Strategy human resource management in ARMCO

STRATEGY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ARMCO
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Strategy Human Resource Management in ARMCO
Introduction
In the modern competitive world managers need to keep up to date with strategies that increase efficiency at the work place. There is a need to keep employees feeling valued and motivated at all times. Information gathering is as important as effective communication. It is these strategies that will encourage efficiency and innovation, which are an essential quality in the modern competitive world. Positive relationships are beneficial to the company as this will be reflected to the customers and suppliers and which will help the organisation to achieve its goals.
AK Steel formally ARMCO is an American company that specialises in making steel from different states within USA. The management applies open communication and team work as its Human Resources strategy. This essay will provide the details of the strategy by the management.
Strategies to Ensure That Information Is Collected,
Analysed And Communicated.
Organisations need to recognise that information has a crucial role to play in making them efficient and in maintaining of competitive advantage, (Kirk, 1999). Effective communication and information sharing will lead to more innovative ideas and good decision making information. At AK Steel, information and ideas are gathered from various sources, both internal and external. This process is important as it is part of involving the team members in the decision making process. Employee involvement helps in creating good relationships with the employees. The information is analysed, and refined to ensure that it is appropriate and that it takes into consideration the different cultures at AK Steel. The sources of information are valued and as such are treated with confidence, respect and high integrity. Employees are required to give their feedback on this information. The information is then distributed to the work team where the now refined information is used to develop better work performance.
Adjusting Interpersonal Style and Methods to Suit an Organisation's
Social and Cultural Environment.
At AK Steel, there is an employee responsibility to ensure that personal interests are not in conflict with the organization’s objectives and that their personal judgment should not interfere with objectivity while undertaking their duties. This is stipulated in the Conflict of Interests Policy for all employees (AK Steel 2010). The organisation encourages subgroup interactions where employees with different cultural backgrounds interact in a social forum.
Report On A Team's Purpose, Goals, Plans, Objectives, Roles, And Responsibilities.
The purpose of each team at AK Steel is to assist in planning, enhancement of decision making process and encouraging employees’ participation. Each team has its own objective which should align with the organisations objective, to continuously improve on the steel products, processes and services as well as exceeding the customers expectations (AK Steel, 2010).
Documentation Of Consultation With Relevant Personal And Investigations
Of Strategic Plans, Operational Plans, Performance
Plans And Key Performance Indicators.
Critical success factors will include, sharing information as well as encouraging and creating relationships that are based on trust; the team should have shared goals and objectives; there should be an agenda for every group meeting where the team leader lists all the topics in order of relevance. The agenda should be distributed to all the members before the meeting. The team leader should guide discussions and s/he should facilitate the discussions as he listens to each contribution from the members.
There are meetings which are held on quarterly basis to discuss issues from the different functional department within AK Steel where they discuss issues in order to ensure that all functional departments are headed towards the same goals. The achievements made by each department are measured against the set goals. The entire organisations are measured against the organisations preset target.
Team Processes and Team Members' Participation in Decision Making,
The team process and team members’ participation in providing feedback, Each team has a role to play and the members are aware of and understand this role and are all committed to the goal of the team. The team members are made aware of their individual roles and each member knows the role of the other members. The individu...