Case Study of Nestle Company

Managing a Successful
Project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Project aim and objectives.................................................................................................3
P2 Project Management Plan..................................................................................................4
P3 Time framework ...............................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................9
P4 Research Methodology......................................................................................................9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................12
P5 Data analysis...................................................................................................................12
P6 Recommendation.............................................................................................................19
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................19
P7 Reflection........................................................................................................................19
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................19
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................21
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................22
Appendix 1 Log Book .........................................................................................................22
Appendix 2 Performance Review.........................................................................................25

TOPIC: “How do Multinational Companies improve the Recruitment, Selection and
Training of their Employees to meet International Requirements?”
INTRODUCTION
Globalisation refers to procedure which allow an individual, organization or country to
conduct trade practices at another location. This will also provide opportunities to an
organization to conduct their business in international marketplace. For surviving business at
international level or market, it is essential for organisation to improve recruitment, selection and
training of employees in an effective and efficient manner. They can perform such activities
through use of tools and techniques (Bailly and Léné, 2012). This research report is based on
case study of Nestle company which was established in 1866 at Switzerland. This is the largest
organisation in food processing sector. This report focus on improving recruitment, selection and
training of employees for meeting international requirements. This investigation highlights aim
and objectives along with project management plan considering scope, time, quality risk and
others. Time scale, work break down and Gantt chart has prepared in this report along with
research methodology which has used for data collection through questionnaire that has
prepared. Few recommendations are also given against the outcomes obtained from
investigation.
TASK 1
P1 Project aim and objectives
Background of topic
Topic of respective research is related to recruitment, selection and training which are
majorly adopted by a company when they expand globally. Recruitment as well as selection
refers to method through which company able to hire appropriate candidate for their company
and it can be done through internal as well as external method. Along with this training refer to
method or techniques which is adopted by company in order to expand skills and abilities of
employees so that they conduct work properly.
Background of company
The research is conducted in order to know about ways through which respective
organisation can improve it in better and effective manner. Nestle need to improve their business
operations with use of capable and skilled manpower. If all working staff works together then

goal and objectives can be attained. Therefore, it is very important for Nestle to bring changes in
their HR practices in an effective and efficient manner.
Purpose
The increase in globalisation leads multinational companies for improving their
recruitment, selection and training practices for better results (Barsan, Surugiu and Dragomir,
2012). The main purpose of study is to improve recruitment, selection and training practices in
meeting international requirements through human resources practices. Through conducting this
research researcher able to collect data and information related to topic so that they develop
strategies and plans properly.
Research Aim
“To analyse the ways of improving recruitment, selection and training practices in an
organisation for meeting international requirements”- A study on Nestle
Research Objectives
 To analyse importance of improvement in recruitment, selection and training practices.
 To determine different ways through which Nestle can implement changes in recruitment
and selection process.
 To identify benefits of changes in recruitment, selection and training practices to meet
international requirements.
Research Questions
 What are the importance of improving recruitment, selection and training practices?
 What are the different ways through which Nestle can implement changes in recruitment
and selection process?
 What are the benefits of changes in recruitment, selection and training practices to meet
international requirements?
P2 Project Management Plan
The procedures, process and activities which need to define, unify, identify, combine and
coordinate all subsidiary plan for result achievement (Drahokoupil, Myant and Domonkos,
2015). This is considered as document that is used in describing each and every phase of project.
There are various components which are required in project management plan. It includes time,
scope, cost, quality and others. Project management plan developed by researcher in order to
attain their objective are given below:

Cost
There are different costs incurred for activities that should be analysed for making better
plan. In order to complete assigned project work, researcher requires £ 150 for accomplishment
their research on respective topic.
Scope
The scope of the respective research is that through this researcher of respective project
able to collect appropriate data or information which help them in gaining proper outcome. This
will help them in developing proper strategies as well as plans which leads to proper outcome.
Time
The researcher of respective research requires 6 months in order to gathering proper
information on this topic. In this duration they can analyse the value of available sources in
respect of given time duration. In this duration they able to collect appropriate data and
information according to the topic and objective.
Quality
Project manager of respective research must maintain quality of research work by the
using of proper tools, techniques and methods. For this, they need to analyse various source that
assist them in collecting proper data for managing quality of research effectively. In this method,
analytical practices take a place that determine reliability of data in respect of research.
Moreover, they can maintain quality by collecting data and information from authenticated
sources.
Communication
There should be two-way communication for sharing of data and information in proper
manner. For effective communication, project manager of respective research will conduct
meeting in which they convey about the research objective (French and Rees, 2016). On the
contrary, they can also use feedback and social media platforms for collection of data and
information in an effective and efficient manner.
Risk
There are various risks which can be faced by project manager of respective research.
During this they faced various risks in terms of money, time period and bad response of
participants for collecting data and information. These factors of risk will help researcher in

develop more effective plans and strategies which leads to attainment of goal as well as
objectives in effective manner.
Resources
In order to analysing need of HR practices, researcher of respective project required
different types of resources such as proper funding, advertisement, more time period, skilled
manpower, recruitment and selection methods and others. Through these resources researcher
able to collect information properly and attain outcome effectively.
P3 Time framework
Work Breakdown Structure
It is defined as a type of structure which breaks the responsibilities or activities of project
in smaller sections which becomes easy to understand (Holtgrewe, 2014). It is mainly
represented in hierarchy like structure. The benefits of work break down structure it is easy to
manage the project as well as helps in estimation of resources such as time, cost and staff.