Leadership Management Report: HR Department Analysis at Woolworths

This report provides an analysis of leadership management within the Woolworths company, specifically focusing on the Human Resources (HR) department. It begins with an introduction to Woolworths' business strategy, organizational values, and hierarchical structure. The report then delves into a detailed examination of the HR department, outlining the department's purpose, objectives, and the role of an HR manager. Key aspects of the HR manager's role are explored, including responsibilities, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), required qualifications, skills, knowledge, and behavioral characteristics. Furthermore, the report discusses the importance of networking for career development and achieving individual goals. The report also includes a discussion on the networking tactics that can be used for better professional development. This assignment provides valuable insights into the practical application of leadership and management principles within a real-world organizational context, offering solutions and information for students.

Running head: LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT
Leadership Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
PART-B
Author Note

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Introduction
The Woolworths Company is in to the retailing industry. The products that are offered by
the company include fresh vegetables and meat that are purchased from their suppliers along
with electronic goods and apparel for both the genders. It helps the customers in purchasing the
daily items from their store.
The strategy of the company is to be the first priority among the customers for all the
brands that are purchased by them. To achieve these goals, the company ensures that they build a
good customer base, which will help in generating the momentum for sales.
The organizational value of the company is to offer the customers a better deal by
maintaining the quality of the products.

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The company follows a hierarchical structure in their organization, which means that the
owners of the company formulate the strategies, which needs to be followed by the employees of
the company.
Figure 1: Organizational Structure of Woolworths
The company follows professional development in its organization, as it provides the
employees with the opportunities of getting trained within the organization so that their level of
efficiency can be improved within the company. It helps in boosting the morale of the employees
so that they can provide better quality service within the organization.
Team/department
The department where I would like to work is in the Human Resources Department. I
would like to serve as the HR manager of the company.

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The purpose of the department is to provide training to the employees so that they can be
efficient in the work place. The increase in their level of production will help the company in
earning better revenues.
The primary objective of the department is to provide the employees the latest
technologies so that they can be able to work in the organization in an efficient manner.
Developmental role
The role of the HR manager will be to look after the welfare of the employees in an
overall manner. The less productive workers will be provided with adequate training so that they
can achieve the targets that are being set by the organization. The HR manager will also be
responsible for recruiting the right employees in the right department so that the employees can
be efficient.
The Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the role will be to measure the actual hiring
cost of the employees along with the cost that is taken in the budget of the company. it will also
measure the turnover rate of the employees on an annual basis and the cost of interview that the
company has to bear in hiring the people.
The mandatory qualification for the role is that the manager needs to study the behavior
of the humans so that they can hire the best people. The manager also needs to have a degree in
the human resource management from a respectable university along with an experience in that
relative field.
The skills and knowledge that are required for the HR manager is that they need to be
proper listener so that they can give better attention to the other people who are making a point in

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the discussion. The managers also need to be a good speaker so that they can convey the
information in a better manner to the employees. They need to have coordination skills, which
will help in the taking proper actions with respect to the action of the others.
The behavioral characteristics of the HR manager is that they need to be innovative in
nature so that they can help the organization in adopting the best methods and practices, which
will help them in keeping the overhead costs low. The managers also need to be disciplined and
have a proper knowledge of time so that the daily activities can be carried out in an efficient
manner. The managers also need to provide motivation to the employees so that they can
perform better within the organization.
Task 6
The various networking sites provide ample opportunities to develop the career and goals
of the individuals. The use of network on an everyday basis will help in getting lot of attention
from the various events that are held. This will provide an opportunity to meet up with the people
who can become potential clients or friends.
Communication helps in maintaining better contacts with the people. The tactic that
needs to be used is that to regularly meet up with people so that they can remember the person
distinctly. This will also help in growing the relationship data base of the individual.
The individual needs to be nice with the potential people that they will meet so that it will
help in getting recognized after a long period of time as well.