Human Resource Management at IKEA: Practices, Challenges, Laws

This report examines the human resource management practices at IKEA, focusing on challenges such as organizational culture, recruitment and selection processes, and training and development. It critically evaluates HR practices like training and recruitment, highlighting their limitations. The report also discusses different approaches to performance management, including behavioral, result-based, and quality approaches. Furthermore, it outlines key employment legislations like the Working Time Act, Minimum Wage Act, and Health and Safety Law, providing examples of their application. The report concludes by summarizing the issues faced by IKEA's HRM department and emphasizing the importance of legal compliance in managing human resources effectively. Desklib offers similar solved assignments and resources for students.

HUMAN
RESOURCE
MANAGEMNET

Table of Content
• Introduction
• Issues And Challenges Link To Human Resources
Management Of Ikea
• Critically Evaluate Two Human Resources Practices With Its
Limitations.
• Approaches to performance management
• Employment Legislations With Example
• Conclusion
• References

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is an important concept for any
governing body. It helps in achieving the goals and objectives of the
firm with effective utilisation of all the available resources. IKEA is a
Swedish-founded Dutch based multinational group founded in 1943. it
has provided employment to a great number of employees in order to
carry out its daily operations. The following presentation will discuss
the different factors associated with this department of the organisation.

Issues And Challenges Link To Human Resources Management Of Ikea
Three issues or challenges faced by human resource management of
IKEA's group are discussed below:
• Organizational Culture
• Recruitment and Selection process
• Training and development

Critically Evaluate Two Human Resources Practices
With Its Limitations
Training and Learning : Through these kind of activities or
programmes, newly joined as well as existing employees will be able
to knew about new innovative methods and technologies which are
required or being implemented in a organisation.
Recruitment and Selection : This process should be transparent and
their should be no favouritism or nepotism on recruitment process.
Candidate should be enthusiasm, innovative and ready for taken
responsibilities and accept challenges which are recruit through
vigorous process.

Approaches to Performance
Management

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Behavioural Approach : Guest, (2011) says that it's a human nature,
about learning new technologies and methodologies or strategies.
Result Based Approach : According to Chelladurai and Kerwin,
(2017) the main focus of this approach is on output as well as on
evaluation of outcome.
Quality Approach : This approach works on improving customer
satisfaction level.

Employment Legislations With Example
Working Time Act: Firms will not allowed to utilize their employees
knowledge more then 8 hrs per day and 48 hrs per week.
Minimum Wage Act: Company's must provide minimum salary for all
skilled or unskilled employee which is fixed by government authorities.
Health and Safety Law: This act provides guarantee to employees
regarding their health and safety through medical insurance and
medical assistance by company to each and every employee.

CONCLUSION
From the above presentation this has been summarised that the human
resource management department of IKEA faces different issues due to
diversification in work place. These problems can be used using
distinct approaches like quality approach etc. apart from this it is also
highlighted in the given presentation that there are a number of laws
that are constructed against labour in order to avoid any unlawful
activity.

REFERENCES
Brewster, C. and Hegewisch, A. eds., 2017. Policy and practice in
European human resource management: The Price Waterhouse
Cranfield survey. Taylor & Francis.
Chelladurai, P. and Kerwin, S., 2017. Human resource management in
sport and recreation. Human Kinetics.
Guest, D. E., 2011. Human resource management and performance:
still searching for some answers. Human resource management
journal.21(1).pp.3-13.