HRM Strategies: Guest's Model, Storey's Definitions, and Flexibility

This report delves into various aspects of Human Resource Management (HRM), commencing with an examination of Guest's model of HRM as applied to CompAir, detailing strategic implications and outcomes. It then contrasts Storey's definitions of HRM, personnel, and IR practices across Dade 2 and Daejan Holdings, highlighting the nuances in their approaches. The report further assesses the implications of a strategic HRM approach for Deliveroo, focusing on line managers and employees. It then explores flexibility models within organizations like Deliveroo, discussing different types of flexibility and their impact on employees and employers, alongside changes in the labor market. The report also addresses workplace discrimination, providing examples and discussing the practical implications of equal opportunities legislation, comparing approaches to managing equal opportunities and diversity. Finally, it analyzes performance management methods and employee welfare in a selected organization, evaluating the impact of health and safety legislation and other topical issues on HRM practices.

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Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
1.1. Explain Guest’s model of HRM as applied to the organization of your choice...................3
1.2. Choosing two organizations of your choice, compare the differences between Storey’s
definitions of HRM, personnel and IR practices.............................................................................4
1.3 Assess the implications for line managers and employees of developing a strategic approach
to HRM for any organization of your choice...................................................................................5
TASK 2 : Topical Issue..................................................................................................................6
2.1 Explain how a model of flexibility might be applied in your organization...............................6
2.2 Discuss the types of flexibility, which may be developed by your organization......................7
2.3 Assess the use of flexible working practices from both the employee and the employer
perspective.......................................................................................................................................7
2.4 Discuss the impact that changes in the labor market have had on flexible working practices..8
TASK 3 : Topical Issue..................................................................................................................8
3.1 Explain the forms of discrimination that can take place in the workplace using examples of
recent discrimination cases which has made the news....................................................................8
3.2 Discuss the practical implications of equal opportunities legislation for an organization......10
3.3 Compare the approaches to managing equal opportunities and managing diversity. Examples
from a selected organization and discuss the similarities and differences in their approaches to
managing equal opportunities and diversity..................................................................................11
4.1 Select an organization you work or have worked for, identify and compare the performance
management methods used............................................................................................................11
4.2 Assess the approaches used to managing employee welfare in your organization.................12
4.3 Discuss the implications of health and safety legislation on human resources practices........13
4.4 Evaluate the impact of another topical issue on human resources practices...........................13
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Task 1
1.1. Explain Guest’s model of HRM as applied to the organization of your
choice
CompAir based in UK is the engineering and manufacturing company that creates the strategy
for market so that they can able to progress and supply proper products and services to the
customers in a perfect way. The company is specialized in gas systems and compressed air that
the manufacture to the different countries. Proper resources and the applied strategy help for the
ultimate development of the company, that delivers a strong progression for the entire thing. The
human resource management team helps to create the strong aspect for the entire company and
this progression generate the proper services to the customers. Guest’ s model of HRM suggest
the strong prospect for the entire thing that the organization apply to their several practices so
that it can create the marketplace. Six dynamism create in this basis so that the organization can
face a strong market aspect. The strategic implications comprises of HRM strategy, HRM
practices , HRM outcomes, behavior outcomes, performance outcomes and financial outcomes.
The traditional personal management is different from this strategy and process for the rooted
base for the strategic management progression (Sparrow et al. 2016). The HRM approach create
the perfection for the organization so that they can generate more perfection in handling things
and present for the essential commitment with the employees so that their performance can be
progressive and approachable for future development and growth of the organization.
Commitment within the organization generates a direct connection to the value for the
production purposes and the maintained of the employee management. High performance and
this kind of relationship building within the organization create a better consequence though it is
quite ‘messy’ as per the projection of Guest. The flow approach of the organizational perspective
project for the goal directed and strategic management goal for the desired outcomes and it assist
for the organizational development. The organizational development perspective and the
employment basis create the viewed prospect for the future progression for the entire
organization (Hoque, 2013). With the organizational resource management and the employee
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management create several difficult process but it is the responsibility of the organization that
how they want to handle the entire thing that is currently running to the organization.
