Role of Human Resource in Tesco: A Critical Appraisal

demonstrate knowledge of the
Human Resource process and
assess it against good best
practice examples To examine
the relationship between human
resource

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
Critical appraisal of process.........................................................................................................4
HR practices impact on corporate cultural and strategies............................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries company which is famous as general
merchandiser retailer. It is headquartered in Welwyn garden city, England, UK. It comes in third
position as largest retailer in the world which is measured by gross revenue. It also comes in
ninth position in the world which is measured by revenues. It offers worldwide services to
customer. Estimated 6,800 shops are operated in across the world (Nicole Long, 2017). Even
organization keeps wide variety product line clothing, food item, non-food item and accessories,
home accessories,k financial services and others. The number of employees estimate 450,000
offers their services in company across the world (Tesco's Competitors, Revenue, Number of
Employees, Funding and Acquisitions, 2018). Human resource department plays essential role
within company because they introduce strategy to manage employee within workplace. Tesco
has main firm in England, UK where HR department is more effective rather than other areas.
UK's human resource implements profitable strategy which helps company to upgrade their
potion with business market. While other HR departments which are established in various
countries they have role to manage employees performance as result achieve organization goals
over the period. Local HR department has goal to give high selling ratio to company. On the
other hand, central HR has goal to influence brand image in global market.
Critical appraisal of process
Human resource plays essential role in organization such as planning, organizing,
controlling and coordinating. Even they also plays various operation within organization such as
recruitment, motivation and retention of staff. Tesco has goal to meet employee objectives so
that easy to achieve long term goal over the period. Human resource applies recruitment and
selection strategies to recruit best talent for vacant position. For example recruitment method are
two type internal and external method (Obeidat and et.al., 2016). HR gives description about job
profile. To aware people uses social media and internet so that talented candidates apply for job.
Internal recruitment method is also good where HR offers opportunity to existing employees to
upgrade their position within workplace (Recruitment and selection, 2018). It is good strategy
because HR doesn't have to screen out population. They directly selects employee based on the