Embedding HR Strategies into Corporate Strategy: A Case Study of Tesla

This paper discusses the importance of embedding HR strategies into corporate strategy, using Tesla as a case study. It explores the role of HR in managing organizational operations and achieving strategic goals.

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“TESLA HR STRATEGIES”
HR Strategies has a connection with the different strategies of the organization which
can also be known as the corporate strategies. It can be stated that human resource has a
significant role in managing the organizational operations in the competitive market. In this
paper, the discussion is on the importance of embedding the HR strategy into the corporate
strategy and in relation to this the Tesla Company will be taken into consideration.
By analyzing the current business world, it can be stated that the HR strategies are
embedded with the corporate strategies as it will help in enhancing the success ratio. The HR
has an important role in maintaining the strategic goals which assist in accomplishing the set
organizational functions of the company. The HR strategies have an essential role in the
overall strategic planning process. There are various strategies that focus on considering the
best results from the HR team and it can be possible to now the corporate objective of the
company. By considering the factors it can be stated that it is a good idea that emphasizes on
the corporate objective that helps the employees to give training to the employees if the HR
strategy is connected with the overall corporate objective (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart &
Wright, 2017).
It can also be easy for the company to compare the HR strategy with the corporate
strategy as it will help in offering support to the goals of the business. If the corporate
strategy is embedded then it can be easy to maintain the strategic response that will assist in
meeting the requirements of the employees in relation to the compensation benefits. One of
the strategies is retrenchment strategy that is considered as the best approach that assists the
companies when the other activities of the company are not effective or useful. It can be
analyzed that layout, retrenchment can be the important HR response that can assist in
managing the routine activities of the company (Esmaeilzadeh et al., 2013).
It is also important for the HR managers to provide the motivation to the employees
so that they can have positive mindset towards the operational functions. It is necessary for
the HR managers to focus on enhancing the process of transition that offers the outplacement
counseling. The other corporate strategy is also can be focus strategy that emphasizes on
targeting the specific segment of the market in relation to the services and products offered in
the market. The focus is also given towards the particular specific geographic area that
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maintains ethnicity. By taking into consideration this strategy the company can easily
maintain differentiation of the services and the items they are offering in the market. The
appropriate example can of the Fiesta Mart that focuses on the huge audience who are living
in the South West Houston. In relation to this the aim of the organization is to select the
employees who can have in-depth understanding of the different languages that are used by
the companies (Dundon & Rafferty, 2018).
It is necessary for the HR managers to focus on analyzing the company mission so
that formulation and integration of the strategies can be done effective in relation to the
corporate strategies. It is important to focus on formulating the HR strategies that can help in
staffing, employee development and also in the process of compensation (Túry, 2018). The
human resource strategies are implemented so that it could be easy to have effective
knowledge of the people who are managing the operations. It is the necessity for the
managers to focus on considering the set goals and to train the employees according to that
so that set goals can be attained effectively. This can be known as the important reasons in
context to the organizations that want to embed their HR strategy into the broader level of
corporate strategy (Brooks, Chen & Zeng, 2018).
In relation to the Tesla Company it has been examined that the company considered
the HR strategies and embedded into the broader corporate strategy. Training is also known
as the best HR strategy that helps the company in enhancing the employee’s skills. It is
examined that it is important for the organization to aware the workers of the problems that
are surrounded with the different acts such as Modern Slavery Act (Rimmer, 2018).
It can be stated that training is important factor that assist the employees who are
managing the work with the suppliers and also it can take into consideration the issue such as
Human trafficking, slavery and also child labor (Vogt, 2016). By giving training the
company can focus on implementing the sect action which should also consists the
termination of the individuals who does not emphasizes on complying with the Human Right
and Conflict mineral policy. Therefore, it can be said that HR strategy has embedded with the
corporate strategy through which the company has maintained the high end marketing
strategy in the highly competitive market (Cascio, 2015).
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Tesla embedded with the HR strategy into the corporate strategy by emphasizing on
managing the employees. There are more than 13,000 employees who are managing the
operations of the company. In each sector there are different strategies that can help the
company in innovative ideas and also focused on inspiring the management skills. The HR
strategy of the company has focused on maintaining the corporate objective (Teece, 2018).
The tesla company also considers the high engagement level of workers in relation to the
corporate strategy. This has also helped the company to be one of the innovative companies.
Tesla focuses on maintaining leadership in which workplace in which clarify the engagement
of the people in the workplace. By focusing on the corporate plans it is identified that best
and capable employees should be attracted (Brexendorf & Keller, 2017).
Training is known as the best strategy which is considered by the company so that
capable employees can be hired. The different internship programs are provided to the
candidates of the different colleges so that if they possess the basic skills then they can
retained in the workplace for managing the activities of the company. The company also
emphasizes on appointing the right employee at the right place so that the interest towards
the work can be generated of the employees towards the work. So, this is one of the best
strategies that has helped the company in maintaining its competitive advantage and also
boosted the brand image such as innovative company (Paauwe & Boon, 2018).
The HR strategy of the company is implemented for the each department in which it
has been analyzed that overall structure of the company is considered. The framework of the
company also focuses on the different divisions such as there is production department, sales
department and also energy department (Weissenberger-Eibl, Almeida & Seus, 2019). It can
be stated that the engineering and production team is offered training by the expert as they
teach them to control or manage the routine activities of the company. Training is also given
to the sales executive in relation to the process of interaction. The techniques are conveyed to
the employees that how they should talk with the customers at the time of solving the queries
(Bruijl, 2017).
It is analyzed that there are different challenges that are faced by the company in the
present business environment. But one of the challenges is related with enhancement in the
demand of skills employees so that supply chain process can be maintained. Just because of
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this company emphasizes on paying high to the employees who are capable enough in
managing the operational work. Tesla is now focusing on thinking that how it will be going
to fill the jobs in relation to competent personnel. There are many employees who are facing
the issues such as dizziness, chest pains and abnormal breathing. So, this has also enhanced
the retention issue of the company (Sparrow, Hird & Cooper, 2015).
The next challenge is Tesla misses the Model 3 production targets. It has been
observed that in April the company has decided to make 9,766 Model 3 Vehicles in the first
quarter but the company was not able to attain the clean hit of 2,500 Model 3s per week in
context to the first quarter. The challenge relate with electric car makers who missed the
overall goal of 4, 3000 units. So, it can be stated that this is one of the major challenge that is
faced by the company and it is important to be resolved by considering the technique of
motivation (Shaukat, Qiu & Trojanowski, 2016).
By evaluating the paper, it can be stated that Tesla has embedded the HR strategies in
relation to the corporate strategies. The strategies has helped in attaining the set goals and
targets and also enhanced the market share. There are different acts such as Modern Slavery
Act that has also helped the company in boosting the diversification of the services. The
challenge that is faced by the company was concerned with Tesla Model 3 production. It can
be said that these challenges should be minimized so that success can be attained.
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