Evaluating Talent Management and HR Development at Pine-Apps Ltd

This report examines talent management strategies for Pine-Apps Ltd, an app development company experiencing internal issues. It explores the advantages of developing an in-house HR function, including improved recruitment, training, and employee engagement. The report analyzes the role of a performance management system in enhancing productivity and operational efficiency, emphasizing tools like 360-degree feedback and its integration with other HR processes. It further discusses how performance management can boost employee commitment and engagement at Pine-Apps Ltd, while also identifying potential challenges such as design flaws and lack of integration. The report proposes solutions like pilot testing and open communication to overcome these challenges, ultimately aiming to improve the company's performance and employee retention.

TALENT MANAGEMENT

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Discuss and evaluate the advantages for Pine-Apps Ltd in developing their own HR function. 1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
Role of performance management system...................................................................................2
performance management system can be implemented with other HR processes......................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
performance management system can be used to improve employee commitment and
engagement at Pine-Apps Ltd......................................................................................................3
identify the challenges they may face using this system and propose how these can be
overcome or managed..................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Talent management is the process where knowledge and talent is being managed by making
use of appropriate talent. Present report will lay emphasis on Pine Apps Ltd. Company. The firm
is being engaged in developing apps and in their recent times. Report will provide the advantages
for Pine-Apps Ltd in developing their own HR function. It will analyse the Role of performance
management system
TASK 1
Discuss and evaluate the advantages for Pine-Apps Ltd in developing their own HR function
From the case study it has been analysed that Pine Apps Ltd company is being engaged in
developing apps and in their recent times, the profit has been increased. Huge level of success is
being enjoyed by company but however in recent times the firm has been started facing severe
internal problems related to communication and labour turnover which has been affecting the
growth of company. However, in order to solve these issues company is also being involved in
making and developing their own human resource functions. As per the view of Eneanya (2018)
human resource management will assist the firm in increasing their profit as well as revenue
which is really necessary for growth of firm. It has also been analysed that Pine Apps is being
engaged in recruiting graduates for the positions which are been vacant in firm. The main
advantage of this HR function is that the IT roles on which people are been working requires
highly skilled employees. The talent is being found in young graduates so company is being
engaged in hiring the young people.
In the opinion of Schleicher and et.al., (2018) the training is one of the most important task
in development of workers, so in Pine Apps Ltd company the training is been done by senior
management. This will assist the company in increasing their productivity and also because of
this they in future will be able to lower down labour turnover in future. This will assist firm in
growing. It has also been analysed from the case study the recruitment and selection is also been
done by senior managers by themselves. This has assisted Pine apps company in hiring those
workers which is been needed by them. Developing their own HR function for recruitment and
selection will support them in making sure that workers who lacks maturity and does not fits the
job is not been hired by them. This will assist organisation in saving costs and also because of
this Pine Apps Ltd company will be able to grow. They will also be able to achieve their set
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objective and the labour turnover will also come in their control which is really necessary to be
done.
As stated by Bruskin and et.al., (2017) the other benefit of developing own Human resource
function by Pine Apps Ltd will also assist them in increasing employee engagement which is
been lacking in recent time by company. They will be able to implement rules and regulations
which are in favour of company and also those policies will be implemented which are favour of
new graduates who are being hired. The development of new HR functions in Pine App Ltd will
also assist them in analysing loopholes which was leading to increase in attrition rate in firm.
There are various advantages which can be experienced by company when they will be engaged
in developing their own HR function. The performance of employees will be improved. They
will be able to engaged in organisation more and also because of this productivity of Pine Apps
Ltd company will be increased. It has also been evaluated that making use of appropriate HR
functions will assist in recruiting and hiring adequate staff members who will assist company in
increasing their productivity as well as operational efficiency. The company will also be engaged
in implementing performance management functions when developing their own human resource
management systems. It has also been analysed that these functions will assist in enhancing
performance level of workers.
TASK 2
Role of performance management system
The main role of performance management system is to enhance performance of workers so
that organisations productivity and operational efficiency can be improved. This system is useful
in tracking the performance of workers so that workers across whole organisation is been
involved in working effectively in order to meet the strategic business goals as well as
objectives. There are various tools which can be used for managing performance of workers. One
of the most used tool is 360 feedbacks (Liu and et.al., 2017). In this the workers are being asked
to provide feedback related to laws and policies which has been implemented. This will assist
firm in knowing about the gaps in their policies and then the new rules will be made according to
employees. This technique of performance management will assist in improvising the quality of
work done by workers and also they will be able to improve the productivity. The role of
performance management is to lower down employee turnover and also to increase the
operational efficiency of company. Main role is to increase motivation of workers by providing
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them with appropriate environment. This management system also assists in making
environment of firm better which is necessary for growth.
performance management system can be implemented with other HR processes
Performance management system can be used by Pine App Ltd company in enhancing the