1.2. Choosing two organizations of your choice, compare the differences
between Storey’s definitions of HRM, personnel and IR practices
Dade 2 is a web hosting company that operates both in the countries like UK and Italy that offers
different kind of web related services and it is Microsoft specialist. On the other than Daejan
Holdings is the UK based company that deal with several kind of property business dealings in
the market and assist for the further development and prospect for the better service addition to
the value of customer orientation. Human resource management practices is a strong organized
factor that worked for the company and generate the strong aspirations for the further
development and prospect for the entire organizational value. The approach of HRM policy for
Storey creates the organizational perfection that generates better assessment of things.
Employment management with the Daejan Holdings Company is somehow different from the
Dade 2 Company as they maintain a low-key progression to the HRM policy and its presentation.
This model has put emphasis to the power of commitment and not on the compliance policy and
Storey believes that human being has that capability so that they can take out the strategic
qualities in a perfect way and work for the better way. This exact process applied to the Daejan
Holdings as they are the property dealing company and they need to constantly work for the
service perfection and maintain a strong relation to the employees. Daejan Holdings and Dade 2
both have their different consideration regarding their working style and projection for the
further development and growth management.
The model actually comprises of four main components that includes strategic qualities, beliefs,
role of the managers within the organization and the other line managers. For production
purposes HRM is the strong and effective policy that based on the capabilities of the employees
and the commitment towards the work so that the organization can bring progression to the entire
organizational culture. The strategic nature of Dade 2 Company is applying the employees in
such a way so that they can able to focus to the internal development face by focusing to the
external base of the market. Dynamic procedure in the working structure creates the general and
progressive processing that consider the effective work process by the employees. Daejan
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Holdings put focus to the different environment so that the employees can to know the
preferences of the customers and work with that consideration for achieving better aspect in the
market. The line managers work for the personnel specialist choices and the systematic
management of things for the better growth and development. Dade 2 Company put
consideration to the essential prospect to the flexibility and the organizational values and
assumptions so that their working culture become easy and progressive.
1.3 Assess the implications for line managers and employees of developing a
strategic approach to HRM for any organization of your choice
For the development of the company, it is important that the HRM policy for in favor of the
organization and it value the organizational aspects and work for the better things in the market.
In Deliveroo the company present with the idea that they generate the best possible state that face
to the customer service value and deliver them best products and services, as the company is
dealing with the food delivery. The company actually based in London, but they have stores in
eighty-four cities. The company working with both with physical food selling store and the
online working structure so that it can generate more convenience for the customers. HRM
strategy is the strong aspect for the company so that they can working with the better possibility
in the market and can able to serve the customers with valuable services and products and can
maintain a strong aspect with the consideration of global market scenario. Decision making
procedure is the strong aspect that create the systematic procedure for the entire organization and
the line managers work with the perfection where the personnel guide become the perfect aspect
for the Deliveroo Company’s development and growth in national and international market. The
finest working possibility for the organization generates the widespread connection between the
employees and the managers so that they can able to work for the finest performance for the
organization. After checking, the characteristics of the group the managers’ work for the better
development criteria and several activities within the organization deliver the holistic way to
approach for the business growth. Some of the self-regulating factors work in the favor of the
organization so that one reliant and the structured process of working circumstances will
generate. The line mangers will approach for the further development and the consequent
planned structure and they will assign the other employees so that they can organize things in a
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proper way and serve different kind to the employees (Buettner, 2015). The constructional
viewpoint create the efficiency for the maintenance of organizational higher and lower level
management and this approach good prospect for the successive growth phrase. The prospect for
the line mangers in somehow restricted and they need to consider several organizational
management structures so that the projection of things gets controlled in a proper way. Hard and
soft HRM policy states for the further assessment of things that requires for the management of
the workforce. From general management to the personnel everything needs to present in such a
way so that the management and the rules can face the structured sate and the norms and the
monitoring procedure assist for the ultimate projection for the entire working circumstances.
