Introduction to Management and HR Theories: Analysis of Arcadia Group Companies

This report provides an introduction to management and HR theories, focusing on the analysis of Arcadia Group companies. It discusses the challenges faced by the company, HR strategies for talent recruitment and retention, and the importance of addressing gender bias issues. The report concludes with recommendations for improving management practices and fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

INTRODUCTION TO
MANAGMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY........................................................................................................................................3
Analysis of problem 1........................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTION
Introduction to management can be understood as development and analysis of
company into business with wide competitive business scenario where there are various
paradigms for management to focus for developing strong metrics within large hemisphere
where there are various paradigms for analysing. The retail industry of UK has been gaining
huge competitive factors of new innovative services with strong management resources,
skilled talented employees who work as asset for brand development within various keen
synergy paradigms. The report analyses management and HR theories which are an integral

part within company functional strengths for developing new metrics of strong functional
standards. Report explains management and functioning of Arcadia Group companies, which
is one of the leading retail brand of UK operating with best fashionable services and products
where company is aiming to develop faster innovation and fashion sense within latest
production. Report analyses scenarios of various problems which are at present faced by
company, how employees can be dealt effectively for strong retaining power and functional
standards of effective HR policies. There is also wider analysis of best management
practices, approaches which could be placed within company for more effective strength
within potentialities and to improve on wider functional advancement within competitive
business world (Mahmood, Akhtar and Hyatt, 2019).
MAIN BODY
Analysis of problem 1
Effective Human resource management perspectives form the base for developed
synergy of strong management within structure where Arcadia group companies will be able
to potentially target talented skilled employees for developing stronger consumer market
goodwill and higher profitability paradigms. Human resources and recruitment practices
through which Arcadia group of companies are able to attract new employees and retain them
for long time are as follows:
 External recruitment sources: Arcadia group of company HR strategy has to focus
on external recruitment sources for selecting new talented employees who hold
expertise of new marketing paradigms, diverse functional innovation standards where
it is widely developed based on market demands. The external sources of recruitment
within HR strategies at Arcaida group will also make diversity encourage with vivid
innovation and competitive determinants of fashion industry where consumer new
competitive preferences shall be focused which will enter new end goodwill metrics.
External recruitment practises will also promote stronger synergy of new goals
formulation ethics as per new goals onto which focus shall be underlined among
various paradigms which will also purposively shape higher working efficiency.
 Selecting Multi tasking employees: Arcadia group of companies within the HR
strategies shall focus for selecting multi tasking employees who are skilled with latest
diverse demands within dynamic business word of wide competitive retail industry.

The recruitment and selection strategies shall focus for technically training employees
on diverse parameters and keen focus onto how researching and working with new
advanced functional standards will enable to develop new end goals where brand aims
to achieve. Multi tasking employees work as asset for brand where they hold dynamic
working roles through which efficiency shall be developed within competitive fashion
retail industry (Edward. and Edwards,2019).
 Hiring talented and experienced employees: T he arcadia group of companies have
tp focus for hiring talented, diverse and experienced employees who are functionally
strong for creating new innovative ideas within company business networks within
business world. HR strategies shall also pertain wide focus onto yielding new quest
with best motivational strategies where intrinsic and extrinsic factors of motivation
are widely focused to keep them trained and retained for stronger working parameters.
Arcadia company needs to potentially enhance new innovative working diversity
among employees working paradigms where there lies wider focus onto bringing on
diverse functional goal.
 Matrix organisation chart: Arcadia group of companies shall aims to bring on a
dynamic working flowchart and company management functional structure where =
all management functions are elaborated with new rational synergy of actions which
will also enable diversity among new recruited employees. This will motivate them
for bringing on new ideas, developing new innovative working operations and
technically bring on keen synergy of actions through which wide retaining percentage
is inbuilt among employees strength (Mohammed and Quddus,2019).
Human relations theory:
This can be understood as one of the most innovative management theory where
attitudes, relationships and leadership styles play an integral role for improvising
performance metrics among company business framework for more larger working
paradigms and effective working operations among employees. Arcadia group of company
with use of human relations theory will also keenly focus onto bringing on new ideas and
promoting brainstorming sessions and open interviews within company business framework
when all HR strategies are built on advancement and develop diverse platforms of duties ,
work operations and innovative leadership. The leaders within company should also am to
train employees with new skills and technical training among various horizons for motivating

