Improvement in Human Resource Management Process : A Case Study in BP

The objective of this report is to identify and analyze BP’s issues in terms of human resource management based on a series of classical and creative theories and then present feasible and practical recommendations to optimize the performance. The report covers five issues of HR practice including talent management; health, safety, and environment; diversity management; expatriate management; project management. To achieve the goal, the report starts with the introduction to BP, which is followed by the first issue-talent management. After the issue identification and analysis of talent management, BP’s most serious challenge is retaining talent. Several potential solutions in terms of reward and culture are put forward. The coming section is about HSE management in BP. Through the data, BP did not perform very well in personal safety; hence, some recommendations through safety culture and training are mentioned to improve its HSE management. The third issue of BP, which is diversity management, is compared with another oil giant - CNPC. It seems that BP has relatively good strategies but there is still a space to advance. Expatriate management is discussed in the fourth issue. Limited problems are found because BP has a long history of sending expats. However, some innovative ways are introduced for BP to make the expatriate management better. Through the five issues demonstration, the structure of each issue is made up of three parts, which are literature review, discussion and analysis, and recommendation.The following section is the conclusion that summarizes the report as a whole. The key weakness of each issue that BP faces are emphasized. A reference list is the last part of the report