TASK 2 : Topical Issue
2.1 Explain how a model of flexibility might be applied in your organization
Flexibility model within the organization helps for the diversification practices that generate the
structured and practices procedure for the global achievement and the value the goals and
prospect for the organizational development. Mass production is associated with the competitive
edge of the organization Deliveroo. The company by their strong management aspect and the
formulation of strategic ideas can generate the strong projection for things so that it can work for
further betterment and globally they can present their names. The work practices needs to be
effective and efficient enough so that the employees can generate a systemic and fulfill the
requirements for the organizational market demands. The flexible business model incorporates
proper logistic model, network driven sales prioritization system, flexible production capabilities
and the export sales not ties overseas distribution network. With this entire prospect the
organizational structure will work for the workplace flexibility that connect for culture change so
that the employees can evolve in their working with time (Knowles et al. 2014). Other than that
the financial support, paid and unpaid time off for the employees, health and wellness, caring for
the different departments and most importantly the community involvement prospect so that the
organizational can work for their future and deliver proper way for the future enlargement of the
company (Purce, 2014).
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2.2 Discuss the types of flexibility, which may be developed by your
organization
The flexible working projection for Deliveroo can assign for the benefit of the organization and
the management can face the proper working generation that connect to place itself in the
international state. Smarter and better working choice place the every aspect in such a way so
that the productivity can improve and the employees can engage them in the working culture.
Effective communication with each department and the maintenance of proper working
perfection can cater the providence of the non-monetary rewards and the organization will attract
the pool of talents so that they can able to work for the future perfection. Increase the diversity,
developing the leaders, retain knowledge, provide the global coverage and the work with the
consistent staffs create the foundation for the food based organization Deliveroo.
Figure 1: Flexibility of the organizational prospect
(Source: Van et al. 2015, p-56 )
Improvement to the work life fit and the increase the disaster preparedness can serve the
employees a strong value aspect for the organized environment. The organization Deliveroo has
contained with the factor that they need to work with the different cultured for the health care
costs, real estate costs, labor costs and the technology investments for the entire thing.
2.3 Assess the use of flexible working practices from both the employee and
the employer perspective
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For the organizational working state, it is necessary that they work with the time perfection so
that the employees can get to face the appropriate state for the working progression. Companies
need to cater the mindset to the people so that can able to adjoin with the better aspect for the
organizational development and this state create work exactness to a great extent. The flexible
working arrangements generate the professional, managerial and the clerical working
circumstances so that it can connect better with the lower skilled workers within the organization
and the manual workers. This kind of working flexibility can often proceed for unpredictability
in the organization and insecurity for the entire thing and it is the responsibility of the
management that they need to rectify the working structure (Storey, 2014). The social exclusion
can be regenerated from the flexible working and it can reinforce the whole working prospect
and the stated factor assist for the organizational development and growth. The ethical practices
generate the different and wide aspect for the employees so that the political and social dilemma
can be reduced from the working environment. The wider version of the working culture create
the state for the better implications of things that project for better aspirations and the stated
coordination with the employees and the management.
2.4 Discuss the impact that changes in the labor market have had on flexible
working practices
Labor market flexibility with the consideration of the flexible working projection assist for the
further development criteria and the suggestive working state that generate the proper
circumstances and the long lasting state for the diffract aspect of the organization. The labor
market association with the flexible practices deals with five major things those are- institutional
background, wage flexibility, workers mobility, job flows and working time flexibility. The
institutional practices create the appropriate sense for different labor market regulations, labor
policy, labor taxes and dealing with different trade unions. On the other hand, the workers
mobility is adjoined with the work culture partiality and their assessment for the better
association of things like the work flows, occupational and functional mobility and the mobility
for geographical consideration (Shields et al. 2015). Job flows within the organization like the
company will set up the background so that they can associate with the each department in a
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particular way and suggest the employees to perform their task in a perfect manner so that the
organization can focus to the productivity level and earn profitability from this entire thing. The
wage flexibility is another important factor that work for the organization and it creates the
proper connectivity with the employees and management vision and the organization needs to
focus to the different development factor that the wage structure of the employees need to
maintain. Job flows generate the job destruction and job creation.
TASK 3 : Topical Issue
3.1 Explain the forms of discrimination that can take place in the workplace
using examples of recent discrimination cases which has made the news
As the organization deal with different types of people so they can face different types of
discrimination like gender discrimination, social and sexual discrimination that has been used for
the purpose of the justification for different roles for men employees and female employees,
designation related discriminations and the discriminations based on the employee wage
structure.
Some of the recent discrimination cases that take the forefront are the different serious types of
cases that come in front of the market.
