HR Strategies and Job Design Strategies of Sainsbury during Covid-19

HRM
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
A) Examine how HR strategies were changed by the firm. Use of concepts of strategic
HRM should be evident..........................................................................................................3
B) Analyse the impact of environmental factors on culture and HR plan of the chosen firm.
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C) Use any HR model and state how value was created by the firm.................................5
D) Using Storey’s 27 points of difference between HRM and Personnel Management as a
benchmark, state what is being practised by the firm?...........................................................5
E) Analyse the job design strategies of the chosen firm....................................................5
F) State the hiring and firing strategies of the chosen firm during this period..................6
G) Use corporate examples of firms using good HR practices and literature to justify your
stand........................................................................................................................................7
H) Based on the discussion and debate what suggestions / recommendations would you make
to employers regarding HRM practices to ensure that the organisational performance is high?
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CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a strategic approach which helps HR manager in a company
to undertake efficient and effective strategies and practices to manage people to fulfil
organisational aims and objectives (Agarwal, 2021). Human resource plays an important role for
any organisation irrespective of its size and scope as with the help of various human resource
practices and activities business organisation gain competitive edge in business environment.
Present report is conducted on Sainsbury which is a leading organisation operating in retail
industrial sector with large scale of employees and headquartered in United Kingdom. Present
report include discussion upon the manner in which human resource strategy is being changed by
company during the time period of covid-19 along with the impact of environmental factors on
company HR planning and culture. Along with this job design strategy of company and
significant recommendation is also discussed in this report.
MAIN BODY
A) Examine how HR strategies were changed by the firm. Use of concepts of strategic HRM
should be evident.
Outbreak of covid-19 led almost all the organisations around the globe to change their
workforce strategies and adopt new concepts of strategic human resource management in order
to manage employees to make them efficiently work from home. It has been identified due to
covid-19 outbreak Sainsbury business operations have been disrupted and cause human resource
manager to think in a different way about their roles and adjust new work environment to
manage remote working in a well-defined and effective manner (Bailey and Breslin, 2021). In
terms with Sainsbury human resource manager, they effectively concerned about employee
health and wellbeing and changed HR strategies in order to manage their performance
efficiently:
Deliberate and consistent communication:
During the outbreak of covid-19 Sainsbury human resource managers changed human
resource strategies of communication in which they make consistent communication and over
communicate with employees if it is necessary. In this they make sure that communication is
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thoughtful, clear, accurate transparent as much as possible by working with internal
communications team and robust internal update framework. In this communication plan
Sainsbury HR manager keep on asking frequently question to employees and keep staff up-to-
date as to manage workforce.
Employee wellness and safety initiatives:
It is one of the most important human resource strategies in which HR manager of
Sainsbury strategically keep consistent communication with employees in order to know about
their mental and physical health (Tursunbayeva, 2021). Along with this by practicing emphatic
and addressing employees concern providing them benefit plans with the help of activate
wellness program and employee assistance program Sainsbury human resource team emphasized
on employee health and safety in efficient manner.
Reconsideration of leaves and policies:
With the help of reconstructing changes and updates on new employment legislation
Sainsbury human resource team developed new framework for leaves and policies and modify
practices in policy with the help of transparent leadership, to provide efficient support to
employees during pandemic.
Implementation of remote work strategies:
It is one of the most important strategic human resource policies in which with the help of
implementing remote work strategy by working with IT department of company, HR team of
Sainsbury assure smooth transition to remote work (Butterick and Charlwood, 2021). Along with
this with the help of having different communication channels in emergency and sharing quick
guide for employees and supervisors Sainsbury human resource manager manage employee’s
performance during the outbreak of covid-19.
B) Analyse the impact of environmental factors on culture and HR plan of the chosen firm.
There are different types of environmental factors which have direct and indirect impact
upon culture and HR plan of an organisation. Mentioned below environmental factors along with
their impact upon Sainsbury HR plan and culture is being discussed:
Impact of legislation
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