Human Resource Management Challenges Report

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Identification of Organisational Issues............................................................................................1
Literature Review............................................................................................................................3
Best Practices for Business..............................................................................................................5
Discussion and Analysis..................................................................................................................7
Recommendations and Conclusion..................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to enlighten the reader with the information about the given case of
SewnUp organization. The case study analyse the information about the garment organization
headquartered in Australia working to provide designer clothing to the people in the fashion
environment. The organization also has its arms spread in the market of Myanmar where they
have 2400 employees working with them under which mostly are female. In Myanmar, the
organization operate only one unit in which all the employees belonging to different cultural
background work together. The Australian plant of the company also holds 65% of females with
them. The manufacturing plant of the company SewnUp was set up in the 1980s and is
consistently working since then. However, the organization has now started facing several issues
in the business environment due to lack of employee engagement in the business process. The
below mentioned report enlighten the reader with the information about the theories of employee
engagement, performance management and cultural differences in the workplace environment.
More details about the report are mentioned below:
Identification of Organisational Issues
The company SewnUp is a garment manufacturing organization whose manufacturing function
is major initiated in the nation Myanmar and the Australian headquarters of the company, major
functions related to marketing, selling and designing are implemented. However, the managers
present at Myanmar and in Australia have started facing issues in development of the
productivity of the company as the employees have started to reduce their interest level from the
organization. The company has also defined several Key Performance Indicators for the
organization and the employees on the basis of which they provide rewards to the employees but
the employees fail to deliver their targets due to which they fail to achieve the rewards and
incentives as well. The manager at both the units of the company has started facing human
resource management issues in the business environment. Below mentioned is the list of issues
faced by both the units of the organization:
 Lack of employee engagement: the organization faces the problem of lack of employee
engagement in the business environment. The employees at SewnUp have started

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showing less interest towards the functioning of the organization. The employees of the
company present at SewnUp Australia have started giving less importance to the
functioning of the company due to which the profitability of the company has started to
reduce. It should be noted that if the employees of the company will not participate in the
profit making activities of the business then the revenue of the company would
subsequently decrease. This aspect is an important part of the human resource
management functions of an organization (Saratun 2016). The employees of SewnUp
Australia have started taking the functions of the company lightly due to which the
company fails to achieve the required objectives in the business environment. If the
employees will engage more in the business functions of the company then the customers
will also show interest in the business due to which the profitability of the company will
subsequently increase (Ehnert, et. al., 2016).
 Poof Performance of employees: another issue attracting the business functions of
SewnUp is poor performance of the employees in the business environment. The
employees of the company have started taking the activities of the company lightly due to
which the functions of the company do not interest them. It should be noted that the
employees of the company just work in the organization according to the standards set in
the environment and no employee think of moving forward and passing the standards of
the company. Resulting in which, the performance system of the company has become
out-dated and the employees only perform the regular chores only (Chiang, Lemański,
and Birtch 2017). It is important for the employees to change their working pattern on the
basis of changing requirement of the work and new trends coming in the industry. The
employees need to initiate refreshing activities in the business environment so as to add
value in the current functioning of the company. Improvement in the performance of the
employees and upgrading their business activities will definitely provide advantage to the
company SewnUp in the external environment.
 Lack of adequate communication: communication in the key for the growth and
productivity of the business. Lack of proper communication leads to several problems for
the business and also create confusion on the end of employees and management of the
company. The management of SewnUp also face the problem of communication in the
business environment. The organization has two branches at different locations that are