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Ways IKEA handled the global environment

        Strategic human resource management is a department which is normally designed to enable the organization to

        achieve the needs of their employees in an effective manner and at same time achieving the organizational goals.
        The human resource manager handles all the facets in the organization that affects the employees; these include

        employment, issues of salaries, promotions and the training of the employees. In addition to these, the human
        resource  manager  is  concerned  with  the  motivation  of  the  employees,  providing  information  about  safety

        procedures and holidays for employees. The main duty of the human resource manager is to supervise and control

        the  employees  in  the  organization.  This  position  of  a  human  resource  manager  requires  thinking  ahead  and
        strategizing on how the organization will meet the employees’ needs. This determines how the business will be

        carried out, improving management issues like hiring and training programs of the employees to ensure that they
        are equip with the necessary skills.


        For the Human resource manager practices to result in high performance and successful results in an organization,

        they must divide it management process into five steps; these are:

        a) mission and goals


        b) environmental analysis

        c) strategic formulation


        d) strategic implementation

        e) strategic evaluation.


        An effective Human resource manager in the organization ensures that the mission and goals of the organization

        are clearly outlined so that all the organizational staff starting from the top management to the employees knows
        the mission of the firm and are up to meeting these goals. Human resource managers who clarify the mission

        statement of an organization improves the performances of the organization, for example the mission statement
        of IKEA Company is to create a better everyday life for as many people as possible – with lower prices of goods

        which make it affordable to all people regardless of their social class. This has enabled the IKEA Company to
        maintain their position as a market leader, furthermore it has facilitated the company to be recognized worldwide

        and create a customer’s loyalty towards the company. This is clear evidence that the high performances of the

        human resource managers can lead to the success  of the organization. The Human resource manager should
        further state the means of achieving the organizational objectives both short term and long term, he should design

        effective strategies to be implemented, select the team which is implementing those strategies with the aim of

        attaining organizational goals. This is a very sensitive issue because it will determine the future of the company
        and thus it needs careful implementation and control. Both the human resource manager and the team which is

        responsible for implementation should analyse the actual results of the strategies implemented and evaluate them

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