Management of Human Resources Across Borders & Talent Acquisition

Question: Write a report about the "management of human resources across borders talent acquisition". Answer: No business run only on automation and machines only because there are the resources which manage automated jobs and machines as well. These are human resources and are the force behind the success or failure of the business. At Walmart, human resources are diversified and they bring different perceptions and values to the table. The very promising reason for such a diversified cultured workforce is that it is the era of globalization and Walmart have stepped into the world with its presence in more than 28 countries of the world. (Walmart Website) The best ideology in human resource practices at Walmart is that there are associates not employees. The word Associate have simple message that everyone at Walmart is companion in the business. Its easier said than done in terms of managing the human resources across the global places of Walmart. Its human resource management that manages workforce of approx. two million associates. (Walmart Website) So HR department at Walmart is called The People Division and this division also assures that company functions in the risk-free environment and the graph of success tends to grow better each day. Since in this section, our focus is to understand the human resource strategies that helped Walmart to achieve success in revenues and also to keep its associates happy and growing. Walmart offers low cost products to its customers and for this, there is lot more up and down curves regulated by HR .Human resource department takes care of all steps to hold the costs and saving in cost gives benefits to customers and to associates of Walmart. At Walmart, its downward decision making strategy. It means that new joiners, lower level associates and section managers are empowered to take decisions. Such approach saves time and for sure, enhances the worth of the employees. At Walmart, business planning is in calibration with HR practices and this reduces the peril situation of failure. Associates are rewarded for their good performances in various terms whether it be delivering quality or cost saving. HR department at Walmart have always believed and applied in the concept of placing right person at right job and by hiring the qualified candidate, human resource department sets the right platform for the present and future goals of the company. Training program and de velopment strategies of human resource department makes associates understand the biggest risk to business-the risk of lower sales or risk of rejection by customers. By the time associates are in touch with customer and other dealings of the business, they are stable enough to cater the supreme customer base and adding value to the organization. (Michael Bergdahl, 2010). Observing the success trends set by human resource departments, one can assume that processes are running smooth and easy but no deny in the fact-nothing worth comes easy and worth of Walmart is massive and gigantic. There are snags that need to be taken care in order to manage the workforce on which the success of Walmart depends. Workplace privacy is one of the area which employees express all over the world. Employees are not entitled to privacy in the use of workplace computers, which belong to their employers and pose significant dangers in terms of diminished productivity and even employer liability.(Workplace fairness) Walmart faces performance problems and most important of them are: -Absenteeism that causes loss in productivity. -Reporting issues -Somewhere hostile workplace relations. (Thompson, Andrew 2015) -Prime focus on cost cutting always not ensures good productivity because it may result in higher attrition. It happens when employees are under continuous stress or work pressure. Though the count of such issues is less but the impact is multi-faced and thus human resource department needs crucial steps regarding the same. Management play an important role to tackle such issues and there are suggestions to improve the workplace environment .Due care should be taken while applying international management concepts in different countries where Walmart have presence. Unity in diversity is right when applied well. Flexibility of work hours is also great incentive for employees that management may consider. Make the reporting clear because its the bosses with employee works nor the products neither the services. Walmarts human resource management is always on the lookout for other performance problems that can be solved through HR training, compensation, and related approaches. References: Bergdahl, Michael 2010, How the HR division at Wal-Mart drives the company's success through people. Workplace fairness, The Good, The Bad and Wal-mart. Thompson, Andrew 2015,Walmarts HRM: Training, Performance Management.