Nestle: Multinational Companies and Employee Development, HR

This report analyzes Nestle's employee recruitment, selection, and training processes to meet international standards. It begins with an introduction outlining the project's aims and objectives, including research questions and limitations. The report then explores Nestle's background, project scope, and details the recruitment and selection process, including internal selection methods and associated costs. The report also covers employee training methods, such as induction, orientation, and on-the-job training. A literature review provides context, followed by a project management plan addressing cost, time, scope, quality, communication, and risk. The report includes a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart. The research methodology involves quantitative and qualitative research methods, data analysis, and recommendations. Finally, the report concludes with a reflection on the research process and findings.

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Contents
TITLE..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 aims and objective..................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
P2 Project management plan with cost aspect, time, scope, quality and communication risk....5
P3 Work break down structure and a Gantt chart........................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Small scale research by implement of quantitative and qualitative research.........................8
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
P5: Use of appropriate tools and techniques regarding evaluation of research data.................11
P6) Recommendations...............................................................................................................19
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................20
P7 Reflection that carried upon undertakings to accomplish the research................................20
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................21
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................22
LOG BOOK...................................................................................................................................24
PERFORMANCE REVIEW.........................................................................................................27

TITLE
How do multinational companies improve the recruitment, selection and training of their
employees to meet International requirements? A study on Nestlé.
INTRODUCTION
Recruitment introduces as a positive process or activity of searching for prospective workers
and stimulating them to follow for the jobs within an organisation. Selection refers as an
effective process of selecting the most appropriate candidates for the empty post in the
organisation. Training is also identify as an effective process of teaching an employees about the
business process. Along with this, selection, recruitment and training are useful process which
will help an enterprise in its growth and success within given time duration. Knowledgeable and
talented employees are able to fulfil international requirements and also help an organisation to
accomplish competitive advantages easily (Adzic, 2011). The present assignment report is based
on Nestle which deals in manufacturing and selling wide range of products such as Baby foods,
dairy products and much more. It came into existence in the year 1966 whose headquartered is
located in Vevey, Switzerland. The report discusses the project’s aims and objectives, project
management plan, research methodology, data collection and analysis, a valid recommendations
and conclusion at the end of research.
TASK 1
P1 aims and objective
Background and rationale of the project
Nestle is a given organisation for this project which was founded in the year 1866 and
headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. Main reason behind conducting this research is to identify
ways through which staff's training, selection and recruitment can be improved. It is a most
essential topic which will support an investigator by enhancing its different skills including
literature review, data collection, management and data analysis. Along with this, Nestle decide
to expand their business for this, they require talented and knowledgeable workforce who can
fulfil international requirement easily.
Project aim:
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Main aim and purpose of this project is “To identify the role of multinational organisation
in enhancing capability of staff through training, recruitment and selection in order to meet
international requirements.
Project objectives
 To identify the phenomena of recruitment, selection and training of employees within an
organisation.
 To identify the importance of recruitment, selection and training in development and
growth of Nestle. To identify the suitable ways of training provided to the staff of Nestle in order to fulfil
international requirement.
Research Questions
 What are the phenomena of recruitment, selection and training of employees within an
organisation?
 What are the importance of recruitment, selection and training in development and
growth of Nestle? What are the suitable ways of training provided to the staff of Nestle in order to fulfil
international requirement?
Limitation of study
There are different limitation of this project such as insufficient time, lack of resource,
inaccurate amount of cost etc. all these are major limitations which will directly impact on
researcher while completion of research activities in systematic manner. Along with this, there
are also some limitation which is faced by researcher such as selection of sample size and
implementation of aim and objectives (Basak and Khanna, 2017).
Project Scope:
This project is large scope for respondents because with the help of this study, they can
easily improve their literature review skills, data collection quality and data interpretation skills.
Along with this, this research also have big scope for Nestle by retaining employees for long
time. Along with this, with the help of appropriate selection, recruitment and training, Nestle can
easily meet international requirement and accomplish long term goals and objectives within
given time duration.
