Report on Human Resource Management Practices at GTR Company

This report examines the human resource management practices at GTR Company, addressing people management issues, and proposing strategies for improvement. The report analyzes the role of the HR manager, focusing on sustainable HR planning, employee engagement, and performance management systems. It identifies key challenges such as payment issues and staffing requirements, and suggests solutions including the implementation of HRIS and performance review systems. The report also discusses the importance of employment legislation, particularly in relation to pay and wages, and its impact on GTR's stance during a strike action. Overall, the report provides a comprehensive overview of HRM functions and strategies aimed at enhancing organizational effectiveness and employee performance within GTR Company.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Task 1.........................................................................................................................................2
Task 2.........................................................................................................................................4
Task 3.........................................................................................................................................6
Task 4.........................................................................................................................................9
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The report helps in understanding the different functions of the human resource
manager in the business environment that is contemporary in nature. The report will help in
identifying the people management issues that is faced by GTR Company and the different
strategies that can be implemented by the HR manager in order to manage the activities
effectively as well as efficiently in nature. Proper identification of the sustainable HR
planning is essential in nature as this will help in managing the issues related to the staffs in
the entire organization.
The main aim and purpose of the report is to understand the developmental activity
that will be employed by HR of the company to improve the practices as well as performance
management in the organization. The proper analysis is required to be done as this will help
in analyzing the employment legislation on the practices of HR in organization.
The structure of the report includes the different practices of HR along with the
performance management of the HR in the company as well. The proper assessment has to be
done on the planning of HR as this will help in bringing sustainable development in the entire
organization.
Task 1
Human Resource professionals play an essential role in the different organizations in
order to help the companies achieve proper Corporate Social Responsibility (Marchington et
al. 2016). The involvement of the employees is critical factor of success for the proper
performance of Corporate Social Responsibility. The human resource managers have
different tools as well as opportunities to leverage the commitment of the employees along
with their engagement in the CSR strategy of the entire firm (Sparrow, Brewster and Chung

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2016). The two people management issues that has been faced by the organizations are
regarding the payment issues along with contracted times of employment as well as
numerical requirement strength of the staffs that is required for operational training as
well.
There are different kinds of functions that have to be performed by the interim HR
consultant in GTR that are as follows:
It is the duty of the HR consultant to identify the different difficulties that are faced by
the employees in the organization. It is essential to satisfy the employees in the
organization as they are the essential asset of the company. The satisfaction of the
employees is essential in nature in order to understand the difficult situations that are
faced by them (Werner 2014).
It is essential that the HR consultant of the respective organization GTR that there is
involvement of employees in the workplace and participation of the employees in the
workplace as this will help in achieving the corporate social responsibility objectives
in the organization (Budhwar and Debrah 2013).
It is the duty of the HR manager in the organization in preparation and adoption of the
personnel policies and programs (Brewster et al. 2016). This will help in motivating
the employees in the workplace and accomplish the goals of the organization as well.
The HR consultant of the respective organization has to properly check the issues
related to the payment as it is the duty of HR consultant to solve such issues by
organizing meetings and implement change management in the organization as well
(Renwick, Redman and Maguire 2013).
Proper planning has to be done by HR manager as this will help in motivating the
employees with proper evolution of different programs and policies. This will help the
workers in the organization to accomplish the organizational goals as well.

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Proper training programs has to be adopted by the HR consultant in the organization
as this will help in making the employees averse about the different other codes of
conduct in the organization. The Hr consultant of the organization plays a critical role
in the performances of the business organization. The HR department is accountable
for the practices in the workforce management and this will help in improving the
overall performance of the organization as well
The HR strategies has to be implemented by the organization as this will help in high
performance of the employees as well as proper training of employees as well. The strategies
of the HR practices have to be implemented in such a way wherein this will help the HR
managers and consultants in achieving the goals of the organization as well.
Task 2
In order to improve as well as manage the staffing related issues in the organization, it
is essential for GTR to implement a sustainable HR planning process that includes the
following:
Properly analysis of the plans of the organization is essential as this will help in
analyzing the plans that are strategic in nature. The analysis will help in depicting the
future course of action such as diversification and expansion plans. This is the internal
review that has to be performed as this will help in understanding the requirement of
manpower for the same as well.
Proper formulation of the plans of HR is required with analysis of the organizational
objectives as this will help the HR manager in matching the requirements of
organizations with the abilities of the employees. The environmental scanning is
essential in nature as this will provide better understanding for the decisions related to
HR. the main of the HR consultant of GTR is to identify the different threats and

