MPGM PROJ-6006: Organisational Behaviour & Project HRM Plan Report

This report presents a comprehensive project Human Resource Management (HRM) plan, focusing on organizational behavior and people management within J&J furniture Ltd. The plan outlines key elements such as organizational structure, staffing and recruitment strategies, and team-building initiatives. It also includes a staff management plan, communication plan, assessment plan, and improvement plan to enhance team efficiency and project success. The report emphasizes the importance of clear roles, effective communication, and continuous training to foster a strong team culture and achieve project goals. Access more solved assignments and study resources on Desklib.

Organizational Behavior
and
People Management

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Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................1
PART A.................................................................................................................................................1
Organisational structure.....................................................................................................................1
Staffing and recruitment plan............................................................................................................2
Team building plan............................................................................................................................2
PART B.................................................................................................................................................3
Staff management plan......................................................................................................................3
Communication plan..........................................................................................................................4
Assessment plan................................................................................................................................5
Improvement plan..............................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION
A company needs to be making specific plans for every unit within the organisation
(Armstrong & Taylor, 2014). An effective HR plan is same in this regards. J&J furniture Ltd

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needs to have a proper human resource plan. This will help the company to make sure that
they have a team culture within the organisation. There are various requirements of the team
management plan which is discussed in later part of the report. This report also showcases the
different types that are required for improving the efficiency of the organisation.
PART A
Organisational structure
In order to reduce the confusion regarding the work, power and responsibility of the member
within the project team, it is essential to have clearly defined organisational structure
(Nutcache, 2018). The organisational structure for the project team is as follows:
Here at the top of the chart is project coordinator who has the role of coordinating all the
activities that will be done for achieving the project. Under them lie training coordinator and
accounts/ administrator who has the role of providing trainings to the members and managing
the financial requirement of the project respectively. Below them lies the provincial
coordinators under whom there are various field coordinators. These filed coordinators are
responsible for completing various takes from time to time. Under them lies the project
member having diverse specialities.

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Staffing and recruitment plan
For having an effective project management Plan Company needs to have an efficient
staffing and recruitment plan (Bratton & Gold, 2017). Plan for the selection and recruitment
for the members for J&J furniture limited is as follows:
 Defining the project roles: Before recruiting or staffing a company needs to define the
roles for the staffs that need to be selected. This includes title or post for which they
are being recruited for, their duties, rules for communication like whom, when to
report, other details like team performance criteria, their salaries, benefits.
 Searching team candidates: This can be done with the help of job descriptions posted
on various advertising mediums (Linman, 2011).
 Interviewing and testing the candidate: After the requests are received, interviews are
conducted so as to select candidates for different roles. This selection is done as per
the test they have given.
Team building plan
After the candidates have been selected it is essential that they work like a team (Flamholtz,
2012). In order to ensure this a team building plan is necessary for the company. Team
building plan for the project is as follows:
 Follow the team building stages: Five stages of team development must be used. The
five stages are forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning are used.
 Team building activity: There are many team building activities that need to be used.
This may include some team exercise like games etc.
 Training: For converting the group into the team, training is highly necessary.
Training helps in enhancing team building exercise. This also assists in reducing the
cost of project as working in team increases the efficiency of the employees.
 Rewards and assessment: A pre pan must be made which must focus on the rewards
and incentives that will be given by the company to the team when the project gets
done on time.
 Manage team: There are very aspects that is associated with the team like encouraging
effective communication, utilising communication skills, observation, team
performance management, good decision making etc. (Kehoe & Wright, 2013). They
all need to be managed in a proper way so as to make sure that team becomes
effective.

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PART B
Staff management plan
It is essential for the comp any to make sure that they have an effective staff management
plan. This helps them in ensuring the highest of staff’s efficiency which is good for the
company and the staffs themselves (Jiang, Lepak, Han, Hong, Kim & Winkler, 2012). The
plan is as follows:
This contains three aspects:
Staffs required:
According to this table the daily plan for the staffing needs to be made.
Role/Responsibility Skills required Number of
staffs required
Time frame
needed
Duration
Required
Staff Acquisition
This is the following way in which the project will be staffed:
Role Number of
staffs required
Number of
Federal staff
received
Number of
Contractor
support
Comments
Training required
Training from time to time is required by various members. This must be made as per the
table listed below:
Role/Staff
Resources
Training
needed
Timeframe
needed
Anticipated
cost
Training
methods
Suggested
vendor/source

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Communication plan
In any team management communication plays a very crucial role (Meredith & Mantel Jr,
2011). The communication plan for the Project team is as follows:
Purpose and approach: The purpose of this plan is to make sure that no confusion remains
in the minds of team members while executing the task.
Goals and objectives: Some of the goals and objectives are as follows:
 To reduce the confusion regarding the roles and responsibilities of various
staffs throughout the project completion.
 To create dialog between all the stakeholders associated with the project so as
to gain acceptance regarding any project.
 For taking feedbacks form various associated stakeholders of the project.
Communication roles: Various roles of different members related to communication is
determined like steering team, project sponsor, leadership/ management team, project lead
etc.
Communication methods and tools: The tools of modern mediums of communication like
the emails and conferences must be used. Feedbacks must be taken with the use of surveys so
as to understand problems that team is facing. Selection of tool and method must be based on
the requirement of the project.
Assessment plan
While any project is carried there are various kinds of assessments needs to be done (Kerzner
& Kerzner, 2017). This will be helpful in the longer run as improvements can be made as per
this assessment. The assessment plan is based on various kinds of metrics that is predefined.
This is always done on the basis of the data that is collected at the time of project completion.
Some of the used metrics:
 Quality: To ensure a higher quality is achieved at the each level of the project
completion.

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 Performance management: On the basis of the data collected about the performance of
the team member, there must be a management plan that must be made. This includes
the tools like training.
 Training: After the evaluation of the performance on the basis of metrics that a
company has set for them, training must be provided to the members regarding the
skills they are lagging. This is must be done as per the requirement of different
individuals as different members of the team have different skill requirements.
Improvement plan
After all the assessment is done it is crucial for the team to have an improvement plans
(Thomas, 2012). This must be made after the proper analysis of performance of the whole
team and the members in team. The improvement plan is as follows:
 Deciding the improvements required: Before Improvements is made first it is essential
to decide the improvements that are actually required. This must be on both levels i.e.
team level and members level.
 Training: The training must be given to the members according to the skills they are
missing.
 Evaluation and retraining: The evaluation must be made after the training has been
provided so as to judge the performance and again training must be provided as per
the further requirements. This must be a continuous process.
CONCLUSION
From the above based report it can be concluded that in an organisation human resource plan
is highly necessary. There are various plans that are required by the firm for completing any
project. This includes the designing organisational structure, designing team, staffing and
recruitment plan etc. along with this for managing the team there are several requirements.
This includes staff management plan, communication plan, assessment plan and improvement
plan etc. All these are necessary for the growth of the company.
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management-organizational-structure/
Thomas, D.A. (2012). Retrieved from: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/managing-
improvement-initiatives-projects-6019

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