Evaluating Kmart's HR Practices: Hiring, Relevance & Recommendations

This presentation provides an overview of Kmart's HR practices, focusing on hiring decisions within its Australian supermarket operations. It summarizes the methods Kmart uses for hiring, including structured interviews, job description reviews, and objective hiring methods. The presentation assesses the relevance of these practices in securing skilled employees and boosting productivity. Recommendations are made to specify required skills during hiring, particularly technical, analytical, and time management skills. The implementation of these recommendations involves planning, resume reviews, and targeted job advertisements. The presentation concludes that effective HR practices are crucial for Kmart's goal attainment and efficient production, supported by references to relevant research on HR management and employer behavior. Desklib offers similar solved assignments for students.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 MAIN BODY
 ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION
 SUMMARIZING THE PRACTICES
 RELEVANCE OF PRACTICES
 RECOMMENDATION
 IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATION
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
 HR practice are mainly designed as for maintaining the operations of business. This practice is
designed by the company as for coordinating employees with the plan of business.
 This presentation provides details about the Kmart an Australian supermarket store established in
Australia.
 The HR practice selected is the best method for making hiring decision in company. With
explaining about company, summarizing about practice adopted by company.
 Also explaining about relevance of practice. Further recommending about company should do and
implementing recommendation.

ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION
 Kmart is operating the business over Australia and new Zealand, by
establishing the supermarkets store for supplying large number of products
to consumers.
 The company is committed for serving and providing enjoyable shopping
to large consumer with providing offline and online stores.
 The company is supplying various products to consumers ranging from
home appliances, toys, women clothing, Men apparel, kids wear, sports and
outdoor appliances also selling various electronic devices and appliances.
 The company is sourcing low cost and building various relations with
manufacturing countries by importing low cost products and selling to large
consumers in market.

SUMMARIZING THE PRACTICES
 The company is adopting various best methods for making hiring decisions.
 various methods as for making the hiring decision in supermarkets as structuring interviews, reviewing job
descriptions, carefully taking interviews, objective hiring methods.
 As by advertising for the job post for hiring on the particular applicant for vacant job.
 Also taking interviews of various job applicant by considering the required skills and abilities as for
performing effectively in Kmart.
 Further, with adopting objective hiring method helps in asking various questions regarding skill and
performing abilities to increases supermarket production level.
 Also, assessments hiring method will help company in hiring by doing as assessing applicant by
evaluating skills and abilities to perform the functions of supermarket.

RELEVANCE OF PRACTICES
 This practice is relevant to the k mart a for hiring skilled and competent employees for
working in supermarket as for performing various functions at different job post.
 By adopting different methods of hiring helps K mart in effectively increasing various
production. As due to shortage of skilled Laborer in company.
 Adopting hiring methods helps in recruiting and selecting skilled personnel’s for
working in better way and achieving the profits by increasing production of company.
 This HR practice is relevant to K mart as for increasing profit and productivity for
working efficiently in company.
 Efficiency in working helps in attaining better production by maintaining the optimum
level of profits.

RECOMMENDATION AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION
 • As while hiring employees the company must specify about the required skill and
abilities to be acquired in the applicant for acquiring the job position in company.
 • As with the shortage of skilled laborer, for increasing production of company
products specifying applicant for acquiring skills as for working with all technical
equipment’s.
 • Specifying Technical skill, analytical and time management skill is must for
working effective for reducing time and achieving profits by increasing production.
 Implementation : The company is planning for hiring employees as by planning and
searching for the efficient employees by review the resumes with screening and evaluating
employees.
 Also, the company is advertising about the job with requiring specific skills to be acquired
by the applicant for working effectively in company as for increasing production level and
helps in achieving profits.

CONCLUSION
 From the above presentation it can be concluded that, HR practice
helps in attaining goal by making plans.
 Kmart recognized as departmental store offering wide range of
products to large consumer.
 The HR practice adopted helps in hiring and making more efficient
production for the company.

REFERENCES
 Ybema, J. F., van Vuuren, T. and van Dam, K., 2020. HR practices for enhancing sustainable
employability: implementation, use, and outcomes. The International Journal of Human Resource
Management. 31(7). pp.886-907.
 Bos-Nehles, A .C. and Veenendaal, A .A., 2019. Perceptions of HR practices and innovative work
behavior: the moderating effect of an innovative climate. The International Journal of Human
Resource Management. 30(18). pp.2661-2683.
 Bertheau, A., 2021. Employer Search Behavior: Reasons for Internal Hiring. Labour Economics.
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