Managing Successful Business Project: Nestle's HR Practices

This report examines Nestle's project management plan, specifically focusing on how the company can improve its recruitment, selection, and training processes to meet international requirements. The report begins with an introduction to the concept of managing successful business projects, emphasizing the importance of effective project management. Task 1 outlines the project's aims, objectives, and a literature review covering recruitment, selection, and training concepts. It explores the scope of recruitment and selection, methods for improvement, and the project management plan, including cost, time, scope, quality, communication, resources, and risk. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Gantt chart are presented in Task 2, providing a visual overview of the project's structure and timeline. Task 3 includes research analysis using qualitative and quantitative methods, along with recommendations. The report concludes with a reflection on the project and references used throughout.

Managing Successful
Business Project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Project aims and objectives...............................................................................................1
Literature review..............................................................................................................................2
P2Project management plan...................................................................................................3
P3Work break down structure and Gantt chart......................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Research analysis..............................................................................................................8
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
P5Research analysis using tools and techniques..................................................................11
P6 Recommendation.............................................................................................................22
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................23
P7Reflection.........................................................................................................................23
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................23
REFERNCES.................................................................................................................................25

Title:
“How do multinational companies improve the recruitment, selection and training of their
employee to meet international requirement?
INTRODUCTION
Managing successful business project is the practice of adopting a an effective project
management so as to achieve successful growth of project implementation. Effective project
management plan basically includes practice of planning, executing, controlling and checking
the work of an individuals who perform their duties towards the completion of the project. This
assignment is based on Nestle company which renders foods and beverages products to their
customers and it was founded in year 1866 with its headquarters in Switzerland. In this
assignment various aspects like cost, times, scope, quality etc. which as essential for effective
project management plan are being explained. Apart from this work break down structure and
Gantt chart are also being explained in this assignment along with the aims and objective of
project. Further research analysis is also being done along with recommendation and reflection.
TASK 1
P1 Project aims and objectives
Back ground of the research:
In order to accomplish a successful growth in the form of increase in market share and
in the form of strong position in international market a firm needs to improve its recruitment,
selection and training process so that an organisation can have skilled workforce who can result
in achieve the aims and objectives of an organisation. Nestle which is a Swiss transactional
food and drink organisation with its headquarter in Switzerland. In addition to this deals in many
products like medical food, baby food, breakfast cereals, tea, coffee etc. Moreover, it supplies its
goods and services across many nations so in order to achieve successful growth management of
Nestle needs to improve its recruitment, selection and training process in an effective manner
(Fisher, 2011).
Purpose of research:
Main purpose of this research is to acknowledge the ways through which Nestle can
improve its recruitment, selection and training process so as to meet the international
requirements. In addition to this it will help resesrch to accknowledge the various tools and
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techniques that will be used to carry out research. Thus, it will help researcher achieve a
successful growth in the from of personnel and professional level (Hillson, 2017).
Aims:
“To examine how multinational companies can improve the recruitment, selection and
training of employees to meet international requirements”.
Objectives:
 To understand the basic concept of recruitment, selection and training.
 To analyse the importance of recruitment, selection and training process so as to meet
international requirements.
 To analyse the ways with the help of which Nestle can improve the recruitment, selection
and training process.
Literature review
This is a scholar paper that assist researchers in gathering of data for the research topic.
In it, questions and objectives are considered which can be defined as under:
Concept of Recruitment and Selection
According to Mhamed, (2012). “ recruitment is a process by which a firm attracts, hires
or selects the right persons for the right job.” furthermore, this is the procedure of finding
candidates and encouraging them for applying the vacant positions of firm. Apart from that,
Selection is a process in which management of organisation have to select those persons who are
fulfilling the requirements of organisation. In addition to this, in this method two personality
comes together in which one is called job seeker and other one is known as job employer. This is
a positive process from which organisation attracts an ample number of candidates for the vacant
positions of firm so that management can chose right one for running their functions.”
As per views of Fisher, (2011). “Recruitment and selection process are known as one of
the most important duty of Human resource department that have to adhere by them for
enhancing the strength of employees who are performing their services in their organisation so
that desired goals will be achieved in a preset time-frame. Furthermore, this process consists of
sourcing, screening and short-listing of candidates so that right applicants will be selected for
filling the vacant positions of firm.
Scope of Recruitment and Selection
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According to Pryke, (2012). “Scope of recruitment and selection process is very wide in nature.
