This report deals with some of the issue that has been discussed in the video that was provided as a part of this assignment. The company that has been discussed in the video is Randstad holding in Singapore. It is a multinational company and the person who is being interviewed in the video is Michael Smith he is the Managing Director of Randstad holdings in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. In the video Smith discusses about several issues that the company is trying to overcome in the process of business operation. In this report a plausible solution to all the issue that has been discussed. In the process of assessing a solution to the challenges faced by the company an analytical procedure has been undertaken which provides with an in-depth understanding of the business environment the company is in at the situation as well as an overall identification of betterment of the business operations. All the references used in the report are from journal articles, reports from recognized companies as well as articles from renowned publishers. This introduction is followed by a detailed discussion about the background of the company and its position in the Singapore market, and then one by one issue that has been discussed in the video is identified and analyzed (randstad.com 2017).
The human resource service industry deals with recruiting human resource in various sectors and industry as per the requirement of the company and the job description. These companies that provide human resource services behave like a third party contributors to organizations form other industry to help them find the right person for the job vacancies in the industry. Led by technological advances and growth in all over business the HR services industry has grown with leaps and bounces. Adecco and Randstad Holding are some of the market leader in the industry. The list of services that are provided by the HR services apart from hiring a professional to asking a person to leave the organization are: developing organizational graphs and determining a corporate culture post merger or acquisition of two companies, dealing with the internal communication process especially employee communications, looking after the disputes among the employees of the company, ideating and developing programs for the employees regarding benefits and protection, directing government rules and guidelines, dealing with legal issues such as sexual harassment and occupational safety, and setting up policy and programs for measuring performance, compensating, recognizing, and training employees.
The Randstad holding is a human rescore consulting services, it is a multinational set up and is regarded as one of the market leader. The company is headquartered in Netherlands and is established in 1960. Currently the company is operating in more than 39 countries; the company is listed in AEX of Euronext Amsterdam. The mission and vision of the company is to lead the organization with the help of combining the passion of Randstad regarding people with the potential of technological advances that are available in current scenario, the company supports and backs up other business organizations as well as individual professionals in finding the right job for the right person at the right time. The company views that unemployment is a severe issue that has to be combated in order to ensure progress and development not only for the organization but also for a country. The company uses several technologies to hire people and organize interview, there are many brand that work under the company for example in India, Monster.com is one of the brands operating under Randstad (randstad.com 2017).
Michael Smith is the Managing Director of the company of the South/South East Asia discusses about some of the issues that the organization is facing in Singapore.
Building a competitive Market in Singapore: Smith says that the company was not the first or one of a kind in the Singapore market when he had taken over the company dealing in October 2012, the HR services industries in Singapore was already at 2.65 billion dollars. Randstad has a name and goodwill associated with the company and hence the challenge to establish itself should not have been a challenge for the company but the population of the country is 3.3 million and according to Smith there are 2800 agencies that operate within the country. Hence the best way that the company can gather public attention is to take the route towards differentiation and placing the company within the minds of the people as a different brand and a different image. But the company has a reputation of being the market leader and that is what the company wanted to keep the focus on (Viktoria and Peter 2014). The concern of the company here was that the performance was lowering in the Singapore market. From being a market leader the company was at the eighth position in the industry from a prolonged period of time. The economy of Singapore at that point of time was full of opportunities which the company was concentrating on. The reputation of the company along with the opportunities available in the market will give the company support in building a competitive market in Singapore. Since, the other companies in the industry are also well established Randstad even though being a global player faced tough competition from the established local companies (Zonneveld 2014).
Branding issues of the company: The HR service industry was huge in the Singapore market, hence the company was had faced issues in establishing the brand the company seemed to be doing everything at a time, they were deemed to be an organization that was serving every ends but was not focusing on one idea. This is a problem when a company is well known and an established brand in the international market the consumers of the service become confused as they compare the brand in the international level. In Singapore the challenge was that there was no point of focus for which the company was known for. There was not particular industry or sector that the company was focusing on, this makes the of the company blur in the minds of the consumers. In this case the management of the company should immediately start focusing on a particular area of expertise and highlight that with the help of communication channels. The company should not stop other services but it should have a focused communication in order to promote the brand after the brand is established in the minds of the people the company can work towards telling consumers stories about other services as well (Campelo et al. 2014).
