HR Value and Contribution to Organisational Success Report

This report delves into the critical role of the Human Resources (HR) department in contributing to organizational success, using ARM Holdings PLC as a case study. The report begins with an introduction to the HR department and its significance, followed by a discussion on organizational design theory and its application in meeting organizational strategies. It explores various techniques and approaches employed by the HR department in different functions, such as employee motivation, workforce management, and performance management. The report also analyzes processes to improve sustainable organizational performance, including the implementation of new technologies and information systems. Furthermore, it examines developments in the HR department, such as improvements in administrative tasks and employee data management, and the impact of change management on organizational structure, particularly within a matrix structure. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the importance of HR in driving organizational success through effective strategies and practices.

HR Value and Contribution to
Organisational Success

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Importance of Organizational Design Theory and How It can be used to Meet Organizational
Strategy........................................................................................................................................1
Various Techniques & Approaches that are used by Human Resource Department in Various
Functions......................................................................................................................................3
Processes to Improve the Delivery of Sustainable Performance of Organization.......................4
Developments in Human Resource Department..........................................................................5
Response of change management on the Structure of organization............................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Human resource Department is one of the moat important department of organization.
The main function of the human resource department is to manage the people of organization
who are connected to company in different manner. This report is based on the ARM Holding
PLC and explaining the function of Human resource Department within organization. ARM
Holding PLC is one of the most famous semiconductor company which was established in year
1990 by group of people. Jaime Urquahart, Tudor, Mike Muller, Lee Smith, Harry Oldham, John
Bigg, Dave Haward, Pete Harrod, Al Thomas, Harry Meekings, Andy Merritt, Hermann Hauser
and David Seat are the people who were founder of ARM Holding Company. There are various
aspects of business organization will be presented in study (Winnubst, 2017). The importance of
organizational design theory will be discussed for organizational structure and meet
organizational strategy. Various approaches that are used by Human resource Department in AM
Holding PLC will be studied in report. These practices and techniques will be studied to create
and maintain skilled and effective work force with in organization. Emerging HR development
also will be analysed in study. As per the structure of the organization in different organizational
situations will be analysed according to response of the company for adopting change
management.
Importance of Organizational Design Theory and How It can be used to Meet Organizational
Strategy
Organizational Design theory can be explained as step by step process or methodology
that is used to identify the impaired assets of work flow with in organization. The organizational
aspects like procedures, systems, structure helps the organization to meet all the current current
goals of organization. It also helps the company to make further business plan in order to
implement new changes with in organization. The organizations like ARM Holding Public
Limited Company are mainly concerned with technical improvement and people improvement
with in organization. The design process which is used by the business organizations leads to
improve the organizational design in more effective way. Main objective behind improving
organizational design is to improve the services and processes of company. The processes that
are focused by the company to improve the aspects like customer services, profitability of the
organization and internal operations of the company to gain higher efficiency with in
organizational functionality. There are different organizational design theories are used by the
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organization. The Institutional Design Theory can be considered as one of most famour
organizational design theory to improve the international functionality of organization and
implement technical development in organization.
Institutional Theory of Organisational Design is more concerned with the interaction between the
people of organization to maintain better environment with in organization to implement better
functions in the organization (Ahmady, Mehrpour and Nikooravesh, 2016). The main objective
of the organization is to implement better practices in organization to implement effective
technology in company along with effective improvement in employees of organization. This is
how the concept in this theory is based on the improve communication between the people of
company to transfer effective details and information.
Application of Institutional Design Theory in Organizational Structure.
There are three organizational structure are mainly used by the organization to full fill all
the requirement and strategies of company. The organizational structures which are mostly used
by companies are Flat Organization structure, Hierarchical Organisation Structure and Matrix
Organizational Structure. For each organizational structure application of institutional
organization structure theory is different. In the slat organization structure implementation of this
theory is very easy due to less number of level between top management and ground level
employees. In the hierarchical organizational structure this is very difficult to manage effective
communication and interaction between the employees and management. This is how the
application of Institutional Organizational Design theory is difficult in companies that are
following Hierarchical structure (Joseph and Gaba, 2020). For better control some organizations
uses matrix organizational structure which is more complex then other two structure but on each
level of organization there are some people are allocated with responsibilities. By using these
people or manager better interaction can be maintain between two different level of organization.
By implementing Institutional organizational design theory in ARM Holding PLC
company can effectively manage their business strategies and policies in effective ways. The
main concept of this theory is to maintain effective communication between the people of
organization to keep processes more updates and based on recent information. This can help the
company to maintain effective employee engagement and implementation of new technology in
company. The strategies that are used by the Human resources department like employee
motivation and encouragement can be effectively completed along with this theory of
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organizational design. This process also will help the leadership and management of the
organization to effectively communicate the goals, mission and vision statement of the company
to their employees in order to develop some cooperation in order to improve the employee skills
and implementation of innovative technology with in organization operations.
Various Techniques & Approaches that are used by Human Resource Department in Various
Functions
There are different function and actions are performed by the Human Resources
Department in order to improve the organizational performance in internal and external
operation. Some of the main operations that are performed by the Human Resource management
are- Motivate the employees, manage the work force of company, maintain and retain knowledge
with in organization, maintain effective performance of company in target market, rewarding
