Human Resource Development Report: Primark, Employee, Society Analysis

This report comprehensively examines the significance of Human Resource Development (HRD) in contemporary business contexts, emphasizing its role in fostering competitive advantages. It begins by highlighting the advantages of HRD for Primark, including enhanced employee skills, increased pr...Read More

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Benefits of human resource development for Primark....................................................................3
Benefits of human resource development for the employees..........................................................4
Benefits of human resource development for the society................................................................4
Important stakeholders in human resource development................................................................5
Role played by the senior level management..............................................................................6
Roles played by the government..................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
Reference.......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Human resource development is one of the key aspects to be considered by the
contemporary business organizations in gaining competitive advantages (Urbancova 2013). This
is important for the business organizations due to the reason that, the current business scenario is
much more challenging and competitive for them. Thus, contemporary business organizations
are leveraging on the initiation of the human resource development in order to enhance the skill
and effectiveness of the employees (Chinomona 2013). Thus, with having the employees with
right skills, business organizations will be able to compete effectively in the market.
However, initiation of the human resource development involves supports from various
stakeholders including senior level management and the government. The more holistic with be
the support system for the employee development, the more will be the effectiveness of the
human resource development policies (Jehanzeb and Bashir 2013). In addition, initiation of the
policies of human resource development is not only having benefits for the employees, but also
for the society as well. This is due to the reason that, with the help of the human resource
development, business organizations will have the advantages of having skilled employees along
with the society with having more skilled populations. Thus, it will help in enhancement of the
economy as a whole.
This report will discuss about the benefits of the human resource development for the
Primark, employees and the society. In addition, the role to be played by the senior level
management in supporting the learning process will also be discussed in this report. The role of
the government in human resource development will also be discussed.

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Benefits of human resource development for Primark
 One of the key benefits to be gained by Primark is the adequate availability of the skilled
and eligible man power. This is due to the reason that, with the initiation of the human
resource development, the man power will be trained and skilled (Purce 2014). Thus, the
availability of the talent pool for the Primark will be more and it will be easy for the
business organizations to have right people at the right place in the right time.
 Another advantage for the Primark will be the enhanced productivity. With the help of
the human resource development, the average skill sets of the employees will be more
along with their productivity (Cherian and Jacob 2013). Thus, the organizational
performance will be more and organizational challenges can be dealt effectively.
 Level of motivation for the employees will also be more with the help of the human
resource development. This is due to the reason that, human resource development
enables the existing and potential employees to increase their skill set, which will in turn
help them to deal with the organizational challenges effectively (Lazaroiu 2015). Thus,
more equipped the employees will be in dealing with the organizational challenges, the
more will be their level of motivation. Motivated employees in the business organization
will increase the organizational productivity and performance.
 The rate of retention of the employees will also be higher with the help of the human
resource development. This is due to the reason that, motivated employees with having
proper and adequate opportunities of training and development programs will stay with
their organizations (Terera and Ngirande 2014). Thus, Primark will incur less cost in
providing training to the new employees along with retaining the competitiveness of the
existing employees.

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Benefits of human resource development for the employees
 One of the key benefits to be gained by the employees from the initiation of the human
resource development is the enhancement of their individual skill sets. As earlier
discussed, initiation of the human resource development enhance the skill sets of the
potential employees (Ellinger and Ellinger 2014). Thus, the employees will be more
skilled and will have multiple talents in their workplace. It will help them to deal with
multiple tasks in their workplace. Thus, the value of them in the organization will get
increased.
 Employment and career opportunities for the employees will get increased with the help
of the human resource development. This is due to the reason that, with the enhanced
skills of the employees, the job opportunities will be more for them.
 The issue with the employees will be less in their workplace due to the initiation of the
human resource development. This is due to the reason that, having proper training will
help them to deal with the organizational challenges effectively and thus, they will face
less issue in their workplace (Grohmann and Kauffeld 2013).
 The productivity of them will also get increased with the help of the human resource
development (Sung and Choi 2014). With having the required skills and training for the
certain jobs, employees will be able to perform more effectively due to the initiation of
the human resource development.
Benefits of human resource development for the society
 As discussed earlier, society as a whole will also get benefited from the initiation of the
human resource development. One of the key benefits will be the social empowerment
(Albrecht et al. 2015). This is due to the fact that, initiation of the human resource

