HR Practices, Organizational Design, and Strategy: General Electric

This report examines the human resource practices and organizational design of General Electric. It begins with an introduction to the company and its organizational structure, including its hierarchical operational strategy. The report then evaluates the importance of organizational design theor...Read More

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................3
Main Body.........................................................................................................................................3
P1 Evaluate the importance of organisational design theory in the context of organisational
structure and fulfilling organisational strategy, using specific organisational examples..............3
TASK 2..............................................................................................................................................5
P2 Analyses the various approaches and techniques that is used for attracting, maintaining,
developing and rewarding human resources to make a skilled and dedicated workforce.............5
TASK 3..............................................................................................................................................6
P3 Conduct research and use contemporary knowledge to support evidence for emerging HR
developments.................................................................................................................................6
TASK 4..............................................................................................................................................7
P4 Evaluate how organizational design has to react and adapt to alter the management and the
relationship that would exists between the two using a specific organizational situation.............7
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The human resource deals with human personnel in an organization. The human resource is
vital resource for the development of country. This is because all activities are being handled and
operated by human. So, some good and effective human personnel is essential for the organization
in order to develop it in the competitive market. The increment in the skills of individual would
help to enhance efficiency of human resource in organization (Boyd and Conroy, 2019). In order
to improve the efficiency of human resource, proper and regular training sessions must be
organized by human resource department of organization for its employees. This report has
outlined organization General Electric with respect to its human resource. General Electric is a
power and healthcare industry that is being established in the year 1892. The present report
discusses about the organizational structure and its theories. It also outlines the organizational
strategies and techniques that are being used by the HR department of the company.
Task 1
P1 Evaluate the importance of organisational design theory in the context of organisational
structure and fulfilling organisational strategy, using specific organisational examples.
Introduction to company- The company General Electric deals with the healthcare
facilities and power generation. It was established in 1892. It provides services related to
renewable energy.
Organizational structure- The structure of the organization is build up to achieve organizational
goals. This includes responsibility and roles in a hierarchical way that can be operated in every
organization. The company General Electric has used the operational strategy based on hierarchy.
This provides a clear structure about the organization to management. The chain given in the
hierarchy has to be completed in a certain way as described under policy of the company(Cooke
and Varma, 2020).
Organizational strategy- This is strategy that is being used by organization in order to achieve
goal in specified given time. There is involvement of all employees while operating organizational
strategy. With respect to company General Electric, it has formulated an efficient organizational
strategy would help management to compete with other similar companies in the market. It has
executed various changes in company in order to cope up with problem of Covid 19 with respect

to its customers. It has also increased its ambitions along with speeding up the changes that are
applicable in the respective institution.
Organizational design theory- The organization design theory is a model which states
organizational structure of an institution. It too aids to examine an administration, corporate design
along with the behavior of group and respective. Moreover, main objective of arrangement design
is to give a brief about administration and its performance(Garg and Kar, 2021).
 Simple design structure- The conventional design structure offers low
departmentalization, less work specialization, along with centralized authority. The use of
flat organizational structure under which less hierarchical level is created by
administration. In this organizational structure, workers and owners have total control over
business organization functions.
 Work specialization- This is related to the expertise in respective field. The strategy so
formulated divides work into various sub divisions. So, by these divisions every part of
task is being operated with the expert skills. In relation to company General Electric,
productivity operations are decreased with the simple task that is being performed by
different employees in the specified system.
 Departmentalization- This has created different departments in institution in order to
organise operations of organisation. For instance, organisation General Electric, can create
a production department, business department, marketing department along with the
human resource department.
 Chain of command- This is an official hierarchy of authority that would dictate who is in
charge of whom. In relation to the General Electric, when worker report to its manager
who address to senior manager who report to vice president and then to report to chairman
of arrangement.
 Time period of control- It means number if the associates that can be used efficiently and
effectively by the supervisor in arrangement. In General Electric, this has five direct report
in the organisation. Due to this, the respective institution has a high degree of control and
safety.
Hence, organizational theory operates a necessary role in growing the business strategies
along with the structure as per the wants of the business concern.

TASK 2
P2 Analyses the various approaches and techniques that is used for attracting, maintaining,
developing and rewarding human resources to make a skilled and dedicated workforce.
The human resource is very necessary for every organization. This is because whole
organization is based on working of the human resource of company. Therefore, it is very vital
that business must formulate such policies that would attract employees to retain their work in the
organization. These approaches are discussed as follows-
 Worker engagement and participation- It would also increase the employment ration in
respective organization. The company General Electric gives participation to employees of
company in making decisions for organization.
 Provide positive working environment- The organization must maintain an affirmative
work environment for employees at workplace. The management of company General
Electric has the higher productivity with less turnover(Prasad, Kotni and Karumuri, 2018). Preparation and development opportunities- The training must be provided to all the
employees in order to execute the effective operation in the production department of the
company. The management of the General Electric must ensure that proper and adequate
training must be given to all the workers of the company within the specified time period.
Human capital theory and knowledge administration
The human capital is an intangible financial value of the skill and the experience of the
worker. The Knowledge management is very useful for the company General Electric because it
would decrease the time in searching the essential information. This would also reduce the time
period for new comers to be more competitive in the organization.
Herzberg's two factor theory
This theory is useful for the organisation General Electric in motivating the worker. It also
contains the two elements that is discussed as follows-
Motivating factor
 Recognition- The workers requires the recognition for their good work in the company.
The management of the General Electric organises timely rewards and prizes programmes
for all the employees who works better in the organisation. These rewards are for those
who works ion more efficient manner to give motivation to them so that they work better
in the nearer future in the company.

