Human Resource Management in Zara

This document discusses the purpose and functions of human resource management in Zara, including workforce planning and resourcing. It also explores the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection. Additionally, it examines the benefits of various HRM practices for both the employer and employee, as well as the effectiveness of these practices for raising organizational profit and productivity. The importance of employee relations and employment legislation in HR decision-making is also evaluated. The document concludes with an explanation of the application of HRM practices in Zara.

HUMAN RESOURCE
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Determine the purpose and functions of human resource management for workforce
planning and resourcing in Zara.............................................................................................3
P2 Determine the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and
selection..................................................................................................................................5
M1 Determine the HR functions in Zara................................................................................7
M2 Determine strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and selection in Zara.....................7
D1 Determine strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and selection in Zara.....................8
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
P3 Determine the benefits of different human resource management practices in Zara for both
the employer and employee....................................................................................................8
P4 Determine the effectiveness of different HRM practices for raising organisational profit
and productivity....................................................................................................................10
M3 Discuss different methods used in HRM practices........................................................10
D2 Determine the HRM practices and their application......................................................10
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
P5 Evaluate the importance of employee relations which influences human resource decision
making..................................................................................................................................11
P6 Determine employment legislation which impacts the human resource decision making12
M4 Determine key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislations
..............................................................................................................................................14
D3 Evaluate employee relations and the application of HRM practices that inform and
influence decision-making in Zara.......................................................................................14
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................14
P7 Explain the application of HRM practices......................................................................14
M5 Discuss rationale for application of specific Human resource management.................17
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................19
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INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the process of recruiting the most talented workforce in
the organisation. Human resource management also involves managing and maintaining and
developing the human capital of an organisation. Human resource management is the function
which is performed by human resource manager of an organisation (Ahmad, 2015). Human
resource manager shoulder different responsibilities in order to mange the functioning of
organisation. In the context of the company Zara, which is an UK based multinational
organisation and famously known for its fashion apparels, it also renders accessories, shoes,
swimwear and perfumes. This report covers the purpose and scope of human resource manager
in Zara, strengths and weakness of different approaches used by human resource manager for
recreating ad selection, beenfits of human resource manager practices for both employer and
employee, effectiveness of human resource practices for achieving profit and productivity,
importance of employee relations, key elements of employment legislations, application of
different human resource practices in work related context.
TASK 1
P1 Determine the purpose and functions of human resource management for workforce planning
and resourcing in Zara
Human source manager in Zara performs different functions in order to manage and
maintain the workforce of an organisation (Bailey and et.al, 2018). Human resource manager is
responsible to monitor and scrutinise all the activities of the human capital of the organisation in
orde to accomplish organisational objectives. Some of these functions performed by the human
resource manager in Zara are stated below:
Functions of human resource management:
Job design
Job design is an important function performed by the human resource manager in Zara,
job design including describing the job performed by each individuals and setting the objectives
of the desired job, human resource manager in Zara design the job and delegates it to different
teams and individuals job design involves setting different job roles that what kind of job is to be
performed in order to accomplish organisational objectives it involves what are the different task
performed, who will perform, what the different measures ad resources that has to taken by the
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organisational in order to complete the assigned task. Human resource manager assign different
job roles and duties of the employees of an organisation in accordance to the skill possessed by
each individuals.
Training and development
Human resource manager in Zara render skilful training and development to all the
employees in a workplace (Berman and et.al, 2019). The human resource plan to render training
to the employees who are new to the organisation and needs to improve their soft skills and
technical skills in order to work in accordance to the pre determined standards set by the
organisation, training and development programmes are also conducted by the human resource
manager in Zara to the employees while assigning new project to employees who are not able to
work efficiently. Thus, training and development helps to improve the skills and knowledge of
employees in order to accomplish organisational objectives.
Purpose of human resource management:
Compensation and benefits
Human resource mangers are responsible for rendering compensation and benefits to the
employees, human resource manager in Zara renders compensation to employees by complying
to the legislation of the government, human resource manger render fair remuneration to the job
performed by the employees. Human resource manager in Zara also renders benefits like
monetary and non monetary incentives to the employees who are highly efficient.
Employee performance management
Human resource manager in Zara manager and monitors the performance of the
employees to evaluate that the work performed by them. Monitoring and scrutinising the
performances of employees is important as it helps to ascertain the effectiveness of
organisational objectives. Employee performance is important as it helps to determine the work
performed by each individuals that how far an individual is able to achieve the pre determined
standards of the work (Boella and Goss-Turner, 2019).