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opportunities that can be achieved and faced by the respective organization and
modify the planning for human resource management accordingly as well (Miller and
Gordon 2014).
Proper forecasting demand for the human resource is the third step that can be
followed by the respective company as this will depend on both external and internal
factors (Jackson, Schuler and Jiang 2014). There are different factors that affects the
demand for human resource management and the determinants are as follows:
 Trends of employment
 Changes in the productivity
 Expansion and Growth
 Absenteeism
 Needs for replacement
Proper forecasting of the supply of the human resources is essential in nature as well
as that includes availability of the resource in the organization. The particular step is
significant in nature as this will help in conveying information about the current as
well as projected competencies regarding the inventory (Brewster, Gollan and Wright
2013).
Proper matching of the supply and demand forecasting is essential in nature as well as
this will help the HR consultant of GTR is to analyze the gap and comparing the two
as well (Brewster and Hegewisch 2017). The proper gap analysis is conducted to
reconcile forecasts of labor supply as well as demand. The proper analysis is done
regarding:
 HR demand is equal to HR supply (Mitchell, Obeidat and Bray 2013)
 HR demand is greater than HR supply (deficit or shortage)
 HR demand is lesser than HR supply (Surplus)

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Proper action programming and planning is required in nature as this will help in
understanding the difference between supply and demand forecasts and this will help
the HR consultant in taking proper steps in implementation of the gap analysis to
minimize the gaps in the supply and demand. This will help the entire organization in
meeting the organizational objectives efficiently without much wastage of resources
as well (Cho et al. 2013).
Proper monitoring and control is required on nature as this will help in proper
effective evaluation of the monitoring system that has to be aid down. Proper
allocation of human resource is essential in nature as this will help the organization in
solving the grievances of the employees.
For example: The HR department of GTR can fix a meeting with the employees and
understand the grievances carefully and make them understand that there are steps that can
be followed in order to resolve such grievances with proper implementation of strategies. The
HRIS can be utilized as this will help in saving time and support the entire decision making
process of the organization as well.
Therefore, these are the different steps that can be implemented by the organization in
gaining sustainability in the process of the management in the entire organization. This will
help in solving the grievances of the organization as well as this will help in motivating the
employees and understanding the grievances as well (Storey 2014).
Task 3
The developmental activity that GTR's HR department can employ to effectively improve
their employees' performance.
A proper performance management system has to be implemented by the respective
company as this will help in improving the productivity and performance of the employees in

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the workplace (Kramar 2014). The Human Resource personnel are in charge of ensuring the
different reviews on performance of the different employees in the organization (Nieves and
Quintana 2016). The proper training has to be provided to the managers in the workplace as
this will help in ensuring that the manager is able to utilize the entire system and rating each
employee on the basis of the performance in the organization. Proper training is essential in
nature as this will help the employees in the workplace to perform the tasks in a more
effective manner and this will improve the productivity of the organization as well.
The performance management process is a valuable tool as this will support the
employees’ development as well as improvement. Proper management of relationship
between manager and employees is essential in nature as this will help in understanding the
performance of the employees in the organization. Both employees and employer are equally
responsible in improving the performance of the work that is performed by them and this will
help in increasing the productivity of the organization as well.
There should be proper adoption of different performance review systems as this will
help in a digital review system as this will help in assessing the performance of the
employees. Proper ascertainments can be made in the organization as this will help the
employer and employees in the organization in understanding the issues that are faced by the
employees in the workplace (Slavić, Berber and Leković 2014). Proper training has to be
provided to the employees in the workplace as this will help in improving the performance of
the employees and solve such grievances of the employees as well that will increase the
efficiency and effectiveness of the performance of work of employees.
There is a huge role of the HR managers in performance appraisal system in the
organization. Proper designing of the system of appraisal is essential in nature as this will
help in making the process simple and this will help in ensuring smooth performance in the