 Responsibility- There must be the sense of responsibility in the minds of the employees.
The selected company recognises the factor of responsibility in its various polices that is
being implemented in the company. The responsibility would help to grow and develop
both the employee and the company as a whole.
Hygiene factor
 Interpersonal relationship- The relations between employees, superior and subordinate
must be acceptable and adequate in the organisation. There is the policy in the respected
company that there is no existence of conflict in General Electric along with no tolerance
for bullying in the company.
 Working condition- The on the job environment in General Electric is healthy and safe.
The equipment are updated in the selected organisation. Moreover, there is less crowd and
everyone has their own private space in the company where they can work
efficiently(Siruri and Cheche, 2021).
TASK 3
P3 Conduct research and use contemporary knowledge to support evidence for emerging HR
developments.
The human resource development basically deals with the increasing the structural human
capital by the way of improving practicality of the workers and the organization. The advanced
technology has done various changes in the ideas related to the technology and innovations.
Hence, it becomes essential to adopt the globalization factors in order to shape the strategy for
business. In context of General Electric, there are different latest trends that are related to the HR
development as discussed below-
 Future of the HR as a process and function- In the present business environment,
different technological advancement are operating in the field of the human resource. This
is because the field of the human resource is very wide. The human resource team of the
selected company has prepared various work with relate to this in the nearer future.
 Human Resource skills and activity requirement- There must be the existence of the
desired human resource skills in the company in order to develop the organization in this
competitive market. It must also consider various changes that is taking place in both the
internal and the external environment of the organization. The selected company must

work with the global changes in order to achieve the goals of the company(Steffensen,
et.al, 2019).
 Enhancing demand for a better work life- When the technology and the innovations are
implemented in the company, the employees could enjoy better working environment in
the organization. It would also aid in reducing the work pressure on the employees. This
would be very affirmative in nature for the selected organization. Moreover, by this, the
General Electric could be able to prove quality work environment to its employees.
 All in recruitment- The recruitment is the necessary part of every organization.
Nowadays, due to the technology there are various applications that helps the human
resource department in recruiting the workers for the company. In reference to General
Electric, the artificial intelligence aid the company to form an effective decision and
analyses related to the information that is crucial to recruit the employees.
 Virtual working environs- The new HR trends involves the virtual technology in the
organization. The use of the technology can be seen more at the time of the pandemic
where all the businesses are being operated on the basis of virtual intelligence. The
selected company has used the online sites for making the orders by the customers along
with promoting it in the market place.
TASK 4
P4 Evaluate how organizational design has to react and adapt to alter the management and the
relationship that would exists between the two using a specific organizational situation.
The Kurt Lewin model deals with the change model which helps the organization to
understand procedure of the changes. There are three stages under this model as discussed below-
Unfreezing- The management of General Electric plays a crucial role in scattering
awareness about the new HR software that would handle worker's recompense and other related
problems of the employees of the company(Thant and Chang, 2021).
Changes- The company General Electric uses an effective communication along with the
careful planning. It encourages the worker’s role in adopting the desired changes in the policy of
the institution.

Freezing- In this stage, the workers adopt the changes by working with these changes in the
company. The company General Electric can apply various actions in order to strengthen and
reinforce the workers by giving the recognition and rewards to the employees.
Evaluation of different kind of changes that impact organizational design
Transformation changes- The transformation changes are those changes that transform the
operation or the person in more affirmative and efficient manner. There are various transformation
changes that took place in the company. These changes includes the technological changes, social
changes, etc.
Psychological changes- These changes are hormonal changes that are related to the psychological
along with the emotional changes. These changes directly impact the working of the organisation.
The selected company has also used various psychological changes in the organisation that would
empower the productivity of the business.
Complex link between change management and organizational design
Organizational design- This is the procedure that identifies the dysfunctional characteristic of
structure, workflow and process that would align the current business realism.
Change management- This is considered as a program where a company needs to initiate that
would lead a business towards applying the latest techniques in a proper way along woth
achieving the objectives for the company.
Moreover, these concepts are related to each other as it supports an arrangement in gaining
the goals and aims of the company efficiently. With reference to General Electric, it requires to
maintain a balance between both the concepts to execute the operation and apply these changes
appropriately(Troth and Guest, 2020).
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that the structure of the business along with the
used strategy by the management plays a vital role in the growth of the institution. Therefore, it is
recommended for each business arrangement that it must determine its sustainable strategy along
with improving the business acquisition functions. This would make the strategic function s more
efficient in the organization. Therefore, the company General Electric must measure the result of
the communication efficiently which would aid in the growth and development of the institution.

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