employees and perform or design training and develop sessions in order to improve the
performance of individual employee with in organization. Some of the main approaches that are
used by the organization for various purposes are-
Employees Motivation – For the employee motivation different approaches are used by Human
Resource Department Which are- Effective communication is one of the best way to maintain
the employee motivation high, developing better work place culture and environment also can
help the HR department to motivate company employees.
Managing Workforce of company – For the work force management in organization company
can perform different activities that can help them to effectively manage the operations of
organization (Neubert, Hunter and Tolentino, 2016). Some of most common processes of
improving workforce management are- Work force planning, Talent management, recruitment
and selection. These are most common approaches re used by the organization for effective
workforce management..
Maintain and Retain knowledge of organization
There are different approaches are used by the business organization to maintain
knowledge with in organization in order to achieve maximum productivity with in the
organizational practices. Some of most common practices of knowledge management are- Tactic
knowledge management, Explicit knowledge management and Blended Knowledge
management. These approacher are considered as best approaches to manage the knowledge with
in organization.
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Performance Management
Human resource department uses various approaches to manage the knowledge with in
organization in order to improve and maintain performance of employees high. Some approaches
of performance management are- Taking Fed back from employees, improving communication
between employees, use bottom up approach to gain effective performance from employees,
implementing effective management practices, implement performance monitoring and maintain
effective workplace culture with in organization.
Reward Management
Reward management is one of the most important activity that is performed by the
Human Resource department to maintain the motivation of employees high. In the reward
management practices various approaches are used by organization which are- promotion,
incentives, gifts, bonus and appraisals are offered by organization to their employees to
effectively motivate and encourage to put 100 percent of their efforts in organization success.
Training & Development
Training and development is one of main function of human resource management. The
main objective of the training and development is to improve the knowledge and skills of the
employees to gain maximum efficiency in internal operations of company. This is how training
and development activities are performed by human resources department in order to maintain
the performance of organization in the target market.
Processes to Improve the Delivery of Sustainable Performance of Organization
There are different practices are used by the business organization in order to maintain
effective output from organization operations (Marik and Varon, 2018). The role of the Human
Resource department with in business organization is to manage the performance of the
employees and different functions of organization. Some common processes that can be used by
them to improve the performance of the organization in target market HRM can implement
different new technologies like Artificial intelligence and other smart technology in organization
practices in order to reduce the barriers in the organization practices to gain maximum efficiency
in the internal operations of the organization. The tools like Artificial intelligence and other
monitoring tools can help the human resource department by effectively tracking the operations
and people with in organization. In ARM Holding PLC Human resources also can implement
different information system for effective information management and transaction with in
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business operations. This is how performance of organization can be improved by making
several changes in organization.
Developments in Human Resource Department
Development is basic requirement for the growth and development of the organization in
the target market. There are some developments can be made in the Human Resource department
in order to perform various operations of the Human resources management with maximum
effectiveness (Bonacchi, Marra and Zarowin, 2019). Some of most import developments that can
be implemented in organization are mainly related to the basic functions of the department in
organization. The basic function of Human Resource department in business organization are
concerned with maintenance. This maintenance function of Human resource management are
Admin tasks, employees files and detail management and payroll management. To improve these
functions effective information system like transaction processing system and management
information system can be implemented in the human resource department in order to maintain
high effective function with in organization. Transaction processing system can help Human
Resource management department to maintain payroll with in organization. The system like
management information systems can be used in various practices by human resource
management in order to manage the information of the employees in effective way.
There are some changes also can be implemented by organization in human resource
management in structure of the organization to provide better opportunities in order to improve
the operations of the organization in target market. For example, by implementing effective
structure in organization company can maintain high performance standard by offering better
work culture and environment to employees. There are some changes can be implemented in
human resource department to reduce the work load on the employee in organization and HR
department. There are various digital and AI tools and techniques are used by Human Resource
Department in business organization to improve the motivation and employee engagement with
implementation of innovative and creative technology with in organizational operations.
Response of change management on the Structure of organization
The impact of change management is different for different type o structure that is used
with in organization. With the implementation of change with in organization there are various
changes are implemented in the approach and structure of the organization in order to make
change implementation successful with in organization. The organizational structure that is used
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by ARM Holding PLC is matrix structure. There are various changes are implemented by
business organization in its operations and business processes. For example, the company have
to create a new job position in the structure of company. This change will force the human
resource management to implement structural changes in the organization to make new processes
in order to maintain effective transfer of information with in organization (Grochla and
Szyperski, 2018). To adopt new job position in organization, HRM have to make changes in the
structure of the organization to fit that particular position with in the flow of information transfer
in company. In other condition like implementing new technology in organizational operation
HRM have to implement certain with in the organizational processes in order to make all people
aware of new technology. For these process HR department can provide detailed information to
employees and they also can conduct training and development sessions in the organization in
order to train people with new technology.
CONCLUSION
This report is concluding the importance of the Human Resource department with in
ARM Holding Company. The organizational design theory has been explained in report in the
context of various organizational structure and organizational strategy. Various techniques of
human resource developments. Various improvements also has been recommended in the report
in order to improve the actions of HRM in organisation. The response of organization for change
also has been evaluated on the basis of their organizational structure.
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