如何利用有效的人力资源.docx

HRM Practices of Employee Engagement and Employee Involvement at HarrodsFrankMay 19, 2016IntroductionIn the highly competitive environment of today, managers agree that modern businesses are demanding higher productivity along with more efficiency than the previous times. Organizations are making effort for increasing the performance for placing the company ahead of competitors. Previously, the satisfied employees who were content with their experience of work were considered to be an important factor for success as a satisfied employee wanted to stay in the company and contributed to the workforce productivity and stability (Sanchez McCauley 2006). However, this has changed due to which stable and satisfied customers are not enough in brining the necessary results. According to Abraham (2012), these employees might meet the demands of work but will not result in higher performance. To compete effectively, employers should go beyond the satisfaction and focus on inspiring employees for applying the full capabilities and potential to the work as the inability to do so will result in making part of the resources to remain unavailable to the company (Baker Leiter 2010). Hence, organizations expect the employees to show enthusiasm, initiative at work and take responsibility for their development along with striving for high performance and quality, be dedicated and energetic in what they do which shows that the organizations want companies to be engaged and involved. It has also been stated that the employee engagement is the best tool in the efforts of company for gaining the competitive advantage and staying competitive (Rashid et al 2011). Based on the increasing importance employee engagement and involvement, this paper is focused on analysing the way employee engagement and involvement activities are taking place at Harrods. DiscussionEmployee EngagementAccording to MacLeod and Clarke (2009), employee engagement is a workforce approach which is designed for ensur