Human Resource Management at Woodhill College and Tesco

Human resource management

Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
PART 1 –Recruitment and selection............................................................................................................4
Task 1 – Knowledge (LO1) Case problem - Woodhill College...................................................................4
a) Explain the purpose of workforce planning and the role of the HR manager with regards workforce
planning and resourcing for Woodhill College (P1)................................................................................4
M1 Assess how the functions of the HRM can provide talent and skills appropriate to fulfil the business
objectives.................................................................................................................................................5
b) Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection. (P2)......6
M2 Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches to recruitment and selection......7
D1 Critically evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and
selection, supported by specific examples...............................................................................................8
Task 3 (LO2)Case study: TESCO...............................................................................................................9
a) Explain the difference between training and development..................................................................9
b) Describe how training needs are identified and the methods of training used by Tesco....................11
c) Explain the benefits for Tesco and the employees in having a systematic approach to training and
development (P3)...................................................................................................................................12
d) Evaluate the effectiveness of Tesco’s training and development practice in terms of delivering a
return on investment (considering productivity and profit). (P4)...........................................................13
M3 Explore different methods used by Tesco in terms of developing its employees and consider the
strengths and weaknesses of such practices. Provide specific examples................................................14
D2 Critically evaluate Tesco’s HRM practices with regards to training, development, flexibility and
reward providing specific examples......................................................................................................15

Introduction
Human resource management helps in managing the employees of organisation. This is stated as
a procedure which assists in training the employees. Human resource plays an essential role in
organisation as it helps in recruiting, selecting and managing the people so that effective work
can be carried out by the employees. This report helps in knowing about the purpose of
workforce planning as well as the role which HR manager plays. The strength and weakness of
the different types of approaches for the recruitment as well as selection will also explain in this
report. This report will also have CV, job description for the specified job position. Second part
of the report is carried out according to the case study of Tesco this task will help in knowing
about the benefits of the different types of HRM practice within the organisation. This will also
aid in knowing about the effectiveness of the different HRM practice which will assist in raising
the profit of the company. In Part third case study of ITV will be used to analyse the importance
to maintain a good relationship with the employees in company. All these things will help the
reader in knowing about the importance of HRM in the organisation.

PART 1 –Recruitment and selection
Task 1 – Knowledge (LO1) Case problem - Woodhill College
a) Explain the purpose of workforce planning and the role of the HR manager with regards
workforce planning and resourcing for Woodhill College (P1)
The main functions of HRM are to increase the performance of the employees to the highest
level. They are responsible for selecting and recruiting the best employees for the duties or job.
Many other functions like training the candidates, a responsibility of managing all the
responsibilities takes place in human resource management (Burman, et. al., 2017). The human
resource department is the one that contributes on a great level for achieving the objectives and
goals of the Woodhill College. There are different functions of HRM gets operated by Woodhill
college which helps in managing and performing the following required tasks-
Recruitment and Selection- It is a process of screening, captivating, and selecting the qualified
and potential candidates, based on the objective criteria’s for that particular job or duty. The
main goal of this entire process is to attract all the candidates who are qualified in the perfect
manner to help the organisation.
Training and Development- This process of human resources management helps the candidates
to trained them for working according to the organisation's needs and requirement (Burman, et.
al., 2017). Human resource management helps in developing the skills of the employees which is
very important to achieve the organisational goals. From this process employee or candidates
gets to know about the strategy of the business in the perfect manner.
Compensation and Rewards- Human resource management organizes the session of rewarding
the employees time to time. It also includes to motivating the employees towards their work and
appreciating them for their hard efforts. This process gets considered as one of the best processes
of human resource management for the organisation. It helps the business in achieving all the
objectives in perfect time frame with efficiency.