Managing People Case Study Report

MANAGING
PEOPLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................3
TASK – 1 ..................................................................................................................................3
Defining the models currently used by FarmBox and ways these models impacts staff
behaviour and productivity ....................................................................................................3
TASK – 2...................................................................................................................................5
Evaluating the suitability of HRM theories and models .......................................................5
Positive components and areas of improvement ...................................................................6
TASK – 3...................................................................................................................................7
Identification and recommendations of HRM models............................................................7
CONCLUSION .........................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Considering the current pace of business environment, each and every company have
to emphasize on the ways of handling people at the workplace in order to attain high amount
of profits. Additionally, it involves predetermined practices which includes end to end
procedures concerning to retention of the workers, optimization of talent and procurement of
talent for the purpose of performing business activities effectively and efficiently (Gerhart,
2016). Separately from this, there are different components being involved in management of
people such as creation, communication, collaboration and comprehension, these needs to be
consider for effective management. The present research study will be based on the case
study of FarmBox and will evaluate varied recruitment and selection models and theories.
Further, the impact of HRM models and their appropriateness on the productivity as well as
behaviour of the staff will also be emphasized. The last section will throw some light on
recommendations to the case company to improve their production level.
TASK – 1
Defining the models currently used by FarmBox and ways these models impacts staff
behaviour and productivity
Before moving towards the theories and models adopted by the FarmBox, it is crucial
at this point of time to gaze about some of the issues being faced by the company in the given
case. According to the case, the orders of the company are decreasing at a tremendous speed
which is affecting the production level of the business. Other than this, complaints of the
clients is another vital problem being faced by FarmBox during the process of recruitment
and selection. The main issues being found out after evaluating the whole case is all about
recruitment and selection process and performance plus retention of the workers (Armstrong,
2016). This is due to the fact that due to surge in the demand of orders, company hired
employees through adopting online advertisement without considering their skills, experience
and knowledge. Even, they were not given any training prior allotting them individual
responsibility. All this resulted into decreased level of production and cost effectiveness of
the business. Thus, it is quite crucial for the company to adopt some alterations which are
essential for carrying out recruitment process in an effective manner. FarmBox made huge
amount of investment for meeting out the rising demand of the customers. They bought
equipments that were needed for performing operations of the business. Besides, because of
these problems the production level and profit levels were influenced extra-ordinarily. In this
current time of pandemic, it is necessary for FarmBox to consider all the perspectives of