Recently viewed one case is on the CUNY graduate victim in the company of Coca-Cola, with the
discriminatory state for the employment practices
Yvelle Bultar who works with the Coca-Cola Company in the production plant departments has
faced this kind of discriminatory state that out her and the company as well in some of the
serious issues. She was the only female employee working with the African-American plant
sector and catering to the production department. The racial discrimination that Mrs. Yvelle
Bultar has faced has created a bad impression for the company. The unfair projection of the
entire fact along with the several negative attempts by the other co-workers can faced strong
force of criticism. The supervisors and the co-works throw negative comments on her and the
comments were about her racial state and background. In a formal meeting Yvelle Bultar has
faced the strong criticism like ‘’ what am I? a Nigga’’. For the supervision for the production
department, she never heard something good that done by her but she has to face different
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specified bad aspect of things like on her culture, background and gender discrimination. Yvelle
Bultar complains to the higher management and they take an action regarding this fact that create
a huge mess for the organization. Being a single mother Yvelle Bultar has taken some of the
strong step against the co-workers and asks for the justification. The management work for the
entire thing to the justification of the case of Yvelle Bultar and the management work together
for the strong consideration for the proper organization of the management aspect.
Sexual bullying in the organization
Joseph Augastin working with the Australian company has faced sexual harassment within the
organization as they are planned several things against her and try to build a group against her so
as to eliminate Joseph Augastin from organization. Joseph Augastin works with a company
based in Australia that deal with the customers service management and there Joseph Augastin
was the head of the customer orientation team and the co-workers have different things that put
everything into a great difficulty. Joseph Augastin charge things and inform the management so
that the management personnel can take a strong action about the entire fact. As the sexual
discrimination is hampering the culture and state of the organization so they need to work on the
entire thing and bring some of the strong specifications so that this prospect can able to demolish
from the organization. the organizational projection regarding the entire thing generate the work
culture perfection and as Joseph Augastin has the strong action against the case so some of the
distressing complaints from the organization get to solve and women work with better
possibilities in the organization. When the organization place things in a suitable matter then the
working culture become all the more perfect for the female employees and they consider things
with perfection and state for the working basis for the organizational production purposes.
3.2 Discuss the practical implications of equal opportunities legislation for an
organization
Placing the equal opportunities within the organization generate the strong and powerful
aspirations that create a better place for the employees to work and build a proper foundation of
things so that it can help the organization for long term working culture and profitability. The
discriminatory issues can reduce after implying properly the legal perfection for opportunity
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legislation. The commonly practiced services and their services with appropriate justification can
generate the strong background for the working culture for the employees and this situation
create more jobs and make the organization justifiable to work (Kehoe and Wright, 2013). The
wide skill range that work for the organization generated by the employees and when the
employees get to know the perfect place for the working state then it become understandable for
the organization to acknowledge further processes. The organization works with the different
races and regions and maintaining those perfection in work culture create the proper
circumstances. From recruitment to the operational planning each thing need to be proper and
without any kind of racial factor so that the existing and the upcoming employees can work with
satisfaction (Jabbour et al. 2013). The productivity of the organization connects with the
employee performance and when the employees work in a particular way then it become
successful and in return, the organization needs to provide the employees the perfect
environment to work. Some of the direct and the indirect discrimination need to demolish from
the organization by the help of Race Relation Act and this project for the race, nationality, color,
creed and the citizenship for the entire thing. Providence of training to the employees and each
and everyone need to get priority from the organization so that they can feel that they are the
important part of the organization (Kramar, 2014). Serving the employees with better experience
can cater better things so that the employees can work up to their skills and management
formation gets maintained for the each things.
3.3 Compare the approaches to managing equal opportunities and managing
diversity. Examples from a selected organization and discuss the similarities
and differences in their approaches to managing equal opportunities and
diversity
The diversified process and the structured growth for the organizational process cater the best
opportunities so that the individual can differ from each other and they can progress things in
such a way so that it can aspire for organizational growth factor. In Delivero, they maintain their
progressive operation and the marketing factor generate for the better prosperity and the
organizational state value for the employee process in working state. The conscious structure and
the foundation for the entire thing create the basis for the organization so that it can deliver a
strong aspect for the employees and they cater things in such a way so that the predominant
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diversity issues can demolish. Employees can work perfectly with the consideration of long-term
systematic progression and they will face gender equality. Workforce skills and advantages to
the different factor provide cultural background that operates globally for the success and the
competitiveness for the market assessment (Anderson, 2013).
