Pre-Placement Evaluation Report - HR Placement & Management Analysis

This report is a pre-placement evaluation focusing on Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists. The report begins with a self-evaluation, detailing the student's skills, achievements, and preferences. It then analyzes the placement provider, Fariways HR, covering its mission, scope, and the nature of the placement as an assistant HR executive. The report evaluates the organizational structure of the workplace, discussing functional, divisional, and matrix structures and their suitability for the company. It also includes an analysis of the external environment using a PESTEL framework, examining political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal factors. Finally, the report explores relevant management theories and discusses the potential career path within the work placement, drawing conclusions based on the evaluations and references.

Pre-Placement
Evaluation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................1
Self- Evaluation: .........................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
1) The placement provider..........................................................................................................2
2 ) Evaluate the organisational structure of the workplace ........................................................2
3 ) Analyse the external environment in which the work placement operates ...........................4
4 ) Theories of management........................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Based on self- evaluation and work placement evaluation what is the carrier path in the work
placement....................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
.........................................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Pre placement evaluation is a process in which employer evaluate the skills, knowledge
and abilities of a person and on the basis of it candidate become eligible for placement. In this
report chosen organisation is Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists and it is
from United Kingdom. There are various vacancies for the post of assistant HR executive so it
want to fill it by hiring suitable candidates. This report covers the various topics such as: self-
evaluation of students, evaluation of potential placement opportunities, theories of management
and organisational structure of workplace. Apart from this, it discuss about analysis of external
environment in context to work placement.
TASK 1
MAIN BODY
Self- Evaluation:
Placement is a process which help the company to get most suitable candidate who can
perform as per the needs of organisation.
My ability and achievements: I am able to communicate easily with other persons and I
am optimistic person. I have excellent communication and managing skills which help me in
maintaining coordination and I am able to convince the other persons easily. I got 95 percent at
12th class so I got appreciation certificate for that and according to me it is my achievement.
Previous experience: I have 2 months' experience in marketing company at summer
internship in the final year of graduation.
Discipline and work related preferences: I want organised structure in Fariways HR
Business Support & Recruitment Specialists so that communication of information can be fluent
and easy (Morrell and Ridgway, 2014).
Special support requirements:I need proper induction so that I can know about the
culture and working environment of organisation. It is essential for a new candidate to have
proper knowledge about the company in which it is going to work.
About personality: I am outing person and like to talk with various types of persons who
have have different nature so that I can know the behaviour of distinct people. It attracts me to
talk and meet with them. I am independent person because I do not want to live in boundaries
which restricts me to do something.

TASK 2
1) The placement provider
About company profile, mission and scope
Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists operating its business since
1984. It provides bespoke, HR business support & recruitment services, and expertise, skills,
knowledge and resources to deliver solutions to wide ranging customer base in Scotland with
emphasis on Perth & Kinross, Dundee, Tayside and Fife lactations. The mission of organisation
is: to provide complete recruitment & HR solutions and specialist HR business support services
through sound philosophies. As a scope company can hire candidates from various countries so
that it can get more skilful and knowledgeable persons from different countries (Liu and Zhang,
2012).
Nature of placement: Nature of placement is campus placement which is done by
Human resource manager of Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists
Role and status regarding placements: The role is assistant HR executive at Fariways
HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists and the candidate has engaged in operational
work of company.
Support of learning: Induction is need because it helps to know about the organisation,
its culture and environment. Training is also essential so that it can improve the efficiency and
productivity. It makes the perfection in the work because chances of errors can be minimize.
The culture of host institution: The culture of host institution is very good because they
support the individuals so that they feel comfortable. As a result, candidates can able to express
their views and ideas. It helps to maximize the efficiency of candidates because if they face any
difficultly than they can take the helps of other persons so that problem can be sort out (Legge,
2013).
2 ) Evaluate the organisational structure of the workplace
To follow the effective organisational structure is necessary so that persons can perform
their roles and duties effectively. It involves proper hierarchy and channel of communication
between persons and departments. It helps to analyse the power, role, and responsibility of
individuals and control the flow of information among various levels of management.

