Human Resource Management Report: Marshfield Bakery Limited Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within Marshfield Bakery Limited, a UK-based SME. The report delves into four key tasks. Task 1 examines the factors influencing HR planning, including internal factors like company needs and skills requirements, and external factors such as labor market trends and competition. Task 2 focuses on employee motivation strategies, such as reward systems, family-friendly policies, additional benefits, and flexible working hours. Task 3 investigates methods to foster employee cooperation, including contracts, employee involvement, responsibilities, communication, and training. Finally, Task 4 addresses managing and measuring employee performance. The report highlights the importance of effective HRM in achieving business goals, employee satisfaction, and competitive advantages in the market.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
A.C1.1) Consideration of factors during Human Resource plaining...........................................3
A.C2.2) Skills required in employees to carry out jobs ..............................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
A.C2.1) Employees motivation....................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
A.C3.1) Employees cooperation in workplace............................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
A.C.4.1) Managing employees performance and measurement..................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
HRM is defined as the process of managing people and employees in any organization
and this department is also involved in the Hiring employees, motivating employees, training and
their development, so they can give their best toward the company (Bratton and Gold., 2017).
Company can achieve higher growth if their employees are giving their best toward the task. HR
manager of the company recruit skilful workforce for company and give their contribution.
This report will cover Marshfield Bakery Limited company for study. It is SME company
of UK which is continuously growing in their market. Basically they are Manufacturer of Biscuit
and rusk, and they also Manufacture Preserved Pastry goods and cakes. This report will analyse
4 tasks in which report will explain four factors involved in the HRM plaining in company. It
will also provide knowledge to motivate employees of the Marshfield Bakery, so they can gain
competitive advantages. This report will also analyse how company obtain cooperation of their
employees. In the end of this report will explain process of managing performance of the
employees in the workplace.
TASK 1
A.C1.1) Consideration of factors during Human Resource plaining
There two kinds of factors which can impact Marshfield Bakery during their HR plaining,
internal factors and external factors (Brewster and Hegewisch., 2017). Internal factors such as
needs of the company, skills required for the particular job, Market demand and changes in
demand. External Factors such as Labour market trends , competition in the market and labour
cost.
Internal Factors
Company needs
Company needs can affect on HR plaining of the Marshfield Bakery because HR manger
of the company have to recruit employees according to the jobs available in the workplace.
Candidates should have skilful employees who can help to achieve business needs of the
company, and they can achieve growth in the market. Marshfield Bakery need more workforce in
their company because they are growing their business so it is necessary for them to recruit
employees to fill vacancies in the company.
Skills Requirement

Marshfield Bakery have some areas where they need knowledgable person. One of them
are Chef and Manager (Collings, Wood and Szamosi., 2018). Company will need Chef who can
make all the recipes in their stores and manger who can manage employees and control whole
manufacturing department in workplace.
Workforce Profile
HR manager of the Marshfield Bakery company have to maintain workforce profile of
the employees for both who are new and employees who are working from long time. It will help
them to know that how many employees are working in their company and how much they will
need more.
Market Demand
Market demand also has huge impact on HR planning of the company. Recently they are
growing fast in the market and with the increment of their product demand in the market (Delery
and Roumpi., 2017). Marshfield Bakery need strong workforce and more employees in the
company because they have to increase their demand and if they will ignore this factor then they
can see some impact on their profitability.
External Factors
Labour market trends
Increment in the unemployment rates has large impact on the HR planning of Marshfield
Bakery because they can get skilled employees in low salaries. Which is beneficial for company,
and they can spend those saving for the training purpose.
Competition
Increasnment in the competition for the company can affect on their profitability, so they
will need strong workforce to compete with their competitors, So HR department of the company
have to provide training to their employees, so they can increase their potential and skills.
Cost
When Marshfield Bakery company will start dealing with on the global level then they
have to recruit new employees for their another branch, and they also have to provide them
trainings and make them understand the process of the company (Diaz-Fernandez, Pasamar-
Reyes and Valle-Cabrera., 2017). It will need more finance and cost to complete this whole
global expansion process.