Employee engagement and relationship
Employee engagement and relationship is an important factor which helps determine
employee contribution in an organisation. Human resource manager effectively communicates to
the employees in Zara in order to promote communication and coordination between the
employees so that employee feel easy and comfortable and retains for longer period an
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organisation. Moreover, employee engagement helps the employees to express their view and
opinions in workplace where they contributes their roles in decision making activities. Employee
engagement helps the employee to feel valued as thus contributes to increase in productivity and
efficiency. Human resource manager in Zara conducts seminars and both informal and formal
meet in order to promote employee relationship in the organisation. Employee relationship helps
to build positive working environment in the workplace and develop working relationship with
the employees.
P2 Determine the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection
RECRUITMENT: Recruitment is the most important function performed by the human
resource manager in Zara, recruiting involves hiring the skilled manpower in order to develop
highly efficient workforce (Brewster and Hegewisch eds, 2017). Human resource manager in
Zara uses different approaches of recruitment and selection some of these are discussed below
Internal approaches: recruitment is the process of attracting the most suitable candidates in the
workplace in order to carry business functions. Human resource manager in Zara uses the
internal recruitment by employee referral, transfers or promotion. The internal recruitment helps
to fill the vacant positions in the workplace and motivate the employees for better workforce
management.
Strengths: Internal recruitment helps to motive employees with transfer an promotion, where
employees feel motivates with the job appraisals. Internal are recruitment helps to fill all the
vacant positions of the workplace, where the human resource manager is confident for the
internal recruitment. Transfer and promotion in Zara are rendered to the employees who are
highly efficient and thus it helps to fill the vacancies though internal recruitment. It includes low
cost and time and easy way of recruiting within the organisation (Brewster and et.al, 2016).
Weakness: Internal recruitment might lead to workplace conflicts, as it is not possible of the
human resource manager to promote all employees in an workplaces, human resource manager
have to choose the most suitable candidate fir internal recruitment which leads to clashes of
opinions and interest of the employees in the workplace. Moreover, it looses the freshnesses of
recruiting new employees in the workplaces which leads to low creativity in the organisation.
External approaches: external approach of recruitment involves screening candidates for
specific job position from outside the organisation. External approaches involves walk in
interview, off campus or campus placement. Human resource manager uses different mediums
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of external recruitment approaches including e-recuitment by publishing advertisement in social
media, we advertisement, print media. The strengths and weakness of external recruitment are
discussed below:
Strengths: External recruitment approach practices by human resource manager helps to recruit
fresh talents in the workplace which brings innovation and creativity in the workplace. External
recruitment helps to increase the size of the organisation wherein new minds puts their minds
and efforts for the job performed by the employees in a workplace (Cooke, Wood and Horwitz,
2015). Recruiting young or experienced employees helps to Zara which contributes in adding to
the highly efficient employees in the workplace which helps to productivity and efficiencies in
business activities, moreover external recruitment helps to generate new business ideas ad
creativity in the offerings of organisation.
Weakness: External recruitment practised by human resource manager in Zara increases the cost
incurred in recruitment activities. As external recruitment is a long tedious process which
involves huge cost and time in order to find the ideal candidate present at different location for
the specific job role. External recruitment involves different procedures where the human
resource manager have to judge the employee competencies and skills required for the specific
job role.
SELECTION: Selection is the process which involves selecting and choosing the
candidate who are highly skilled for performing different job roles. Selection is the negative
process which involves rejecting the unsuitable candidate. Different approaches performed by
the human resource manager in Zara are discussed below:
Online screening: It involves short-listing the candidates who have applied for the specific job
roles, the human resource manager in Zara selects candidates by matching the skills and
knowledge of employees with the job requirement. Human resource manager screens the suitable
candidate by online screening where the manager rejects or selects the candidates by requiring
their skills of different candidates through online platforms (Delery and Roumpi, 2017).
Strengths: online screening helps to save the cost incurred in selection, human resource manager
in Zara performs online screening by making an online portals where different candidates applies
for the job role, the human resource manager collects the data of the candidates and selects the
most suitable one, it helps to save the cost incurred in selecting the specific candidates
physically. It is the most convenient of selection as the human resource manager gather
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information of different candidates from any location which turns the most economical way of
selection for human resource manager in Zara.
