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RESOURCE MANAGEMENTINTRODUCTIONResource Management is the process of managing the utilization ofresources and using the resources of an organization in effectivemanner. Resources can be tangible or intangible. Like, people,finance, equipment’s, material etc. RAW FITNESS LONDON is a private company. Company is beingengaged in providing fitness services to its premium consumers. Thecompany provide services like, social networking, analytics, andsocial networking etc. The parent website of Raw fitness London isZeta Global. Key peoples of the company are Jason Yan, Daniel Ha.Human resource functionHuman Resource means, human capital of an organization. They are the peoples that make efforts torealize organizational goals. Human Resource Department of the company is responsible to performdifferent Human Resource functions. They are as follows-•Orientation- Human Resource Manager of Raw fitness London plays an important role in orientation ofemployees. So that, they become familiar about the work culture of the company. Whenever newemployees are recruited, Manager of the company helps the employees to settle down and start theworking. Manager of the company meet the employees at regular intervals of time (Banfield, 2018).•Recruitment and Selection- Recruitment is a process through which company attracts large number ofapplicants for the vacant job position. Selection means, selecting the most desirable candidate havingrequired skills to perform the job. Human Resource Manager of Raw fitness London plays an importantrole in recruiting new staff. They advertise the vacant job positions, performs screening of applications,conduct interviews and select the suitable employees for the company. •Open Communications- Company promotes a friendly an open environment for its employees. Rawfitness London conducts weekly meetings for employees. So that, all the peoples that are working in thecompany come together and discuss the issues they are facing. It helps the employees in communicatingfreely with their co-workers. Company also have a plan under which, all employees eat together at lunchtime. It promotes the feeling of belongingness among workers (Bratton, 2017). •Compensation- Human Resource Department of Raw fitness London plays an important role indeveloping the policies related with compensation and benefits of employees. Manager of the companydevelops a structure of compensation for employees according to their job position in the company. Rawfitness London can provide benefits like, health insurance coverage to employees. For this, it has toappoint a specialist who can negotiate with insurance company. Other benefits Human ResourceManager of Raw fitness London can provide to its staff are providing flexible working options, Maternalleaves for women employees etc.•Training and Development- Another important role that Human Resource Department plays is,providing training and development opportunity to existing and new employees. So that, the skills ofemployees will improve and which help the company in bringing innovation in its core products like,Embed(Cleaver, 2017).Traditional and contemporary approaches of recruitment.Different types of traditional and contemporary approaches ofrecruitment and selection are as follows-Traditional approaches of recruitment: Human Resource Department of Raw fitness London can printadvertisement in local or national newspaper for filling the vacant jobpositions in the company. So that, company will receive applicationsfrom large number of applicants (Singh, 2016).Company can put the notice of vacancy at factory gate for fillingvacant job position it is also called gate hiring.Manager of Raw fitness London can ask existing employees to referthe names of their friends or family members.Company can contact employment exchanges that are set up bygovernment in various states. Company can also use campus placement method for recruitingtalented and skilled workforce.Traditional approaches of Selection: Company can select the candidates who have passed the interviewstage after screening the applications received from applicants.Contemporary approaches of recruitment: Other than traditional methods of recruitment, Raw fitness Londoncan use to recruit skilled employees they are as follows-Human Resource Department of the company can provide all thedetails of vacant job position on social media platforms like,Facebook, Instagram etc. It will help the company in attracting largenumber of applications for the vacant job position (Stern, 2015). Modern approaches of Selection:Manager of the company can use advance technology to recruitworkforce. New methods that can be used are video conferencing andSkype. These methods will help the company to save its cost andtime.Raw fitness London can hire agency consist of professional peoplesthat will check the background of the candidates before finallyselecting them.Manager of the company can also conduct behavioral interview forscreening of suitable employees.Practices of performance management.Feedback- The company should implement a system of feedback. Communicating the targets toemployees is important but, getting feedback regarding their performance is also essential. So that, thedeviation between actual and standard performance can be reduced. Manager of Raw fitness London canuse checklist for getting feedback from staff. Company can also install a performance managementsoftware.Recognition- Raw fitness London should develop a policy for giving rewards like, high pay or familytour and recognition for better performance of the employees. Company can provide financial and non-financial incentives to motivate the workers. This will help the company to achieve organizational goalsin an effective manner. Regular Meetings- Company should conduct regular meetings with employees to discuss theperformance of staff. It will provide an accurate feedback of employees. By having weekly meetings,Manager can resolve the issues of their workers. And it will help to improve their performance.Training- Company should provide training opportunities to their employees. It will help to improve theskills of employees and help to avoid the gap between actual and standard performance of the staff(Taylor, 2015).CONCLUSIONThe above Report has explained the term Human Resource and Resource Management. The Report hassummarized the functions of Human Resource functions. The Report has also described the traditionaland contemporary methods of recruitment and selection that can be used by the company. The Reportalso described the practices of performance management which can be used by the companyREFERENCESBooks and Journals-Banfield, P., Kay, R. and Royles, D. 2018. Introduction to human resource management. OxfordUniversity Press.Bratton, J. and Gold, J. 2017. Human resource management: theory and practice. Palgrave.Cleaver, F, 2017. Development through bricolage: rethinking institutions for natural resource

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