4.1 Select an organization you work or have worked for, identify and compare
the performance management methods used
United Kingdom’s the organization has been a big player in the telecommunication industry
because of its consistent performance in the industry. The strong existence in the competitive
market itself proves the ability of managing performances of its employees in format that
increases the productivity of the firm. According to (Van et al. 2015), the concerned
telecommunication firm has well comprehended the value of performance management. Hence
involved the continuous process of employee participation in its regular operations. This ensured
that the performances of the employees are regularly monitored and improved so that, the
company aligns their performance rates with the business goals and objectives. This thereby led
the company to continue to outperform than others in the telecommunication industry of United
Kingdom.
Managing performance is one of the vital functions that needs to undertaken by a firm seriously,
since the aspect is directly correlated to the overall performance of the company in the market. If
the performance of the employees contributes in meeting up the objectives of the organization
then this favors the firm. However, in reverse situation the company may incur huge losses not in
revenue fall but also in market reputation as well. Therefore, the British Telecommunication
owing to the importance of performance management undertook all the consideration that would
ameliorate the overall productivity and profit status of the company. The telecommunication
company has an effective performance system that develops extensive employee engagement.
The company has established a true team performance culture in its organizational culture.
Therefore, the employees of the firm in every respect try to perform in manner that benefits them
and in turn benefits the firm on a larger scale. . The company even associated a compensation
plan to individual or team performance. This plan included setting, measuring, and rewarding
excellent attainable performance expectations (Buckingham and Goodall, 2015).
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4.2 Assess the approaches used to managing employee welfare in your
organization
Workplace safety has become a vital aspect that is undertaken by the organizations of the current
times. Since there have been increase in the number of cases in relation to the negligence
towards work place safety. Owing to the significance of the element British Telecommunication
has tried to incorporate a framework in its organization structure that support the employee’s
heath and well being at the workplace. The company has incorporated the framework following
the guidelines established in relation to Workplace Policy and management practices by the
concerned authorities (Scholl et al.2017). British Telecommunications has even adapted to the
individual goals strategy. Under this strategy every employee working under diverse departments
of the firm are assigned on some realistic goals on achievement of this goals the employees
would be rewarded. Therefore, this goals strategy not only increased the productivity rate of the
company but also even improved the performance of the employees as they took the achievement
of the goals as a challenge and this encouraged them to represent their skills more efficiently.
Appraisal for good performance feedback mechanism for individual performance etc was some
of the small initiatives that had a large influence on the overall performances of the employees.
4.3 Discuss the implications of health and safety legislation on human
resources practices
The occupational health and safety legislation create and regulates the principles of workplace
health and safety with the aspiration to avoid workplace difficulties and accidents, injuries,
diseases and outlines penalty for breaches of those kinds of different perspectives and standards.
It particulars several types of responsibilities and the employers, supervisors, and work for the
different things that generate for the perfection and justification. Normally, the different kind of
legislation aspires that the employer work on everything they can rationally do to defend the
health and safety of their employees within the workplace. This section of working includes, but
is not incomplete to if apposite training for management potentially hazardous tools and material,
provide information to the employees of probable dangers in the organization, and surroundings
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up protected work practices. With the help of proper legislation practices the organization get to
structure them for the entire organized projects and their different states.
4.4 Evaluate the impact of another topical issue on human resources practices
The topical issues within the organization generate from the different aspect and by the help of
the proper management structure, the organization needs to solve the each problem so that the
employees work for better things. The topical issue generates from different factors and one of
identical is managing the different change within the organization. Organizational techniques fill
up the goals and objectives create the work perfection in such a way so that they can able to
maintain proper management structure and the development and training help for the focused
prospect of the organization. HRM policy of the organization will connect to the employees in
such way so that the different aspect for the organizational states and their projection for
achieving the growth and development factor (Helmreich et al. 2017). The effective state for the
organizational statements create the resource based projection and the different situations that is
generating from different situations need to justify in a proper way.
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