Importance of HR Policies in Business Management - A Case Study of ASDA

This article discusses the importance of HR policies in business management through a case study of ASDA. It explores the role of HRM strategies, training and development, recruitment and selection, and benefits and rewards in achieving organizational goals. The article highlights the significance of these activities in enhancing employee performance and engagement.

Business Management

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Business management refers to the disciplines which is generally used to describes organizing,
analysing and planning different types of business operations (White, 2017). If a person wants to
work for a large corporation so that business management will help to gain accurate skills,
theories and strategies which is required for a successful career. This assignment is based on
ASDA which is one of the best British supermarket retailer, was founded in the year of 1949 and
headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire (Parris and et. al, 2016). Further discussion will be
based on different types of HR and arguments in order to known that why organization needs to
have progressive HRM policies by including training and development as wells as employees
engagement and how they are interlinked to HRM strategies.
MAIN BODY
Human Resource Management refers to the strategic approach in order to make effective
management of people within the organization or company, with the help of this they can
achieve its competitive advantages in a proper way. On the other hand, it is mainly designed to
enhance employees performance within service of employer's to achieve strategic goals and
objectives perfectly. Along with this, Human resource generally considered as primarily resource
with the management of people towards focusing, organizing on several systems and policies in
a perfect way (Derr and DeLong, 2018). In context with ASDA, HR department is always
responsible for seeking employees benefits design, employee recruitment, training and
development programmes, performance appraisal and rewards management which includes
benefits and pay systems. In order to organizational change ASDA is needed to have effective
industrial relations and appropriate balance of organizational practices by which they can follow
entire laws from the government. Therefore, the main purpose of HR is to ensure that
organization is able to achieve its desired goals successfully. Apart from this Human resources
planning is one of the best process by which firms can measure flexible source that
interconnected with internal and external pressures. Whereas, an effective planning towards
human resource can easily facilitates alternatives and develop better strategies to gain successful
target perfectly (Johnson and Schaltegger, 2016).
ASDA is a retailer of British supermarket so that it has their own brand value by which
they can achieve its desired goals and objectives in an appropriate manner. During the 1970 to 80
this firm acquired Allied carpets and 61 large Gateway supermarkets and so many businesses
like MFI, by which they can easily focus on supermarkets effectively. Along with this it was
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listed on London stock exchange which was acquired by American retail giant Walmart for £6.7
billion. Along with this core supermarkets, this firm also provide numerous services such as
financial services, mobile phone etc. therefore, the promotion strategy for ASDA is generally
based on price since 2015, therefore, company is responsible for acquiring land for new store
development along with unique planning strategies in order to beat competitors at marketplace.
During all these things there is one reason which is developed by ASDA in order make
progressive HR policies appropriately (Pfeifer, Šarlija and Zekić Sušac, 2016). The main reason
for developing HRM policy is Cultural diversity which shows the different cultures like
monoculture or a homogenization of culture. As ASDA have large number of goods and services
internationally so that they have huge turnover yearly. It is a beneficial term for an organization
but sometime there are some factors which decrease entire demand and value of an organization
whether the employees or customers as well. In order to reduce culture diversity from the firm
they use several HR policies which considered as a formal rules and procedures that shows how
particulate matters can be addressed within the workplace by including employee duties and
rights. In order to avoid penalties and compliances from the government, employees must follow
to HR policies in a perfect way (Rahimi, Møller and Hvam, 2016). On the other side HR policies
are mainly defined as the course of action which is made by business for a particular purpose at
marketplace. These policies are very helpful in order to develop effective resources and
references by which business can fulfil its requirement and increase growth of business
accordingly. Along with it is helpful to reduce errors from the workplace by which organization
can fulfil their needs in a progressive manner.
Apart from this HR policies are one of the better way to develop various sorts of ways in
order to achieve organizational goals towards firm. Along with this, it helps employees to
understand entire value of firm which increase business standards positively. There are lots of
guidance and tools which is given by HR manager of ASDA to assist with management of
employees (Vidgen, Shaw and Grant, 2017). By following different rules and tools employees
can give better performance towards organization and able to make unique planning strategies to
achieve future growth in a best way. Therefore HR policies plays very significant role by making
unique policies employees can get opportunities in future and able to perform their talent in front
of entire firm. So it is necessary for ASDA to adopt different types of HR policies in order to
make effective system within an organization. On the basis of this provided information this can
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be said that each and every firm needs to adopt HR policies to sustain at marketplace for long
period of time duration.
There are different types of HRM activities which is generally designed to increase
effectiveness of an organization's employees or workforce to achieve appropriate goals and
objectives towards an organization. There are numerous activities which is performed by HRM
in context with ASDA, those are: Recruitment and Selection, entire success of an organization is
totally based on having the knowledgable and high skilled staff along with right abilities (Vom
Brocke, Petry and Gonser, 2016). Herein, recruitment mainly involves proper utilisation of
organizational practices in order to influence different types and numbers of people who are
