Practices of HR in Change Management and Employee Engagement

Business Research Project
[ Research Title- To analyse the practices of human resource management in context of change
management and their impact on employees engagement and retention. A case study on
Sainsbury’s in the United Kingdom]
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Human resource manager is responsible for selecting and recruiting the right individuals
in the right place so that various operations can be easily completed, and the company can retain
its market share. External environment is dynamic in nature, so it forces Human resource
manager to change its strategies accordingly for a better outcome. The business research project
aim to understand the role of HR manager in change management process and retention and
engagement of employees. It has included crucial information related to role played HR manager
in change management process and training and development of employees for their engagement
towards the achievement of end goals. Furthermore it has covered key information related to
methods or theories used by HR to enhance employees engagement and their retention within
firm.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................4
Background..................................................................................................................................4
Aim..............................................................................................................................................4
Objective......................................................................................................................................4
Research question........................................................................................................................5
Rationale......................................................................................................................................5
Scope ...........................................................................................................................................5
CHAPTER-2 LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................6
Theme 1: Recent practices of HR related to change management process.................................6
Theme 2: Different methods or theories and framework that are used by HR to motivate
employees to adapt external changes for growth and success of company.................................6
Theme 3: Issue faced by Human resource management in managing change and retaining
employee’s...................................................................................................................................8
Theme 4: HR practices and the way they impact on employee’s engagement and retention.....8
CHAPTER-3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.........................................................................10
CHAPTER -4 RESEARCH AND FINDING................................................................................13
CHAPTER 5- CONCLUSION......................................................................................................16
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CHAPTER 6- RECOMMENDATION.........................................................................................17
RM limitation.................................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................19
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Topic- To analyse the practices of human resource management in context of change
management and their impact on employees engagement and retention. A case study on
Sainsbury’s in the United Kingdom.
·CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION
·Background
Human resource management is responsible for hiring, selecting, recruiting and retaining
highly talented, skilled and knowledgeable employees within organisation for a longer time
frame so that qualitative services can be delivered to end customers. There are numerous
changes within the external environment so companies, in order to grow and sustain its business
operation, need to adapt with external changes (Azeez, 2017). Therefore, Human resources
management of Sainsbury’s is facing challenges related to the change of management that has
created a barrier in the effective operation of business. Sainsbury’s is second largest chain of
supermarket in United Kingdom that delivered varieties of products and services like clothing,
food, electronics and financial services to customers. This research is related to key issues that
are faced by Human resource management in influencing employees to adapt external changes
so that the firm can gain competitive advantages.
l壱Aim
To understand role of human resources in change management process of Sainsbury’s and their
impact on employees retention and engagement in the retail sector of the United Kingdom.
l壱Objective
l弐To understand and analysis the recent practices of HR related to change management process.
l参To identify different methods or theories and framework that are used by HR to motivate
employees to adapt external changes so that company can attain its objective.
l四To analyse the issues or challenges that are faced by Human resource management while
motivating employees to accept external changes for their engagement and retention within firm.
l伍To suggest various steps that can be taken by enterprise to make employees motivated to
change their procedure of work as per situation or circumstances.