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Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
The possible ways to contribute to the achievement of the strategic direction.......................................2
Role of the Human Resource Manager in the recruitment of employees...............................................3
Advantages of the performance appraisal and reward plans..................................................................5
Adoption of the effective reward plans by the company........................................................................6
Evaluation of the succession planning strategy......................................................................................6
Recommendation of the motivational theories applied to Saturday staff and flexible staff...................7
Types of the organizational culture........................................................................................................8
Identification and analysis of the HR related problem...........................................................................9
Effective communication strategies to engage stakeholders..................................................................9
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................10
References...........................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
The human resource management (HRM) is the process of hiring and developing
employees so that they can become important and valuable for the organization. The HRM
comprises practices like job analyses, appointing the right people for the organization,
orientation, training, providing benefits, deciding compensation, motivating employees,
maintaining proper relations and more. It even procures, develops and maintains human
resource and helps to attain individual, organizational and social objectives. This report
comprises the human resource problem faced by the Home Cozy which is a mail-order
shopping company based in New Zealand. It provides high value-added logistics with the
assured speedy delivery system. The competitive advantage which represents a company
different is its speed of delivery (Mone & London, 2018). The merchandises are delivered to
the customers within the 48 hours. The report comprises the ways which contribute to the
strategic direction. It includes the role of the human resource manager. Further, the
advantages of the performance appraisal and reward plans have been described. The effective
reward plans have been suggested. The succession planning strategy of the company has been
evaluated. The motivational theories have been also applied to both Saturday and flexible
staff. The types of organization culture have been suggested along with the identification of
the HR problem. Finally, the effective communication strategies are applied in order to
engage stakeholders.
The possible ways to contribute to the achievement of the strategic direction
The achievement of the strategic direction of the Home Cozy is possible with the
following ways:
Transparent communication: The communication is required to be transparent in the
successful contribution towards the achievement of the strategic direction. The
communication should be processed from bottom to top down for the successful strategic
planning process. It should take place with communication at all levels of employees by
informing about the strategic planning process to be taken place (Brewster, Houldsworth,
Sparrow & Vernon, 2016). The input is provided in the strategic planning process through
feedback surveys, meetings, focus groups and more.

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Focus: The strategic direction focuses on the things that are likely to change about the
business. The goals should be created and the objectives should be specific for attaining the
goals. The specific goals are assisted by clear objectives and can be incorporated by the
managers and employees. It offers every employee to focus on what they need.
Risk-taking innovation: The innovation requires trying something new. It is much safer to
make changes in the things that have been done in the past. But in order to innovate on the
large scale, it requires planning all kinds of ideas. For instance, wild ideas in the surveys
should be taken seriously given to the employees (Mustafa, Lundmark & Ramos, 2016).
Employee engagement: The employees’ engagement is an important element. The employees
are incredibly helpful when it comes to strategic direction. For instance, the inputs provided
by the employees help senior-level employees to get insight into the challenges and day to
day issues. It is essential to involve employees in the strategic planning and direction for the
Home Cozy. It helps in executing strategies. The ethics have a role in the employees’
engagement as it contributes towards business goals (Albrecht, Bakker, Gruman, Macey &
Saks, 2015). As a result, the employees feel motivated and work with efficiency and
effectiveness. The human resource factors discussed above transparent communication,
focus, risk-taking innovation, and employee engagement are helpful in achieving the strategic
goal of the company.
Role of the Human Resource Manager in the recruitment of employees
The human resource manager at Home Cozy wants to recruit employees. in order to
recruit employees, the managers required to consider:
Factors to be considered in the recruitment process
Experience: The experience is an important factor to be considered in the recruitment
process. The proven track record of the success of a person is a positive factor for the
company. The company will always prefer to choose a candidate with experience than one
without it.
Hard skills: The hard skills are easy to define skills which are learned by the applicants in
the university or past jobs. It is not possible to do job training without acquiring the right
skills (Yamazaki & Yoon, 2016).