Organisational structure is depending upon the policies, strategies and goals of company. There
are mainly two types of organisational structure which are centralised or decentralised.
Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists can develops its
organisational structure on the basis of company need and suitability. It makes the effective
communication and coordination between the employer and employee, management and
employee. Through it efficiency can be enhanced of workers and they are able to achieve the
goals and objectives of corporation. There are different types of organisational structure which
are described as below:
Functional structure: It is a hierarchical organisational structure in which those persons
who have specialised in same area they are grouped together. Functional manager of particular
department control and supervise the activities of persons in an organisation and manager should
be expert in the same field. It helps to maximize the ability, skills and efficiency of employees
because all persons perform their roles and duties under the supervision of functional manager. It
involves specific hierarchy of persons which includes: president, vice president, finance
department, marketing department, sales department, consumer care, administration etc.
Department head is responsible for the performance of workers who are related to their
department. It makes the effective control on the activity and performance of staffs. Fariways HR
Business Support & Recruitment Specialists follow this structure than performance of workers
can be maximize because all employees are grouped together on the basis of area of expertise. It
helps to improves the productivity of the company (Hoti and Hughes, 2014).
Divisional structure: Divisional structure is the manner of designing a company so that
it is split up into semi- autonomous units which are as divisions. It is essential for the different
divisions of organisation that they have to control its day to day operational activities, they are
directly answerable to the central authority of company. Corporation makes the policies and
strategies on the basis of several divisions. It is divided into various areas such as: product
structure, geographic structure and market structure. This type of organisational structure is
suitable for the large companies. Different- different divisions are specialised in their particular
field and divisions can be make on the basis of market, service and product. It helps the
corporation to maximize efficiency and productivity and management can able to take decisions
quickly. For Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists divisional structure is not
suitable because it is not a large organisation and it has less divisions in the company.

Matrix structure: In matrix organisational structure there are two relations are
established means employees have to follow dual reporting relations. Workers have to report
product manager as well as functional manager of the company. For example, If an
organisational follow this matrix structure than its manager is answerable to the product division
manger as well as geographical manager. It is beneficial for a corporation because workers are
noticed by various persons of the department. If Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment
Specialists has followed this structure than its staffs have to be answerable to two different
managers of corporation (Grace and O'Neil, 2014).
3 ) Analyse the external environment in which the work placement operates
External environment includes the outside factors which can influence the business
activities of the organisation. It is consist of two factors which are micro and macro environment
(External environment. 2018 ). Company cannot control the affect of these factors. PESTEL
analysis is the part of macro environment. Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment
Specialists can be affected by the external factors. PESTEL analysis is described as follows:
Political factors: Under this factor, an organisation can be influenced by the decision of
government. It involves taxation policy, trading policy, labour law etc. Fariways HR Business
Support & Recruitment Specialists can be affected by the decision of government if it change the
labour law and restrict the company that it can not hire employee from a specific country because
of bad relations with that nation. It can affect the organisation because it cannot recruit the
workers from that specific country and its business can get affected through it. As a result it
cannot hire the staffs from that nation at a lower wages.
Economic factors: An organisation can be influence from the economic factors of
nation. It includes inflation rate, disposable income, interest rate, unemployment rate etc. For
example, If inflation rate is high in the country and Fariways HR Business Support &
Recruitment Specialists wants to recruit candidates. In that case employees can demand for
higher salary and if company does not pay more salary than they does not show their interest in
that particular organisation. It can hamper the operations of corporation because it is not able to
pay higher wages due to its bad financial position so company cannot hire talents staffs who can
work more effectively and efficiently (Font, 2015).
Social factors: This factor can affect the performance of company if it is not followed. It
involves age distribution, population growth rate, income distribution, safety emphasis, health