Weakness: Online screening might can be an ineffective way of selection as until when the
human resource manager physically screens the candidates, the human resource manager cannot
exactly evaluate the communications skills of the candidate (Greer, 2021).
Interview method: This method of selection involves selecting the desire candidate through
different interviews. Where the candidate have to physically visit to the place of interview where
the skills and knowledge of the candidates will be judged by different verbal and written test.
Human resource manager in Zara conducts interviews in order to selects the candidates in
accordance to the technical and soft skills possessed by them.
Strengths: Interview methods are the most reliable method, where the human resource manager
personally judges the skills and competencies possessed by different candidates.
Weaknesses: Interview methods adds huge cost for recruiting and selecting particular candidates.
Where human resource manager in Zara have to put efforts and time in order to recruit the highly
skilled workforce in the organisation.
M1 Determine the HR functions in Zara
Human resource manager in Zara has to conduct different function in order to accomplish
organisational objectives. These function are as:
Recruiting
Recruiting is the main function of the human resource manager wherein the HR manager have to
recruit highly talented and skilled workforce in the organisation.
Training and development
Training and develop is an another function performed by the human resource manager in Zara,
wherein the manager renders different training and development opportunities to the employees
in order to boost and improve the skills and knowledge of the employees.
M2 Determine strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and selection in Zara
Strengths
Highly efficient workforce
In order to deploy highly efficient workforce in the organisation it is important to staff skilled
and talented pool of employees in the organisation.
Weaknesses
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Huge time and cost
It incurs huge time and cost to identify and find the talented workforce in the organisation,
wherein the HR manager find difficult recruit the candidates who are highly skilled among the
pool of candidates.
D1 Determine strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and selection in Zara
Strengths
Working standards
By recruiting high skilled and talented workforce in the organisation, the human resource
manager meets the working standards in Zara
Profitability
When business is able to achieve the set of objectives at the given deadlines thus to achievements
of profitability gaols in Zara.
Weaknesses
Organisational conflict
Recruiting new employees in Zara, often leads to workplace conflicts, wherein employees
clashes their opinions to different organisational context.
TASK 2
P3 Determine the benefits of different human resource management practices in Zara for both the
employer and employee
Human resource manager in Zara performs different functions in order to accomplish
organisational objectives and workforce management. Different human resource practices helps
to monitor and control the functioning of the workforce in the workplace (Guest, 2017). These
human resource practices are discussed below:
Compensation and benefits: According top the legal laws, an employer must render fair
remuneration to the employees. Human resource manager in Zara ender compensation and other
monetary benefits to the employees in order to motivate the employees.
Benefits to the employer: Rendering fair remuneration to te employees helps to retain employees
in the workplace. Where feels that their financial needs are met and addressed it motivates them
retain for longer in the workplace. Employee retention helps to maintain the consistency in
organisational functioning. Moreover, rendering employees monetary benefits and incentives
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helps to motivate employees which further contributes to accomplish productivity in
organisational objectives.
Benefits to the employee: When employees gets fair remuneration they feel satisfied which helps
to increase the productivity of the employees in the workplace. Compensation and benefits is an
important aspects as it motivates the employees to work more effectively (Jabbour and de Sousa
Jabbour, 2016).
Training and development: Training and development activities are the important function
perform by the human resource manager in Zara, training an development serves different
benefits to both employee and employer. Training and development are rendered in order to
improve skills and knowledge of the employees. It is the most important function which is
required to maintain and develop the workforce of an organisation.
Benefits to employer: Training and development helps to accomplish the working standards set
by the employer an achieve the productivity. Human resource manger renders training and
development activities in order to improve the competencies of the employees so that they are
able to perform the job roles effectively.
Benefits to employee: Training and development helps to improve both personnel and
professional skills of the employees which are required for achieving the competencies at work.
Where training helps to accomplish the career growth of the employees which improves the
skills and competencies of the employees.
Performance management: Performance management is an important human resource function
which is needed to evaluates the performance of the employees in the workplace. Through
performance management human resource managers in Zara evaluates the performance of each
individual in the workplace and determines the effectiveness of the task performed by different
individuals (Jamali, El Dirani and Harwood, 2015). Performance management is the function of
the human resource manager which involves leadership, communication, goal setting, feedbacks
in order to manage the performances of each employees. Human resource manager in Zara
renders clearly sets the working standards and goals of the task that is be performed, human
resource manager through effective leadership skill communicates the objectives that has to
accomplished and render the feedbacks to the employees to determine the effectiveness of work
performed by the employees.
