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An Overview of Nestle- Assignment

   

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HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11. Overview of Nestle.................................................................................................................12. Key roles and responsibilities of HR function........................................................................13. Approaches used in HR management.....................................................................................24. Employee Relations and engagement.....................................................................................35. The key areas of employment legislation................................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................41. Job description for Human Resource Manager.......................................................................42. Curriculum Vitae.....................................................................................................................53. Documentation of Preparatory notes.......................................................................................64. Job offer Letter........................................................................................................................75. Process of Recruitment...........................................................................................................96. An evaluation of the process and rationale for conducting appropriate HR practice...........10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTIONToday, Human Resource Management plays a vital role in an organisation's growth anddevelopment. The HR management is refers to a strategic approach to the effective managementof the people of an organisation. The chosen organisation for the report is Nestle. Nestle is aSwiss transnational food and drink company headquartered in Vevey, Vaud. The below reportidentifies the importance of Human Resource management and its functioning. The reportcritically evaluates the approaches of workforce planning, recruitment, selection, developmentand training. Also, the approaches towards effective employee relations have been explored inthe report (Ahmad, 2015). The report also showcases a job specification, student CV,documentation of preparatory notes, and job offer documents used in process of recruitment. TASK 11. Overview of NestleNestle is a Swiss transnational food and drink company. The company was founded in1866 by Henri Nestle. Its headquartered are situated in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. The companyis known for its products which includes baby food, medical food, breakfast cereals, ice cream,dairy products, frozen food, bottled water, confectionery etc. The organisation employs around 339,000 people across the globe and its annual sales areover 1 billion dollars (DeCenzo, Robbins and Verhulst, 2016). It is one of the largest foodcompanies in the world and produces large amount of food and drink for the people across theworld. The company has seen large growth in its operations since the First World war and againfollowing the Second World war. 2. Key roles and responsibilities of HR functionThe purpose of Human Resource function in Nestle is to handle necessary functions ofthe business. The department is instrumental in provision of labour law compliance, hiring andtraining, compensations, record keeping, relational assistance and handling special performanceissues in the organisation. The functions of human resource are essential for Nestle as withoutthese functions the organisation would not be able to meet the important needs to staff andmanagement. Roles and ResponsibilitiesRecruitment and Training – This is one of the core functions of Human Resourcedepartment of Nestle (Wright, 2018). The department recruits and selected the right1

skilled employees for the organisation. Also, the department ensures that right training isbeing provided to these employees in order to achieve set organisational goals andobjectives.Payroll and Benefits – The human resource department of the organisation ensures rightpayroll and benefits to the employees of the organisation. The employee payroll isprovided as per their job roles and specifications and the benefits are provided as per theirperformances (Banfield, Kay and Royles, 2018). Employee performance improvement plans – The performance improvement plans aremade by the HR department of Nestle in order to increase or better the organisationalemployee performance. These plans are made in order to increase the employee potentialand improve the overall organisational profitability. 3. Approaches used in HR managementBelow mentioned are the approaches used in Human Resource management: Workforce PlanningAnalysing Organisational Objectives: Analysing the organisational objectives is one ofthe topmost approaches used in workforce planning. It allows the organisation to achieveand evaluate growth. Its strength is that it helps in gaining profitability for Nestle. Estimating manpower gaps:Estimating manpower gaps allows the organisation tounderstand the gaps in its manpower and recruit personnels as per these gaps (Brewster,Mayrhofer and Farndale, 2018). Its weakness it's that manpower gaps does not ensureemployee management. Recruitment and SelectionPre-hiring tests: These tests are taken to identify the suitable employees for Nestle. Itstrength is that it allows the organisation to understand the employee effectiveness. Looking for core competencies: It allows the organisation to understand the dominantcharacter qualities in its employees. Its weakness is that it does not provide theorganisation with better performance. Development and TrainingCoaching: Coaching allows the organisation to provided guided opportunities for itsemployees to grow. Its strength is that it allows employees to grow. 2

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