A case study on the Nestle People Development Review

Introduction

In the recent era of globalisation, all the competitive firms are looking for gaining high competitive advantage over other competitive companies in the market in order to secure future sustainable development (Meredith, Mantel Jr, and Shafer, 2017). In this context, the organisational leaders and the management team rely on the employees, who are the major stakeholder to achieve the organisational success, where the employees play an important role in running the organisational operational activities efficiently and achieve future organisational success by contributing positively with their full potential in the organisation. Hereby, all the companies are trying to improve personal and professional’s development for the employees to motivate them and improve their capabilities to perform it the organisation. The study aims at discussing the ways to develop the activities of recruitment and selection and training program for organisational learning and develop effective project management planning for implementing different approaches of organisational learning, so that the employees can get proper opportunity to develop their professional skill and develop personal knowledge for contributing positively in the organisation. Through this study, it is possible to develop project management planning with appropriate Gantt chart, work break down structure as well as evaluate the findings for developing further recommendations in near future, so that the organisation can develop the learning activities in the organisation for enhancing the organisational performance as a whole to achieve future organisational success.

Nestle is one of the world famous company providing quality products to the customers worldwide, and according to the leader of the company, it is necessary for the company to develop effective training and development program at the workplace for life ling learning activities for the employees, so that the employees can get the opportunity for developing their personal and professionals skill for successful performance and contributing positively in the firm for achieving future success. In this regard, there are many employees from different cultural background, working in the company and it is the responsibility of the organisational leader to manage the diverse workforce and develop suitable organisational culture so that the staff member can collaborate and work together successfully for enhancing the organisational performance as a whole. The company is committed towards its employees about maximising the lifelong learning, so that the employees get the opportunity to improve their knowledge and capabilities for performing better in the organisation. It is also the responsibility of the leaders and the managers to design proper training and development program in the organisation which help to enhance the performance of the employees and provides a scope for successful personal and professional’s development.

Establishing project aims, objectives and timeframes based on the chosen theme

The project focuses on exploring the advantages and the strategies to develop effective training program in the organisation Nestle in order to ensure lifelong learning process at the workplace, so that the employees can get the opportunity to explore more knowledge and gather in depth skill to perform better in the organisation. The project management plan is suitable for exploring the strategies of providing effective training program to the employees of Nestle and developing suitable working environment to work collaboratively. The objectives of the project are,

• To identify the strategies of recruitment and selection
• To explore the tactics of providing effective learning program to the employees
• To analyse the benefits of having proper recruitment, selection an training program in he organisation
• To recommend some suitable suggestions for improving the recruitment, selection an training program in the organisation for meeting the organisational requirements in near future

The activities such as developing project aim and resource allocation, budgeting, implementing new updated computers and updating the company’s website, implementing ICT, developing employees screening, hiring experts and engineers, developing group discussion, conducting personal interview, implementing induction process, executing the planning, monitoring and evaluating employee’s performance, on the job training are effective where the time frame provides proper guidance to enhance the tanning activities in Nestle.

Conducting small-scale research, information gathering and data collection, generating knowledge to support the project

It is necessary to conduct a small scale research, where it is possible to understand the company’s activities and evaluate the contribution of the resources and financial investment on designing the recruitment and selection process as well as training methods at the workplace, through which the employees of Nestle can get proper environment for self learning activities. Through the research, it is also possible to evaluate the selection process and training program for which the company is able to select the best candidates as per their job vacancies and improve the overall performance of the organisation in long run. In this regard, qualitative and quantitative data and analysis are useful in this research through which the organisational activities can be evaluated. In order to gather the qualitative data, the company’s news and annual report are effective which provides a scope to review the activities of the organisation as well as understand the process of recruitment and selection in Nestle. On the other hand, for gathering quantitative data, employee’s review is effective, where the employees are empowered well in the organisation for sharing their reviews and understanding about the training program of successful self learning activities. As per the qualitative data, it has been that, Nestle is efficient to focus on developing effective recruitment and selection process where proper review of job vacancies ad evaluation of job requirements further help the human resource management team to select the right candidate according to the job role and responsibilities (Li, 2015).