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Benefits to the employer: Performance management helps to monitor and control the
performances of each individual in the workplace which helps to determine effectiveness of
work performed by each individual. It helps to analyse the deviations of th work and take
corrective measures in order to improve the performances of the employees. The human resource
manager in Zara review the performances of each individual and rendering regulative feedback
of the work performed by the employees (Kaufman, 2019).
Benefits to the employee: Through performance management employees can become competent
enough to improve the technical skills. Performance management helps to improve the skills of
the employees and work effectively in order to accomplish organisational objectives.
P4 Determine the effectiveness of different HRM practices for raising organisational profit and
productivity
Talent management
Human resource manager manages the workforce of an organisation by delivering them right
compensation and other non-financial benefits in an organisation. Human resource manager also
manages the workforce of an organisation by proper training and development opportunities so
that employees can attain both personal and professional growth development.
Leadership
HR manager right renders guidance to the employees so that they able to focus on the work and
employee matches the quality working standards of the organisation.
M3 Discuss different methods used in HRM practices
Providing employee security
Providing employees security over their jobs, HR manager initiates different duties in order to
deliver both physical and job security to the employees.
Delivering right organisational objectives
HR manager delivers right organisational objectives wherein the HR manager assigns different
job roles and duties with complete information that each of the employee have to perform in the
organisation.
D2 Determine the HRM practices and their application
Compensation and benefits
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It is the responsibility of the HR manager to deliver remuneration to the workforce of an
organisation, HR manager in Zara renders compensation and benefits to the employees in
accordance to the work performed.
Employee motivation
Human resource manager in Zara renders motivation by delivers financial and non-financial
incentives to the employees which stimulates and motivates the employees so that they are able
to work more productively.
TASK 3
P5 Evaluate the importance of employee relations which influences human resource decision
making
Employee relation is determined by the relationship of employees and the employer
which helps to build strong working relationship in order to accomplish organisational functions.
Employee relationship is important as the good relationship helps to transmit easy flow of
information which helps to accomplish organisational objectives.
Reduces ambiguity: Human resource manager in Zara conducts seminar and employee meets in
order to promote communication and interaction among employees. Effective communication
helps to reduce the ambiguity at work, employee relationship helps to rightly determine
information of each task which is to be accomplished (Kavanagh and Johnson, eds, 2020).
Employee relationship contribute to effective communication in the workplace where employee
clearly interprets the objetives of specific task.
Productivity: Employee relationship helps to increase the productivity at work, as employees
feels determined and coordinates group efforts to accomplish the desired task. When employee
are productive it helps to generate incensed revenue to organisation. Human resource manager in
Zara build good relationship with the employee4s which motivates them to work effectively and
thus contributes to accomplish productivity at work.
Positive working environment: Positive working environment is achieved when employees and
organisation promotes healthy working environment in the workplace. Human resource manager
Zara conducts group discussion sessions and office outings which helps to build employee
relationship where employees feels engaged and satisfied in the workplace which further helps to
promote positive working culture (Kianto, Sáenz and Aramburu, 2017). Positive working
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culture helps develop the strong working culture among employees which contributes to smooth
functioning of the organisational objectives. Positive working culture further contributes for
building employee engagement which helps employees to work with determination and stay
loyal to the organisation. Human resource manager in Zara contributes the positive working
relationship by addressing the opinion of employees in the workplace which helps in building
employee engagement in the organisation.
Reduced conflicts: Human resource manager in Zara takes issues and concerns of different
individuals which helps the employee to feel valued in the workplace. Employee relationship
reduces the conflicts and tensions at the workplaces rather it contributes to develop the effective
employee relationship and engagement where each employees feels comfortable and contribute
to teams spirit among the employees. Human resource manager in Zara takes the views and
concerns which reduces the risk of conflicts in the organisation.
Employee retention: Employee retention is an important aspects which is defined the number of
employees in the workplace. Human resource manager communicates to employees and collects
regular feedbacks from the employees in order to determine the concerns and changes that is
needed to be implemented in order to attain positive working culture. By taking these measures,
it helps the employees to retain in the workplace for long and they stay loyal in the organisation
as their issues and concerns are bee addressed (Marchington and et.al, 2016).
