The Functions and the Purpose of HRM

HR PLANNING

Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................ 2
Task 1......................................................................................................................... 2
PI-The functions and the purpose of HRM in relation to the resourcing and the
workforce planning.................................................................................................. 2
P2- Recruitment...................................................................................................... 3
P3- Benefits of HRM practices for employers and employees.................................5
P4- Effectiveness of HRM practices.........................................................................6
Task 2......................................................................................................................... 7
P5- Employee relations............................................................................................ 7
P6- Employment Legislation and its impact on HRM decisions................................8
P7- HR practices.................................................................................................... 10
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 11
References............................................................................................................... 12
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Introduction
The report commences with a short introduction of a company which into IT industry and
is located in UK. The report is completely deducted to the discussion of the role of the human
resources in the organization and all the discussion are done pertaining to the organization
selected. The HR department makes use of many sources of the recruitment and selection and the
benefits and the disadvantages of the both are discussed. Then the report has discussed that how
HR functions have contributed in increasing the profits of the company. Various factors like the
legislations and employee relations are also highlighted which have an impact on the decisions
taken by the HR department in the company.
The organization which is being considered for the report is Intellectsoft which is focused on
delivering services as per requirement of customers. The entire report is based on this company
only.
Task 1
PI-The functions and the purpose of HRM in relation to the
resourcing and the workforce planning
HR management is about the increasing the performance of the employees to the highest possible
levels in relation to their role in the organization like Intellectsoft. All the organizations are made
of people. HRM is about acquiring the people’s services, developing their skills, motivating them
in the gradual process and also making sure that they remain committed at Intellectsoft.
Recruitment and selection: The HR department is responsible for performing both the functions
at the organization. Recruitment is the process of screening, capitalization and selection of the
qualified candidates based on the criteria’s set for the jobs. The goal of this is to attract qualified
applicants to the job and to encourage the unqualified applicants to not apply at Intellectsoft. The
HR department also executes proper staffing plan and decide upon the number of employees
which they need to hire. The forecasting of employees is dependent upon the annual budget of
the organization. this is important part for Intellectsoft as this helps in reducing the costs linked
to the engaging the unmotivated, incompetent and underqualified employees in the organization.
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The hiring of new employees in the organization is an expensive affair (Datta Gupta and
Eriksson, 2011).
Orientation: They help to provide orientation to the new employees and help them so that they
can adjust to the new surroundings and environment and to new job. The employees get to know
about their assigned duties and about their job roles, job descriptions and positions at which they
are placed. This provides the employees with clarification regarding their jobs.
Maintaining good working conditions: They make sure that the employees get good working
conditions at the workplace and they also keep on motivating the employees of Intellectsoft
(Gulzar, 2017). At times it is being found that the employees don’t contribute to the goals of
Intellectsoft due to lack of motivation in them. The HR department only provides them
opportunity so that non-financial and financial benefits are provided to them at all the times and
they also take care of the employee welfare as this is mainly helpful in the job satisfaction for the
employees.
Managing employee relations: The employees are the pillars of organization and HR is mainly
responsible for maintaining the employee relationships at Intellectsoft. They help in fostering the
good relationships and also have the ability to influence the work outputs and the behaviors. The
HR department promotes good relationship with the employees and this is a key for the success
of all the organizations. The well planned relations with employees help in promotion of
balanced and healthy relationship between employer and employee.
Training and development: Then this is integral part of the function of the HR management.
They try to improve the future and the current performance of the employees at Intellectsoft by
providing them education and giving them a chance to develop their skills.
P2- Recruitment
As discussed above this is the way through which candidates are attracted to the organizations.
There are mainly two sources of recruitment which are internal and external sources. The
internal sources are those when the people are considered within the organization only (Gavrel,
2015). These can be from employee referrals, present employees, previous applicants or form the
former employees at Intellectsoft.
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