HRM Investigation in Pret Manger

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HRM investigation in Pret Manger
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1HRM INVESTIGATION IN PRET MANGER
Executive Summary
The paper explores Pret a Manger’s organizational strategy that is where it is standing
now, future plans and which will be accomplished by the company. Apart from the goals of
expanding in UK it also has its future goals of expanding in abroad. The paper will focus in the
Human Resource strategies and it will align its research in the overall firm strategy. Pret a
Manger is growing entrepreneurial organization which has a very different culture to that which
is found in the present traditional organizations. Despite the problems with the different cultures
which it faces like with the present traditional organizations. The report will aim to find out the
present changes which can be implemented with a new information system. The paper will
therefore explore into the participative approach and factors which can be employed or
implemented by the organization. The paper will first describe the system development process
which will emphasis the contextual features which makes the Pret a Manger a different restaurant
from the present traditional large organizational firms. The paper will then try to understand the
reasons and the problems which has made the organization to undertake the present development
process. The later portion of the paper will provide a reflective critic on the way the process of
reaching the understanding and the use of the participation in the organization has achieved.The
paper will conclude with recommendation on the research methods which are used in
determining the internal as well as the external factors which are affecting the human resources
of Pret a Manger.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
Background on Pret a Manger.....................................................................................................4
HR Resourcing.............................................................................................................................6
Labour Trends..............................................................................................................................8
External and internal factors that affect the HR resourcing of Pret.............................................9
External competition................................................................................................................9
Effective workforce planning................................................................................................10
Strategic positioning of the companies..................................................................................10
Recommendations and Conclusion................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
Pret a manger is a line of restaurants that offers various assortment of healthy food to the
market. The company provides fast and casual dining experiences to the guests and has
established it’s headquarter in London after it was founded by Jeffery Hyman in 1983 (Pret.com
2019). It has been identified that the products and services that are offered by the company are
perfectly aligned to the needs of the market that they are operating in. Furthermore, the services
that are offered by the company are flexible in nature as they serve to the customer in over four
hundred and fifty location across the country (Pret.com 2019). The array of casual services that
are provided by the company range from sandwiches, cookies, salads and other similar casual
snacks. Moreover, there global presence add up to the repertoire of the country. The company is
a subsidiary of the JAB holding company. The company is headed by the Clive Schlee the Chief
Executive officer of the company (Pret.com 2019). Even though the operations of the company
are perfectly aligned towards the achievement of competitive advantage in the market, certain
internal problem are found to be associated with the operations of the company. The external
relations of the company can be deemed to be favourable, however, there are problems that are
associated with the Human Resource department of the company. The Human Resource policies
that are established in the company are perfectly aligned towards the need of the employees.
Rewards, recognition, flexible working hours, multiculturalism and similar favourable policies
have been incorporated into the Human Resources of the company. Nonetheless, it has been
witnessed that the company is suffering with resourcing. It has been found out that the main
reason behind the problems associated with the failure of the company in attracting the
prospective British Candidates. It can be opined that the problems that are associated with the
recruitment of the British Candidates is the failure to implement HR planning post the Brexit