HRM Report: Strategies, Planning, and Impact on Flat Metal Pressings

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the human resource management (HRM) practices at Flat Metal Pressings. It begins with an introduction to HRM, its importance, and the functions of an HR manager within the company. The report delves into HR planning, explaining its purpose and how it helps in sourcing the right skills and competencies. It then evaluates the contributions of training and development strategies and initiatives to overall organizational performance. The report also examines the process of change management within and outside the organization, exploring relevant models like Kotter's eight-step model and William Bridges Transition Model. Furthermore, it assesses the impact of employment legislation on HRM and concludes with recommendations to help the organization take advantage of globalization. The report covers key HRM areas, including recruitment, training, development, compensation, and legal compliance, with the aim of improving employee performance, productivity, and the company's overall success.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
Meaning and importance of HRM and HR strategies..........................................................................3
HR Planning and its purpose................................................................................................................4
Strategies to Training and Development..............................................................................................5
Process of Change-management...........................................................................................................6
Impact of Employment Legislations....................................................................................................8
Recommendations made to take advantages of Globalisation.............................................................9
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management can be said as the management of personnel resources. It
includes the process of selecting, recruiting and then providing the induction and orientation to the
employees and sharing the knowledge of compensation and benefits. To fulfil the objectives of a
company, human resource management tries to maximise the performance of an employee. The
scope of human resource management is very wide. This report will cover the HRM activities and
strategies of Flat Metal Pressings which help them to move towards productivity and profitability.
The meaning and importance of human resource management and the functions of HR manager will
be identified. The aims and purpose of HR planning which help the organisation in sourcing right
skills and competencies. Evaluation of contributions that training and development strategies and
initiatives can make overall organisation performance. Process of change management within and
outside the organisation will be analysed. The employment legislation and its impact of human
resource management will be evaluated and recommendation will be made which can help the
organisation to take advantages of globalisation.
Meaning and importance of HRM and HR strategies
Human resource management can be considered as a process that is used to determine the
formal systems that is specially for the overall management of the people within an organisation.
There are various functions of HRM that can be implemented in the company for better outcomes.
The manager ensures that the employees working in the Flat Metal Pressings Company are
sufficiently skilled in their particular fields. These only deals with the selecting and recruiting
procedure of the employees. The HRM deals with all the required functions associated with the
company and these include the recruitment, training, their development, knowledge about the
benefits and the compensation and ensuring the legal compliance. The combination of all these
functions in the Flat Metal Pressings Company can help them in achieving their targets and that too
at faster rates. The Flat Metal Pressings Company is a company based in the West Midlands that
produces flat metal pressings. Like other companies, HRM plays a very important role in the the
Flat Metal Pressings Company. It assures employee satisfaction, improving performance and
productivity (Hendry, 2012). It increases the competition of the company in the market which
further will contributes to its success. Without human resource management, there can be no clear
vision in the Flat Metal Pressings Company and opportunities will be squandered (Marler and
Fisher, 2013). Human resource management strategies simply means perspective, position, plan
and the pattern. Different strategies and tactics together can help in straddling the gap between the
ends and means.

For the execution of particular functional areas of HRM, HR strategies are considered as an
inclusive plan. In The Flat Metal Pressings Company, top executives and the other leaders affects
the success and failure of the organisation goals. Human capital talent is a very important asset of a
company (Beer, Boselie. and Brewster, 2015). In Flat Metal Pressings Company, HRM is
responsible for predicting future staff needs and then plan to select, recruit, hiring and retaining the
top talent. By considering all these ways, fulfilment of business objectives can be achieved. In some
successful organisations like The Flat Metal Pressings Company, the organisation itself attributes
strategic planning to the success with their employers and customers.
HR Planning and its purpose
HRM deals with hiring, training, developing the staff and the authority of disciplining and
dismissing them when required. Just because of provided training and development, employees are
able to achieve promotion and reach their goals. Choosing the best between all the employee is also
quite tough but an important factor. The Flat Metal Pressing Company provides sufficient
manpower when required, also the very well use of existing resources (Hendry, 2012). It has a
proper control on the human resources. There is a need for human resource planning because of
some major reasons. Unemployment is growing day by day and there are very less people with
essential skills, qualification and abilities. Hence well planning of human resources is required.
Every year many employees leave the organisation as some retire, some die and some leave
organisations so, new employees should be replaced in their place. Now, proper planning of human
resources assures that workers can work smoothly without any hindrance. There is a need of human
resource planning for the growth in The Flat Metal Pressings Company (Aswathappa, 2013).The
organisation needs for the people are planned by the human resources. To maintain a balance
between the need and the supply of the resources, human resource planning make sure to have the
best use of the resources and on other side, labour cost is minimised also. In The Flat Metal
Pressing Company, human resource planning helps in creating and developing training and
development sessions for employees. Therefore, it provides enough time for internal sequencing of
the employees and then higher positions through promotions. In The Flat Metal Pressing Company,
employers are being provided many multiple gains, increments and bonus by means of promotion
(McDermott and et. al., 2013). By the means of Human resource planning, the management can
guess an idea of the strength and weaknesses of their employees very critically. Through planning
of human resources, copying of efforts and any problems between those efforts can be eluded, on a
side, and cooperation in employees efforts can be upgraded on the other side.

