An Analysis of Managing People and Recruitment at Riversimple (Report)

This report examines the crucial role of managing people within organizations, focusing on the automotive company Riversimple, which produces hydrogen-powered electric vehicles. The report explores Riversimple's organizational background, highlighting its unique approach to car design and its commitment to environmentally friendly transport. Task 1 delves into identifying skills gaps within the company, particularly in the context of the automotive sector's evolving trends, including technological advancements and the increasing demand for eco-friendly vehicles. The report analyzes the skills required for this sector, such as technology and automation, critical thinking, industry familiarity, and communication abilities. It then identifies specific skills gaps that may occur within Riversimple, particularly in marketing. Task 2 focuses on proposing a recruitment strategy to address these gaps, specifically recommending the recruitment of a marketing manager. It outlines various recruitment approaches, including internal and external methods, and the use of social media, job portals, websites, and referrals. The report includes a sample job description for the marketing manager position and justifies the use of external recruitment methods to bring in fresh perspectives. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of effective workforce management, aligning duties with skills, and the need for proactive strategies to address employee issues and grievances.

Managing people

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK...............................................................................................................................................1
Organisational background and identification of skills gap...................................................1
Approach to recruitment.........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Managing people is important part in every kind of organisation. Administration require
to possess adequate capability through utilisation of their resources and effective manner. They
should distribute duties according to candidate skills and knowledge; providing them information
about targets they require to attain. So, manager needs to direct and motivate employees to make
them perform activities effectively. For analysing capability of workforce they need to
conducting various monitoring program and then training and development curriculum to
enhance their abilities. This helps superior to utilise manpower by making them dedicated
towards their job and duties (Austin, 2013). Present report is based on Riversimple which a car is
manufacturing company producing hydrogen-powered electric vehicles, situated in Wales.
Superiors have healthy relationship with staff members; so they are able to make them work
properly. They can easily improve working approach of their employees through encroaching
their skill. This benefits firm to offer quality products and services to customers. Managing
people is required because it provides organising method through various sessions to enhance
workforce skills for longer period. Henceforth, company is able to accomplish goals and
objectives and generate sufficient revenue for their business.
TASK
Organisational background and identification of skills gap
History of company
Riversimple is a small scale automotive company which has manufacturing unit
established in Wales, United Kingdom. This company includes various teams which comprises
F1, motor racing, engineering and automotive design backgrounds as well as yacht designs. Aim
of this firm is to create smaller scale manufacturing plants and their mission is to offer transport
which don't emit harmful gases and is environment friendly. The owner of enterprise possesses
knowledge in motor sport, so this benefits them to design efficient cars for Formula 3 and 4.
Several elements are considered while designing cars which include hydrogen fuel cell power
sources, lightweight carbon fibre composite material, open source development and design
(Bolman and Deal, 2017). One of them is hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles provided
to people. Thereafter, to enhance profit, firm expanded business in green vehicles. Company also
set up separate centres to serve customers and provide them adequate services. Superior care is
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ensured that resources are utilised efficiently so that they are able to implement changes in
system according to market conditions. This organisation offers energy efficient cars and its
benefit are to provides effective services to improve profit and position themselves superior then
competitors. These unique designs of the company have attracted number of clients from all
around the world. As air pollution is increasing day by day, this change can eliminate it to some
extent.
Organisation market position in the sector
Riversimple is growing organisation in market. There is a need to decrease the level of
pollution done by petrol and diesel cars and their unique designs and concept is also attracting
many customers towards them. Today is era of new designs and Riversimple is standing on this
challenge. It is required that growing market is initiating the company to focus more on their
sales and marketing strategies (Bush and Middlewood, 2013). They are recently working on
developing hydrogen and fuel cell technology. They make sustainable and affordable cars which
is economic for customers to buy such cars. By above brief, it is clear that, the company has
stable and growing market position in this type of sector. This organisation expend their market
structure by joined Hydrogen hub in Swindon to improve economical values to the local
hydrogen economy. For this project approx. 30 organisation are working together to develop this
project to deploy hydrogen and fuel cell advance technology. After some time founder of
Riversimple Hugo Spowers attend a seminar and lecture for engineers and technological
development to attaining higher benefits easily. After some time this organisation was working
on a advance technology through their efficient engineer to show NEC values and then go to
adopt fuel cells and hydrogen joint easily in new invention.
Trends affecting the sector
Recent trends are those which affects this sector basically for which produce ecofriendly
cars by using different resources. Riversimple is the one that is manufacturing cars on this
concept. Other such company are Morgan, Renault, Hyundai which are also working on
ecofriendly concept and manufacturing cars which decrease the level of pollution. So there is
tough competition between companies as every firm is mainly focusing on this issue to protect
their environment (Cascio, 2018). Trend and market value of auto mobile sector is change very
fast, so for Riversimple it is very important to analyse market values and customer demand to
make effective changes easily. For these type of organisation, customers expectation are belongs
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to advance technological feature that helping to provide higher satisfaction easily. Thus,
Riversimple needs to make various changers in their existing services that easily denote quality
changes to customers. In sports car, various individual and market want to get single seater car or
may be driver less services that provides higher benefits. One most important trend that affect
values of this sector is ecofriendly vehicle that do not affect negatively on environment. Al these
changers are requires advance technological feature that helps to providing innovative ideas and
digitalisation in services and products qualities.
Skills requirement for this sector
Car manufacturing and production services sector requires specific skill of a person to
adopt market advantages and effective growth easily (Clegg, Kornberger and Pitsis, 2015). This
industry is full of rivalries who provide higher satisfaction to their customers through new and
