineering. In context to
BMW, there are various HR practices that are applied in the organisation which involves
training the relevant skills, hiring the right person, providing security to the employees, making
data and information easily accessible and creating a egalitarian and flat organization(Radant
and Stantchev, 2022).
How is increased overseas production likely to affect HRM policies?
In context to BMW, the organisational practitioners constantly focuses on introducing the
organisational change programme in a successful way. In context to BMW being a car
manufacturing plans involves a effective and viable programme. The most common obstacles
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involves the management turnover, cross cultural adaptation, differences in the management
style and different workforce values(Nourani and Stieber, 2021).
What are the advantages and disadvantages of performance-related pay?
The performance related pay involves the remuneration which is provided to the individuals that
involves rewards such as cash bonus and increases to the basic pay which is linked with the
assessment of performance. The concept of a performance related pay system basically involves
rewarding the individuals on the basis of their performance. In context to Performance based pay
it involves various benefits which involves appreciating the work of employees and rewarding
them high for high performance. With the help of implementing a performance based pay system
it helps the organisation to identify its employees in a quick manner. There are various
disadvantages which need to be considered. The major disadvantages involves discouraged
employees who are not getting the pay they expected, threat of dissolving profits and
misalignment of goals(Coetzee, 2021).
What benefits might BMW gain from a higher proportion of older workers? What do you
think are the problems associated with an older workforce? How might human resource
practices change to deal with this?
In context to BMW, the organisation has various benefits from a higher proportion of older
workers and involves problems which are associated with an older workforce. In context to
BMW, there are various benefits that organisation gain from the higher proportion of older
workers which involves greater reserve of local knowledge, greater experience and skills and
lower absence and turnover. In Context to BMW, there are various issues that involves the
strength and physical agility and less enthusiasm about the change which also results in
reflection of the various circumstances of the age group and leading to the possible change in
reward systems. The organisation involves various external factors that involves increasing
difficulty and competition(Müller and Stephan, 2020).
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CONCLUSION
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