Team spirit : Team spirit is an important factors which help to coordinate the efforts of different
individuals in order to achieve organisational objectives. Employee relationship which to build
strong working relationship with other employee and employer, where the employees feels
motivated in order to accomplish teams gaols and objectives. Team effort helps to easy and quick
completion of task.
Thus, employee relationship is an important factor which contributes accomplishment of
organisational objectives by maintaining strong working culture and employee nenegament in
the organization
P6 Determine employment legislation which impacts the human resource decision making
In order to run to business operations it is important for the business to comply with all
the legal laws framed by the government, these laws are the framework which determines the
ethical code of running businesses (Mathis, Jackson and Valentine, 2015). Zara complies with all
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the legal legislations in order to make ethical and corporate brand image in the market. The legal
legislations complied by Zara are as follows:
Employment Rights Acts, 1996: The laws reflects to render rights to the employees which
includes rendering them paternity leave, dismissal and leave for other related causes which are
important for an employees. These rights are framed in order to render equal rights to all the
employees working in an organisation so that the company is able to address their concerns and
views of the employees. Zara complies with all these laws and render leave to the employees so
that they feel comfortable and secure in the organisation.
The Equality Act 2010: This law is defined by render equal rights to the employees working I
an organisation, this laws is framed to protect the employees from all the discriminations and
unfair means in an organisation. Zara complies with this legal laws framed the UK government,
manger and leaders in Zara promotes equality in the workplace by rendering them equality and
justice so that all the employees in the workplace feel equal. Human resource manager in Zara
takes concerns of different individuals in the workplace so that employees feel valued and
satisfied (Mondy and Martocchio, 2016).
Part time workers regulations 2000: This law reflects rendering equal rights to the employees
who are doing part time jobs in comparison to full time employees. Human resource managers
render equal justice and opportunities to part time employees by delivering them leaves, equal
wage remuneration and other benefits so that employees feel satisfied and equals comparison to
the full time employees.
Transfer of Undertakings Regulations 2006: This law is framed by the UK government and
rendered for protecting the rights of the employees for employment contracts or any business
transfers. In Zara, when employees are been transferred to other business positions, this law is
framed to address all the rights to the employees in case of transfers and other business contracts.
Wages and salary Act, 1996: This law is defined by rendering wages and salaries to the
employees due in accordance to the work performed by the employees. This government of UK,
renders foxed salaries to the employees in the workplace. Human resource managers in Zara
renders salaries and wages to the employees by the job performed by the employees. Human
resource manager render fair and equitable remuneration to the employees with specific job
positions. Moreover, human resource manager in Zara renders monetary benefits to the
employees in accordance to the performance of the employees, this acts as motivational tools for
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the employees who work extremely well, human resource manager in Zara renders incentives
apart from the basic salary and allowances, in order to motivate employees so that they stay loyal
in the organisation (Morgeson, Brannick and Levine, 2019).
M4 Determine key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislations
Positive working environment
HR manager should develop positive working environments in the organisation by maintaining
smooth flow of information, managing workplace conflicts and others in order to promote
positive working environment in Zara.
Decision making
Human resource manager in Zara invites all he employees in the decision making that different
employees are able to address their views and opinions to different organisational context.
D3 Evaluate employee relations and the application of HRM practices that inform and influence
decision-making in Zara
Addressing employee concerns
It is important to address employee concerns and issue the workforce so that the employee feel
comfortable and reliable to their work.
Effective communication
Human resource manager promotes effective communication in the organisation in order to
develop employee relationship and reduce ambiguity and conflict at work.
TASK 4
P7 Explain the application of HRM practices
Human resource management is an approach which revolves around delivering recruiting
and hiring the highly skilled manpower in the organisation in order to fulfil organisational
objectives in the most effective manner.
Job specification: Job specification is framed which determines that te roles ad responsibilities
that has to be performed by different individuals for a specific job positions. Zara is framing a
job specification for the job position of human resource manager in the organisation.
JOB SPECIFICATION
COMPANNY: Zara
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JOB POSITION: Human Resource Manager
JOB PURPOSE: Human resource manager have to assure that there is highly skilled
workforce in an organisation in order to conduct smooth functioning. Human resource manager
have to maintain and develop the human capital of the organisation and formulates strategic
planning and decision making.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Human resource manager have to perform different role and responsibilities in Zara which
includes:
 Recruiting and hiring the skilled candidates
 Training and development to the employees inn order to improve the skills and
knowledge.
