Business Management Module: Analysis of HR Policies and Practices

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of HR policies, emphasizing their significance in business management. It delves into various aspects, including the importance of HR policies in providing structure and consistency within organizations, ensuring compliance with employment legisl...Read More

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Business Management
Seven Sali
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Arden University
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Executive Summary
In part two, the different HR policies has been discussed that helped in understanding the
different requirements in organization. The different implementation of HR policies has been
ascertained in such a manner that this will help in understanding issues faced by organizations.
The main aim and purpose of the assignment is to understand the different policies of HR that is
required to analyze the usage of policies in organization.
In part two, there has been different policies of HR that has been identified to use it in the
organization.

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Table of Contents
Part 2................................................................................................................................................4
1. HR Policies..............................................................................................................................4
B) Essentiality of HR policies.....................................................................................................5
2) SWOT analysis of Greggs, The Bakers...................................................................................7
C) Reflective statement of study experience..............................................................................9

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Part 2
1. HR Policies
The different kind of HR policies along with procedures is essential in nature as they help
in providing control, structure and consistency in different organizations. The different HR
practices and policies that can be used in the respective organization that will ensure compliances
with legislation of employment and this will inform the employees of the different
responsibilities (Tan 2015).
The relevant HR policy that could have been used by the respective company in such a
manner that will help in reducing the situation that has taken place in the respective organization.
The Sick leave along with compensation policy has to be followed by the respective organization
that includes the following:
Full time and regular employees in the organization are eligible to receive sick leave and
other benefits in such a manner that there will be maximum of 10 days paid sick leave in
the entire year
Secondly, the part time employees who are working with the respective organization
from the hire date in a prorated amount manner with bringing into effect the entire
calculation on the basis per hours of service provided by the employees in the
organization
The sick leave has to be accrued to maximum of more than 120 hours for the different
employees who are working permanently for more than 2 years in the same organization

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The different provisions that have to be kept in mind while offering different analysis that is as
follows:
The sick leave cannot be used prior to accrual
If the sick leave is exhausted the annual leave can be used in its place
Employees are not paid any kind of sick leave when there will be termination of the
employment (Knowles, Holton III and Swanson 2014)
Lastly, the sick leave can be availed in such a manner that when the employee falls sick,
he/she has to inform the supervisor as this will help them in availing the sick leave in a
proper manner
B) Essentiality of HR policies
The different HR policies is essential in nature in the respective organization in order to
bring promote fairness and equality among the employees in the organization. Proper fairness
and equity is essential in nature, as this will help in reducing the discrimination among the
employees in the organization. Proper human resource management policies are essential in
maintaining diversity and provide equal opportunity regardless of the gender, caste background
or origin. The equality has to be maintained in such a manner that this will help in providing
equal opportunities to all the employees in the organization.
The entire process will include:
Understanding the different requirements of the customers in such a manner that this will
help in solving the differences that has been caused due to discrimination at workplace

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The employees can opt for zero tolerance policy and other policies that are applicable to
the organizations in such a manner that this will help them in providing gender equality
as this will help in supporting the individuals in an effective manner
Lastly, equality among the different employees will increase the productivity of the
respective organization and this will help in reducing the discrimination among the
employees
Furthermore, in order to generate fairness among the employees in the workplace,
different ascertainments have to be made in such a manner that this will generate productivity
along with equality in the workplace. The fairness in the organization can be executed by
providing compensation to the employees according to their performance in the job. The
different kind of fairness can be brought into consideration in the following manner:
Providing different kind of opportunities to the employees in the workplace that will
motivate them to perform better in the future
The work environment has to maintain equality and no discrimination among the
different employees as this will generate success and productivity
Proper recognition has to be provided to the employees in such a manner that it does not
discriminate among the employees
There should be different compensation schemes that include bonus and other incentives
that will be provided to the employees as per the task performed by them in the
organization (Iglesias and Saleem 2015)
In order to generate proper fairness in the workplace, it is essential for the entire
organization to create opportunities for the development of the career of the employees in the

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workplace. The work environment has to be created in such a manner that this will help in
providing recognition to the employees. It is the duty of the organization to make the workplace
healthier as this will contribute towards generation of higher level of energy and motivate the
employees in the workplace. Lastly, the respective organization needs to provide different kind
of facilities to the employees in an equal manner as this will help in gaining commitment among
the employees and generate productivity as well. The fairness includes transparency and
commitment to equity to paycheck such as bonus, medical coverage, sick leaves and pay as well.

