Optimizing Resources: A Management Plan for Nisa Supermarket

This report analyzes resource management within Nisa, a small-scale retail company in the United Kingdom, focusing on maximizing resource utilization to achieve organizational aims and objectives. It begins by appraising the development of the human resource function, highlighting the importance of training, resource planning, performance management, induction, and recruitment in enhancing productivity and profitability. The report then identifies key resources, including physical, human, and intellectual capital, necessary for achieving company goals, emphasizing the strategic use of raw materials, employee expertise, and intellectual property. It evaluates the usage of these resources against organizational plans, particularly focusing on human resources and consumer databases, and formulates a plan to ensure resource maximization and appropriate remedial actions. The report concludes by underscoring the importance of effective resource management in achieving company goals and sustaining competitive advantages, with the help of resources like intellectual property, human capital, and physical assets.

Resource Management
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
1 Development of human resource function..........................................................................3
4 Resources required to achieve company aims and objectives......................................5
5. Usage of resources against organizational plans................................................................7
6. Formulate plan to ensure that resources are maximised and remedial actions taken where
appropriate..............................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is responsible for performing different function starting
from recruitment, selection or hiring to providing training and development program and
influencing to work for organisation for longer time frame. Manager through putting its best
efforts is able to make maximum utilisation of available resources thus delivery services that
help in satisfying needs of customers in better manner. Resources such as machine, human helps
in completing the task in best possible manner so that end outcome can be achieved and
company can gain competitive advantages. This report is about Nisa that is small scale company
in retail industry of United Kingdom that has provide limited products and services to range of
people in order to earn maximum profit margin. It has included key information related to
appraise the development of human resource function and also contained detailed related to
several resources that are required in order to achieve organisation aims, objectives etc. The
report has also evaluated and appraises the use of resource against organisational plan and at last
formulated plan that helps in effective utilisation of resources and relevant remedies.
1 Development of human resource function
Human resource management play viral role in growth and success of companies; it
develop variety of tactics and plans to manage key performance of business and workers. HRM
functions like training, resource planning, performance management, induction and recruitment
& selection are quite valuable for excellent progress of Nisa a supermarket which has operated
within retail sector. The chosen company has seen decline in its productivity and performance
and because of that above Human resource function can develop at workplace which help to
increase productivity and profitability of firm in positive manner even better than last few
months or years. HRM develops important competencies that allow workers in company to work
even better and perform current as well as further jobs through developed learning actions
(Subramony, Guthrie and Dooney, 2020). In context of increasing productivity of Nisa, human
resource management will use and develop effective HR functions that are mentioned below-
Training-
It is one of the most important and valuable function of HR because it bring a lot of
benefits for chosen supermarket in term of increasing its productivity and performance level
even better (Alsaadat, 2019). With this function human resource manager will boost performance
and productive nature of workers in effective manner by increasing and developing their skills
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via training session. The best thing about this act is that is help to prepare a strong and effective
team at workplace who will perform work or task in effective manner without making any
mistakes.
Resource planning-
Along with above function, this one will develop and use within Nisa for increasing
productivity of supermarket even better than other small medium size firms in the UK. It is
valuable in term of building productive team of employees who will play his or her role
excellently and contributes in gaining competitive edge as well as achieving set aims of company
(Mansaray, 2019). Human resource planning assures the appropriate match between workers and
jobs while avoiding human power surpluses and shortages within firm. It is procedure of
systematic planning ahead to reach usage of employees who are most valuable resource of any
brand or company.
Performance management-
It is one of the best and most appropriate sources to identify strategic roles and support of
HR department of Nisa supermarket who has operated its small venture within retail industry,
UK. This function assist manager to assure that his or her company outputs and activities will
meets business aims in efficient and excellent manner. It could concentrate on performance of
supermarket and its staff members. According to this function, management will increase
productivity by working together and developing plans to manager performance of existing and
new workers.
Induction-
Human resource functions including current and above is beneficial and helpful in
context of Nisa in term of maximizing productivity and profitability as well as performance. This
function will conduct at workplace for welcoming new applicants and supporting them to adjust
to his or her new job roles and working atmosphere. By introducing new staff to organizational
culture and existing procedure, human resource manager will let them comfortable to work
productively which is beneficial for company in form of serving quality services and products to
customers on time.
Recruitment and selection-
The development of human resource function includes variety of activities just like
current one, which is very useful and valuable for Nisa supermarket growth and success within
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retail sector. With this function HR manager will increase the ability of company to serve its
better services to customers and gain benefits in term of increase productivity which is quite
valuable. Human resource department by identifying selection and recruitment relate needs in
firm will develop plan to hire new people who will contribute in gaining further benefits.
