Analyzing People Resourcing and Development at Fred's Quality Foods

This report provides an analysis of people resourcing and development strategies within Fred's Quality Foods, particularly in the context of a merger with McRae's. It examines the use of contingency recruitment models to ensure the acquisition of employees with appropriate skills, the implementation of reward systems based on the Warwick Model to enhance employee satisfaction and retention, and the application of effective communication strategies to support employees through organizational changes. The report emphasizes the importance of aligning HRM practices with business strategies to improve workforce competence, reduce redundancies, and foster a positive work environment, ultimately aiming to increase overall productivity and engagement within the merged organization.

People Resourcing and Development

Contents
PART A......................................................................................................................................3
Question 2...............................................................................................................................3
PART B......................................................................................................................................4
Question 3...............................................................................................................................4
Question 4...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................9

PART A
Question 2
The organization may be able to ensure that the employees have the appropriate skills
for the job with the help of different strategies and frameworks which are designed in an
effective way in order to evaluate the particular skills of employees. It may be helpful for
Fred’s Quality foods to identify that the chosen candidates are fit for the job by analyzing
their overall performances (Kyzym and et.al., 2019). It is a fair and effective way to evaluate
the strengths and weaknesses of employees in order to measure if they are suitable for the
defined job role. With the help of the contingency recruitment model, the organization may
be able to identify a specific criteria for recruiting the perfect candidates which may be
perfect for the organization in order to increase its overall productivity. It is an effective
framework which may be useful as the company may hire a recruiting agency which may
carry out the recruitment practices of the organization in order to successfully recruit suitable
candidates for the company.
The recruitment process according to the contingency recruitment approach will send
the job description for an open position in the company to the recruitment agency which may
help the agency to prepare effective strategies in order to target the potential candidates who
will be appropriate for the job. When the agency successfully finds an appropriate candidate
it charges a specific fees as a compensation for their efforts to simplify the hiring process of
the organization. The recruitment agency then starts finding the suitable candidates for the
job and analyzing their specific skills which are required in the job description. It may be
useful in providing opportunities to high potential candidates and improving the quality of
workforce of Fred’s Quality foods. When the viable candidates are identified by the
recruiting agency, it will send their information to the organization which may help the
business to invite them to give a personal interview in order to analyze their abilities properly
(Chipunza and Mupani, 2019). It may be useful for the business to understand the qualities
and uniqueness of these candidates which may help them to recruit them effectively. At the
last step, the agency is compensated if the suggested candidates are selected by the
organization which may complete the process of hiring.
This process may be effective in reducing the pressure of recruitment from the
organization and may help Fred’s Quality foods to increase the efficiency of their workforce

by adding high potential candidates to the organization. This process may help the
organization to prepare better strategies in order to increase performance and the competence
of their existing workforce. The employees who are recruited after this process may be better
as they are screened through two organizations effectively. It may be useful for the company
to focus on other developmental strategies as the pressure of recruitment may be reduced by
following the contingency recruitment approach. This strategy may be resourceful for the
management in order to improve their recruitment process and increase the crucial skills of
their workforce. The agency may provide various training and development aid to the
employees which may be helpful in enhancing their personal and professional skills in order
to gain competitive advantage in the industry (Posthumus, Bozer and Santora, 2019). The
organization may highly focus on providing appropriate training and induction to he selected
candidates for increasing their understanding of the job roles. It may highly focus on giving
proper guidance and feedbacks to the employees for improving their existing performances. It
may be helpful in increasing their motivation in order to contribute better towards the
organizational goals. It may be useful for the business in order to effectively work after the
merger with McRae’s and will help in managing the workforce of both the organization and
increasing their productivity. The company may prepare a proper plan with the help of HR
professionals in order to execute the strategy properly to gain the maximum benefit from this
practice. These efforts by the business may be helpful in reducing the possibility of
redundancies and increasing the confidence of employees in order to gain respect in the
organization. The overall efforts of the organization may be effective in improve the
engagement of employees towards the organizational goals.
PART B
Question 3
Reward system in an organization ensures that the employees will provide
effectiveness and efficiency in their work. There are various types of rewards which a
company can adapt such as non monetary, psychological payments and monetary payment
(Sureephong, and et.al., 2020). Monetary rewards include rewards which are in cash or
equivalent while non monetary rewards are those who need rewards which are not in
monetary form. They psychological compensation is a weakness of the person where he
needs gratification. The company should adapt every type of rewards which will depend upon
the need of the employees. As it is necessary for the McRae’s Quality food to fulfill the needs

