Human Resource Management Assignment (PDF)

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Human Resource Management
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Background of the Company
In the later part of the 1970s, the Albion Clothing Limited established its first step in the
industry of New Zealand. It was the time, when the manufacture of New Zealand was booming
remarkably. The innovation and technology had started to influence the garments industry and
the Albion company made the best use of the opportunity. The founder of the company was
George Steele who always sought for quality and standard. Hence, he selected the garments
industry to focus on and have a start. He also concentrated on making best relationships and
investment with not only the latest technology but the best technology (Albionclothing.co, 2018).
The company basically cuts, makes, trims and manufactures the garments after taking the
design, pattern and vision described by the customer. In the making of garments, the company
uses the best CAD system called Lectra which is a French made solution. It allows to grade the
sizes without much effort and ensures utmost superiority by the help of Lectra cutter. The
company is aimed at the supply of quality products and hence their manufacturing process is
optimized to ensure the best outcome(Albionclothing.co, 2018).
Task 1
1.1 Two current trends are Workforce Diversity and Employee Involvement
Workforce Diversity – The workforce diversity is the process of bringing a variety of
people together in a single workplace. The workforce diversity functions in a way that so many
other concepts cannot do. It concerns the personal more, rather than the professional. Diversity
brings about a great range of talented people together in order to promote innovation and
advancement in the business operations and facilitate ultimate success of the organization

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(Albrecht et al., 2015). The cash flow of the company increases inevitably and it has also been
found that the ethnically diverse companies outperform the companies which are beyond such
phenomenon. This is because the ethnically diverse companies entertain employee satisfaction,
improves the customer orientation, attract more talents in the workforce.
Advantages- 1) The internet has made the world seem smaller by bringing everything and
everyone closer than expected. The global opportunities are opened by the help of diverse
culture, mindset and skills. In an organizational workplace, if there are a variety of employees
working, it has a rich culture and strength to grow in future (Bratton & Gold, 2017).
2) On the other hand, innovation is fostered by diversity. A group of people with similar
backgrounds will come up with a similar idea, but if there are different people of different
cultures, innovation is likely to occur with creative ideas (Brewster, Chung & Sparrow, 2016).
The diverse teams are more innovative, creative and productive than people from similar
demographics.
Disadvantage – 1) However, the workforce diversity has its own drawbacks too. Since,
there has to be effective communication in order to become successful, it is an essential factor.
The employee has to know a variety of languages while handling international customers.
2) Apart from the general trainings related to work, the companies feel the necessity to arrange
for seminars, lectures and language trainings too in order to make diversity a strong point in their
organizational process and not a weak problem due to language and cultural barriers. In order to
achieve desired unity in the workforce, the training is mandatory to teach the employees to
accept and adopt the new cultures and workplace rules (Brewster, 2016). Hence, a huge amount
is invested in the entire process.

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Benefits to the future of a business – 1) High level of productivity is promoted by the
help of workforce diversity within the organization. Those employees who belong to different
countries or regions having unique expertise and skills can introduce new techniques and
solutions to the business operations that ultimately promote productivity and growth.
2) The interaction with different cultures, perspectives and ideas can introduce new ways of
thinking and change the way the employees used to think previously. It helps to know,
understand and respect each other’s cultures promoting collaboration and increases high chances
for the company to become successful.
How to implement workforce diversity- Training the executives in Albion and the
leaders so that they can welcome diversity at the time of recruitment and hiring. The recruitment
must not be limited in the home region or home country. In order to enjoy the talent pool, the
suitable employees from around the world must be hired (Collings, Wood & Szamosi, 2018).
The diversity programs have to start long before the employee recruitment processes from
diverse cultures and backgrounds. The recruitment and the training sessions have to be avoiding
the stereotypical approach.
Employee Involvement- The employee involvement is nothing but the creation of an
environment where people have an impact on the actions and decisions which affect their job
significantly. It is neither a goal nor a tool, rather it is a kind of leadership and management
philosophy about how people can contribute to the development and success of the organization
where they work. The organizations must involve their employees in the decision making
process in order to continuously improve their workplace.