Analysis of HRM Practices at Netflix and Their Impact: Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices at Netflix, examining the company's approach to training, development, and performance management. It begins with an introduction to HRM and its significance, particularly within a company like Netflix. The main body of the report explores key HRM concepts, including the distinctions between learning, training, and development, and their benefits for both employers and employees. It delves into specific HRM practices such as training and development programs, detailing various methods like job rotation, understudy programs, special courses, and case studies. The report also examines the effectiveness of these practices in enhancing organizational productivity, with a focus on reward and performance management systems, offering a critical evaluation of their impact. The conclusion summarizes the findings, emphasizing the importance of effective HRM in fostering a competent workforce, adapting to change, and driving organizational success through employee engagement and performance-driven strategies. The report uses various academic sources to support its claims.

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
Management is needed at every organisation and it will help to manage the work and
activities properly in order to increase organisational productivity and profitability. In an
industry HRM manager plays an important role as it find out the vacancy and hire employees for
suitable post that helps to maintain the business performance. This is important for organisation
to have HR who helps to understand needs and wants of their organisation and run a business
effectively. These keep happy and satisfied employees who are working in organisation and
maintain a good business so productivity and profitability can be maintain (Buttimerb and
Seamon, 2015). To understand about HR and its scope Netflix has been taken that is American
media services provider and Production Company was founded in 1997 by read Hasting and
Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. The HR management of such organisation is
managing all activities and operation effectively and increasing organisational profitability. This
report covers different topics such as benefits of HRM practices in organisation for both
employer and employees. Moreover, effectiveness of HRM practices in term of raising
organisational productivity and profitability.
Main Body
There is difference between learning, development and training that are as defined:
Learning Training Development
This is the process
of absorbing information
from different sources and
retaining them with task in
order to complete
(Difference between
learning, training and
development 2020).
This is the process of
providing training and
learning to new employees
when new employees join
the company or something
new have been introduced
by management that helps
to accept the challenges.
This is adopted by
management where they
evaluate the skills of
employees and provide
more training if needed. So
goals of organisation can be
accomplished in effective
time period.
This helps to increases the
learning and skills of people
who get learns new things.
This helps to carry out the
day to day activities by
getting training from
experienced person.
This helps to make
experienced people who are
working in organisation and
reach their assigned targets.
Definition of learning - Learning is the process of getting knowledge and skills to work
and accepting the challenges which are occurred in organisation (Rockström and et. al., 2017).
Definition of development - Development is the process which is used by organisation
in order to make higher profits by increasing their business activities and profitability with the
help of training and experience (Geissen and et. al., 2015).
Definition of development - Whereas training is process of teaching and developing
oneself and other people in order to get competent in particular work that helps to increase
capacity and business performance (Roberts, 2015).
In Netflix, management are focusing on training, learning and development process
where it conduct programmes for employees in order to increase their capability or
organisational performance (Buttimerb and Seamon, 2015).
Benefits of different HRM practices in an organisation for employer and employee that helps to
take competitive advantages
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HRM practices are those regulations which are used to run a business by placing
employees at right place and position in order to perform business activities. It is important for
organisation to follow all practices which can influence employees and get them ready to work
effectively. In context to Netflix, HR manager is playing important role as it identify the vacancy
and recruit employees for completing task and increasing sale of their services. Different HRM
practices are following by HR management that are defined with benefits as:
Training and development – When people are working in organisation then there is
need to Provide the training and development programme to their employees which can motivate
them and get ready to accept the challenges in their organisation. For instance, there is need of
marketing manager in Netflix company so HR manager of such organisation has recruited a
person to perform this role and responsibilities which helps to increase organisational activities
and profitability. After selecting marketing executive for such organisation manage plans to
provide them training and development programme so they can understand easily what are their
roles and responsibilities and how it can work in organisation in order to increase organisational
effectiveness (Daw and et.al., 2015). The process of training involves different states such as:
Assessment of training needs – In Netflix, HR manager make sense to know that which
employees are requires training really that helps to make plans accordingly.
Preparing of Training programme – HR manager of chosen organisation make plans to
conducts the training programme for marketing executives and other employees which help to
increase their learning.
Preparing the Learners – The learners are prepared by management who helps to
provide training and knowledge about employees working (Rockström and et. al., 2017).
Implement and training programme – After preparing learners and conducting plans it
is implement by management in order to increase their learning and work effectively.
Performance Try Out – In this step management evaluate the employees performance
and corrected if necessary which help to learn more (Rockström and et. al., 2017).