Strategies to Training and Development
There is a large impact of human resources management training and development strategies
in the areas of human resource management and manufacturing relations (McDermott and et. al.,
2013). HRM strategies in any organisation as in case of Flat Metal Pressings Company plays a very
important role as it gives competitive advantage to the organisation. These strategies bring people
and organisations together to met the goals. In starting, people gives various capabilities and
behaviour to the organisation which helps in executing the firm's strategy successfully, then by
aligning HR plans to business plan and at last it is only human resource which can help in bringing
innovation to the organisation (Hendry, 2012). The training and development strategies involves
professional strategies, advantages of training and development strategies, various activities and
measures presenting the worth of training. Strategic training and development techniques tries to
expand learning organisation, upgrade customer service, accelerating the ladder of employment ,
capturing and sharing knowledge. Various activities of Training and development uses online
training, developing web sites and increases the training of servicing the customers.
Benefits of HRM for the employee of The Flat Metal Pressings Company are that more
flexibility is given to them. Employers have the power of not only recruiting but retaining also.
As employees are sure with what they have assured for security for themselves as well for their
families, their benefits help in increasing the productivity.(Aswathappa, 2013). There are premiums
also but they are tax deductible such as corporation expense. This makes savings for the
organisation.
With proper HRM training and development strategies, an organisation as in The Flat Metal
Pressings Company will be able to employ, evolve and exploit the best brains in the marketplace
and deliver results better than others (Beer, Boselie. and Brewster, 2015). There are various HRM
strategies which bundles designed and practised work for employees. Formalised HRM strategies
attracts and retains the talent, train people for tough and challenging roles, develop skills and
competencies, promotes team spirit, improves job satisfaction through attractive remuneration,
enhances standard of living of employees, develop cordial industrial relations and generate better
employment opportunities(Shields and et. al., 2015). Thus these strategies, practices and plannings
contribute for the benefit of the organisation, keeping in mind the benefits of employers too. Flat
Metal Pressings Company has got its formalistic HR practice bundles which has a direct impact on
the employees productivity and performance. Training and development can be used as a tool for
improving basic service delivery. Some employees have some sort of weakness in their workplace
skills. A training program helps in strengthening those skills that every employee needs to improve.
Contributions that training and development strategies and initiatives make can be proved very

helpful to the organisation as well as for the employer. It further helps in organisation's success and
the employers success as well.
Process of Change-management
Change management is a term used for all the approaches to prepare and support
individuals, organisations, teams to make an organisational change. For managing the change within
the business and its external environment, some models are there which includes Kotter's eight step
model, The ADKAR Model, The Virginia Satir Change Process, William Bridges Transition Model
etc. More than 70% of all the major change efforts fail in an organisation because they do not take
the comprehensive approach that is required to effect the change (Shields and et. al., 2015). In
transformational changes, an organisation like The Flat Metal Pressings Company, can increase
their chance of success by following the Kotter's eight step model (Marler and Fisher, 2013).
 Step 1 is to create a sense of seriousness which is to be developed when there is
Illustration 1: Training and Development Strategies

requirement of some change. To get all the things done, it provides the spark.
 Step 2 includes To make a strong partnership as convincing people that change will seem
very easy.
 Step 3 includes generating an observation of change.
 Step 4 includes disclosure of vision.
 Step 5 includes authorising the activities.
 Step 6 includes to create quick gains.
 Step 7 include to accept the changes.
 Step 8 includes to fix it because for changes to be maintained, it needs to be inseted in the
organisation's environment.
External factors affecting it are:
◦ Political factors: It influences it as it affects the presentation of the alternatives for the
company.
◦ Financial Factors: It is when the organisation faces competition and financial changes by
the services of the organisation or the organisation itself.
◦ Sociological Factors: It involves statistics changes and the way people work, believe and
live.
◦ Automation Factors: It includes different approaches for achieving new and old things
and how to deal with the problems also.
An economic downturn period came for The Flat Metal Pressings Company in the year
2008-2010 when a big problem is the vagaries of the motor industry with its peaks and troughs was
exacerbated by the financial crisis and economic downturn period came in the year 2008-2010. If
the same situation comes in today's world, William Bridges Transition Model can be used to sort it
out (Aswathappa, 2013). This model highlights three main stages where first includes Ending,
Losing and Letting go. In starting, when people are being presented with some change, there is
often resistance that they may feel uncomfortable or go through emotional upheaval as may be they
are forced to let go something, they are comfortable with. The second step includes the Neutral zone
which is a period of chaos when those affected by the changes are confused or impatient. The last
step includes The New Beginning in which people embraces the new challenges and initiatives and
build the necessary skills to cope up with them.

