Analysis of Working With and Leading People in the SKECHERS Company

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of leadership and teamwork, focusing on a case study of SKECHERS. It explores key aspects of human resource management, including staff documentation, the impact of legal and ethical considerations, and the selection process. The report delves into leadership skills and attributes, differentiating between management and leadership styles, and examining various motivation strategies. Furthermore, it highlights the benefits of team working and factors influencing team effectiveness, including planning and monitoring. The report also discusses individual development needs and the success of the assessment process, offering valuable insights into effective leadership and team management practices within the context of the SKECHERS company. The document covers important aspects of HRM, including recruitment, selection, and employee motivation. This report is a valuable resource for students studying leadership, management, and human resources.

Working With
and
Leading People

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Documentation of new staff .................................................................................................1
1.2Impact of legal and ethical consideration .............................................................................2
1.3 Selection process ..................................................................................................................2
3.2 Demonstrate working in a group ..........................................................................................3
1.4 Own contribution .................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Leadership skills and attributes.............................................................................................4
2.2 Difference between management and leadership..................................................................4
2.3 Leadership style ...................................................................................................................5
2.4 Motivation ways ...................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Team working benefits .........................................................................................................7
3.3 Effectiveness of team ..........................................................................................................7
4.1 Planning and monitoring factors ..........................................................................................8
4.2 Plan of the individual development needs ...........................................................................8
4.3 Success of the assessment process........................................................................................9
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1
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INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a best process of hiring, selecting, recruiting and
developing workers. HRM includes planning, job analysing, orienting and training programs
which is provide by the HR. Main purpose of this t hiring right candidates at correct position.
This report is based on Topic “working with and leading people” as well as case study of
SKECHERS. This business is provides food wear items to the customers. In this assignment
selection process, leadership style and motivation ways are analysed. Team working is very
important and necessary in achieving long term gaols and objectives which is also described in
this file.
TASK 1
1.1 Documentation of new staff
SKECHERS, it is company in USA and they provide footwear product to the clients.
Mentioned firm should be face different problems in their department (Bauer and et. al., 2014).
They need one store manger so in this situation human resource manger play important role in
recruiting and selecting new candidates. As a manger of cited business we required skilled and
qualified person.
Job description of Store manager
Job Description
Job Title: Store Manager
Type of Role: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary & Benefits: Up to £22,000 per month
Job responsibility:
 Manager has to meet the goals and objectives of enterprise on monthly, yearly and
weekly.
 Control the deliver cost as well as office cost.
 They are responsible for sustaining the all image of the department. Liable for managing the company assets and goodwill
Characteristics: Store manger have different characteristic which is complete the department
requirements. They have several qualities such as:
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 Dependability
 Communication Ability
 Positive attitude
 Problem Solving
 Respects for Co-workers and leaders Being Own-motivated
Experience:
 4 to 5 year experience in this post.
1.2Impact of legal and ethical consideration
There are different impact of legal which are highly influence on the organisation as well
as personal. A manger take recruitment and selection process so in this they identify many rules
and regulation (Dimovski and Penger 2011). The effect of ethical consideration, legislation to the
R&S process are as follows:
Sex Discriminatory Act: As per this act, mentioned department maintain the Sex related
problem. If many candidates is knowledgeable for their position whether the people is He as well
as She. Company is hire male and female so it is cannot discriminate sex group.
Equality Regulation: In this act every person get equal advantages in the process of recruitment
and selection (R&S). If the manger provides special right to different team, it result is break and
unlawful the condition of age act.
Right to employment legislation: The interview is a process where manger and candidates talks
each other. In this way applicants have their lawful right to work in USA as well as not.
Employer is capable to check the candidates criminal records.
1.3 Selection process
This process is very important and necessary for every business to select skilled and
knowledgeable candidates (Fenwick and Elcock, 2014). This process includes several steps
which are as follows:
Selecting a selection panels: The HR department play important role in the hiring procedure, in
this they select different panels. Three steps are as follows:
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Short listing: After attaining different candidates applications so the R&S process makes
candidates short list by using various approaches (Mearns and Cooper, 2017). SKECHERS apply
this approaches are IQ test, Written exam, Group discussion and interview etc.
Interview: Mention department takes the selected candidates interview with the help of R&S
panels. In this process interviewer ask different questions to interviewee, their family and
personal background, experience, knowledge in this filed etc.
Appointment: In this process cited company human resource manger hire skilled candidates.
Selection panel is very essentials tools by achieving less jobs criteria for last appointment (Kurtz,
2015). HR provides final statement to candidates who are suggested by R&S process.
