Target Corporation-Hr
HR in the Target Corporation
Introduction
Human resource is an appellation used in referring to the workforce of an organization or company. Human resource management is involved in the act of putting together employees in an organized manner to assure the objectives of the organization are achieved in a competent and experienced manner. Human resources are the most important services of any organization since they are the catalysts of non-human resources and the medium for developing competitive advantages and sounds of creativity. No organization can exist without a human resources department (Walsh, 2009). A company without an HR department would be reducing its operations and could collapse within a short amount of time.
The Target Corporation is a large American retailer with its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S. and was founded in 1902 as Dayton Dry Goods Company, even though the first store opened in 1962. They grew and became the largest division of Dayton Hudson Corporation, culminating in the company being renamed as Target Corporation in August 2000. Target announced its expansion into Canada on January 13, 2011 and has an aim of operating over a hundred stores in Canada by 2013. Target Corporation sells as well as retail goods in their department stores.
There are several ways of collecting data for analysis for this paper. Questionnaires, one on one interrogation, online research and organizational newsletters are among these ways. The method chosen to collect data for this particular paper is online research and organizational newsletters. The purpose of the paper is to assess human resource management and its effect on the employees of the Target Corporation.
Job Design
Job design refers to deciding the contents of a certain job, or job analysis (Ivancevich, 2010). It is repairing the duties and responsibilities of the job holder, how to perform the job and define the
Introduction
Human resource is an appellation used in referring to the workforce of an organization or company. Human resource management is involved in the act of putting together employees in an organized manner to assure the objectives of the organization are achieved in a competent and experienced manner. Human resources are the most important services of any organization since they are the catalysts of non-human resources and the medium for developing competitive advantages and sounds of creativity. No organization can exist without a human resources department (Walsh, 2009). A company without an HR department would be reducing its operations and could collapse within a short amount of time.
The Target Corporation is a large American retailer with its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S. and was founded in 1902 as Dayton Dry Goods Company, even though the first store opened in 1962. They grew and became the largest division of Dayton Hudson Corporation, culminating in the company being renamed as Target Corporation in August 2000. Target announced its expansion into Canada on January 13, 2011 and has an aim of operating over a hundred stores in Canada by 2013. Target Corporation sells as well as retail goods in their department stores.
There are several ways of collecting data for analysis for this paper. Questionnaires, one on one interrogation, online research and organizational newsletters are among these ways. The method chosen to collect data for this particular paper is online research and organizational newsletters. The purpose of the paper is to assess human resource management and its effect on the employees of the Target Corporation.
Job Design
Job design refers to deciding the contents of a certain job, or job analysis (Ivancevich, 2010). It is repairing the duties and responsibilities of the job holder, how to perform the job and define the
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