HRM Analysis: Trends, Workforce Planning, and Ethics at New Build PLC

This report provides an analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices at New Build PLC, a company established to address the shortage of affordable housing. It explores current HRM trends, problems faced by the organization, and their impact, including discovering the right talent, recruiting skilled personnel, upskilling professionals, and integrating artificial intelligence ethically. The report discusses how the HRM team plans for long-term workforce planning by applying theories such as the Organizational Life Cycle Theory and General System Theory. It also analyzes ethical considerations in recruitment and selection processes, emphasizing honesty in advertising, maintaining confidentiality, asking consistent questions, and using fair assessment criteria. The report concludes with recommendations to resolve identified problems, including developing efficient recruitment procedures, engaging current employees in hiring, using clear language and sourcing tools, embracing automation, and approaching freelancers and contract workers, highlighting the importance of effective HRM in achieving organizational goals.

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................3
Analysing the current HRM trends and problems the organization face and discussing impact on
them...................................................................................................................................................3
Discussing about the HRM team start to plan ahead and think about long-term workforce planning
by applying theories and practices.....................................................................................................4
Analysing various considerations taken by HRM team for ensuring ethical practices are used in
their recruitment/selection process....................................................................................................6
Recommendations that HRM team take to resolve the problems, also stating 3 practical, realistic
solutions HR can implement in company..........................................................................................7
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................8
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the process of recruiting, staffing and selecting
competent personnel’s for working effectively and achieving goals and objectives of
organisations. Efficient management of human resources and competent employees in
organisations helps in gaining competitive advantage for businesses. This function of
business is very important in company as to recruit and retaining potential employees for
maintaining effective workplace culture. New build PLC, established for spending shortage
of affordable housing facilities. This report provides details about the current HRM trends
and problems the organization face and their impact. Also stating the panning by HRM team
by applying appropriate theories and practices. Further, discussing various considerations by
HRM team take to perform recruitment and selection process. Lastly stating
recommendations for resolving problems being identified, also giving 3 practical realistic
solutions company can implement.
MAIN BODY
Analysing the current HRM trends and problems the organization face and discussing impact
on them
Human resources in company are valuable asset as it helps in achieving goals,
successfully. By aligning right and competent workforce with strategies for accomplishing
business goals helps ion increasing performance and establishing competitive advantage for
company. HRM trend are important for business as it helps in analysing business practices
being followed and to add value by adopting various effective strategy for enhancing
employees experience by aligning al the functions with the task allotted (Bourgeault,
Chamberland-Rowe and Simkin, 2021). The recent trends and problems being faced by the
New build PLC company are:
Discovering right talent for completing task: With the rise in competition level and
producing optimum quality of predicts for the company. Discovering suitable staff
personnel’s and recruiting them in company is the challenge and problem being faced.
according with the recent trend, HR manger for the company have great responsibility for
recruiting right staff for performing right job as for completing building sites and various
projects of the New build PLC.

Recruiting suitable skilled staff personnel’s: Also recruiting skilled crafts as of also
unskilled personnel’s for performing building work of various projects sites (Salikov,
Logunova and Kablashova, 2019). as skills crafts personnel’s including plumbers, carpenters
and electricians for performing different work at constructions sites of New build.
Upskilling Trained professionals: Upskilling and grooming various employees with
right skill and knowledge must be done (Braga and et.al., 2021). Also recruiting skilled
professional as of hiring engineers, architects professionals for taking care of the sites of
company
Artificial intelligence and recruiting employees ethically: Company must recruit
employees which have knowledge of various automation techniques. This new trend impact
new build as the recruitment and staffing employees with less skilled and knowledge of
automation reduces production of company. As for developing affordable building and
hinders completing various projects on time (Bratton and et.al., 2021). also recruiting
employees by considering all ethical terms is a trend, as this impact company operations as
for providing equal wages to skilled and unskilled labourers for completing project of
building sites. Also, ensuring safety and proper health conditions for skilled and unskilled
workers engaged at various sites for completing projects.
Training workers: Training staff personnel’s for performing various task at different
sites for completing building projects effectively is necessary. Providing training for
developing professional skills also various abilities for constructing building projects of
company (new build) is important (Gupta, 2022). This trend of providing training and
compensating employees for meeting deadline of project. as it hinders company, as effective
training is required for performing professional work at constructing building site.
Furthermore, non-trained staff will reduce production and give poor job performance.
Discussing about the HRM team start to plan ahead and think about long-term workforce
planning by applying theories and practices
Human resource management theory are processes which helps in formulating various
strategies, policies and procedures to recruit and select employees for performing work. HRM
teams plans for competent employees by selecting potential and right personnel’s for
performing various task in company. long term workforce planning with the help of theories
assist HR to adapt correct polices for effective employees’ performance and retain competent
personnel’s for working in future.

Organisational life cycle theory
Organisational life cycle theory states that firms and corporate businesses are social
systems which comprises of various individuals, groups performing work for achieving
common goals and purpose for company. as for achieving desired objectives. various formal
and informal activities take place as planning, marketing, developing management and
workforce for achieving goals. It mainly comprises of 5 stages, the start up stage, growth
stage, maturity phase, renewal phase and decline phase. At first stage business established
various competencies for achieving success at initial level. Here individuals recognise various
opportunities of skills of various employees for grasping opportunity and creating value. Also
structure of organisation is being established by taking various decisions of the procedures
adapted by the company.
By using this HRM theory helps in planning for retaining long term employees’
personnel’s for performing various task in completing project work of company. As the
driving forces in all these stages are the nature of human resources. as by determine these
driving forces and minimising impacts of them, helps in deciding organisational structure
which supports employee’s innovation, team working ability, high performance and
creativeness (HR Theories, 2022). By using this theory helps in determining about the
requirements and various opportunities at the stage of development can be acquired by
employing competent personnel.
General system theory
General system theory emphasises on surviving in the dynamic market while
interacting with various factors. A system is mainly interrelated with various structures,
purpose and forces. With changing one particular parts in system affects the another. These
changes results in behaviour terms. Therefore, organisation operates within sub systems and
various deportments. For surviving and achieving profits ion long run. Understanding this
approach by human resources personnel’s is very essential as it helps in recruiting suitable
staff personals for performing various departments as of accounting, finance and marketing.
The right candidate must be appointed to work at critical and professional position in
company. as for the new build company to grow in the competitive environment, supporting