Evaluation of training programme – This step is used by management of Netflix by
getting feedback which helps to bring improvement in organisational performance.
Benefits of training and development for taking competitive advantages
For employees For employer
 In Netflix management provides
training and development programme
which helps to increase job satisfaction
between employees.
 Increase innovation and strategies and
product that helps to take competitive
advantages.
 Increase capacity to adopt new
technology and methods process to get
high competition.
 Increases in organisational productivity
such as selling activity of Netflix is
increasing by increasing number of
people.
 Addressing weakness in organisation
The profile and reputation of Netflix is
increasing by providing training and
development programme to employees
(Geissen and et. al., 2015).
There are different methods of training and development
Training methods:
Off the job method – This refers as method of training in which a person started to learn
by actually performing business activities. Such as employees of Netflix are using this method in
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order to learn and develop experience at the same time when they are working. This method has
been categorised in various learning such as:
Job rotation – This refers as shifting of employees from one job to another on regular intervals.
The employees of Netflix can us this method to increase their learning by rotating their jobs from
one organisation to another (Mone and London, 2018).
Understudy – In this method employee of Netflix get learning from their superior which
helps to increase organisation effectiveness. In Netflix, employees are trained by their superior
which helps to accept the challenges and increase business activities.
Off the job method – This method is used by employees to learn after leaving workplace
and concentrate their entire time so they can be highly experienced and good employees to
perform well in organisation. Such as many employees of Netflix has leave their working in
order to get increasing their learning because they wants to focus on their learning only that helps
to work well in future time (Buttimerb and Seamon, 2015). This method has been categorised in
various learning such as:
Special courses and lectures – This is most traditional and famous methods which is
sued to develop a personnel and increases business performance. The employees who are
working in Netflix can use this method in order to increase their learning and capacity to work
more effectively (Girard and Girard, 2015).
Case study method – This is another method where a case study has provided by
management in order to improve learning and get competent in assigned work. In Netflix,
employees can use this method by solving case study and providing better solution which helps
to increase business performance (Rockström and et. al., 2017).
Effectiveness of HRM practices in order to increase Netflix productivity
Development Methods
Rewards and performance management – This is the effective method of improving
organisational performance and taking competitive advantages by influencing employees.
According to this method employees of Netflix are fairly, equitably, properly and consistently
work in order to get rewards. Performance of employees are evaluated by management in order
to know which employees is performing well and deserve to get rewards so all employees can
started to work more effectively. In Netflix, HR manager is playing important role as it follows
rewards and performance management practices which helps to attain the business targets and
increase competitive advantages. This motivates employees and encourages them to work more
effectively so productivity of organisation can be increase and maintain higher profits. The
managers of chosen organisation are using intrinsic and extrinsic rewards for their employees.
An intrinsic reward involves feeling of accomplishment, personal growth, self-worth and higher
position which motivates people to work. An extrinsic reward involves monetary rewards, bonus,
promotion, incentives and gifts which are important to satisfy employees who are working in
organisation and increasing organisational productivity. Therefore, management of Netflix is
using rewards and performance practices which is important to satisfy employees and get
completion of task in certain period of time (Roberts, 2015).
Critical evaluation of reward and performance management
It has evaluated that rewards and performance management is used by Netflix
organisation where it motivates employees by rewarding them for their good performance in the
form of intrinsic and extrinsic vale as people wants. This befitted to employees and organisation
such as employees get highly motivated to work more and accept the challenges which helps to
improve the organisational performance. For instance, the marketing executive and other
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employees get ready to accept the challenges and new technology to influence people which
helps to increase number of customers and processes to increase organisational productivity.
Therefore, it is important for organisation to use rewards and performance management practices
which can help to evaluate employees performance and encourages them to work more
effectively that increases productivity (Shuck and et. al., 2016).
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that HRM is the management process which is
required in every organisation in order to organise and manage business activities. HR is playing
important role as it identify the weakness of organisation and make policies to improve
organisational productivity. To run a business successfully it is important to have competent and
experiences employees so they can take challenges and changes in their working and introduce
new process in order to improve organisational productivity. Training, learning and development
are different which are used by management for increasing learning and improving academic
skills. By using training and development programme Netflix become highly successful as
employees get ready to accept changes and influence people which increases number of
customers and increase business performance. On the other side, reward and management
performance management is used to motivate employees and getting completion of work on
certain period of time which increases organisational productivity and profitability.
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