Part 2
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a) Internal selection: For completing this process company have to hire potential and efficient
employees which will automatically assist the firm in improving their productivity that will
beneficial for Nestle in meeting with the international requirements. Selection process will be
completed by company on the basis of skills test, interview which is defined as below:
Skill test: Company will carry out the skill test for hiring the candidates so that skills and
efficiencies of them can be identified in an effective manner. In it, a set of question will be
provided to the candidates through which capable and efficient candidate for the vacant position
will be hired within the Nestle.
Test interview: For selecting efficient candidates Nestle will also conduct interview round for
the selected candidates through which their interest and ability for the vacant job position will be
identified easily which will be beneficial for company in selecting desired candidates for the
vacant position.
B) Cost of selection process: Before organising selection activity managers of Nestle have to
estimate cost and expenses which will be spend in whole process. Through this, unessential
activities will be identified and removed easily which automatically supports the Nestle in
meeting with international requirements.
Total Forecasted Budget
Particulars 2017-2018 ($)
Research and Development 70000
Publicity expenses 40000
Plant and machinery installation expenses 30000
Training cost 35500
Booklet 4500
Total Cost 180000
Part B
Training of employees: Nestle will provide training to their newly recruited employees so that
their existing skills and competencies can be developed which will directly or indirectly helps the
firm in growing and attaining international requirements. With the help of it employees will also
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become efficient which will automatically supports the firm by improving productivity and
profitability.
Induction training: In Nestle, Induction programmes are conducted so that new
employees are introduced with existing staff and will be able in understanding their job duties
easily. Through this, a healthy environment will be created within the workplace of Nestle which
will provide better outcomes as the growth and sustainability of organisation.
Orientation training: In this, basic information about the working policies and
procedures provided by the company to their newly selected employees. As a result of it,
company’s international requirements will be fulfilled in an easy manner.
On the job training: Through this method, employees of Nestle will be able in
understanding their roles and responsibilities effectively which indirectly supports the company
in raising its productivity and profitability ratios.
Off the job training: In this kind of training, employees of Nestle will visits other
locations so that they can get in-depth information about the external environment and needs of
customers from the company. Through this, productivity and skills of employees will be
enhanced which automatically helps Nestle in achieving its objectives on time.
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Jeston, 2014, Recruitment can be stated as hiring potential nominee according
to the requirements of the vacant post out of the pool of applicants. By doing so productivity and
profitability ratio increases at a rapid scale in the working premises. Recruitment refers to the
process of searching out the appropriate nominee for the vacancy of organisation and offer them
to candidates to join the firm.
According to Pekuri, 2014, Selection can be defined as choosing the best candidate from
the shortlisted candidate. By doing so best out comes can be achieved in the competitive market
place. selection plays a vital role in the firm in order to raise the workforce performance.
According to Vanclay, 2015, Training is explained to improve the abilities and skills of
employees to enhance their productivity level. By providing effective training to the staff
members the overall productivity and workforce performance can be raised which is a positive
sign for the company. This helps the company to enrich their skills and competences so that best
outcomes can be achieved.
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P2 Project management plan with cost aspect, time, scope, quality and communication risk
Project management plan undertakes several aspect like cost, time, quality etc. that work
as blue print for organisation. This types of plans are handy for NESTLE because it helps them
to complete all those activities that are included in the project. Some aspects that are considered
by researcher or project manager are mention as follow:
Cost To conduct present research, the researcher has estimated approx..£100 to
execute different research activities in desired manner. The expenses of
research is more due to implementing various techniques and methods for
collecting data such as interview, survey etc.
Scope This play a key role in the organisation as it helps manager to determine
the benefits that is earned by them after completion of project. As skilled
employees helps NESTLE to gain competitive edge in the industry
among their rivals. The scope of present research is limited for Nestle
due to having insufficient time and resources used under this project.
Time This aspect is an essential factor for NESTLE as without pre-decided
time period it is difficult for management to accomplish their goals and
objectives. It will directly impact on the growth and success for
organisation within positive manner. As it help organisation to provide
training within specified period The researcher have estimated time of 7
weeks. Thus, if the researcher have not proper time to conduct complete
research then it causes wastage of human resources, funds and other
resources of company.
Quality Quality aspect helps an organisation to decide whether their products
need improvements in their project activities or not. Like Nestle adopt
job portals and recruit effective trainer that helps to increase the value of
their regular activities. It results that it increases customer satisfaction
level (Frankenberger and et. al., 2013). The researcher is using qualitative
method such as Questionnaire while carrying out an effective research. It
will help in getting reliable and accurate result. The quality or research
project is based on the number of questions fulfilled.