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development will increase the average skill set and eligibility of the job seekers in the
society. Thus, initiation of the human resource development will increase the number of
skilled population in the society.
 With the increase in the average skill set and eligibility of the job seekers in the society,
the career opportunities will also get increased in the society (Esters and Retallick 2013).
Thus, the job opportunities will be more for the entire society, which will in turn enhance
the per capita income of the society.
 Initiation of the human resource development helps in promoting the emergence of
innovative thinking in the society. This is due to the reason that, providence of proper
training and skill development programs will enable the potential candidates to think out
of the box (Volberda, Van Den Bosch and Heij 2013). Thus, the generation of the
innovative thinking will get increased in the society. It will lead to the initiation of
different startups in the society. The self sufficiency of the society will get increased.
 Investment will be more in the society if the majority of population is skilled and trained.
Thus, with the initiation of the human resource development, majority of the population
will be trained and equipped and it will attract more business investment (Wilson 2014).
This is due to the reason that, business organizations will get attracted by the adequate
number of skilled and equipped potential employees. This will in turn increase the per
capita income and the economy of the society.
Important stakeholders in human resource development
The earlier sections discussed about the benefits of the human resource development for
the society, business organizations and the employees. However, there are various factors that
need to be determined effectively in order to have desired benefits from the human resource

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development. One of the key factors is the determination of the role of the key stakeholders in
the human resource development. Thus, the following sections will discuss about the role played
by different stakeholders in initiating human resource development and their importance.
Role played by the senior level management
 Senior level management of Primark is being considered as one of the key stakeholders in
the initiation of the human resource development due to the reason that, they are the one
who will maintain the approach in their organization (Alfes et al. 2013). One of the key
roles being played by them is the providence of the training and development programs
for their employees. Providence of the training and development programs for the
employees helps to equip them according to the market and business requirement.
 Having the proper learning environment in the organization is important for the human
resource development. Thus, it is the responsibility of the senior level management to
initiate the effective and proper learning environment in the organization (Alegre and
Chiva 2013). The internal environment should be interactive and free flow for the
employees in order to promote them to indulge in the learning process.
 It is also the key responsibility of the senior level management to implement the
strategies related to the employee motivation and engagement in the organization. This is
due to the reason that, if the employees are motivated and engaged in their workplace,
then only they will be interested in participating in the learning process (Anitha 2014).
Thus, senior level management should engage the employees in their workplace in order
to effectively drive the human resource development program.
 Senior level management should play the role of guide for their subordinates rather than
just be their supervisors. This is due to the reason that, to have the effective process of

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human resource development in the organization, employees will require guidance from
their superiors in due course of their work (Young and Poon 2013). Thus, providence of
guidance by the senior level management will help the employees to effectively perform
their jobs along with learning from their superiors.
 Effective leadership is also being one of the key roles being played by the senior level
management in the initiation of the human resource development. This is due to the
reason that, the more effective will be the leadership roles, the more efficient will be the
process of human resource development. Having the transformational leadership will
help the employees to get motivated and inspired from their superiors (Braun et al. 2013).
Moreover, initiation of the transformational leadership also helps to maintain the proper
environment in the organization to initiate human resource development process.
 Senior level management should also promote the diversity in the workforce. This is due
to the reason that, having diversity among the employees will help to generate more and
diverse ideas and information in the organization. In addition, having diversified
workforce will also enable the employees to gather more information from their
colleagues. Thus, the human resource development process will be more effective and
fruitful.
Roles played by the government

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 Apart from the upper level management, government is also a key stakeholder in the
process of human resource development. This is due to the reason that, for the
empowerment of the society, government should play the role of initiating the human
resource development. One of the key roles being played by them is the providence of the
infrastructure for the initiation of the learning process. It is the government who will have
the capability and resources to provide infrastructure for the entire society (Sodano and
Hingley 2013). Thus, the more effective will be the infrastructure, the more effective will
be the learning process in the society.
 It is the responsibility of the government to motivate the business organizations to initiate
the process of human resource development for their employees. Government should
initiate legislations and regulations to promote the process of human resource
development in the organizations.
 Corporate social responsibilities are one of the key sources of initiating human resource
development in the society. Thus, it is responsibility of the government to promote the
business organizations to initiate extensive social activities and to cover different skill
program for the society.
 Government itself promotes various skill developments training program for the
empowerment of the society. This helps to cover more population at once along with
providing training in less cost.
Conclusion
Thus, from the above discussion, it can be concluded that, initiation of human resource
development helps Primark to gain competitive advantages in the market. This is due to the
reason that, initiation of the human resource development will enhance the skill set of the

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employees and thus it will help them to enhance their talent pool. Moreover, it is being discussed
in this report that, having the skilled employees enables the business organizations to compete in
the market effectively. This report also discussed about the various benefits being gained by
business organizations, employees and the society from the initiation of the human resource
development. It is being concluded that, initiation of the process of human resource development
is having holistic implications on the entire society. The key stakeholders involved in the process
of human resource development are also being identified and discussed in this report.

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