trendy products. So for Riversimple, it is very important to adopt quality services through
effective skills of individuals. There re various skills are given below as-
Technology and Automation: For a candidate and employee, it is required to adopt
strong information about information technology to manufacture specific car and services in
automotive industry. The role of specific employees who working in automation and data driven
operations needs to leading on different process through effective implementation easily.
Critical thinking: This skill of an individual help to make them more creative then
others because through this process they are provide specific and quality services to their
customers. Critical thinking is all about how a person think differently from others to attain
effective outcomes and desired goals easily (Denhardt, Denhardt and Aristigueta, 2012).
Industry familiarity: Automotive industry is all about specific relation with and every
industry to build their own values in market to attain higher business advantages easily. Through
this process a firm can easily analyse their market position and their future target to compete
with their competitive firm. This is helping them to build quality approaches easily in market.
Communication ability: This skill is required for each and every individual who are
working in several sector. This skill of individual helps to fill gap between others effectively. It
is provide effective interaction between one person to another through verbal and non-verbal
term of communication.
Type of skills gap that may occur in organisation
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Riversimple is car manufacturing company and producing hydrogen-powered full cell
electric vehicles, situated in Wales. This company manufacturing different kind of services
which include F1, motor racing, engineering and automotive design backgrounds, yacht designs.
As per this scenario this company also began to start racing car through different kind of
formulas. Main objectives of them is to manufacture ecofriendly cars that reduce pollution and
other negative factors from environmental issues. Riversimple is currently developing fuel cell
and competitive vehicle bodies to grab effective profits easily. For this organisation, it is very
important to identify marketing approaches to getting effective outcomes as well (Hoefling,
2012).
Proposing addresses the skills gap
For reducing marketing grievances it is very important that Riversimple conduct
recruitment process fro marketing manager who analyse each and ever aspect in effective
manner. Through this process they will easily adopt specific knowledge about marketing
elements and other thinks that can affect organisational procedure and policy terms. All these
term helping them to fill gap between Riversimple's business activity. After getting this skill of
individual they can easily replacing car ownership with services contract module that helping
them to adopt higher profitability and desired growth as well. This process of them also helping
to building positive relation with stakeholders who provide effective structure of this
organisation into competitive market.
Approach to recruitment
Advertise for specific post
Employer require that they have adequate members available in firm; through which they
are able to accomplish firm goals and objectives. So, they conduct recruitment process and select
candidate which suits for posts. As in Riversimple, human resource manager require marketing
manager for company (Huxham and Vangen, 2013). So they can use these approaches in
according to system and availability of resources are stated beneath: Internal approach: This states that employer can use existing staff members to fill vacant
positions. Promotion, transfer, employee referrals and former workers can be used by
them. This involve less time and effort, but in this firm is not able to improve creativity in
system.
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 External approach: This concept is used by employer when they didn't have sufficient
human resource available inside firm. So they will use employment agencies, campus
recruitment, and professional associations.
Social media or Job portals: This is considered as a most effective tool or method which
assist to gain attention of numerous people towards them. In modern era, individuals are much
connected with many social sites, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, any job portal and many others.
With assistance of this, many people will apply for particular job. Therefore, human resource
manager of an enterprise will easily determine suitable candidate who fits with their vacant
position (Parker and Crona, 2012).
Websites or advertisement on newspaper: Company will post about vacant position on
their website so that people will easily apply for the job. Rather than this, they will post an ad on
any popular newspaper or magazine which is mostly read by people.
Referrals: Persons who are already working with Riversimple refer their friends or
relative for the vacant position. This will work as a motivation and in addition company will
easily maintained their connections with their past staff members.
Job Description
Organisation Name Riversimple
Job Designation Marketing manager
Location Wales
Reporting Human Resource Manager (head office)
Roles and Responsibilities  To formulate effective advertisement message to
promote products and services.
 To lead salespeople and take care that they attain
targets timely.
 To deliver adequate ability to subordinates and
enhancing their communication skills.
Working Hours 10:30am to 7:00pm
Salary 3000Pound per month
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Working Facilities  Company provide suitable working hours, salary
and some other facilities too.
 Transportation facility.
 Medical reimbursement.
 Staff members are offered various incentives.
Justification
Therefore, it has been understood that, external method of recruitment is much effective
as this helps to bring new blood into business. Thus, they will develop products and services for
clients in an innovative manner. This will also assist to pull numerous individuals towards
organisation. As a result, firm will be able to determine new blood for their business. Despite
these various advertisement tools such as social media, company websites and newspaper are
used to attract candidates; thereby making them apply for job (Podsiadlowski, 2013).
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that administration require to manage
workforce and make them perform tasks properly. They require to position people and distribute
duties according to their skills and knowledge. So, they should possess capabilities through
which they are able to utilise human resource properly. In addition, superiors are required to
make strategies and policies through which they are able to get work done from employees. They
even require to anticipate issues and grievances faced by workforce, providing them adequate
solution. By conducting recruitment process and selecting appropriate candidate who is suitable
fro this job profile. Thereby, executing training and development programs through which
employees are given adequate abilities in respect to their duties. This will help management to
enhance performance of staff members and motivate them. For providing adequate information
to instruct and direct employees so they can complete tasks effectively. Superior require to
conduct market survey to analyse future prospects of sector. For this they need to build ability to
make staff members effective in working process and design items through which firm deliver
goods to customers timely. This benefits firm to offer products and services according to
customer requirement. Henceforth, superior is able to enhance productivity and profitability;
thereby accomplish goals and objectives.
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