An Analysis of Employee Retention Challenges at Sports Direct

This report examines the employee retention issues at Sports Direct, focusing on the core problems, which include employee dissatisfaction and discrimination. The analysis identifies the impact of poor management practices on employee turnover. The report suggests applying a democratic management style to address these issues, emphasizing the importance of employee input and involvement in decision-making processes. It also highlights the need for HR to develop strategies to improve retention and gain a competitive advantage. The report references several academic sources to support its findings, including studies on employee turnover, supportive work environments, and the impact of HR practices on retention and performance. The report's primary focus is to provide recommendations to improve the working environment and increase employee retention at Sports Direct.

FORMATIVE FORM

TABLE OF CONTENT
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Problem No:................................................................................................................................3
What do you consider the core reason for this specific problem at Sports Direct?....................3
Briefly identify which management theories you are intending to apply to the analysis in your
report...........................................................................................................................................3
Consider an alternative way that this specific problem could be resolved.................................3
Outline key sources of information and academic sources that you are going to use in your
report...........................................................................................................................................3

MAIN BODY
Problem No:
Staffing & HR- Recruitment selection retention of staff
What do you consider the core reason for this specific problem at Sports Direct?
Due to miss management the employees are not satisfied with the services and quality of
the working which is why the employees are not having a strong trust in the company (Al
Mamun and Hasan, 2017). There are different kind of discrimination which are taking place
which is not good and the pay differences come in because of this factor.
Briefly identify which management theories you are intending to apply to the analysis in your
report
Democratic management style is going to be very effective so that the employees would
be heard and make the company have higher retention level in the company. Decisions and
planning can be done accordingly which would make the company have higher results (Kundu
and Lata, 2017). Understanding the employees and listening to their issues would be present
which is going to be a great factor for the overall working of the company (Papa and et.al.,
2018).
Consider an alternative way that this specific problem could be resolved
HR needs to make sure that they are understand the nature of retention which the
company is facing and make sure that they are being able to have higher planning and designing
according to this factor so that the company would be able to gain competitive advantage and
higher profitability (Wassem and et.al., 2019).

Outline key sources of information and academic sources that you are going to use in your report
1. Al Mamun, C.A. and Hasan, M.N., 2017. Factors affecting employee turnover and sound
retention strategies in business organization: A conceptual view. Problems and
Perspectives in Management, (15, Iss. 1), pp.63-71.
2. Kundu, S.C. and Lata, K., 2017. Effects of supportive work environment on employee
retention. International Journal of Organizational Analysis.
3. Papa, A and et.al., 2018. Improving innovation performance through knowledge
acquisition: the moderating role of employee retention and human resource management
practices. Journal of Knowledge Management.
4. Wassem, M and et.al., 2019. Impact of capacity building and managerial support on
employees’ performance: The moderating role of employees’ retention. SAGE
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