Human resource are determined as the valuable asset of each organisation.” therefore, it can be
said that hiring and selecting of right employees can be considered as the precious resource in the
organisation which is rare in nature and their strength and skills can't be copied by anyone.
Whereas, Human resource are rare and valuable asset of each organisation because without their
efforts company can't gain growth or success in marketplace. Therefore, it has been identified
that scope of this process is very wide and always support the organisation in employing better
candidates.
Improvement in recruitment and selection Methods
According to Silvius, (2014). “ Each firm which exist in the market wants to gain growth
and sustainability so that it is very important for the HR managers of Nestle to formulate
effective plans and strategies for hiring or recruiting right persons for the vacant job positions.
Various things like well defined job posting, Effective utilisation of HR technologies etc. should
be considered by the employers so that procedure of recruitment and selection would be
improved in easy manner. When the job posting would be done by the HR department in
effective manner then it would form good perception of company in the mindset of job seekers
which would leads organisation towards recruiting right candidates for the vacant job positions
of organisation. Whereas, effective utilisation of HR technologies can also provide beneficial
outcomes in improvement of recruitment and selection process because with the help of it, time
and cost of organisation will be saved that can be used by the managers in operating other
functions.
P2Project management plan
Effective project management plan generally includes certain aspect like cost, time,
scope, resources, communication, time etc. Thus, a project manager of Nestle must take as these
aspect into consideration so as to develop, and implement effective project management plan and
they are explained below (Hung and et. al., 2012):
Cost:
In order to exist in market for long period of time it is essential for the first to ensure that
there is sufficient availability of funds as it will be required in every steps of project plan. So the
cost that is being estimated by the management of Nestle is approx 39000 pounds that will be
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required to carry out effective project. Whereas a researcher estimated that there will be
requirement of approx 300 pound for carrying out effective research method.
Time:
As this is the essential aspect which also needs to be considered by the management of
firm so that each task can be carried out accordingly in an effective manner. For completing
every task a time period is required to be set (Lambert and Enz, 2012). Thus, the estimated time
period that is being considered by the Nestle to complete the project is approx 26 weeks.
Whereas a researcher has estimated time period of approx 6 weeks.
Quality:
In order to achieve a successful growth in the form of market share and to meet
international requirements it is essential for the firm to maintain the quality of its product and for
this management of Nestle must ensure that they do make improvement in recruitment, selection
and training process. As efficient skilled labour will help in meeting international requirements.
Where a researcher should ensure that proper use of tools and techniques like qualitative
methods, primary data collection method is being maintained so as to come up with better quality
of research.
Scope:
The scope of Nestle firm term to be wider as the firm operate at international level so it is
essential for organisation to to improve its recruitment, selection and training process. Thus it
will help business to achieve its aim that is to meet international requirements (Mhamed, 2012).
Whereas for researcher scope is term to be broader enough as it will help a researcher to gain
knowledge of various techniques and tools and different research method, which will help
researcher to carry out further research appropriately and in developing at personnel and
professional level.
Communication:
It is another important aspect in a project management plan. Communication tools will
benefits the project manager in NESTLE to interact with other team members in an appropriate
manner., in case of company, potential communication tools are voice call, video conferencing,
emails etc. form researchers perspective, communication tools will be SMS, emails, face to face
interactions and telephonic conversations.
Resources:
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These are those materials which will benefits the project team of Nestle to perform
project activities and operations in a desired manner. In case of company, main resources will be
technology, human resource, financial resources, funds, investment, raw material etc. for
researcher's point of view, potential resources will be internet, capital, books, journals etc. this
will benefits the researcher in considering research in a desired manner.
Risk:
It is another essential aspect which must be considered while making an effective project
plan. For Nestle company risk can take place in the form of lack of funds, technology and
resources which are very much essential for effective recruitment, selection and training process.
So manager of the firm should make sure there there exist sufficient availability of resources in
order to carry out effective selection, recruitment and training process. Whereas for a researcher
risk can take place in the from of shortage of time. Lack of resources like books, magazines,
reports etc. so before making effective project plan a researcher should make sure that that the
time for carrying out effective research is sufficient enough and as well as should make sure that
resources like books, journals etc. are being properly utilised to carry out effective research.
P3Work break down structure and Gantt chart
Work break down structure:
It is the structure in which the work is being break down into manageable chunks. This
structure is being prepared by the manager of Nestle so as to get complex multi-step project
done. In addition to this it can be said that it is hierarchical tree structure which outlines the
project and breaks down into manageable and smaller portions. Overall goal of this structure is
that it makes a large project more manageable and easier and helps in completing the task
effectively and efficiently (Morris and Geraldi, 20114).