A.C2.2) Skills required in employees to carry out jobs
There are different areas and department in the Marshfield Bakery company where skills
requirements are different. Company is manufacturing Biscuits and rusk, and they also make
Pastry goods and cakes.
Management skills
Managers job in Marshfield Bakery will need high profile and experience. HR manager
have to ensure that candidate should have management skills because they will give directions to
the employees, and they will also control their activities in the workplace. HR manger have to
see this management skills in candidate.
Communication skills
Communication skills are major requirement of the organization because without
communication skills company cannot grow (Henderson., 2017). HR manger have to look for
communication skills in the candidate which show how effective they will be in their task.
Time management skills
Time management is impotent for every employee because this shows that they can do
their work on time or not. HR department of the Marshfield Bakery company have to see that
candidate has time management skills or not, they will take time to do any task or not. Generally,
most of the candidate's mansion that, but they do not follow their time table so HR manger
should test their time management skills, so they can get better employees in their company.
TASK 2
A.C2.1) Employees motivation
Employees motivation is important for Marshfield Bakery because they are responsible
to run activities and also help company to achieve their goals and objective. They can't be
successful if their employees are not happy with them, and they are demotivated so HR
department of the Marshfield Bakery should use some strategy to keep their employees
motivated.
Reward System
There are many organizations who provide rewards to their employees according to their
performance in the workplace (Kennedy., 2017). This helps them to motivate their employees so
employees give their best to achieve objectives. Marshfield Bakery company should provide
reward to the employees who are performing well in the company and helping them to achieve

the objectives. This motivates employees and also create good relation between superiors and
subordinates. They give them bonus rewards or otherwise they can also give promotion in the
company, so they can take higher and responsible position in the company. Company can see
better growth, and they can gain high growth advantages from their employees contribution in
their task.
Family Friendly
Employees are human being so superiors of the company should behave nicely with them
and listen to their problem and issues they are facing in the workplace. If superiors will behave
good with them then they can trust their superiors, and they can also provide suggestion in the
decision-making of the company because employees know what problem are taking place in the
company. It will also help to create flow of communication in the organization and employees
will get proper and clear information related to the task (Lakshmi and Kennedy., 2017). They can
be motivated and share new ideas for the innovation in the company.
Additional benefits
There are some additional benefits such as medical and health insurance of the employees
which is important factor for the worker's motivation. Superiors of the Marshfield Bakery
company should provide medical facilities in their workforce because during the work
employees can get injured. If they will get medical facilities from the company then they will
feel safe to work in the company and it will also increase their performance in the task. Health
insurance is also important for employees because they are earning for their families and
anything happened to employees then it will affect on their family as well. Life insurance will
provide their family compensation which can be helpful for their family in these situations. If
employees will get this benefits from the Marshfield Bakery company then they can work in the
company without any fear, and they will always motivate.
Flexible Working
Most of the private jobs does not provide Flexible hours to the workers which affect on
their working efficiency (Ogunyomi and Bruning., 2016). Employees work more than 12 hours,
and they did not get time to take proper rest. This also affect on company's growth so Marshfield
Bakery should provide their employees flexible hours, so they can get time to take rest, and they
can also give rest between the work so employees can work with their full potential. There are
some other breaks are also important for workers such as food and water break. It will motivate

them, and they can work with full potential. This is necessary because if employees will work
more than their efficiency in the workplace than next day when they will come to the workplace
then they cannot work with the enough energy. Superiors of the Marshfield Bakery company
have to take this issue seriously, so company can gain high growth, and they can also take
competitive advantages in the market. It will also increase their reputation in the market, and
they can show their presence as reputed brand name.
TASK 3
A.C3.1) Employees cooperation in workplace
Organization can be successful in their business if their employees give cooperation in
the task. Marshfield Bakery company can use some strategies to obtain employees cooperation in
the workplace, so they can achieve growth in the market.
Contracts of employees
Marshfield Bakery company should fulfil all the promises which is given in the
contracts. This will motivate as well increase potential of the workers. For example- equality in
the workplace, salaries according to skills, positioning on the basis of their experience and their
knowledge in the filed (Tung., 2016). They should provide their rights, so they can give their
contribution to achieve goals and objective of the company in the market. Most of the
organizations does not provide requirement of the employees which is given in the employees
contract This can work as a demotivation for the workers.
Employees involvement
Manager and leaders of the Marshfield Bakery company can increase employees
cooperation in the workplace by proving rewards and incentive to the workers, so employees can
be motivate. This helps to create motivation for the employees, and they will give their best to
achieve those rewards. Marshfield Bakery company can use reward system to obtain cooperation
of the employee.
Responsibilities
To obtain contribution of the employees to achieve objectives of the company. Manager
should give them higher responsibility in the company, who are performing well in their task.
Higher responsibility means more work for them and this will also motivate wrokers because
they will get higher responsibility in the company (Voegtlin and Greenwood., 2016). This will