4 Resources required to achieve company aims and objectives
NISA has to actively focus on various resources for company aims and objectives for
larger scale development for new market structure goals advancement, higher innovative goals
efficacy and also for technical goal formulations. There shall be also stronger usage of
consumers services enriched digital platforms within new goals development strategically for
higher keen targets profoundly, higher scale efficacy within work growth targets and also keenly
evolve on new metrics of functional strengths informatively. There are various domains which
are widely competent, essential for new scale aim formulation and development of various
objectives where resources can be actively discussed as follows (Roespinoedji, Faritzal and
Oktari, 2019).
 Physical resources: NISA has to focus on usage of quality raw materials within its
products and services for enhanced new opportunities, machinery and larger formation of
active higher profits for larger scale innovation. The physical resources shall be
fundamentally innovative, used and planned strategically forward for new functional
scale targets widely and also enhance new working targets widely. The physical
resources shall be competitively used for new scale productivity within top management
and HR resources for up scaling determinants imperatively. Physical resources shall be
actively used on determining higher growth goals development aspects, also keenly bring
on revenue targets at wider avenues for keen informative determining pace actively and
also upscale targets profoundly. Stores and digital services shall be build fundamentally
for more informative functional pace , keen informative pace and also to potentially
target consumers actively (Ramlall and Melton, 2019).
 Human resources: The staff employees shall be trained and expertise shall be developed
with new diversity among competitive determinants for higher scale innovative goal
formulation and higher scale growth diversity. The human resources at NISA shall be
trained imperatively further for new innovative skills, higher consumer oriented services
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within larger efficacy aspects and also deliver profound new advanced competitive reach
on advanced domains. The human resources shall be also further motivated for larger
quest enhancing reach among commercial horizons., and forming fundamental pace
within new domains widely. Best management and leadership strategies shall be
implemented for bringing on larger scale diversity within services and also leverage
goals innovation within. Human resources within all departments shall be enriched
actively for consumer oriented scale services, and also productively build functional
yielding synergy among new horizons and market reach widely (Mohammed and
Quddus, 2019).
 Intellectual resources: NISA shall further focus on development of patents, copyrights
and partnerships for technical profound goals profound profits goals within longer scale
development. Intellectual resources enable business competencies to harness goodwill
widely and also for keeping new growth goals development for new goals actively for
forming stronger informative scope actively. Intellectual resources shall also bring on
keen new informative usage of resources to yield higher scale functional diversity for
competitive strengths, higher working efficacy within larger profitable metrics. It can be
also analyzed that NISA by functionally focusing on strategic vision and profitability
metrics on longer scale aspects will be able to competitively bring on informative goals
and new advanced structural aspects for commercial growth. Data base system within
technology shall be adopted innovatively for larger technical development and new
profound goals productively with higher scale finance investments and strategic target
consumers reach. It can be also analyzed that intellectual resources diversely build new
platforms of digital efficacy within consumer’s services and to evolve on marketing and
promotion services actively (Mahmood, Akhta and Hyatt, 2019).
The above discussed factors of resources have in detail analysed resources used for
framing aims and objectives for keen innovation targets reach and larger scale efficacy
profoundly, also to focus on innovation skills. NISA will be able to yield higher skilled growth
opportunities and competitive horizons by using these resources actively and up scaling targets
commercially.
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5. Usage of resources against organizational plans
In the world of business, different types of resources are available that Nisa and its
human resource and management will use against organizational plans in effective and
systematic manner. For example, workers and apprentices are included in category of human
resources, who will be able to perform within chosen firm and support in term of achieving set
goals and objectives in ethical manner, which is actually very essential for success and progress
of venture (Chand and Rath, 2018). Management will utilize this resource by supporting and
collaborating with them because it helps to guide each worker systematically in context of how
to work and perform in work area and what are the roles and accountabilities which he or she
needs to fulfil without making any major mistakes that will impact productivity of company in
negative manner. This resource is valuable and very precious for firm as it assists to sustain
within retail market place and retain potential buyers for longer period of time. Employees are
able to work excellently and productively which bring benefits for supermarket in term of
reaching at global level and managing performance at domestic level successfully.
Other resource that manage within supermarket would use against organizational plan
and that is consume database. It is the best and most useful assets that firm will use to increase its
productivity even better than other firms who has operated in similar sector from longer period
of time as SME. It is a collection of data or key info that will collect by skilled and talented
workers from each person. It includes contact details, name, likes and dislikes of customers
which help firm to take decision before serving and producing products. This resource is
valuable because manager will use to gain further benefits in term of gaining new buyers,
increasing customer base and productivity which is possible when people know what needs to
manufacture and what its buyers would expect from.
