Issues in Human Resource Management

Issues in Human
resource management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Systematic understanding of issues and challenges associated with human resource
management................................................................................................................................3
Emerging trends in HRM............................................................................................................5
Design and develop a job description and a person specification from the range of
management positions within the hospitality industry................................................................6
Synthesise and conceptualise the process of Performance Management within the hospitality
industry to assist organisations to minimise staff turnover, identify training needs and enhance
promotions...................................................................................................................................9
Critically analyse and revise two existing HR policies and practices from your organisation
and communicate to all employees. .........................................................................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................13
REFERNCES:................................................................................................................................15
Books and Journals:..................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management refers to managing and organising human resources and
work force of an organisation in such a way that they can work with their full capacities and thus
able to fulfil needs and requirement of organisation (Alatailat, Elrehail and Emeagwali, 2019).
There are various human resource issues faced by organisation which will be covered in the
report. The company on which report will be based is J.W. Marriott branch of United Kingdom.
JW Marriott is brand of hotel business established in 1984, with first hotel opened in Washington
D.C. Following opening of hotel in Washington, the first overseas launch was in 1989 in Hong
Kong and then Europe and middle east in 1993. Currently JW Marriott is a rich brand name in
the hotel world and one of the largest hotel business chain with their business expanded to most
of the country all over world (Berman and et. al., 2019). The report will cover various issues that
is faced by J.W. Marriott in human resource management and how they are solving that issue
with the help of various policies.
MAIN BODY
Systematic understanding of issues and challenges associated with human resource management
Human as a resource working in a corporate company has gain its importance as in
current market trend of dynamic business environment. Various business organisation has
separated a department for effectively managing respective human resources working in the firm
(Vekeman and et. al., 2018). As due to introduction of globalisation, which lead to competition
and provided wide variety of choices of products and services to various consumers in given
marketplace. In regards to selected hospitality organisation i.e. JW Marriott, managers of the
business firm dedicate their best resources aiming at effective utilising up of various humans as a
resource working in the organisational firm (Brewster, Mayrhofer and Farndale eds., 2018).
However, spreading some light to uncertain business environment of the workforce and
existence of various factors that affects effective working of the organisation, there are various
issues or challenges that are faced by management of the service company while dealing with
their human resources, they are as follows:
Recruitment and selection: This is one of the functions that is played by a human
resource management of the business firm. Recruitment and selection activities plays an

important role in deciding success with carrying respective operational activities of the firm with
effective utilisation of resources of the firm. In context to chosen organisation i.e. JW Marriott,
managers and leaders of the firm undergo pure dedication of efforts to carry recruitment and
selection activities of the organisation keeping in valuable resources of the workforce. However,
any wrong decision made in respect to such activities would lead to loss of huge resources of the
company.
Physical stability of employees: In approaching polices and strategies adopted by
government of various nations, focusing on development of the country. It becomes hard for
various individuals to fulfil their basic livelihood. Therefore, it becomes hard to bring in stability
in policies regarding salaries and wages paid to different employees working in the workforce. In
relation with selected firm, managers of the firm try to understand personal attitude of respective
employee or staff working in the company and also takes care of their emotional feelings, it adds
up to motivation for an employee and ultimately contributes towards better productivity of the
company with various staffs working in the organisational firm.
Balance between Employees and management: Effective working of a human resource
management also faces issues relation to keeping balance between various management
strategies and personal interest of respective staffs working in the workforce. Keeping in mind
uncertain business environment, managers and leaders of the firm in order to maintain effective
operational working of the workforce has to alter its plans and strategies as per dynamic business
environment of the operational firm (Stewart and Jürjens, 2017). In regards to chosen
organisation, managers of the organisation implement various flexible plans as well as strategies
in the business firm in order to cope up with trend demands and needs of given market
customers. However, there are lot of difficulties faced by concerned authority of the firm for
implementing any new plan. But through introducing advantages of respective plans and
strategies they are able to boost moral of each employee working in the company and shape
operational working of the company towards achievement of desired goals with effective
utilisation of resources of the company.
Training and Development: Training and development programs contributes towards
boosting up of performances and abilities of respective staffs working in the business firm. In
most of the business organisation with a objective of conquering demand of various customers in
given marketplace, concerned authorities of the company introduces various training and