HR Management Strategies of TESCO during COVID-19 Pandemic

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
A. Drawing on HRM models and concepts, discuss the ways in which HR strategies had been
modified or changed in response to the crisis........................................................................1
B. Analyse the impact of environmental factors on culture and HR plan of the chosen firm.2
C. Use any HR model and state how value is created by the firm.........................................3
D. Using Storey’s 27 points of difference between HRM and Personnel Management as a
benchmark, state what is being practised by the firm?...........................................................4
E. Analyse the job design strategies of the chosen firm.........................................................7
F. State the hiring and firing strategies of the chosen firm during this period.......................8
G. Use corporate examples of firms using good HR practices and literature to justify your
stand........................................................................................................................................9
H. Based on the discussion and debate what suggestions / recommendations would you make
to employers regarding HRM practices to maintain organisational performance?..............10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is undertaken as the activities of managers which mainly
concentrate upon hiring, inspiring and maintaining workforce in firm. Additionally, they tackle
the issues related with workers such as compensation, communication, training, motivation and
many more. In addition to this, it also ensures staff satisfaction and increases their contribution
towards accomplishment of organisational goals (Gupta, 2020). Entities have realised that
without personnel, no firm would be proficient to meet its targets. During the COVID-19
pandemic situation, human resource department into firm was focused to focus on various
challenges as well as difficulties in surroundings. Also, it outbreaks impacts whole entity s well a
developed hindrance in front of business practices. Within HRD, by assistance of effectual
human resource tactics, models, activities contributed its assistance for assuring that remote
working is conducted effectually and efficiently while undertaking the desires and requirements
of staff as well as entity upon simultaneously. Current report is performed upon TESCO that is
performing as multinational groceries business and general merchandise. They conduct their
business activities within retail sector as well as were developed into year 1919. This report
includes some topics upon Modification that TESCO consider into human resource strategies and
activities at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, human resource management model
strategies that HRD of firm undertakes for managing personnel during COVID-19 are also
discussed in this report.
MAIN BODY
A. Drawing on HRM models and concepts, discuss the ways in which HR strategies had been
modified or changed in response to the crisis.
As the COVID-19 Outbreak occurs, the TESCO's HR department has to face major
modifications for implementing human resources strategies in order to respond towards crisis.
For instance, with aids of effect human resource model, TESCO assures that hr policies are
associated with business goals and tactics. For it, the entities HR department continuous ly check
their and staff requirements (Kasemsap, 2019). In respect of COVID-19, TESCO that focus on
rendering various training and development programmes to workers for retaining them long
duration. Additionally because of the affect of COVID-19 staff was needed to do their work from
home only. As TESCO which is known to be the large scale firm along with huge number of
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staff from diverse areas. Moreover, COVID-19 forced human resource management of entity for
changing its HR strategy where with assistance of effective human resource management
practices model HR manager intent toward providing staff safety, higher compensation as per
their performance, self management, selective hiring sharing vital information with workers and
equality among staff.
Whole these tactics aids TESCO in maintain effective connection with staff for conducting
business practices effectually even during higher complexities which have been raised because of
COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally, this have been determined that for assuring that
modifications into strategy is implemented appropriately by HR department manager ensures
that there is efficient resource availability, styles of management and technology for using
efficacious practice to assures that workers are satisfied (Kreutzer and Sirrenberg, 2020). This
have been determined that COVID-19 not only impacted operations of the business but also
adversely affect on staff productivity as well as performance, as they were need to perform the
task from home that modify its whole working scenarios. For overcoming as well as responds to
particular crisis, TESCO's human resource department change hr strategies wherein with
assistance of effective human resource management practice model the HR manager
concentrates on basic prospects like maintenance, training and development as well as
encouragement that is vital human resource management concepts. In addition to this, it
effectively aids human resource manager to align staff performance along with firm's goals as
well as attain business targets during those periods in feasible way for satisfying desires and
expectations of customers.
B. Analyse the impact of environmental factors on culture and HR plan of the chosen firm.
HR department in firm act as a heart of entity irrespective to their scope, size as respective
unit is accountable for grabbing the attention, ratings, inspire those staff who are the lifeblood of
entity. This has been determined that COVID -19 outbreak drastically impacted firm into each
industrial sector as this destroyed the business performance way where firms were subjected to
perform its business practices with lower level staff at work area framework. Most of the
employees are needed to perform remotely as ordered through government because of COVID-
19 outbreak (Lin-Hi, Rothenhöfer and Blumberg, 2019). In addition to this, there were various
environmental aspects which has affected culture and human resource plan of firm. Additionally,
this have been determined that COVID-19 outbreak develops vital changes within TESCO’s
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