Tesla's HR Strategies: Aligning HR and Corporate Goals

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Embedding HR strategies into broader corporate strategies............................................................3
HR strategy to be embedded in the broader corporate strategy.......................................................4
Implementing HR strategy at the departmental level......................................................................5
Contemporary HR challenges..........................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8
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Introduction
HR planning & workforce development are these two essential aspects which are being
considered effectively in order to develop the corporate strategy within the business
organization. Implementing the HR strategy is very critical for effectively recruiting, developing
& retaining the workforce or the organizational employees within the business organization for a
longer period of time. Different challenges also need to be made & faced by the HR managers
within the business organization (Jacobson & Sowa, 2015).
For the complete assignment, the chosen business organization is the “Tesla” which is the
automotive & energy business organization headquartered in USA. The specialization of the
company is in manufacturing the electric cars along with operating in the multiple areas of
production. It was founded in the year 2003 & serve to the people from all over the World. The
core products manufactured by the company include the electric vehicles & the tesla energy.
Embedding HR strategies into broader corporate strategies
Different business organizations implement the HR strategy which aims to integrate the overall
organizational culture in a common manner including the organizational employees & the whole
system along with considering the different set of actions for acquiring the defined
organizational goals & objectives of Tesla. It is very essential for all the HR managers to
effectively align all the HR strategies in accordance with the organizational goals & objectives
(O'Brien & Linehan, 2014). Some of the organizational HR strategies which should be embedded
into the broader corporate strategies include the recruitment, performance appraisal, succession
planning, learning & development, and the compensation. The strategies discussed & identified
by the HR managers should be in accordance with the overall corporate strategies for the whole
business organization & its respective goals or the objectives (Mason, et.al. 2014). The
organizational HR is being treated as the reactive role among the most essential part of the whole
process of corporate planning. The business managers of Tesla align all the HR objectives
embedded along with all the corporate objectives of the business organization.
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Before implementing, aligning & embedding all the HR as well as the corporate strategies, it is
very essential to set up the most effective values in which the organizational managers, as well as
the organizational employees, believe. In the case of the lack of effective values, the big
difference can be identified among HR strategies & corporate strategies (Baumgartner, 2014).
The HR managers of Tesla need to also identify & ensure the demands which are being made for
them to be fulfilled by the corporate strategies & all these demands are to be laid out clearly &
effectively. It has been recommended that there should be the complete effective understanding
from both the sides including the HR managers framing up the HR strategies & the finance or the
strategic directors of the company framing up the corporate business strategies.
HR strategy to be embedded in the broader corporate strategy
It is essential for each & every business organization to have sufficient resource available with
them such as the technological, human & financial resources. Corporate strategies are the long
term goals which are been defined & achieved by the business & organizational managers in
accordance with the limited available resources with the business organization. The business
managers of Tesla implements & embed the HR strategies into the broader corporate strategies
after effectively assessing the resources of the company (Galpin, et.al. 2015). In order to
effectively embed the HR strategies into the corporate strategies, all the business managers of the
company should have sufficient technological resources (includes the technological equipment &
infrastructure), financial resources (liquid money which is very necessary for the business
organization to run the organizational operations such as the short & the long term deposits,
financial investments & the other bank loans) as well as the human resources (creative skills &
characteristics of employees which can help in accomplishing the defined goals & objectives).
Until & unless the HR managers of the company will not be able to recruit the most talented &
effective employees within the business organization with the help of their HR strategies, the
corporate strategies will get failed to achieve the desired goals & objectives (Sheehan, 2014).
Hence, the long-lasting relationship is being found among both the process of HR & the
corporate goals and the strategies. The planning of human resource or their strategies leads
towards the financial impact of the taken & implemented initiatives depending upon the
strategies of recruitment, training, selection & the retention of all the effective employees for the
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longer period of time within the business organization (Aladwan & Fish, 2014). All the essential
changes which are to be enhanced within the business organization are to be ensured necessarily
by all the HR managers as only then the corporate goals & strategies can be set & implemented
accordingly. The HR managers of Tesla should effectively consider the changing rates prevailing
outside the business organization so that they can implement & embed with the corporate
strategies in the effective as well as in an appropriate manner (Wright, et.al. 2014). In this entire
manner, the HR strategies are embedded with the corporate strategies of the business
organization.
Implementing HR strategy at the departmental level
This is one of the major challenges faced by the HR managers who are implementing the HR
strategy at the departmental level within the business organization (Sparrow & Cooper, 2014).
The effective implementation of HR strategies includes the deep analysis of all the internal as
well as the external factors prevailing outside Tesla. Before implementing the HR strategies at
different departments of the business organization it is very essential to clearly identify the
values, organizational philosophies, organizational mission, vision & other ethical values
(Collings, 2014). The HR managers should also implement the strategies after considering the
services to be provided to all the potential customers & grabbing their attention for the longer
period of time which will retain them with the business organization for the maximum tie period.
It is very essential for all the organizational departments to enhance the high level of
communication among each other so that no kind of the confusion can be seen & identified as
the lack of communication may lead towards the ineffective accomplishment of goals &
objectives. Therefore, the strongest communication is very necessary to be enhanced & ensured
within the different departments while framing up & implementing the HR strategies at the
departmental level (Cascio, 2015). Apart from all these, the high level of supervision should be
ensured upon all the organizational employees so that they can perform as per the defined
strategies & corporate goals.
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Contemporary HR challenges
There are different issues or the challenges faced by the HR managers of Tesla in the context of
aligning all the HR strategies in accordance with the strategies of corporate goals & objectives.
Some of the contemporary HR challenges faced by the HR managers of Tesla include the
compliance of legal laws & regulations, changes within the organizational management,
developing the process of leadership, training & development process of the workforce, adapting
to the process of innovation, understanding the benefits of packages, recruitment of the talented
& effective employees, retaining all the potential employees & the huge diversity among the
workplace (Ellinger, et.al. 2014). Sometimes it becomes very difficult for all the HR managers of
the company to implement their respective strategies as per the legal laws & regulations set by
the Government of the country. The necessary regulations are to be effectively compiled &
executed. There are certain employees within the business organization who are not able to
effectively comply with all the changes effectively because of which the implemented strategies
remain of no use. All these employees are needed to be given with the proper training & certain
level of security so that they can overcome their fear of resisting organizational or management
changes (Barrick, et.al. 2015).
Investing the huge amount of money in providing the training & development to all the lower
level employees is also the major problem or the challenge faced by the HR managers of Tesla.
Another challenge includes the changing in technology. The most experienced employees of the
business organization are old & do not understand about using new & innovative technologies.
Therefore, it becomes difficult for all the HR managers to effectively train them for the effective
utilization of all the newer technologies (Woodrow & Guest, 2014).
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Conclusion
It has been concluded that the HR managers of Tesla should conduct the effective training
courses online with the help of which the employees will not only be able to get trained
effectively but also they will be able to use the new technological equipment in the effective as
well as in an efficient manner. This will also help them to provide high-level training to all the
organizational employees within the standard amount of cost. The effective ways are also been
illustrated for embedding the HR strategies in accordance with the corporate goals & strategies.
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