Human Resource Selection Management Report Assignment (Essay Sample)

HUMAN RESOURCE SELECTION REPORT
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HUMAN RESOURCE SELECTION REPORT
1 Introduction
OZStyle4U is a Fashion and Design Company based in Queensland and it seeks to recruit a Store Manager to serve in Hobart, Tasmania. The new employee will serve as the first store manager in that region. The successful candidate will also be required to start working in the next 9 months to get sufficiently inducted in the organization where after the store will be officially opened three months later. In addition to this, the new storekeeper will also be tasked with helping in interviewing other prospective employees before the store is opened officially. This will be a full time ongoing position where the employee has the opportunity for career progression. The HR management will have to use external recruitment because employees in the Company at present are either unsuitable or not available to take up the post. Here is a concise report of the recruitment criteria that will be used in finding the most suitable candidate for this job.
2 Pre recruitment
OZStyle4U is a company which majorly embarks on penetrating in new markets with a view of popularizing its products. Therefore, it heavily relies on coordination of unit strategies as the most predominant business strategy that is used at the company. In this respect unit activities are apportioned in the dimensions of stores and the manager of each store is required to make the best out of the employees assigned to that unit. Against this backdrop, it is thus imperative that the ideal candidate for the managerial position of a store must be well organized and with rich administrative skills (Albrecht et al, 2015). Here is a table detailing the business strategy of the Company and how it affects the staffing strategies.
Business Strategy for OZSTYLE4U Company Table
Business strategy

Priority
(P = primary;
S = secondary;
NA = not applicable)

General staffing implications
(to be completed for all four strategy options)

Cost leadership

P

Efficiency focus, adaptable, trainable, wiling to follow standardized procedures

Differentiation (quality)

P

Top research talent, entrepreneurial mindset, creativity, high tolerance for ambiguity

Growth

P

Future oriented, flexible (willing to assume multiple roles), willing to take controlled risks

Specialization

P

Adaptable, learning oriented, networking skills, customer relations skills, emotional resilience, fit with company culture

1 Business Staffing
Human Resource Management generally supports the business strategy of an organization by aligning the recruitment process and many other aspects; to the business strategy of the organization in question. The task of filling the store manager vacancy that has been indicated above will be exclusively reserved for the Human Resource Management of OZStyle4U Company. This is specifically because this department has been deeply entrenched into the vision, mission and business strategy of the Company and it is therefore best suited to understand the needs at hand with respect to this position. In addition to this, the Human Resource Department understands the working environment that the prospective employee will be subjected to once recruited; therefore, from this background, it can make a very informed judgement while picking the best candidate (Deshpande & Golhar, 1994).
2 HR/ Staffing Strategy
Human Resource Department will have to consider the following choices while filling this position. To start with, the employee will be involved in a core working engagement with the Company. This is because the store manager position involves a lot of administrative decisions; therefore, it would be prudent that there is coherence in decision making in that position. Also, all stakeholders in that working environment have to be in a position where they can predict the probable decision of the manager because of the systemic decision making that will have been established. Finally, this is a very crucial position for the Company because its success relies on the success of the managers. Thus, for effective oversight and consistent productivity, it is safe to define the position as core.
As explained before in this report, this recruitment will be conducted internally because it is the opinion of the HR Department that the ambitious goals of the Company ought to be put into practice by persons who understand this working environment well especially during this recruitment process. Weighing possible the costs of internal recruitment against external recruitment, we still feel that the internal model will still be more viable because it is way cheaper than the other alternative. The HR Department has also resolved to hire the employees as opposed to training existing staff of the Company for the position. This is because, as highlighted above, employees of the Company who are competent for that position are not available for now and those that could be available are not sufficiently skilled to take up the position (Zottoli, & Wanous, 2000). In addition to this, the department has also taken this direction because the new recruit is likely to bring new energy to the Company and slightly new ideas that may not have been shared by other employees in the Company (Anyim, Ekwoaba & Ideh, 2012).
For this particular position, there are certain qualifications that the ideal candidate has to exhibit in a bid to satisfy the recruiting panel. In the first place an exceptional educational background is key. The lowest standard of acceptability will be a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management plus additional training in store keeping. Every other academic credential will also attract more points. Since the Company needs someone to manage a start up store, the recruiting panel will be more inclined to a highly experienced candidate in this sector. Around 7 years of experience in managing a highly competitive store or entity would be the minimum standard and the more the experience, the more points the candidates accumulate. Also, this position requires people of high moral standards and impeccable degree of integrity. It would be good to examine the previous records of candidates’ character in a bid to ascertain this factor. The final major criterion will be the ability of the candidate to work within a team. The charisma and ability to influence other people will be examined for this reason.
HR/Staffing strategy/Talent philosophy
Strategy element

General approach by Organization

Particular approach for this position
(select one – can select both, but this must be justified)


HR perspective

Investment

Costs

Investment / Cost


Staffing emphasis

Proactive

Reactive

Proactive/Reactive


Type of workforce

Core

Flexible

Core / Flexible


Position focus

Critical

General

Critical / General


Labour market

Internal

External

External


Skill acquisition

Train

Select

Train / Select


Talent management

Replace

Retain

Replace / Retain


Skills focus

Person-Job fit & KSAOs

Person-organization fit & Competencies

Person-Job fit / Person-Organization fit


Staffing decisions

HR Manager
(Centralized)

Hiring Manager (Devolved)

HR Manager / Hiring Manager


3 Job Requirements Matrix
Job requirements matrix for the Store Manager position
Job specification

Person specification


Duty

Tasks

Importance of duty
(%)

Time spent on duty (%)

KSAO/Competency

Importance of KSAO/Competency to performance
(1 = Low, 10 = High;
E = essential, D = Desirable)


Supervision

Managing other workers

100%

60%

Great Management and interpersonal skills

10, E


Store Keeping

Book Keeping and accounting

60%

30%

Keen recording skills.
Accounting Knowledge

6, E

Problem Solving

Critical thinking and knowledge about the industry

70%

60%

Ingenuity and ability to think on their toes

8,E

3 Recruitment
4 Employment Value Proposition
OZStyle4U asserted itself as the best and biggest Company in design fashion retail store within the region of Queensland. Its desire to extend its business to other states gives employees an opportunity to contribute to a great paradigm shift in the fashion business. The Company highly values its team of employees and for this reason there is massive career progression as well as high welfare sensitivity. Furthermore, the Company offers decent remuneration to its employees, well above the standard market value. There are also many allowances and rewards which are apportioned on account of dedication, sacrifice, commitment and merit of respective employees. For these reasons, this is a highly competitive institution that offers all employees a new experience in their line of duty.
Employment Value Proposition Table
Item

Focus
(Job-related/
Organization-related/
Person-related)

Type (Intrinsic/
Extrinsic)

Organization contribution

Employee contribution

To which applicants might it appeal

Career Progression

Person Related

Intrinsic

* Facilitating new experiences and training for employees and allowing further studies
* Providing scholarships to employees.
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