Challenges in operations management: the company faced a high rate of turnover in terms of employee and consultants which according to Smith was because of a lack of direction in the company. The productivity of the employees was also at a lower level than the competitors which has led to the overall decrease in the productivity and performance of the company. The employees of the company need motivation and appreciation the company recognizes the fact that the employees are the backbone of the company’s expansion and growth. In order to combat the operational management issue that is being recognized in the Randstad can be tackled with the help of six sigma model or a simpler lean production model, these theories if used in practical issues can help the company to understand the root cause of the low production rate and high turnover as well as find a plausible solution to the problem as well (Goetsch et al. 2014).
Market penetration in Singapore: the organization has faced severe issues during their market expansion in the Singapore market. However, they are considered as the weak brand in the Singapore market. There are many competitors in the local market of Singapore that resisted the business to make their expansion. Their consultants tried to understand what is going wrong to the human being in the Singapore market. Their consultants were facing issues in penetrating the Singapore market. However, market penetration is a big issue for each organization while entering a new country. However, often they face massive competition to get the entry in a local market of a new country.
According to the managing director of Randstad, they have struggled to penetrate in the Singapore market as it was too difficult to get the attention of the public as a new business in this particular country. However, adoption of the new strategy was helpful for such organization in this new country, which gives a light at the end of such dark tunnel. The collective aspiration is missing in this context that is a big barrier of such organization in the new market. However, lack of collaborative work affects the market share in the new country in the context of Randstad. Collective aspiration is required for an organization to improve their strategy while operating in a new market (Yeung et al. 2016). Their company was operating from a client to candidates and the consultants. However, there is lack of proper information regarding the operation process. This led Randstad to a position, which is not favorable to win the business goal in a new country. In-depth information of a business operation is crucial for an organization as due to lack of information integrity of the work is affected. There is no complacency both internally and externally and the organization fails to get granular enough regarding the details of the business operation in the new country. It has been received clearly that during the market share Randstad was facing many issues in the Singapore market. During this critical situation, such organization focuses on the generalized recruitment (Ran et al. 2016).
Disparity with the government’s perspective: Recruitment is the great part of a business to a business in the new country (Wang et al. 2016). In order to make a business successful selection of the proper candidate is essential. In the context of Randstad, it was difficult for them to invest more to find candidates in a new country where they are not economically stronger. It was essential for this organization to find sales and marketing executives and a CEO to expand their business in the Singapore market. However, there were not many applications and it was difficult for such organization to identify the right candidates for the desired position through the generalized selection process. Many applications came through the advertisement process and made the selection process more complex. In order to penetrate the market in new country skilled and efficient employees is the basic requirement for an organization (Meng et al. 2016). By including 2 percent of unemployment it was difficult for this organization to manage the recruitment process in Singapore.
Government regulation is another barrier for Randstad in an expansion of their business in Singapore market. However, in a new market often the rules and regulation of the government become a big challenge for an organization, which resists the market share (Wang et al. 2016). Singapore government focuses on the skill development of the employees to improve the service quality in this country. However, Randstad provided short contractual job instead of permanent position, which affects its recruitment process as well as the business expansion in Singapore.
Conclusion
The above piece of work reveals the issues regarding the business expansion in the context of Randstad in the Singapore market. However, in the huge competition in the local market of the new country was a big challenge for this organization. On the other hand, branding is another issue for this company, which resists them to increase their market share in the Singapore market. However, market penetration was too difficult for such organization in Singapore as there were existing competitors. On the other hand, lack of proper information sharing during the business operation also affected the market expansion in Singapore. Apart from these Ransted had been facing problem regarding the generalized section process due to their short contractual offer. Hence, it can be concluded that adoption of well-developed strategy would be helpful for such organization to minimize such barrier in the Singapore market during the introduction of their business.
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