of their employees. They should have employees which are satisfied with the company so the
quality of service will not reduce. Employees can be satisfied with the company only when
the reward received by them was fulfilling their needs.
When the needs of the employees of company will be fulfilled then only the McRae
company will be able to retain the talented employees. It will also attract various new people
when they will come to know about the positive point in working with the organization is that
their needs will be fulfilled. The needs of the employees can be that they need money for a
family tour where they will need monetary reward. It might also happen that the employee of
the company needs promotion in the company then the company can analyses his
performance and provide him with promotion. The company should be able to analyses the
needs of their employees then they will be able to provide them with appropriate rewards. In
this the human resource should know their employees in better manner.
The company can use The Warwick Model which will help them in resourcing and
developing the employees of the company. It will help the company to analyses the
relationship among environmental and external factors which is beneficial for HRM to adapt.
There are 5 parts in the model which are outer context, inner context, business strategy, HRM
context, and HRM content.
 Outer context – In the outer context macro environmental factors are considered
influential in the Human resource policies. This includes political, competitive
influence, legal, socioeconomic and technological. It will help the company to analyses
the need of which type of employees and how it will have an impact on the selection
process(Andalib, Darun, and Azizan, 2019).
 Inner context – There are various inner factors which are present in the companies
which will be influencing the human resource policies. This is considered as structure of
company, leadership style, culture of the company, technologies used during the work
and various others. This might influence the decision of the employee in staying in the
company if the above mentioned things are positive in the company.
 Business strategy – There are various strategies which are formed in the McRae which
will guide their employees towards achievement of the goals established by them. The
strategies should be easy to accomplish as it will be easier for the person to fulfill their
duties towards the company (Uysal, 2019).

 HRM context – This takes into consideration the roles as well as human resources of
McRae. This will ensure that the employees will follow the policies established by
Human resource manager. It will help the employees of the company to grow when they
will be able to fulfill the needs of the company.
 HRM content – This factor consider policies, implementation and the systems which
are involved in Human Resource. It includes the reward system, relations with the
employees, systems of workplace and feedback received from Human resources. This
will ensure that the employees are satisfied with the company and will be supporting the
growth of the company to grow in the market. This will eventually help the company to
improve their relationship.
This will help McRae to analyses the factor which are essential for the company to
employ and develop their employees in the company to ensure effectiveness in their work.
This will help the company to hire the employees who are involved in the company for their
growth. This will help the company to form a relationship with their employees which will
also work as a sort of remuneration for their employees as they will be satisfied with their
workplace.
Question 4
Communication strategies are most important in an organization as it keeps everyone
updated about the company’s position in the decision making. It is important for the
management to support their employees when there are various changes which are taking
place in McRae’s quality foods. It will ensure that employees of the company are not feeling
that due to the merger they are not getting the support in their activities. There are various
communication strategies which can be adopted by McRae’s Quality Foods which will
benefit them in supporting their employees during the work. Those strategies are discussed
further:
 Written communication – The written communication can take place with the help
of email. The employees should be able to send email to their managers when they do
not understand some things at a point of time. The manager should provide a reply to
the query which is asked by their employees. As it will ensure that the employees will
have no problem during the process of merger. Also this can be used in
communicating the status of merger so that the employees are able to understand the
situation. This will help them to cooperate with the McRae’s Quality Foods.

 Meetings – The managers in the company should establish various types of meeting
with their employees. This will ensure that the employees of the company have
knowledge about the company and details about the merger. It will help them in
working with the other company’s employees. Also, in the meeting manager should
communicate the changes which might take place with the merger in the companies. It
will make them ready to adapt the changes which they will be incurring in the
organization. This will provide assistance to the employees in preparing the work for
the other organization (Budzynski-Seymour, and et.al., 2021).
 Providing continuous feedback – By providing feedback employee and manager can
understand the things which are necessary in their work. This will help the employee
to analyze the things which is wrongly done by him. This will provide various sorts of
benefits to both the parties. As McRae’s Quality Foods will be able to achieve its
objectives easily with the help of employees. The employees will be able to modify
their work as required by the manager of the organization. It will be beneficial for
them as they will be able to satisfy the objective established by both of them.
 Technology – There are various sorts of technologies which can be used by the
manager of the organization to communicate the things to their employees. It will also
help the manager to interact with the employees. This will help the employees to
communicate with other employees and solve the issues they are facing in the
company. It will have various sorts of benefits for the employees as they will be able
to form relationship with the other employees in the organization as well as solve any
issues they are facing in the organization, which will improve their efficiency
(Zagelmeyer, and et.al., 2018).
 Listening to other perspective – It is most important in the organization that
managers and employees listen to each other’s perspective. This will help them in
understanding the things which they want each other to implement. As employees will
be able to implement various strategies suggested by the management in their daily
routine work while the management will be able to establish the requirements of their
employees in the workplace as it will ensure that the employees will provide the work
suitable for the McRae’s Quality Foods. This will be beneficial for both the parties to
satisfy the needs of the other party.
 Reporting Manager – The McRae’ Quality Foods should allot a reporting manager
for every department as it will help them to communicate the problems faced by them.
It will ensure that the employees are able to get their queries solved easily. The

reporting manager will also communicate the situation of the merger to their
employees. This will help the employees to prepare for the change which is about to
take place in the organization and they will be settling with the changes easily. This
will help the company to have happy environment which is suitable for the employees
of the company (Ferguson, Wallace, and Chandler, 2018).

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