honestly applying for job vacancies. In Asda they always tried to keep this as a simple process by
which they can see or found right candidate who can fulfil needs and demand towards firm.
Whereas, selection process generally used to acquire and develop best talent skills towards
applicant for desire job at ASDA. Therefore, respective firm always look for a those type of
people who have good experience and knowledge about new ideas as well as fresh thoughts.
Along with this, firm mainly identifying future and present manpower requirements to
coordinate with job and planning activities (Turner and Endres, 2017).
The next HRM activity is Training and Developing skills: planned process is known as
training process in order to change skill behaviour, knowledge, attitude by learning experience in
order to achieve effective performance. Along with training is generally formulates individuals
abilities to satisfy their current and future needs towards organization. Along with this, ASDA
conduct induction process in a better way by which they can boost employees confidence in a
possible manner. In this new comer will have huge opportunities to attend store appreciation in
order to understand how stores operate. So the main objective of training and developing skills is
to reduce wastage as well as accident rates by increasing job satisfaction so that it will motivate
workers appropriately. When this firm will develop numerous method towards working in
efficient way then it will influence people and make them productive in a proper way. By doing
all these things ASDA mainly hire attitude and train employees to increase their practical
experience. On the basis of training and developing programmes employees can reach a senior
role within five to six years (Hajduk, S., 2016).
One of the main HR activity is Benefits and Rewards which can be costly but increase
employees engagement every time within ASDA. By taking so many benefits from the firm
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workers can get promoted at high level it increase their performance. On the other hand all of the
employees as well as staff members can get holiday payment, discount voucher, pension and so
on. On the basis of this people can give their 100% performance. ASDA always provides
colleague discount card which is generally designed to recognize and rewards for employee's
valuable contribution in a perfect way (Hess and Cottrell, 2016). Along with this, there is one
another things which is provided by firm that is flexible working hours in order offer numerous
opportunities to do everything from swapping a shift. Whereas, night manager allowance
received by employees who works in night so that they get extra benefits from the organization.
Apart from this voluntary benefits are the main given by ASDA by which employees can take
long service benefits and recognition rewards on time. So these sorts of human resource
activities always increase firms value as well as make good image in front of their employees
effectively. Therefore, mostly firms are using these assorted human resource activities in order to
increase employees confidence towards firms and their working ability. This is the reason that
HRM always considered as an important tool in each and every company which maximise firms
profits, productivity and huge sales or revenue perfectly (Jabbour and Sousa Jabbour, 2016)
Herein, HR strategy play important role within the organization. It refers to the long term
planning in order to develop achievements of objectives into the field of human capital
management as well as human resource in the firm. It is one of the important output of strategic
management towards HR. along with this strategic process of human resource always describes
current and future trends in order to achieve organizational goals. Therefore, human strategies
are generally interrelated with numerous HRM practices in an appropriate manner. Apart from
this, in order to make better plan for managing human capital of ASDA human strategies are
necessary to fix all of the direction for all type of key areas of HR which mainly consist
performance appraisal, hiring, compensation and development. Thus HR strategy is based on
long term plan which is the combination of HR practices within the organization. As HR
strategy has various characteristics which is essential for ASDA to known about external
environment situation (Hecklau and et. al., 2016). Therefore, training and development practices
are interconnected with human resource strategy which helps employees to shape the character in
order to improve all over activities towards HR. whereas, employee engagement also interlinked
with human resource strategy, this is because with the help of these sorts of strategies firms can
have very good idea about overall condition of market in order to implements on those tools by
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which they can increase benefits for their employees. Therefore, as the above discussion it has
been observed that respective firm has been provided numerous benefits and rewards to
employees which always encouraged them and increase confidence towards work. That's why
strategies of human resource mainly comes with numerous factors which is helpful for firm to
reach their goals as well as objectives in an appropriate manner (Guest, 2017).
At last, it can be said that, in order to develop a reason and then balance argument is very
essential aspect for firms to achieve goals by applying numerous things on their tools in a
different ways. According to ASDA, there are so many changes and issues which is faced by this
organization to fulfil its needs and wants by applying different types of HR policies. Along with
these sorts of policies always bring effectiveness into the firm and make each and every aspect
properly. It is also used by employees so that they can found better ways to become more
successful towards firm. Apart from this HR management is mainly designed to utilisation of
various resources and activities in order to increase firms productivity and value in front of so
many other people at marketplace (Brewster and Söderström, 2017). With the help of various
aspects employees can get have idea about making new policies and strategies to increase firm's
standard. In the case of other HR management practices there are different types of learning
aspects which could be used by ASDA in order to hire and recruit knowledgable and skilled
employees to increase effective workforce towards attaining goals and objectives. By having
knowledgable employees they can expand its business and able to meet customers desires at
marketplace. When they fulfil customer's needs and wants with the help of skilled workforce can
increase their profits and sales accordingly.
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