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2) SWOT analysis of Greggs, The Bakers
Strengths
Authenticity and expertise in the
methods of baking along with the
bakers
Established markets in different parts of
the world (Goldman and Cropanzano
2015)
It has more than 650+ markets globally
The training that has been provided to
the different bakers and other staffs are
uniform in nature in different franchises
along with staffs and managers
(Obeidat and Abdallah 2014)
Handcrafted fresh bread and baked
items from scratch of each day
Weaknesses
There is huge competition from other
sectors in the market as well that is
reducing the market share along with
the margins (Matos 2016)
There is lack of actual presence in the
different emerging markets that
includes low awareness (Kundu and
Mor 2017)
The bakery products are the ones that is
perishable in nature and it is suggested
that the items has to be sold within a
less time as this will help in gaining
huge profit in the market
Opportunities
There is proper advancement of
technology in the market as this helps
in meeting the needs of the customers
in an effective manner with new along
with improved products in the market
Threats
There are different international bakery
chains that can be huge competition for
Greggs
There can be different changes in the
taste of the different customers in the

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Generating their proper presence in the
emerging markets
Tie ups with different other popular
hotel chains as this will help in
providing proper opportunity as to gain
competitive advantage in the market
(Barak 2016)
Increasing their presence online as well
through different social networking
sites that will improve and increase the
customer base in a less amount of time
(Samara and Arenas 2017)
Baking can be done by them on the
preferences of the customers and there
has to be flexibility in the tasks that is
performed by them (de Sivatte et al.
2014)
Creation of different business cards as
well as other promotional products as
this will help in distributing the
different needs of the customers in an
effective manner
Lastly, potentiality has to be increased
entire market
There is unfavorable growth along with
different regulations of the government
that can deterring the growth of the
bakery
When the demand will be huge in
nature, then business might not be able
to meet the different requirements of
the customers in an effective manner
Lastly, the simple business in the
industry can become part as the entry
barriers and this can be huge
competition for the respective bakery as
well in the future (Snell, Morris and
Bohlander 2015)

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in such a manner that this will help the
bakery to serve the customer in
different parts of the world in an
effective manner
From the SWOT analysis that has been conducted on Greggs, The bakers it can be
analyzed that the company has different strengths that can be used by them as the opportunities.
The core strengths of the company have to be applied in such a manner that this will help the
company in reducing the weaknesses and enhancing them as their strengths in the future. The
respective company has to equip itself in such a manner that this will help them in enabling their
strategies effectively in the competitive market and transform them to generate profit in the
market (Armstrong and Taylor 2014).
Furthermore, the opportunities of the respective company have to be applied in such a
manner that this will help them in exploring their growth potentials in an effective manner. The
growth has to be highlighted by the company as to reduce the threats that can affect their
business. The potentiality is essential in nature, as this will help them in solving the different
problems that is affecting their business that includes the different competitors in the competitive
market as well (Akyuz, Kaya and Ozgeldi 2015).
C) Reflective statement of study experience
From the study of the entire module, I have learnt that there are different differences
between the business sectors that will contribute towards the economy. I have understood the
meaning of the nationalization of the public services that has been compared with privatization
of the public services. I have identified the different stakeholder groups in the university that

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included the staffs, faculty and students in the university. I have analyzed and learnt the
interest/power matrix wherein priority has been given preferences in an effective manner.
Secondly, I have learnt that there are different voluntary groups in the country wherein
proper process of funding has been learnt by me. I have learned the servings done by the two
voluntary groups in such a manner that this helps us in understanding the different tasks
performed by me with the help of different government institutions. I have learnt about the
political issues that affects the different voluntary groups and their business are ran by them as
per their interest. I have identified the different between the different business sectors in such a
manner that these contribute towards the economy in an effective and efficient manner.
Furthermore, I have learnt about the different Human Resource policies that can be
applied in different companies. The different policies related to HR has to be implemented in the
company in such a manner that it will help in analyzing the different benefits applicable to
employees. I have analyzed the HR policies relating to the sick pay and leave benefit that is
compulsory to be applied in different firms.
I learnt that HR policies relating to sick leave is mandatory to be provided to both
permanent and temporary employees who have been working with the organization for a year or
so. The different assessments are required to be made by the company in such a manner that it
helps the employees to enjoy the different benefits in an effective manner. I have learnt about the
HR policy relating to fairness and equality in the workplace that has to be maintained.
The proper equality is required as discrimination can lead to issues in the performance of
the employees and affect the productivity of the organization as well. Similarly, I have
understood that fairness is required to be maintained in the workplace, as this will help in

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maintaining peace and unity in the workplace. I noted that the fairness includes proper
generation of compensation, sick pay leaves and no discrimination at the workplace.
I have learnt the usage of SWOT model in an effective manner as this helped me in
understanding the different strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the company.
From the SWOT analysis of the Greggs bakery, I have seen that there are different threats and
weaknesses of the company that can be removed with implementation of the strengths and
opportunities in an effective manner. From the analysis, the strengths have been diagnosed and
this helped in understanding the different applicability in the bakery business.
From the entire module, I have analyzed that Human Resource policies is essential in
nature as this helps in generating proper equality and fairness among the employees in the
workplace. I have learnt that fairness and equality has to be maintained in such a manner that this
helps in solving the discrimination among the employees in the workplace. Lastly, I feel that
Human Resource strategies are essential in different organizations as this helps in maintaining
equality among employees. The SWOT analysis is required to be maintained as this helped me in
identifying SWOT of the company.

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