Employee Induction Manual: Functions and Practices of HRM in Unilever

Employee
Induction
Manual

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Explanation of purpose as well as functions of HRM that is applicable to planning of
workforce and resourcing an entity:...........................................................................................1
P2 Explanation of strengths as well as weaknesses of different approaches for recruitment and
selection:......................................................................................................................................3
P3 Explanation of advantages of different human resource management practices within an
enterprise for for both employer as well as employee:................................................................5
P4 Evaluation of effectiveness of various HRM practices in context to raising profit and
productivity of an organization:...................................................................................................6
PART 2............................................................................................................................................7
P5 Analysis of importance for employee relations in relevance to influencing decision making
of human resource management:.................................................................................................7
P6 Identification of key elements for employee legislation as well as its impact on HRM
decision making...........................................................................................................................8
P7 Illustration of application of human resource practices in context to work with utilisation of
specific examples:........................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Employee induction manual is incorporated for informing employees regarding rules and
regulation of an organization. Human resources management is process of managing and
monitoring all the employee process in the organization and maintaining their efficiency(Akiror,
2018). Company which is chosen in this report is Unilever. It is British multinational
organization that operates in industry of consumer goods. Entity is headquartered in United
Kingdom.
The topic covered in this report are functions and application of planning of company and
approaches of recruiting and selection. Different practices of HRM and its effectiveness is
determined and importance of HRM decision making and various elements is being studied.
Apart from that application of this practices in work related has been analysed in this report.
PART 1
P1 Explanation of purpose as well as functions of HRM that is applicable to planning of
workforce and resourcing an entity:
Company overview: Unilever is a multinational company that is situated in London,
United Kingdom. Entity was founded in the year 1929 by Lever brothers. Firm operates in an
industry of consumer goods and is organised mainly in three divisions that is beverages,
personal care and home care products. Vision of an organization is to make a commonplace for
sustai9nable living and to ensure long term growth of business. While its mission is to add
vitality in standard of living of people (Blikle, 2019).
Human resource management can be described as a strategic approach which is applied
for effective management of workforce in an organization. Procedure of human resource
management involves recruiting, selection, induction of employee and providing orientation to
them. Apart from this, it also includes activities of training and development, performance
appraisal, compensation, motivation and maintenance of proper employee relation in an entity.
Overall, it can be stated that practices of in Unilever, HRM are highly concerned for
management of work force of an enterprise.
Workforce planning: It refers to procedure of analysing, forecasting as well as planning
of supply and demand of workforce. Along with it, workforce planning involves assessment of
gaps and intervention of talent management for ensuring up-gradation of right skills ans
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expertise in an organization (Burt, 2016). Various software are utilised in Unilever for deploying
candidates as well as gauging requirements of work force.
Resourcing: It emphasizes on obtaining and retaining individual for effective
management of performance level of employee. Strategical imperatives which are focused in
resourcing are minimization of employee costs and enhancement of employee value.
Purpose of human resource management which is applicable for planning as well as
resourcing of workforce:
 Aligning with organizational objectives: Purpose of human resource management is to
prepare of proper planning structure which defines available of all required resources for
development of performance level of employee. Main concern associated with HRM
activities of Unilever is to ensure alignment of objectives of employee with
organizational objectives.
 Development of effective employee relations: Employee relation plays a significant role
in an enterprise as it affects performance of working staff. In Unilever, department of
human resource management focuses on resolving issues or dispute among managing
team of an organization and its employees (El-Shamy, 2016). Apart from it, creation of
enforcing policies are ensured for maintenance of equality and consistency in workplace.
Functions of HRM that is applicable for planning and resourcing of workforce:
 Employee engagement: Employee engagement serves as a crucial part in a business as
higher engagement level of employees states enhancement in productivity of an
organization. Hence, human resource department of Unilever is highly concerned
regarding management of employee engagement in business which also helps in reducing
its retention level.
 Performance management of employees: Another function of human resource
management is effectively manage performance level of employees. Adequate
management of performance in Unilever ensures achievement of goals of business as it
enables proper resourcing and workforce planning for enhancement of productivity level.
HRM Functions
Managerial functions:
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