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organization as well. The entire team of HR has to sit with the reviewing authorities as this
helps in ensuring appraisals are done properly and the employees are getting proper benefit
from the works performed by them as well.
Figure 1: Performance Management system
(Source: Created by author)
In order to maintain proper competitive advantage, it is essential for the organization
to establish objectives related to individual as well as group performance as this will provide
satisfactory results and this will help in analyzing the issues properly as well. The analysis of
job is essential in nature as this will help in analyzing the performance of job as well. The
performance management system is required in the organization as this will help in
improving the performance of the organization and employees as well (Bamberger, Biron and
Meshoulam 2014).

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Task 4
With regards to the current strike action, discuss the significance of industry relevant
employment legislation on GTR stance within:
a) Pay and wages is one sector wherein the payment and wages may get affected and this
can have huge influence on the employees of the organization. According to the labor laws, it
is necessary in nature to protect the employees from different unfair practices and other issues
that are faced by them. The employees need to properly complain about the different issues
that are faced by them as this will help them in solving the grievances and this will help in
making the employees motivated as well. The payment and wages are essential part in the life
of the employees and this is essential to provide them with different safety regulations as that
are mandatory in nature.
b) Contracted working times is another employment legislation that is essential in nature as
this will help in providing prevention from working for huge hours and receiving only a little
amount of compensation. The labor act protects the employees from any kind of
discrimination in the workplace and this can help the employees in complaining about the
safety issues that are faced by them as well. The labor laws are essential in nature as this will
help in clarifying the obligations of the employees that are faced by the employees. The
working times has to be such that this will help the employees in working for the paid
working hours and there will extra charges or extra wages for the time when the workers are
working for more or extra hours.
The employment legislations are essential in nature as this will help the entire
organization and employees in the workplace as this helps them in feeling secure about the
different laws that will be applicable to them (Armstrong and Taylor 2014). Proper protection
of employees is essential in nature as this helps them in performing their duties as they are

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working under the Fair Labor Standards Act and there is no discrimination among the
employees as well as all the employees receives fair chance in performing the tasks (Azmi
and Mushtaq 2015). Proper protection of employees is essential in nature as the rights of
employees is an important aspect that has to be followed properly in the organization and this
will encourage the employees in performing better in the organization as well.
There will be economic stability as the labor laws help in preserving the rights of the
employees in the workplace (Gooderham et al. 2015). The labor law is crucial in nature as
this helps in stabilizing the overall system of the organization along with the employees and
this will help in making the employees aware about the different changes that are taking place
in the system. Proper ascertainments has to be made as this will help in creating proper
recognition of value as well as creating proper economic growth in the environment. The
labor laws plays an essential role in the organization as this will help in understanding the
different kind of grievances of the employees and this will help in solving such issues with
proper implementation of strategies as well. There is huge influence of the employment
legislations on the employees of the organization as this will help in understanding the issues
that are faced by them and solve them accordingly as well with proper implementation of
strategies.
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be inferred that proper human resource management is essential in
the organization as this will help in improving the different conditions and grievances that are
faced by the employees in the organization. This is essential to properly implement HR
strategies and functions in the contemporary business environment as this will help in
managing the different issues in the organization that are faced by the employees in the

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workplace. The HR department has to properly implement strategies that will proactively
manage the issues in an effective manner.
Proper HR planning is essential for the organization as this will help in providing
proper sustainable development in the HR practices. The performance management is
essential in the organization as this will help in analyzing the issues that are faced by the
employees and improve the performance of the employees as well. Lastly, the employment
legislations have to be properly enhanced as this will help in improving the grievances of the
employees.