The human resources management team in this regard post the job vacancies in the employment portal and attract the candidates for selecting the right employee for the company. After that, the manager review the CV of the employees and shortlist the candidates as per their educational capabilities and past working experience. After short listing the candidates, the company tries to develop proper screening through personal test and technical test as well as arrange group discussion so that the knowledge and capabilities of the employees can be judged well according to their experience and skill. After the group discussion round, there is personal interview, where the technical test and the personal abilities are judged well in order to select the right candidate for the organisation. On the basis of the personal interview, the employee’s performance and capabilities are evaluated for final selection (Noe et al., 2017). In this regard, the company is also efficient to design the learning process for the employees. The leader is committed towards the employees by providing the opportunity of self development and professional’s development so that the employees can utilise the organisational platform for personal and professional development which in turn helps the staff to improve their knowledge and skill for performing better in near future. In this regard, the induction training process of the company is effective which provides a scope to the management team to share the information about the job roles and responsibilities as well as organisational aims and objectives, so that the employees can understand the working process in the workplace and contribute positively for better performance. Hereby, the induction process is one of the effective ways of the organisation to educate the employees and share with them about the working activities at the organisation.

As per the quantitative data, the employee’s review is effective, where the employees share their personal experience in the organisational workplace. As per the reviews, most of the employees are satisfied with the induction process, where they get the opportunity to learn about the organisational working activities as well as gather more knowledge and understanding about contributing positively in the organisation for better performance (Mooring, 2016). In addition to this, majority of the employees in nestle share their reviews that, they are also satisfied in the organisation due to effective organisational culture, where the leader and the human resource management team are efficient to develop string relationship with trust and loyalty among all the employees, and this initiative further help all the staff to work with partnership basis with cooperation and communication. This phenomenon further encourages the employees to share their personal experience and knowledge with others and improve the overall performance of the firm. Hereby, the company is efficient to create values for the employees by providing them suitable platform for self learning where the employees can get the opportunity for successful personal and professional’s development (Phillips and Gully, 2015).

Moreover, Nestle is successful to retain the employees for long run by selecting the right candidate for the organisation. Through effective recruitment and selection, the company is able treating the employees, who are suitable for handling the organisational working activities efficiently. Moreover, the company is also efficient to design their induction process as well as on the job training proves in order to cooperate with the employees and give them the chance of gathering more in depth knowledge and skills for contributing positively in the organisation (Verma et al., 2016). The leader and the management team of the organisation Nestle focus on improving the recruitment and selection process as well as training program for improving their performance as a whole in near future. It would beneficial for the organisation to develop effective training program for achieving future success, where the employees can enhance their skill and capabilities for future and they are motivated to contribute positively in the organisational working activities.

Presenting the project and communicating appropriate recommendations based on meaningful conclusions drawn from the evidence findings and analysis

The above mentioned data and information are effective to understand the recruitment and selection process as well as the training program at the organisation nestle which provides a scope to evaluate the effectiveness of the organisational strategies to develop the platform of lifelong learning for all the employees. In this regard, the organisation is efficient to develop proper recruitment and selection process so that it is possible to hire the skilled workforce for handling the organisational operational activities strategically. In this regard, the management strategies and the selection process are effective to hire the best employees across the globe. It is effective for the organisation to strengthen the practice of developing effective training and development program so that it is possible for Nestle to provide lifelong learning activities to the employees and the opportunity to chance successful personal and professionals development and this in turn helps to motivate the staff members to work collaboratively and contribute positively in achieving the organisational success. The company in this regard needs to hire efficient engineers at the organisation who can share their experience and educate the employees in long run (Taylor, Doherty and McGraw, 2015). Sharing their experience and providing proper knowledge and understanding are effective for the employees to gather effective knowledge and in depth skill to handle the operational activities in nestle. Apart from that, proper investment on the training and development program is mandatory, where Nestle needs to reallocate the organisational resources and capabilities as well as develop effective training program for the benefit of the employees. Apart from the induction training, the company needs to provide on the job training efficiently were the employees are trained well at the workplace by utilising the production technique, customers management process and distribution process, so that the aim of the company can be fulfilled by enhancing the performance of the employees.

