Current Trends and Issues in Human Resource Management for New Build Plc.

Human Resource
Management SHR018-
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Current Trends and Issues in Human Resource Management................................................3
Theories and Practices for human resource planning.............................................................5
Ethical practices to be used by New build Plc. in recruitment process..................................6
Recommendations that HRM team of New Build Plc. can take to resolve the problems of
HRM.......................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a very crucial function of the organization. It ensures the
effective recruitment and retention of employees. To ensure the healthy and positive working
environment for better productivity in the organization, it is imperative to have an efficient
human resource management system (Srivastava and et. al., 2022). The following report will
deal with the issues faced by New Build Plc. in recruitment of suitable staff that is causing lack
of productivity in the project. It is a housing company in London, England ; dealing in building
projects like housing estates, luxury flats, office blocks etc. With its skilled staff, it wants to hire
unskilled employees to work on building sites. The report will cover the contemporary Human
resource management trends and issues that organization faces. It will also cover the theories and
practices to enable the New Build Plc. for human resource planning. Further, the report will also
cover the ethical practices to be used in Recruitment process and recommendations to resolve the
HRM issues to increase the productivity of business and projects.
TASK
Current Trends and Issues in Human Resource Management
The HR department keeps on meeting the changing requirements in the market to cope
with for getting the competitive advantage and increasing the productivity of business by
retaining the talented and skilful employees. New Build Plc. is facing the problem of suitable
staff from 2 years. It has almost 2500 skilled employees and it is initiating external recruitment
of professionals due to the high price of housing in London. It wants to recruit unskilled staff as
well for its building sites. The following are the trends of HRM to be considered by New Build
Plc. To measure their impact on the project and take steps for increased productivity.
 Globalization Impact : As New Build Plc. is going to recruit professionals for housing
projects from outside the company i.e. recruiting externally, its human resource manager
needs to consider the suitable engagement of employees with regard to knowledge, skills
and cultural diversities for handling global operations. It needs to train the employees to
face the challenge of globalization (Rezwan, 2022). Its employees should have the
knowledge of language, culture , customs and laws of the various countries. The HRM
needs to develop the mechanisms to ensure that employees of different cultures work
collaboratively to avoid any conflicts in the business.