increase their cooperation and employees will started understanding their responsibility in the
company.
Communication
Communication helps leaders and managers to make good relationship with the
employees, and They start trusting to their superiors, If employees will face any problem in the
company then they will share those issues with them. Employees are responsible to the every
kind of activities in the company, and they have proper suggestion for the company's
improvement. This will help them to know how they can achieve more growth in the market.
Employees cooperation is possible through the communication because this creates good
relations and trust between superiors and subordinates.
Training
Training is necessary and very important for employees who are working in the
Marshfield Bakery company, it gives chance to the employees to increase their performance and
their skills in the task. Training increase cooperation of the workers and increase their motivation
level. HR department of the Marshfield Bakery company can provide training to the employees,
so they can gain their contribution in the task. Training also develop skills in the workers for the
task and increase their understanding of the task during work.
TASK 4
A.C.4.1) Managing employees performance and measurement
Employees performance is measures by the manager of the Marshfield Bakery
company(Yusoff And et.al., 2018). There are some ways which can be useful for manager of the
company to measure performance of the employees, Training programs are provided by the
Human Resource management of the company and Manager have to ensure their performance in
their report from employees training, target achievement, support and their performance review.
Performance review
Manager of the Marshfield Bakery company have to record employees performance and
if there are some employees who are not performing well in the company then, they should
provide them a training, so workers can develop skills and increase their performance. This can
be identified by recording employees performance in the task. Manager have to make report of
the employees and mansion their mistakes in the task.
Targets

Manager can record employees performance from the Target achievements of the
employees. If they are able to achieve target which is given by the Marshfield Bakery company
then their performance is good but if they are not able to complete targets which is given by the
company continuously. It means they need a proper training for their motivation, so they can
give proper training to those employees.
Support
Employees performance can be measure or mange to provide them a necessary support
during their task, so they can be motivated. Leaders can give them a feedback and suggestion if
employees are doing any mistakes in their task (Henderson., 2017). This will help them to
understand what mistakes they are doing during the task and how they can improve mistakes
which they have did in the task. This support will manage workers performance in companies
activities and task. Manager of the Marshfield Bakery company can use this support method to
measure and mange performance of their workers.
Employees training and development
If some of the employees giving bad performance continuously in their task then they
should need training and development. These programs are organized by HRM of the
Marshfield Bakery company in which they provide training to employees in the context of
employees development to increase their task performance. They try to manage employees
performance and their contribution in the task, After employees complete their training then they
have to review their performance on the basis of their report card. They have to compare their
previous performance with the performance after they complete their training. If they found that
There is no improvment in employees performance then they should recruit some new
employees in their place.
CONCLUSION
As per report has analysed Human resource management of Marshfield Bakery company
((Delery and Roumpi., 2017)). This report has been described internal and external factors
influence in the planning of Human Resource Management ; internal factors has included skills
required in the employees, market demand, workforce profile and needs of the company. This
task also has been described skills which is necessary in employees according to the jobs in
Marshfield Bakery company. It has been explained through the management of the skill's
communication, time management skills of the candidates. This report has been analysed how

company can obtain cooperation from their employees. In the end of this report has been
concluded understanding of the process to mange and review employee's performance on the
basis of support, Targets, training and development, performance review. This all has been
properly explained in the 4 task in the above report.

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