 Compensation and benefits to the employees for the efforts and job performance of
employees.
 Strategic planning and decision making in order to achieve employee welfare.
 Formulation of organisational planning and decision making and implementing them to
the employees in order to accomplish organisational objectives.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATION:
 2 years of experience as human resource manger
 MBA graduate
 good communication and interpersonal skills
Curriculum vitae:
Zack Affron
Address: Oxford street, 2nd lane, London, united kingdom
Contact details: 00852-33356
Objectives: To work in a reputed organisation as a human resource manager in order to achieve
career goals and personnel development.
Work experience:
 Worked an XY organisation as a human resource manger of 6 months
 Worked as human resource executive for 1 year
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Qualification:
 Bachelors in business administration
 Masters in human resource management
Preparatory notes for interview:
1. To evaluate the competencies and skills possessed by the desired candidates for job role
of human resource manager in Zara.
2. To review the resume of the candidates in order to verify that the information of the
shortlisted candidates that it is true and acceptable.
Offer letter
Dear Zack Affron,
We are glad to inform on the basis of your skills an knowledge for the job role oh human
resource manager, you are been hired by Zara
Job roles and responsibilities
 human resource manager must ensure smooth functioning ion the organisation.
 Work on Human resource software which includes data of the all the employees in the
workplace.
 Must render compensation and other benefits to employees in the organisation.
Salary offered: $ 26, 000
Working hours: 9:30A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Process of recruitment in Zara:
For recruiting the employees in the workplace, the human resource manger in follows
different steps which involves analysing the skills and competencies of the candidates.
Telephonic round: in the telephonic round, the human resource manager connects to candidates
gathering information about the candidate including background and skills of the candidate
where the human resource manager approves whether the candidate is eligible for the job roles or
not.
Written test: Written test involves checking technical skills of the candidate. In written test
involves aptitude test, logical reasoning and achievement test. These helps to certain how far and
good the candidate for the specific job role.
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Interview: in the interview round, the candidate are asked different question in order judge an
evaluates the skills of the employees for the specific job role. For the role of human resource
manager, the candidate should acquire good communication and interpersonal abilities and
updated information about latest technologies. With good technical skills they human resource
manager should know how to use different technologies applied in the workplace.
Group discussion: In group discussion the different candidates who are selected and shortlisted
in the interview are been called and given a topic and asked to discuss about that topic, group
discussion helps to evaluate the communication skills of the employees that how far the
candidate is able to express his/her views and opinion son following topic. It also helps to
evaluate the decision making skills of the employees in the workplace. Group discussion helps to
determine the decision making abilities of the candidate in different events.
Evaluation of recruitment process and rationalise human resource practices
Recruitment process of Zara is time consuming and incurs high cost,. As the human
resource manager have to evaluate the skills and competencies of different individuals fro the
human resource manger have to select the best suited candidates for different job role. It incurs
huge cost as it requires setting up the process and structure of recruitment. Recruitment process
further involves different standards by which the skills and knowledge of the candidates are
evaluated where candidate should acquire technical and soft skills. Human resource manager in
Zara also render training and development programmes to the employees so that they are able to
perform different business activities efficiently. Human resource manager recruits the talented
workforce in the organisation in order to accomplish highly efficient workforce in the
organisation. Highly efficient workforce further contributes to the business success and growth.
In order to maintain the workforce in organisation, human resource manager in Zara renders
different motivational tools including both monetary and non monetary benefits in order t
motivate the employees and achieve productivity and efficiency of work.
M5 Discuss rationale for application of specific Human resource management
Human resource management follows different models of employment in order to
accomplish the organisational objectives, wherein the aim purpose is to recruit the highly skilled
workforce in the organisation and the rationales behind every human resource management
practices in Zara is to recruit right people for the right job role at the right time.
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CONCLUSION
As human capital in an organisation is an important factor which contributes for
accomplishment of the organisational objectives. In order to maintain and develop the human
capital of an organisation, human resource manage performs function which involving managing
the workforce of the organisation in order to achieve business. Human resource manager
performs different function in order to control and monitor the performance of the individual in a
workplace. Human resource manager is responsible for recruiting and hiring talented workforce
in an organisation in order to accomplish organisational objective. Thus, human resource
management is everything which involves managing and developing the workforce of
organisation in order to run smooth functioning of the organisation.
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