Functions of HRM in Sainsbury: A Presentation

Assignment 1
(Presentation)

INTRODUCTION
• Sainsbury has emerged as the second largest chain of supermarkets in United Kingdom. The company
had gained recognition as one of the largest grocery stores in the year 1922.
• As one of the leading retail sectors, the company has expanded its operations across the globe. The cited
firm also employs around 1,61,000 employees who are offering their productive services at different
locations.
• In recent past, Tesco took over Sainsbury and emerged as the market leader within an economy.
However, Sainsbury still has a large market share and enjoys premium goodwill within UK.

FUNCTIONS OF HRM
• HR manager undertakes different functions in order to ensure stable and smooth business operations (Marler and Fisher,
2013). Further, it emphasizes on reducing the chances of conflicts at workplace in the long run. Some of the important
functions are:
• Recruitment and Selection
• Training and Development
• Performance appraisal
• Employees’ engagement
• Ensuring legal compliances
• Employees’ retention

PURPOSE OF HRM FOR
WORKFORCE PLANNING
• Workforce planning is the set of procedures that the organization implements for the proper functioning. As a
workforce planning, the business unit strives to retain the most of talented employees (Hoque, 2013).
Further, it helps in maximizing the profit and also ensuring long term success of the enterprise.
• Workforce planning is generally of two types as follows: operational and strategic.
• Proper allocation of resources is necessary so that employees in the organization can contribute to their best
for achievement of organization’s goals and objectives (Bratton and Gold, 2012).
• If workforce is not optimally utilized as resources then the competitors will gain an upper advantage.