consciousness etc. If Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists does not follow
the ethics as per the rules of society. Than its image goes down and persons does not like the
company. As a result people of that particular society will not show their interest in the
recruitment process of the company. So it can influence the goodwill of corporation (Gillespie,
2013).
Technological factors: A company can affect from the technological factors because it is
updating or changing frequently. If Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists is
using a software through which candidates can register its name for the interview and its helps
the company to contact with the employees regarding selection and recruitment. If that software
company faces financial losses and due to it, corporations sales it business. It can directly affect
the business of Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists because it cannot use
that software and candidates cannot connect to the organisation easily.
Environmental factors: Environmental factors can affect the business of an
organisation. It includes weather, climate, environmental regulations etc. If Fariways HR
Business Support & Recruitment Specialists does not follow the environmental regulations as per
the UK law than its business can get affected and it have to pay fine to the government.
Legal factors: Legal factors can influence the organisation and its operations. It includes
employment law, discrimination law, consumer protection law etc. If Fariways HR Business
Support & Recruitment Specialists is doing differentiation among the workers on the basis of
salary and wages and it does not pay equal salary to them. Due to the implementation of
employment law it have to pay equal wages to its staffs as a result its expenses can increase and
it can influence the operational activities of company (Cleak and Wilson, 2018).
4 ) Theories of management
There are various theories which can help the management to effectively manage its
operational activities. So that efficiency and productivity can be enhanced as a result
organisation can generates more profits. Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment
Specialists can use various theories so that it can enhanced the performance of its business.
Classical theory: According to this theory company gives more focus to is business and
ignore the needs and wants of employees. It is a traditional theory. It says that corporation is a
machine and its members are the different components of it. Company has all power to take

decisions. Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists does not follow this theory
because it fulfil the needs and wants of workers and gives importance to their ideas.
Behaviour theory: This theory focuses on the behaviour of persons towards their work.
Employees are from different- different backgrounds and they have different attitude and
working style so it is important for the Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists
to analyse the behaviour of employees. So that it delegates the tasks on the basis of it which can
maximize the efficiency of workers (Chadwick and Porter, 2014).
Human relation theory: According to this it is necessary for an organisation to establish
effective human relations with the employees so that workers feel comfortable to work.
Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists can maintain healthy and friendly
relations with the staffs so that they work effectively because they comfortable and can share
their problems with the management. To maintain effective relations company can provides
various facilities such as: healthy working environment, protect the health of staffs, gives
incentives for motivation etc.
Contingency theory: According to this theory, there are certain contingency in which
leader have to take decision and motivates its group members to accomplish the task. For
example, if an contingency has arise in Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment
Specialists that it have to recruit 100 candidates with 15 days. In that case company can take help
from other recruitments organisation and they can recruit the workers on behalf of them and in
return they can give commission to the corporation. It is the contingent situation for Fariways
HR Business Support & Recruitment Specialists and it is able to take effective decisions in this
specific case. It helps the corporation to hire required persons within stipulated time period.
TASK 3
Based on self- evaluation and work placement evaluation what is the carrier path in the work
placement
To become Human resource manager from the assistant HR manager is the career path in
the work placement. It is important for an individual that it always think about the opportunities
so that it can makes the life easy and successful. Goal should be clear so that it motivates a
person to achieve the targets which is set by an individual. Motivation can help a person to take
effective decisions in the life (Baird, 2015).

CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that self- evaluation is essential so that
person can know that is enough capable for the placement or not. Training can help an individual
to enhance the skill, knowledge and abilities so that it can perform its roles and duties
effectively. By following functional structure Fariways HR Business Support & Recruitment
Specialists can develops healthy working environment in its company. Analysing the external
environment corporation can protect its business from the negative affects. Management theories
provides help to make effective organisational structure and culture and maximize the efficiency
of employees. To select right career path help an individual to get the chances of growth.

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