3.2 Demonstrate working in a group
The mentioned business face different issues in this department every day. In this
situation team leader play important role in solving as well as managing all issues. They have
some capability to achieve goals and objectives in order to maximise enterprise sales. The leader
of the cited business applying different strategies for the attaining the values and targets of the
company. Firm coordinating the performance of the team building in an essentials manner.
Company coordination is very essentials which is includes the leader oriented activity. Manager
as well as leader of mentioned department dealing and evaluating different useful factors. Role
of the leader to reduce various difficult situation which is present in this business. Leader only
manger the work of the employees and manger role is solve situation issues (MacKian and
Simons, 2013). Business shaper is a capable person who achieving long and short term goals and
objectives in an essentials manner. Plan manger also important people and their role is making
creative and innovative plan about the business values. So the SKECHERS have different person
which are play significant role and responsibilities in order to attaining high targets.
1.4 Own contribution
In the process of selection I take many contribution in achieving customers satisfaction.
So I conduct many human resource management process in selecting and recruitment
knowledgeable candidates. In this way I give different programs such as training, development.
From the same, I also give several communication channel and promotion mix, it includes
promotion, advertisement, employees relation, publicity and other elements. With the help of this
components person can aware for the position. I take interview process so in this I ask different
questions to interviewee, their personal and education background, past experience in this filed,
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salary expectation etc. I provide several internal and external factor to the individual. Both
source are essentials in order to introduce candidates for the vacant job. I play my essentials role
in short listing as well as appointment applicants.
TASK 2
2.1 Leadership skills and attributes
There are several attributes and ability which are required every people in achieving
goals and objectives. Leader of the business play essentials role to their workers (Morgan and et.
al., 2014). In this they provide different kinds of training and development programs, in this way
they perform better in business operations. Skills and attributes are as follows:
Communication: It is one of the effective and important ability of leader. With the help of this
skill they can communicate with their workers in an appropriate manner. Mentioned department
face different issues in their business operation so in reducing this problems they apply different
strategies.
Positive Attitude: SKECHERS leader have positive attitude in solve difficult issue. In this
department several problems which is face by the leader so their this skill help them to decrees
obstacles and conflict.
Conference: It is one of the essentials ability which have leader to deal different kinds of
condition in order to rise confidence. It is also supportive in decreasing whole opens door and
negative aspects for optimistic output.
2.2 Difference between management and leadership
Basis Management Leadership
Meaning Management is an
systematically art of
coordinating and managing all
things in an effective and
efficient manner (Stuart,
2012).
Leadership is an essentials
elements of directing all
management function in order
to achieve goals and
objectives.
Power They have many power to
manger overall activity with
They also have different power
in influence all problems
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the help of rules and
regulation.
which are present in this
department.
Strategy Company manger is capable
and they apply reactive
strategy in solving issues and
developing long as well as
short term SKECHERS targets
(Thompson, 2016).
Leader of the business apply
proactive strategy. It is very
important to reduce problems
and identify customers neds
and wants regarding products.
Formulation Mentioned business manger
formulate several kinds of
procedures and policies in
recruitment and selection
process.
Leader is very important
person in every organisation.
They play essential role in
training and development
program. So in this they
formulate every guidelines and
principals.
Objective One of the main objective of
management to manger all
employees work and
coordinate employees relation
in an efficient manner.
Aim of leadership to directing
all employees in order to
achieve high revenue and
growth of the cited company
(Wu, 2013).
2.3 Leadership style
There are different kinds of leadership style which is apply the SKECHERS in their
business. Several approaches are as follows:
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(Mariela, 2017)
Authoritarian Style: In this way leader has many power to take best decision (Internal and
external Sources of Recruitment, 2011). The main use of this style where, there different number
of person work together and provide their opinion. Leader with the help of this method, they are
focusing only workers so they are selecting for working.
Democratic style: In this form all team members are encouraged to exchange their ideas, plans,
opinions and problems to their coordinates. So in this way leader take the final judgement
regarding issues and other way. All members are feel better to involved in selection and
recruitment process.
Laissez Faire style: It is another way of leadership which is essential because in this leader play
vital role in the process of decision making. They have full dependence to make judgement is
with their employees. With the support of this leader provide correct guidelines to workers and
try to attain monitor all problems.
2.4 Motivation ways
There are different was to motivating employees because motivated workers can get high
as well long and short term goals and targets (Young and et. al., 2013). SKECHERS provide
different aspects to employees are as follows:
Share the enterprise vision with every members: This is important form to attaining the
objective and goals of an organisation. In this manager and leader of business can be exchange
the mission and vision to their subordinates.