organisational performance level. HR can be engaged in implementing a criterion for measuring
performance level. This will assist them in enhancing the way new graduates work in their
company. HR manager of Pine App Ltd. Company can adopt grading system where the best
performance will be selected and rewarded. This will assist them in enhancing motivation level
of newly hired employees and also this will assist the company in retaining workers. This
process will help organisation in lowering down employee turnover and it will also assist in
achieving the set target as well as mission and vision. It has also been analysed that the Pine App
Ltd. Company will also been engaged in making use of various performance management tools.
In this they will be involved in making use software such as 360-degree feedback. The HR
department of organisation will be engaged in installing software. This will assist employees in
anonymously giving the feedback to managers of Pine App Ltd company. In this organisation
will be able to meet out loopholes which has been faced by them. This will assist HR in retaining
workers and because of this they will also be able to grow.
Performance management has huge benefits like because of this Pine App Ltd. Company
will be engaged in retaining workers and also employees will be more engaged because of this.
Firm will be able to increase employee engagement. Communication barriers will also be
removed which was been faced by firm. This will assist organisation in bridging gaps which was
been faced by organisation between senior and junior team. Employees will be able to know
more about each other and by this way firm will be able to grow. Performance management with
HR process is really beneficial. This will help organisation in improvising performance of firm
and also because of this the motivation of workers will be improved. This is the major reason
because of the turnover will be reduced. It will also assist Pine App Ltd. Company will in
achieving mission and vision. It has also been analysed that in performance management HR
department will also be engaged in increasing competitive level so that better work environment
can be created. It will assist firm in growing and achieving objectives.
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TASK 3
performance management system can be used to improve employee commitment and
engagement at Pine-Apps Ltd.
Pine apps Ltd company is currently suffering from huge internal issues. They have been
involved in facing various communication barriers and also because of lack in training and
monitoring, they are unable to retain workers. The new graduate comes in organisation and
leaves showing them dis-satisfaction from organisation. It has also been analysed that with HR
process firm is been involved in making use of performance management system so that
employee commitment and engagement can be improved. In this the HR manager of Pine Apps
Ltd. Company has made sure to make use of clear objectives so that every employee works
towards achieving of same goal. There will be no confusion and they will be more engaged
towards company. It has also been analysed that this will also assist in engaging employees as
they will know about goals they will not be confused and motivation level will be enhanced. It
has also been analysed that the process of working will be improved by making use of
performance management system. Better competition will be implemented in company. This will
assist Pine App Ltd. Company in making culture of firm better (Van Dooren and Hoffmann,
2018).
It has also been analysed that performance management approaches used by firm will
assist them in engaging workers more. This will assist them achieving set target and also mission
and vision will be achieved. It has also been evaluated that performance level of workers will
also be improvised because of this. In order to enhance performance, it is necessary that
company make use of adequate training and learning procedures. This will assist firm in
achieving set target and mission. This will help in growing. This will help organisation in
improvising performance of firm and also because of this the motivation of workers will be
improved. The performance management system will assist in making sure that employee loyalty
is been created and enhanced. It has also been analysed that this will help in making sure that no
new graduate who has joined the workplace leaves. This will assist in keeping workers motivated
and also this will assist organisation in increasing employee loyalty.
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identify the challenges they may face using this system and propose how these can be overcome
or managed.
There are various challenges that can be faced by Pine App Ltd. Company when making use
of the performance management system. It has been analysed that firm needs to consider
appropriate design of PMS tool. This tool must be made according to size and specific needs of
organisation (Van Thielen and et.al., 2018). In this HR manager of organisation must make sure
that they do not make a duplicate design which means that one design is only used for one
organisation. The reason is needs and demands of every firm is different from one another. Pine
App Ltd. Company must make sure that performance management system design is first tried on
Pilot basis (Aguinis, 2019). Then it should be implemented. This will support company in
knowing about whether this design will be successful or not. It will not go wrong for
organisation. If there is no integration between performance management system and human
resource process, then also this can appear as a challenge. It should also be linked with culture,
organisational structure and process, so that no issues can be faced by Pine App Ltd. Company in
future. There must be an open flow of communication so that flexibility can be increased and
also it will assist in lowering down the dissatisfaction level of new graduates who join the firm.
Proper planning must be done so that they can be able to overcome performance management
issues. This will assist in making sure that productivity and operational efficiency of Pine App
Ltd. Firm is been enhanced and improved. It will also support in growth of company. They will
be able to overcome the recent issues which has been faced them.
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been summarised that company has been involved in facing
huge issues related to retaining and engaging workers in company. This has increased employee
turnover and also brand value of company was decreasing. In order to overcome from this issue,
it has been analysed that HR has made use of various policies and procedures related to
performance management so that worker’s efficiency and performance level can be enhanced. It
has also been analysed that this has also assisted firm in achieving set target as well as objectives
which was really necessary to be done. In this company has also made use of 360-degree
feedback by which they have been able to identify the gaps in policies which has been
implemented by them.
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