HR633 Assignment 2: Human Resource Management Report - Strategies

This report addresses a Human Resources assignment focusing on key aspects of HR management within the context of a case study involving Mulholland Promotions. The assignment explores cross-cultural development, recognizing the increasing trend of companies recruiting from diverse backgrounds. It also examines the evolving roles of HR professionals, highlighting the integration of new technologies and the importance of collaboration. The report identifies challenges faced by organizations, including internal issues like diversity management and communication barriers, alongside external pressures such as technological advancements and competitive salary structures. Furthermore, it proposes strategic responses to these challenges, such as diversity training, organizational restructuring, horizontal communication approaches, cost reduction through technology, and employee training and development programs. References are included to support the analysis.

Running head: HUMAN RESOURCES
Human Resources
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Answer one
Cross cultural development
This is because in the modern times, the company or the organization has started to recruit the
employees from different parts of the country rather than recruiting them from their own country
or their homeland. This shows that they are becoming much more traditional and also trying to
expand their employee base by recruiting them from many other parts of the country.
Multiple roles
The HRM officials are now taking up many additional works apart from the age old set of roles
and responsibilities that they had. This is because in Mangatieke medical Hub, they are trying to
focus over not only recruitment but they are also trying to make sure that they are also taking
care of the accountancy and the other such departments. This is really helping them a lot as they
are able to face challenges and gain new knowledge.
They are trying to use the new and advanced technological devices and software’s so that they
are able to use it for the overall working of the organization. This is evident that they are now
trying to collaborate with those organizations that will be helping them to overcome the issues
and the errors that would otherwise arise because of the traditional or the age old methods that
are being used by the HR managers.

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Answer2
Challenges that Apex faces from the external and/or internal environment
Internal
 Diversity and cross cultural management is one of the major issues that is being faced by
the company. This is because they recruit employees from many other ethnic groups as
like the Maori, Aboriginals and also others.
 Lack of a well organized communication facility is a major threat as this affects the
smooth flowing of the information among employees in different departments of the
organization.
 The excessive rigid system of organizational culture that is followed in the organization
also leads to huge issues in business decision making. There is actually no spec or very
little space for the improvements or the changes that are to be made in the organization.
External
Large scale technological developments will be making huge amount of issues as their
work will get hampered. They will find it really tough to match up with the standards of
their competitors if they do not use the modern advanced technology
They have to work over their salary or payment structure. This is because if they do not
pay good salaries to their employees then they will naturally try to look for some
alternative job sources in the other countries like UK, Australia and others.

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b. Response to the challenges
 They will be arranging for the diversity and the cross cultural training system. This
will be helping them to make sure that even if they are recruiting employs from
outside, they will be able to give them the right training so that they can embrace the
cultural difference and work together properly.
 Structural changes are needed in the organizational setup so that they are able to get
the opinion and the information from the employees regarding the different issues.
Answer three
Strategic focus
 Different strategies are to be developed so that the functions at the MHB can be carried
on in a proper way. This is because of the fact that a horizontal communication approach
must be developed in place of the top down approach. This will ensure that there are no
further issues being faced by the employees in reaching out to their managers as and
when needed.
 Cost reduction is needed in many areas so that they have excess amount of money for
meeting the rest of the requirements. In order to do this, they have to bring new improved
software and technology. This will be very helpful for them as they will be able to reduce
their cost and use it for other purposes.

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 They have to develop some regular employee training and development programs so that
they are able to boost up the low confidence level and the employee morale will also get
a proper boost.

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