Impact of Employment Legislations
Employment protection legislation i.e. EPL consists of all the types of employment
protection measures. The Employee standard legislation allows employers to develop practices or
policies that helps in enhancing and providing better standards. The Employee legislations are
oriented for safeguarding the interest of employees and to protect them from exploitation. In The
Flat Metal Pressings Company, employment legislations are being observed as well(Hendry, 2012).
The employers of The Flat Metal Pressings Company groom their employees by giving them the
required Industrial Training which helps in developing the mental and psychological balance of the
workmen. Some employee legislations under the colonial rule are The Trade Union Act 1926, The
Payment of Wages Act 1936, Working Time 1998, The Equality Act, The Health and Safety Act
1974 , The Employer's Liability Act 1938, The Industrial Disputes Act 1947 etc. They helps the
employee in various measures. The Equality Act, 2010- The employees of Flat Metal Pressings Company are not being
discriminated under any case (Beer, Boselie. and Brewster, 2015). All the employees are
treated equally. There is no discrimination between the old employees and the new one. By
this act, it says each and every member of the organisation should be given equal chances
Illustration 2: Kotter's eight step model

and preferences. This act simply helps in strengthening and harmonising the current
workforce of The Flat Metal Pressings Company employees. The Trade Union Act 1926 has been based on the British Trade Union Act (Marler and
Fisher, 2013). Trade Union i.e. any combination whether it is temporary or permanent,
helps in regulating the relations between workmen and the employers of The Flat Metal
Pressings Company. Health and Safety Act 1974 focuses on general duties of the employees, employers,
contractors or any person who is in control of the work premises. Management issues a
safe workplace for the employees and it is the duty of the management. The Flat Metal
Pressings Company's management makes sure to provide their employees a sound and safe
workplace so that they face no disturbance in their work and will not hence lead to
organisation's loss as well as employers (Shields and et. al., 2015).
 Working Time 1998 act came to force on 1 October 1998. It specifies that specific hour per
week is set by the regulatory bodies and the organisation needs to ensure that same is being
practices irrespective of the workload.
Recommendations made to take advantages of Globalisation
By means of Globalisation, an organisations inherits international impact or start employing
on an international scale. In many developing countries, both economic and population growth are
high these days and there is a strong demand for particular goods from foreign developed countries.
This means the company can take advantage of growing global trade. Any big organisation like The
Flat Metal Pressings Company, takes advantage of globalisation trade opportunities in various ways.
 In Markets, although there is a huge demand for products in many foreign markets, one can
get some benefits by choosing some very popular markets. Once an employee has
experience with exporting, they can target other similar markets. Some markets are growing
very rapidly but there, survival is tough. (Marler and Fisher, 2013). An effective strategy is
by building on the strength to enter more challenging markets.
 In Sales, it is necessary to identify the target marks. For selling the product, employee have
to promote the product and offer it for sale in a way that is convenient to the customers
outside. One can promote and sale their products in many ways like as by selling it online,
through some common friends etc. Customer support and service plays a very vital role.
They are very serious about the success of their products in foreign markets. Extensive
technical support is not required in some cases but servicing for defective products, warranty

claims and problems with the sale itself are some essential requirements for every sale.
(Aswathappa, 2013). Facility of online support is very effective.
 In sourcing, International trading seems both ways. If a person sets a footmark in some
place, the it is easy to discover supplies for them. Firstly, it imports the material but as the
company starts expanding more in international locations, then it is easy for them to cope in
major foreign markets. Globalisation takes benefits of such opportunities and it further helps
in reducing costs and in delivering additional value to the customers.
CONCLUSION
Human resource management is a management in which the main goal is to maximise the
employees performance in order to fulfil the employers strategic objectives. HR of various
departments first select, then recruit the employee and then provide the training and knowledge of
various important factors i.e. consequences, benefits, rewards etc. HR first plans and then forecasts
that how many positions are to be filled in the vacant places and then they begin the selection
procedure. It provides various training and development strategies also for the benefits of the
employees as well as of the organisation. They identify, customise and deliver effective solutions,
plan's and unfolds leadership programs. They also trains to develop competitional environment
which is required to tie the business strategies and goals. Human resource management provides
various employment legislations also which proves as beneficial in the favour of employees as well
as in the organisation. It helps in ensuring the employers safety and equality so that no one will go
through any mental or physical dis-balance.

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