HR Procedures and Guidelines: A Comparative Study of Amazon and Morrisons

BMM5552 Individual Report
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Executive summary
An individual report and a commentary for self-evaluation make up this assessment. The
research presents a contrast between Amazon and Morrisons in terms of the HR procedures
and guidelines adopted by the two companies. The reflection involves a self-evaluation of
one's own interpersonal and collaborative skills utilising Kolb's reflective model.
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Table of Contents
Executive summary 2
1. By evaluating the strategies of two organisations, a critical study of HR's role in the
creation of a cogent people management approach is provided. 4
Introduction 4
Role of HR in people management 4
Leadership styles 7
Management structure 8
Organisational culture 8
Different people management strategies employed by the two organisations and their
effects 8
HR Policies, benefits, and reward system 9
Performance management in the two companies 10
Conclusion 10
2. Reflective self-assessment of own ability of people management and team working 12
Introduction 12
Assessment 12
Conclusion 13
References 14
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1. By evaluating the strategies of two organisations, a critical study of HR's role in the
creation of a cogent people management approach is provided.
Introduction
The following report basically involves the policies as well as procedures of the human
resource in various commercial businesses. Morrisons as well as Amazon will be the specific
organization that are utilised in this report. In addition to this Amazon is known to be the
multinational organization that is entirely based on the United States of America which which
majorly deals in e commerce and also in the technology as well. In the year 2021 the
respective organization anticipated the revenue of 382 Great Britain pound in billions (Abdi,
and Kembu, 2022). The organization is having more than 16,00,000 workers functioning for
the betterment of the business. Moreover to this the other organization Morris sense is known
to be the supermarket retail chain organization that is entirely based in the United Kingdom
and the organization is having the turnover of more than 17 billion Great Britain pound. The
respective organization is having more than 1,00,000 workers that are operating. The
organization Amazon's focus on serving more than 50 nation across the globe whereas the
Morrison is concentrated on the. United Kingdom and other parts of it.
Role of HR in people management
The role of the human resource in the management of people within the commercial business
is very vital as well as essential., The manager or leader of human resources obliged and
accountable for recruiting as well as hiring people, offering them suitable training as well as
making the policies for maintaining,, compensating, providing rewards to the workers as well
as retaining the employees in the business. Moreover today's the rules of the human resource
r obeyed appropriately in both the businesses Amazon and also in Morrison in which making
of policy, staffing strategies as well as identifying the requirements of the workers and also
providing them with suitable benefits and rewards to get the appropriate safety and protection
of the employees and various more (Bajwa, 2022). In addition to the hands manager or leader
of the human resource has one of the major obligation and role in managing and supervising
the working and functioning of the people in the organization and also making sure that they
are appropriately satisfied as well as they are well aware regarding the strategies of the
business. The role of human resource management of the people is described below in brief:
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