The evaluation of physical resources can be understood to be widely imperative and
keenly important for bringing on larger leveraging work growth targets widely, focus on
developing clean warehouses for best quality products ands services. NISA will further focus on
enhancing strategic investments on warehouses, products development and innovative work
growth essentials for higher skilled production. Also there shall be further expansion among
stores availability for larger reach among consumers and also for revenue growth, consumers
oriented goodwill widely. Physical resources shall enable competencies within business to be
expanded among commercial scenarios and also form new diversity among working targets
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actively. NISA will also be potentially expanding among consumers strength, and also keenly
yield on new diversity efficacy domains for larger profitable goals (Edwards. and Edwards,
2019).
6. Formulate plan to ensure that resources are maximised and remedial actions taken where
appropriate
Resources of company helped in completing the task in more effectively way such as
intellectual property, human resources and physical assets contribute employees in completing
task in best possible manner and achievements of company goals. In another words, resources or
assets that are used by company for production of products and services to end users for
achievements of goals (Korff, Biemann and Voelpel, 2017). The biggest reason that leads to
compromise of company profit margin is ineffective utilisation of resources or create barrier in
attainment of goals. Nisa manager by formulate plan can make best or optimum utilisation of
resources is able to delivered services that are beyond expectancy of customers. Such as:
Plan to plan: Planning is important functions that manager need to perform in order to make
maximum optimum utilisation of resources so that Nisa can covered maximum market share and
expand its profitability. Time is money therefore the planning of resource management need to
be done by manager of company from starting or beginning of project so that chance of errors or
mistakes can be minimised to large extent (Baran, Filipkowski and Stockwell, 2019). Company
manager needs to make list of resources that it will required to complete the desired task thus
find alternative method through which they can be arranged and used in organisation. It should
set procedure, estimate overall time each resources will required and the way they can be used by
employees in order to complete their respective task and delivery better services to customers.
Take a systematic approach: It is another key step that would be fruitful for Nisa to make
maximum utilisation of available resources or minimise amount of wastage or errors so that more
value can be offered to customers. Therefore several steps for systematic approach can be stated
as follows:
Setting a baseline: first and foremost action that needs to be taken by manager is to set standard
target by reviewing or analysing previous performance so that necessary change as well as
improvement can be made for more productivity (Baran, Filipkowski and Stockwell, 2019).
Fixing responsibilities: Nisa manager in order to resolve key issue such as conflict and
confusion regarding roles and responsibilities among individuals need to clearly state what need
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to be done by particular individuals. Fixing responsibility will helps in reducing chance of
conflict and best use of resources for benefits or growth of enterprise in external environment.
Reviewing and monitoring performance of key individuals: At last manager of Nisa need to
continuously review and monitor performance of each individuals in order to find key errors or
mistake or problem that they are facing while completing the task (Brewster, Mayrhofer and
Farndale, 2018).
Benchmarking: Nisa manager can make best use of available resources by comparing existing
performance with its competitors thus find key strategies that will helps in company in enhancing
its performance and productivity.
Use of technology: It speeds up the work process in order to complete the task effectively and
efficiently. Use of technology free up the manpower and make low risk in making mistakes
while performing the task. These free men power may also be used in other projects to allocate
the resources in a better way. Technology mainly focuses on less wastage of resources and more
productivity in the work process thus maximising productivity of company. It needs specific
resources which can be used in a better way to produce a positive result. This all includes heavy
cost to come over the finished product. Technology runs on a permanent way or technique which
produces raw material into a finished product (Fahim, 2018). It is being tested and tried by many
experts, so that it will help in achieving the objective which is being decided in the past by the
company. Company always tries to make balance between technology and resources to develop
the business in the market. This helps in running many different projects at a particular time
when one resource is busy another is free to complete the task.
Use of resource management software: It is software that could be helpful in resolving key
issue related to optimum utilisation of resources by manager of Nisa. It has provide lot of
features such as helps in scheduling activities or task that need to be performed so that end goals
can be achieved.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from above report that resources are most useful assets that helps
company in gaining competitive advantages by offering products as per needs of customers. It
has also be learnt that manager in order to make best use of resources make continuous efforts to
motivate employees to give their best so that company can grow and expand its business
operation. Human resource management through providing better culture, training and
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development to employees is able to enhance their key skills thus contributed in increasing
overall productivity and profitability of firm. Therefore it can be stated or summarised that Nisa
by planning the way resource need to be utilised is able to make more and more customers happy
and satisfied thus attained its end goals.
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