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Gantt chart:
It is defined as a visual views of tasks schedule over time. It is used for planning of
different sizes projects as well as helpful for showing what work is to be scheduled on a specific
day. Thus, this chart is also being prepared by a researcher as it help to view the start and end
date of a project in one simple view (oserup, Tan and Toulmin, 2013).
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TASK 2
P4 Research analysis
In order to carry out effective project plan a research can make use of various research
methods like qualitative, quantitative, primary and secondary which are explained below:
Qualitative research method:
It is a type of exploration research method with the help of which a research acquire
knowledge, skills and opinions about the specific topic. This methods mainly includes
observation, interviews, focus group etc. with the help of which a researcher get theoretical
explanation about the topic (Pryke and Smyth, 2012).
Quantitative research method:
In this research method data are being collected through observation, surveys, direct
interviews so as to draw valid solution of the issues with the help of statistical and mathematical
data analysis techniques. In other word it can be said that it emphasizes on objective
measurement through numerical, statistical, mathematical analysis with the help of polls,
questionnaires and surveys or by manipulating the pre-existing statistical information using
computational techniques and tools (Pulina and Timpanaro, 2012).
In this report, both qualitative and quantitative research method are used. With
considering both methods, researcher is able to provide relevant outcome as recommendations
and conclusion. With collecting information with qualitative and quantitative methods, it is easy
to analyse them and taking actions with consideration of external market. There is use of
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complete and specific information because this is the base for conclusion and recommendations
hence both methods are preferable.
Primary research method:
It is defined as a proprietary research method in which the information is collected by the
researcher directly from he research subject. Moreover, it can be said that it is type of pinpointed
research which is generally being carried out only for specific problems it issues and all the focus
is directed in obtaining the related solutions. Thus a researcher uses this method in order to
collect the value and accurate data about the project plan (Reich, Gemino and Sauer, 2014).
Secondary research method:
It is a type of research method in which the data is being gathered with the help of
primary research tools and techniques like with the help of government report, published books,
journals, etc.
Thus, the researcher takes into consideration qualitative research method and primary
data collection methods with the help of questionnaire. As it the process of collection the
viewpoints of peoples by rendering them a set of questionnaire which includes several question
along with certain option and the peoples needs to just tick the right option of the question.
Whereas a researcher takes into consideration 40 respondent and they are employees and
customers of company has been takes as a sample size from whole population in order to get an
idea of what the whole population thinks about.
Questionnaire
Name:
email-id:
Phone no:
Address:
1) Do you possess basic knowledge about the concept of recruitment, selection and
training process?
 Yes
 No
2) Do you think improvement in recruitment, selection and training process will be
beneficial in meeting meeting international requirements?
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 Yes
 No
3)How improvement in training can be made by Nestle?
 By adoption of continuous development of programmes
 By noticing the behaviour of the workforce
4) Which resources must be given due consideration while improving the recruitment,
selection and training process?
 Sufficient funds
 Technology
 Skilled trainer
5) What are the benefits which the Nestle can get if they improve the recommitment,
selection and training procedure?
 Improvement in employees skills and knowledge
 productivity will get enhanced
6) How recruitment process can be improved?
 Shortening application process
 Ensuring that process is consistent with all applicants
7) What are the barriers which can take place during the improvement process of
recruitment, selection and training process?
 Shortage of funds
 diversity in workplace
8) How barriers can be overcome so as to run smooth flow of business in terms of
recruitment,s selection and training process?
 Use of latest technology
 Ensuring that there4 is sufficient availability of capital
9) Which of the following methods of selection nestle must take into consideration?
 Personnel interviews
 Aptitude test
10)Recommend some way through which Nestle can improve its recruitment, selection
and training process more effectively.
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Questions on qualitative research methods
Q1) Are you satisfied with recruitment, selection and training of employees provided by Nestle?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) Do you think improvement in recruitment and training is important for firm to meet
international requirement?
a) Yes
b) No
TASK 3
P5Research analysis using tools and techniques
The above questionnaire need to be analysed so a researcher takes into consideration
thematic research analysis with the help of which a researcher will acknowledge the opinion and
behaviour of the people towards the project plan of the nestle (Santos, 2012).
Theme 1 Basic knowledge about the concept of recruitment, selection and training process
1) Do you possess basic knowledge about the
concept of recruitment, selection and
training process?
Frequency
 Yes 35
 No 5
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