and keeping them strongly focused among new operations paradigms within working
scenario onto wider aspects.
Gender bias issues
Gender pay gap is also one of the biggest management issues faced by Arcadia group
of companies where female employees working within company are not given equal working
opportunities along with less focus for equal management ethic. New HR strategies shall be
developed for employment growth , new end motivation paradigms which will open up new
pathways for growth with innovation and diversity of employment (Ramlall and Melton
2019).
 Using analytics to find inequalities: The analytics are an innovative fast way for
developing analysis for how many female employees are working within company at
various departments and how much discrimination percentage is present which is
lowering strength within Arcadia company. The analytic will enable deeper
monitoring onto how new synergy and reflective focus can be inbuilt by HR strategies
through which gender biases issues are solved.
 Eliminating biases on recruitments: The HR strategies within Arcadia group of
companies should aim to eliminate any sorts of biases within the recruitment
proceedings and equal working opportunities will also potentially enhance diverse
functional standards where technical working standards are widely focused. Diverse
leverage goals shall be focused for providing equal working opportunities to female
employees within various departments.
 Basing salary on qualifications: The HR strategies at Arcadia company also focus
onto salary determinants where female employees should be given equal pay as the
male employees along with wider working synergy of innovation within the
incentives parameters and to pertain onto wider working factors. Company for
retaining stronger synergy of stable employees within various departments have to
focus for bringing on best working paradigms for giving equal working opportunities
to female employees. Salary and incentives should always be focused on to
qualifications and talents, skills where focus shall be based onto how much
integrating new diversity is their within employees without any sense of
discrimination (Roespinoedji,Faritzal and Oktari, 2019).

 Price the job, not person: HR strategies shall be aimed to price the job within
company business framework at Arcadia group of companies through which ethical
business functioning are established among working paradigms onto which higher
progressive working fundamentals are built on which further aims to improve new
leverage goals onto working scenario within HR strategies. Gender pay gap can be
eliminated only when jobs are focused with high innovation and diversity of
operational management where the tasks are paid based onto how much integrity of
new formulations with reflective synergy of operations are organised among company
HR strategies. There shall be no discrimination within working paradigms for
developing strong synergy of business ethics among HR strategies which also builds
on new working scenario and formulation of developed functionality onto which new
goals are formulated for diverse competitive goals. Hr strategies should be bias free
on any basis of gender among employees which will make sure equal working
opportunities and monetary benefits keep their morale strong within company. Transparent management and HR strategies: The HR strategies within Arcadia
group of companies should be transparent and clear among management aspects
within business framework as per the set aim and development within working
aspects onto which it can be understood that transparency among actions make
working smooth. There are also wider demands within competitive fashion retail
industry among operations where Arcadia group of company can emerge only with
strong smart teams of employees within various departments which also make susre
that integrity and diversity of functional operations are maintained vividly. HR
professors may also conduct various seminar reflectively building on aims of how
gender equality is being focused among various objectives within business objectives
and also explorative developing new frameworks among their business roles (Zhao.,
Wang and Chang, 2019).
Arcadia group of companies need to focus onto diversity factor within HR strategies for
developing an innovative organisation culture within company where focus shall be inbuilt
within various paradigms for reaching onto new levels of work ethics through which
motivation levels are also enhanced. This will also leverage wider working scenario of
creativity within various working aspects and focus for developing new end goals , which
will leverage wider working opportunities , make sure that equal opportunity is given to all
employees without any course of discrimination within various departments. Employees need

o be trained with new working scenario fundamentals where all resources are effectively used
onto new heights and also leverage new quests for working scenario with new competitive
goals as per growing fashion retail industry demands which are also exploitatively growing,
Motivation techniques are also rational new working parameters where all employees should
be given extrinsic as well as intrinsic motivation goals which will strengthen their
commitment towards work.
Justification of various key proposals:
 There is wider focus onto competitive goals within fashion retail industry where
competitive business demands are growing among global avenues where the
employees within companies need to be advanced talented and skilled with new
expertise for serving with best innovative idea.
 The Arcadia group of companies will be able to retain employees better within
comapny when HR strategies are advanced, company is reaching out to hiring
employees who hold experience and new skills for competitive services along with
focus to provide wider training platforms for them within business avenues (Zhou.,
Shi, Wand Chang, 2019).
 The key proposals discussed above will also make sure that fashion retail industry
where Arcadia group of company is aiming to bring on diverse functional synergy of
operations with stronger management policies there management theories are widely
effective to bring on best commitment among departments for long tern retaining.
CONCLUSION
The report can be concluded with detailed explanation that there are wider working
aspects where innovative HR strategies and strong management theories can be applicable
for bringing on wider functional strength ,keen focus of new operations and stronger focus
among operations where there are various metrics onto functional operations. Arcadia group
of company for entering within business world where management scenarios are developing
with wide competitiveness there shall be use of new HR strategies and wider technical
advancement among operations onto which new goals can be built on. Report concludes
various new HR strategies which will enhance recruitment procedure and also make sure
that new determinants are also opened up among business avenues where there are wider
platforms available for exploration among competitive development levels. There is also

conclusion based onto how Gender bias issues can be solved within company where Hr
strategies shall focus to bring on equal working opportunities for all employees and also
make new pathways for development possible within company operations. Report also
concludes new rational synergy of goals and determinants among functional approaches
where there shall be higher diversity factors driven within goals for yielding onto new
working measures and to make sure that there is stronger continuous efficiency developed to
make employees retain for longer time and also gain new quest for developed working
operations among various levels. This will also make sure that integrity of new fundamental
actions are leveraged among competitive scenario within employees working operations to
bring on new ideas along with brainstorming sessions and various new paradigms among
business world where there is wider demand for pooling on new resourceful HR employee
(Bordia and Bowman, 2019).
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