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Illustration 1: Types of Leadership Style

Communicate with the members: This way identify the leader as well as manger communication
skill. They are responsible to communicate all information in an appropriate manner in order to
achieve high growth and success.
Help innovative plan: In this they generate innovative plan regarding to selection and
recruitment process in the enterprise (Bauer, and et. al., 2014). Motivate member improve the
innovative plan in order to attain productivity and profitability.
Manger all employees and their work: Motivated person can generates the innovative idea. In
this they take best decision which is necessary to achieve high values and increase sales.
TASK 3
3.1 Team working benefits
Working in group which is very essential for increasing productivity and profitability of
the mentioned department. It supports company to generate positive work surrounding where
every workers are doing their work in an effective and efficient manner. This assist in reaching
the desired targets in a specific time period. If each and every employees are working together
and united. One of the main objective of team working to achieve high expectation. They have
more power to fight and solve hard condition when many workers are working. There are several
benefits of group working are as follows:
 It assist in maximising the knowledge level of the employees.
 Builds Coordinate as well as cooperation among all members who are working together.
 Capability to rise with hard situation.
 Encourage confidence and trust among each and every employees.
3.3 Effectiveness of team
Each and every person are working together so it is best benefits of the business in order
to achieve high productivity and profitability. All workers are united as well as working with
together so it support company is creating positive work surrounding which is identified as a
mutual understanding and trust (Dimovski and Penger, 2011). Group working is very important
for the every firm but SKECHERS have different worker and they do not work together. In this
business face different issue regarding team. So in this way manger and leader play important
role in giving best benefits to their employees. It includes fair remuneration, training &
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development, motivation tools and best leadership style. With the help of this approaches
company can earn long as well as short term goals and objectives in an effective and efficient
manner. Motivated person can provide their hundred present efforts in business so it is
significant firm to increase their product sales and develop new products such as footwear. Team
working is very essential for both individual and organisation to maximise their productivity.
4.1 Planning and monitoring factors
There are several methods which is used SKECHERS in their department. With the help
of monitoring and planning factor they evaluated performance in order to achieve profitability
(Fenwick and Elcock, 2014).
Set performance standards: Employees equal performance which has be analysing their
standard. It is designed by the company and they create their business operations in an essential
manners.
Setting up Random approach of evaluating performance: Workers performance can be
determined by different methods such as 360 ° Feedback and score card measurement. These can
be evaluate workers performance so in this way they earned set targets.
Reviewing the employees performance: In this way different approach can be used by
mentioned department in order to control employees performance. In this all modification are
formulated which is essentials to develop performance level.
4.2 Plan of the individual development needs
Development plan which is more beneficial in identifying individuals needs and wants.
There are many steps which is follows by the cited department in understanding their workers
requires which are as follows: Setting the performance standards: In this phase, company adopted different strategies
and plans in order to identify employees performance. Communicating the Standards: In this step, all the strategies as well as plan are
developed in an effective and efficient manner (Kurtz, 2015). They should be
communicate all information to their group members. Gathering the actual performance data: Company collected all the necessary data and
information which is similar with the workers performance. This form are very essentials
because it should be outlet safety environment.
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 Comparison between actual performance and Standards: All the appropriate
performance of workers which should be measured and compared with the real
execution.
 Taking perfect action: In this step, changes are requited in formulating business
operations. It is very important in achieving long and short term targets.
4.3 Success of the assessment process
Assessment process is very important and it support to attain back growth and success for
SKECHERS. This company is should be focus on different areas where they achieve long term
objectives and goals in an effective and efficient manner. In this business competitors adopted
different strategies. The workers must give the best training and development programs in order
to work efficiently and effectively in the changing surrounding. Company recruit new workers
and they required to orientation T&D for their workers (MacKian and Simons, 2013). After
giving best training, they also required as well as want to determine the training process
assessment. This activity considers the research, survey and different methods to evaluate the
training consequences. They also have to create the output of preparation which is measuring the
job productivity and performance.
CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report, it can be summarised different role of leader as well as
manager. Both are important person in every organisation. They provide various kinds of
motivation theory and leadership theory. These elements help person in improving team building
and achieving high productivity and profitability of the enterprise. There are many tools and
techniques which is apply by cited department in solving the issues and problems. Company
required a store manger in their department so they provide different process such as recruitment
and selection.; in this activity candidates increase their learning skills and ability.
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