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Human Resource Strategies and Sustainability: A Connection

   

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Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITYHUMAN RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITYName of the student:Name of University:Author Note:
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HUMAN RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY1Introduction The connection between human resource strategies with sustainability has anintangible factor (Wilburn and Wilburn 2016). These two intersect each other so that thebusiness of the organisations can get the opportunity to flourish as well as continued to beproductive. For the human resource department, sustainability refers to the process of beingbest employer. One of the main aims of the sustainability factor is the maximisation of thepositive benefits of the operations of the business for all the stakeholders. For attainingsustainability in the human resources aspect, the professionals represent their employees asstakeholders, form green teams and then encourage the employee engagement on theenvironmental as well as other issues. This report will identify the HR sustainability initiativetaken by HerbaLine Facial Spa, discuss the authenticity of these identified HR sustainabilityinitiatives, analyse the contribution of initiatives to enhance positive social as well as humanoutcomes for human resources and differences of outcomes varying with different industries. Identification of HR sustainability initiatives:Sustainability is being identified increasingly by the organisation as important tocreate their competitive advantage, chiefly for the ability to differentiate (Rangan, Chase andKarim 2015). The company has taken some initiatives in their human resource managementsystem so that they can differentiate themselves from the rest of the companies operating inthe market with HerbaLine. First the company recruits the people who have the right attitudeas it believes in hire right attitude and not skills. In order to judge this, the company choosesthe prospective employees who survive its one-month orientation program.Secondly, the training process of the organisation focusses on the competencies forsustainable business. In this training method, the organisation always tries to make the
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HUMAN RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY2employees to get out of oneself and see the world from different perspectives like those oftheir customers’ as well as colleagues. Thirdly, the company provides benefit for the senior employees in a form of co-payscholarship so that their children get opportunity continue their tertiary education if their aimto go to the foreign lands for this reason.Authenticity of the identified HR sustainability initiatives The initiatives of the company for attaining sustainability through the welfare of their humanresource has an authentic communication. The differentiation process that the companyapplies in its policies and strategies are not superficial or aim to have more competitiveadvantage in the highly competitive market rather the vision and aim of this company isgenuinely empower its employees so that a true sustainability can be attained (Galpin and Lee2012).HerbaLine is a highly reputed company which is popular due to its unmatchedcustomer experience for which all the credit goes to the well trained and well interactiveemployees. This is the actual reason why the company aims to build a sustainable humanresource (Wagner 2015). The company realizes the important of employee training so thatthey can provide best service to the customers in one hand and show efficiency in their jobs.These identified initiatives of the company have created benefits for the employees for whichmore people are interested to enter the company. As a sustainable organization. HerbaLinehas met the expectations of diverse stakeholders including their employees. As an evidence itcan be stated that as a true sustainable organization, this company has been able to generatealong the benefits for their stakeholders through building a virtuous cycle among theeconomic, social as well as environmental considerations (Harris and Tregidga 2012).Through sustainable approach this organization has been successful to meet the expectations
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