each department is necessary to recruit and select right personnel in company. This theory
helps in selecting right personnel’s by reviewing the feedback and employees’ skills and
abilities. As for instance when organisation select wrong personnel for performing the
electrical work in contracting buildings, this will affect the whole firm operations. By using
thus HRM theory emphasis on reciting and selecting right personnel’s for achieving long
term goals of business (Konovalova and Mitrofanova, 2021). Also, it emphasis on utilising
available resources in the best possible manner. Furthermore, by using these two theories
helps HRM team to plan for long term workforce which helps in achieving success for the
company and effectively achieving task on time.
Analysing various considerations taken by HRM team for ensuring ethical practices are used
in their recruitment/selection process
Ethical considerations are defined as the principles and values must be followed by
company for reducing harmful practices and acts. Human resources in company helps in
managing employees by conducting moral, legal and ethical practices. These performs helps
in removing inequality and helps in addressing various issues, conflicts and offences in
workplace (Malik, Srikanth and Budhwar, 2020). Ethical recruiting of various personnel’s is
important as it helps in building reputation for business by providing positive feedback from
applicants to other personnel. Also helps in hiring potential candidates
The key considerations taken by HRM teams for ensuring ethical practices used in
selection and recruitment process
Being Honest in advertising for vacant job position: The Human Resource
Management teams must ensure to advertise for job post in honest manner. As honesty helps
in building faith in applicants for applying at vacant position in company. Speaking less lies
while advertising for the vacant job creates conflicts. Speaking Truth helps in managing
expectations of the applicant as it results in exactly offering the same job which is expected
by the applicant from particular company by readding the advertisements.
Maintaining confidentiality through entire recruitment and selection process: as
keeping information gathers from their Job specifications. as throughout the Process of
recruiting and section candidates asked various personal questions. It is legal obligation on
the hr professional for keeping information of various applicants while selecting and
recruiting potential personnel. as when employees are selected, HR teams make sures by
keeping all paper work in electronic systems for securing information’s in easy way.

Asking same question for a particular job to be asked to all candidates: no
discrimination being followed while selecting and recruiting employees for the vacant job. As
asking same questions to all applicant being applied for filling vacant position.
Discrimination on the basis of gender, colour, race, origin (Omidi and Dal Zotto, 2022).
Treating all candidates equally by being honest and asking same questions as treating
applicant in non-partial manner helps in maintaining ethical behaviour in selecting and
recruiting candidates.
Same criteria used for assessing candidates: Treating fairly to all, employees by
offering equal pay for the job position and equal work responsibility, to all the applicants pr
candidates is followed by HR teams for working with ethical practices (Tomčíková and
Svetozarovová, 2021). Also, mutually respecting individuals by maintaining discipline and
respecting opinions of candidates helps in conducting recruitment and selection process
effectively.
Recommendations that HRM team take to resolve the problems, also stating 3 practical,
realistic solutions HR can implement in company
By analysing various problems of HRM, recommendations to solve these problems are:
 Developing efficient recruitment procedure, as the company must develop
efficient recruiting procedure for recruiting and selecting right candidate and
staff to complete buildings and sites projects of company.
 Also engaging current employees for hiring the competent and suitable staff
for completing large projects of company. this is the most effective strategy
can be used by company as by taking suggestion from employees for
recommending personnel’s for performing work at building large sites and
projects.
 By using clear language and searching with sourcing tool: As by suing clear
language for recruiting professionals for performing work as of architecture
and engineering work for constructing various sites.
 Also as by , sourcing right staff personals by searching on online websites and
apps. as various websites available as searching on linked in, glass door,
indeed . As these apps helps in searching for architectures for designing and

building the structure of large projects and buildings, also helps in researching
about civil engineers required for constructing various sites.
 Planning and embracing automation recruitment: This is effective solution for
recruiting employees. it uses various machinery for analysing recruitments
procedure and executing it automotive. As recruiting socially by using various
sites and using application of tracking personnel’s for performing various
roles.
 Furthermore, company must approach to various freelancers and contract
workers for hiring unskilled labourers for performing work at new project sites
as for designing housing flats and offices to perform work as of labourers.
 Further recruiting professional candidates at the post for performing engineer
and architecture work must be done by filling form for the vacant job in the
company. as this is the key tool which helps in effective recruiting, staffing
and selecting right candidate for performing work as it helps in assessing best
applicant for vacant job in new build company.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that human resource management plays
very important roles as for recruiting and selecting appropriate personnel for preforming
work in effective manner in various firms. New build PLC set up for responding the shortage
of housing in England. Various HRM trends and problems of company being identifies as the
recruitment of skilled personnel’s, also various professional for completing various projects
required by new build PLC. The main problems is to recruit skilled craft personnel’s as of
plumber, carpenters for working on various building sites of the company. HRM teams plans
for recruiting and selecting employees’ personnel’s by using various theories as of
organisational lifecycle theory, strategic contingency theory and general system theory. HRM
teams ensures taking all ethical practices by providing efficient training, conducting
development plans and counselling various diverse workforce.

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