Apart from the financial investment and hiring the technical staff in the organisation for training, it is necessary for the organisation to develop a website of the company, where it is only for the employees to get adequate knowledge and understanding,. This online training program through the company websites is one of the effective strategies to improve the training and develop activity of the company and give the opportunity to the employees to get proper training program. The employees can access the website with proper protected password for their learning development which in turn provides a scope to improve their knowledge and technical skill. The uploaded information and in depth knowledge about the professionals skill and working strategies are effective for all the employee, where the employees can access the webpage for their personal and professionals development at any time according to their preferences. Implementation of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is another initiative in the workplace, where internal communication can be enhanced well and it further provides a scope to the employees to share their information while working to each other and through this process, the organisation can enhance their performance and the employees can improve their knowledge and capabilities in long run. In addition to this, job rotation and sharing information and job related activities and tactics during performing the job are other method, where the mangers and the senior colleagues can be collaborated with each other and they can enhance their performance through providing on the job training. Rotation of the job roles an responsibilities as well as sharing proper information while partnership working also enhance the personal knowledge and skill of the workforce where they are motivated to gather more knowledge and understanding for improving their performance in long run.

Reflecting on the value from conducting the project and its usefulness to support sustainable organisational performance

The project planning is effective for the company Nestle to review the existing process of recruitment and selection as well as evaluate the training and development program as these activities are beneficial for recruiting the best candidate as per the job roles and responsibilities at the company and retain the employees for long run. The project management planning is effective for the organisation to develop effective project planning with scope and risk of the project, development activities for implementing suitable training and development program and time frame, which provide a scope to the management team to implement the project successfully within proper expected time (Kerzner, 2017). In this regard, the company nestle needs to focus on training and development program which is suitable in the recent era of globalisation for providing the scope of personal and professional’s development to all the employees to motivate them in long run and improve their performance by enhancing their skill and knowledge (Fleming and Koppelman, 2016).

The above mentioned small scale research is also effective under this project management activities, where evaluating the organisational activities for recruiting and selecting the right candidate as well as the existing training program which is beneficial for the employees. In addition to these, the project management planning helps to develop work break down structure for enhancing the recruitment and training program as it is beneficial for the organisation to enhance their performance in long run. Recently, all the employees try to get the opportunity for personal and professionals development and this project management planning provides a scope to the organisation nestle to review existing practice of recruitment, selection and training program as well as recommendation suitable suggestions through which nestle can enhance the learning procedures in the workplace which further motivate the employees to perform better by gathering more in depth knowledge and understanding (Heagney, 2016).

Conclusion

It can be concluded that, the organisation Nestle is efficient to reallocate the organisational resources and invest more on the learning process for providing the chance of personal and professional’s development, where the employees of the company can get the opportunity for improving their skill and knowledge in long run. It is beneficial for the organisation to restructure the recruitment and selection process and develop online job portal for the organisation for better selection.; it would also be beneficial for the organisation to develop on the job as well as off the job training and development program for motivating the employees and giving them the platform for self development activities by gathering more in depth knowledge and technical skill. In addition to these, the project management plan for the organisation is appropriate to meet the research aims and objectives, where the activities with proper time table are effective for the leader and the management team of the organisation to develop their recruitment and selection process and enhance the training program which in turn provides a scope to the firm to enhance their performance in long run and secure future sustainable development.

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