Human Resource Management: Functions, Recruitment, and Selection

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ACTIVITY 1 ...................................................................................................................................3
A. Explain the purpose and functions of HRM in LV.................................................................3
b. Define functions relates to workforce planning and resourcing within LV.............................4
c. Critical evaluation on strength and weakness of approaches to recruitment and selection.....5
ACTIVITY 2 ...................................................................................................................................6
a. Create person specification for Personal Assistant Role..........................................................6
b. Define review on CV provided from three job applicants for role of personal assistant.........7
c. Produce at least six competency questions to be asked for selection of interview for vacancy
of personal assistant.....................................................................................................................8
d. Rational for the answers...........................................................................................................8
e. Critical evaluation on the use of person specification.............................................................9
ACTIVITY 3 ...................................................................................................................................9
a. Description on learning and development opportunities from both organisation and staff
perspective...................................................................................................................................9
b. Define reward and benefits provided by LV to its staff.........................................................11
ACTIVITY 4 .................................................................................................................................12
A. Define what is employee relations and critically evaluate the significant in respect of HRM
decision making.........................................................................................................................12
b. Identification on key elements of UK employment legislation and how they influence HR
decision making.........................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is formal system that devised for management of people
within enterprise (Lussier and Hendon, 2019). Thus, main responsibilities of human resource
management falls under three categories as staffing, employee compensation and designing of
work. Addition, main aim of human resource management is to maximise the productivity and to
optimize the effectiveness of employees. They are the authorities who plays their role as art of
managing people and to create the innovative approach for welfare of people.
The present report is based on business activities of LV, this is the UK largest society and
owned by its own members. It is firm that is established in 1843 and offers broad range of
financial services that is inclusive of life insurance, pension, investment products etc.
Furthermore, study will lay emphasise on activities as purpose and functions of HRM.
Therefore, assignment will cover review of CV of three job applicants for the role of Personal
assistant. Additionally, study will include the effectiveness over the following practices of HRM.
Also, critical evaluation will be conducted on the key elements of UK employment legislation
and impact on HR decision making will be defined.
ACTIVITY 1
A. Explain the purpose and functions of HRM in LV.
Human resource management is termed out as coordination of organisation's people that
aids to accomplish the specific goals of enterprise. Therefore, Human resource manager of
enterprise achieves this with use of people, technology, processes and also aids to put focus on
internal part of enterprise rather than external environment (Morgeson, Brannick and Levine,
2019). Additionally, the main aim of HR department is to take the initiatives that aids to manage
the needs of firm employee’s. They plays the crucial role from financial to legal matters. Thus, it
can be stated that Human resource department aids in enhancing the efficiency of enterprise.
Therefore, the function of Human resource management are defined as following context as-:
Recruitment and selection- It is defined as attracting pool of talented employees towards
entities and hiring the skilled workforce to enhance productivity of LV. Therefore, this is needs
to be conducted in order to fill the vacant job position with right skilled employees.
Employee relations- HR plays vital role and they must put efforts to building strong relationship
within employers and employees (Berman, Bowman and Van Wart, 2019). To enhance bond, LV

must facilitate better communication tools. Effective employees relations aids to enhance
employee engagement.
Compensation- The fair payment to employees can be defined as huge concerned for
employees. They must undertake the activities that bring ease and effective changes in pay
structure with help of identifying compensation trends (Tweedie, Wild and Martinov‐Bennie,
2019). In addition to this, they must access the policies that aids to enterprise to comply with
varied state, federal and local laws.
Performance appraisal- HR department of the organisation is responsible to undertake
evaluation on performance of employees. In order to undertake better process of appraisal, they
need to look straight forward to contribution of employees within enterprise.
Training and skills- HR department must provide effective training facilities to employees that
can supports to enhance the skills and abilities of employees. Thus, main purpose of training and
development is to carry out effective performance within enterprise.
b. Define functions relates to workforce planning and resourcing within LV.
Workforce planning termed out as core business process that aids to align with changing
organisation needs with people strategy ( Brannick and Levine, 2015). It is plan of action that
used by employers that anticipates requirement of labour and deploy workers effectively. Thus,
allocation of resource and planning is ongoing priority for Human resources personnel. Thus,
Teams with effective and strategic workforce plans can be better equipped in order to meet long
terms goals. This also aids to maintain long terms success. This is continual process and also
ensures to meet out the legislative, regulatory and production requirements within enterprise. In
today's talent based economy, the workforce of the enterprise is significant tangible assets to the
organisation. Thus, following are the function or activities that are relates with workforces
planning and resourcing as-:
 This aids to align strategic planning with head count and talent planning.
 Workforce planning creates the clear view of demand and supply of talents issues by
expense area, to report relationship and by location.
 It assist to control the unplanned cost of talent and also highlight the issues that limit the
productivity of employees.
 This provides business leaders to continually undertaking reporting of results that helps to
quantify measurable and aids to collect meaningful outcomes.