Human Resource and Motivation: A Case Study of Unilever

A Case study

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Part 3................................................................................................................................................3
Human resource:..............................................................................................................................3
Motivation:.......................................................................................................................................3
The motivational theories that guide the motivation in the employees:..........................................4
The Maslow's need hierarchy theory:..........................................................................................4
Herzberg's motivation theory:......................................................................................................4
Company overview:.....................................................................................................................5
Analysing how employees are motivated in the firm in the context of “Unilever”:....................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Human resource is the main pillar of the organization. Human resource is the set of people that
makes the workforce of the organization, a business sector, industry or an economy. The report
based on the Unilever plc. and human resource department will be discussing what is HR and
motivation. The report will be demonstrating the motivational theory and how the firm is
motivating the employees to work effectively in the work place.
MAIN BODY
Part 3
Human resource:
Human resource is the main department in the firm that plays an important role by setting
up the people in organization and is responsible for the things that are related to the workers. The
activities of the HR department includes vetting, recruiting, hiring, selecting, training, paying,
promoting, on boarding and firing of the employees and independent contractors. In simple
words, the human capital, knowledge and skills that is commanded by the individual (Stone,
Cox and Gavin, 2020). The human resource department sees the various aspects that are to seen
in the organized way in the organization like the recruitment of the employees, compliance of the
labour laws, and major employment standards. Some other factors that the employee take care
off in the organization at the time of recruiting are interviewing, organizing the employees files
with required documents for the future references, administration of the employee benefits, and
some other aspects of recruiting in other words it can be termed as talent acquisition and the
department also take care of employee on-boarding. HR also coordinates in the employee
relations programs to maintain healthy relationships in the organization.
Motivation:
This is the process of initiating, guiding, and maintaining the goal oriented behaviours in
the firm to accomplish the goals and the objectives of the firm. The motivation stimulates the
employees to take the action and take over the goals effectively of the organization. Motivation
is defined as the incitement or the inducement of the action fulfilment in the organization.
Motivation in the employees can be help them in meeting their personal as well as organizational
goals. The motivation can be defined by the three words intensity, persistence and direction.