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BUSI48904 International HRM - Nottingham Trent University

Report on Role of training and development HR manager

Assessment brief

You are a team of HR Consultants pitching to work with a large International Organisation: Arcelor Mittal.

Arcelor Mittal is the world's leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries. Arcelor Mittal's operations span across many industries, and they employ ~168,000people of which 500 are their top managers. The group is managed according to region, however, they actively make use of the company's global presence, for example in benefitting from centres of scale in procurement. Diversity is important and visible at the level of the Board of Directors, but the gender balance of the executive officers and management committee could be better.

While this award-winning organisation is very successful and they have always invested heavily in their employees, they are a young company and they have a challenge: talent management. Thus, they need help with important strategic aspects of managing resourcing, development, rewards and employment relations.

In some locations the company is projecting a forthcoming recruitment crisis . They are concerned about their ability to recruit sufficient numbers and quality of people at all levels of the organisation, but especially so with regards to their global leadership development pipeline. Many top managers are approaching retirement age and the company must act decisively to put in place sophisticated plans to secure their future.Global trends in ageing workforce are of concern especially in the US, the UK, Japan, Germany, France, South Korea, and China, and this makes the situation of ever more urgent worry. In many developed countries birth rates are also falling.

At the same time, a number of specialist vacancies, in health and safety and IT for example, have been open a while and ArcelorMittal have had to employ temporary agency staff and subcontract work to ensure these important roles are covered. Safety is a top priority in the company.ArcelorMittalare keen to fill these vacancies ASAP; it is not clear to them what is hindering their ability to attract suitable candidates.

Finally, in line with the company's ethos on sustainability, ArcelorMittal want to demonstrate their commitment to social value. This is also a client requirement in key locations where ArcelorMittal want to expand their business activities, including the UK and Australia. The top managers firmly believe in this. April 2017, Lakshmi N Mittal, Chairman and Chief Executive, said:

"Our 10 sustainable development outcomes were designed to ensure we manage to stay ahead of expectations, and also demonstrate our understanding that long-term success lies not only in creating shareholder value but also in actively contributing to society's needs."
Despite an element of value-based recruitment being integrated into the HR processes, not all people within the company share this view, and so ArcelorMittal face a development challenge.How to best mobilise resources to ensure all employees work to the company's ethos on sustainability and social value especially?

ArcelorMittal are looking for support from professional consultants in developing their strategic response to the abovementioned challenges. You are a team of HR Consultants pitching to work with ArcelorMittal.

In selecting suitable contractors, ArcelorMittal use the same rigorous approach that they use in recruiting employees, that is, an assessment centre. As learnt HR consultants, you know that assessment centres often include group activities as well as individual tasks.

ArcelorMittal would like to meet your team. You will have an opportunity to present your analysis and recommendations during their visit to Nottingham Thursday 17 - Friday18 February2022; a timetable will follow nearer to the time. ArcelorMittal also require each consultant to submit a short business report after the meetings. These individual reports are due on Sunday 20 February 2022.

The individual assignment requires you to submit a short 1,000 word business report, which focuses on your contribution to the team's analysis of the case study material (see ArcelorMittal IHRM assessment brief) and proposals for the organisation's strategic decision makers.

Your report should take the form of a formal business report and include the following sections:
1. NBS Front Cover
2. Title
3. Table of Contents
4. Brief Introduction and Terms of Reference (n/50 words)
5. Main Body
a. A succinct summary of the team's case (r.100 words)
b. More detailed, critical discussion focused on your individual and specific contribution, including analysis and recommendations
(N800 words)
6. Conclusion (N50 words)
7. References

Attachment:- International HRM.rar