Communication This is the most essential skill that are required by all employees of the
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Nestle because it helps them to interact effectively at the time of
completion of project. As without communication it is difficult for
provide effective training to the employees. While carrying out an
effective research, the researcher have uses different communication
channels such as mails, survey, face to face interview with colleagues etc.
Risk Different types of risk or issue are faced by organisation such as lack of
funds, shortage of time, unskilled employees (Scott, Ditroilo and
Marshall, 2017). In context of this project risk that relates with
recruitment is training, selection and recruitment is related with rules and
regulations of government, shortage of funds, limited time period etc.
Resources In order to completing this project successfully managers of Nestle have
to allocate some effective resources i.e. manpower, funds etc. Through
allocating these resources effectively company will achieve its desired
goals and objectives easily.
P3 Work break down structure and a Gantt chart
Gantt chart: It introduces as an effective tool which is used by researcher in order to
identify starting and ending time period for completion of project. This project mainly related
importance of training, recruitment and selection of employees at global level. Along with this,
in Gantt chart, different number of activities will be included which is selection of topic,
development of aims and objectives etc. All these are main activities which will directly support
an organisation or researcher to gain better outcomes easily (Pekuri and et. al., 2014).
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Work breakdown structure – It introduces as an effective and essential structure which
is applied by the administrator of Nestle so as to classifying the activities or tasks in small
elements so that each tasks of report can be handled or attain in easy way. In simple words, it is
an useful structure or framework in which each and every tasks of study are created by the
project managers within an organisation (Jeske and Shultz, 2016).
TASK 2
P4 Small scale research by implement of quantitative and qualitative research
Research Methodology Research methodology is used by organisation that is used by researcher
to collect the data in order to collect accurate information. This helps them to provide effective
training, selection and recruitment methods. As relevant and in-depth information help them to
make effective decisions.
Research philosophy: In this case, it is a belief regarding the way in which data
regarding a phenomenon should be gathered examined and applied. Positivism philosophy is not
much appropriate and suitable for carrying out investigation in systematic manner. However,
Interpretivisim philosophy will be applied in this topic which will assist in evaluating
information information about the topic in effective manner.
Research Strategy- This is defined as a systematic process which enables the researcher
to complete their research manner in efficient and effective manner. With implement of this
researcher is able to perform their task in appropriate manner.
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Data collection- This is a method which is used by researcher to collect valid, reliable
and important information in order to complete their study. Primary and secondary data
collection are two effective methods that help to gather information in sequential and systematic
manner
Primary source of data collection- Researcher used this method to collect the fresh data
which determines that it is collected for the first time by them. In context of Nestle primary data
helps them to identify actual perception of customers. So they are able to develop essential skills
among employees (Pearlson, Saunders and Galletta, 2016). For collecting this kind of data
surveys and questionnaires are prepared or completed by researcher.
Secondary source of data collection- This information is already used by any other
researcher to complete their activities. Secondary data is useful when researcher is not able to
devote require time for project. Usually this information is less reliable as it is collected from
newspaper, website, published journals etc. which are not properly authenticate (Primary source
and secondary source, 2018).
Sampling method- Probability and non-probability are two methods which are usually
used by researcher to collect data from respondents. In this report probability method is used as
less opinion are required. The sample size taken for this project is of 15 respondents that assist
them to complete the research effectively.
Quantitative research- Quantitative method is useful to collect numerical data for the
research. Within Nestle this method is useful because data is collected through surveys,
questionnaire etc. which help to understand the relationship between dependent and independent
variables (Letsoalo and Mollel, 2016).
Qualitative research- This method is more important for researcher which help to
collect the reliable and meaningful data because it is based on the actual response of respondents.
For Nestle this method is more useful as it ensures that collected data it co-related with
recruitment, selection and training methods of employees.
In this project, researcher have used both quantitative and qualitative method of
investigation along with open ended and close ended questionnaire is prepared by researcher. In
addition to this, sample size of 15 who are the employees of Nestle has been taken by
investigator so as to grabbing opinions and views of them so that valid conclusion will be
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