HRM Report: Role of HR Function, Recruitment Strategies, Talent Management Approaches in Tesco

Report ( Distinction
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
Company over view ...................................................................................................................1
Literature review .............................................................................................................................2
Role of HR functions .................................................................................................................2
Effectiveness of recruitment and selection strategies ................................................................2
Talent management approaches .................................................................................................3
Explain the HR policies and system in order to have an effective business practices ...............3
Analysis and discussion ..................................................................................................................4
Explain the role of the HR function within an organisational context.......................................4
Explain the effectiveness of recruitment and selection strategies to maintain organisational
performance.................................................................................................................................5
Explain the approaches used to manage talent linked to organisational performance along with
an exploration of good practice models .....................................................................................6
Explore HR systems and procedures and how they enable the achievement of business
objectives.....................................................................................................................................7
Solutions and recommendations .....................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
It is very important for every business organisation to manage its activities and different
functions in order to achieve the goals and objectives within the business enterprise. The human
resource management plays vital role in the development of the employees and as well as the
performance of the business organisation. It is very important for the human resource
management to manage its workforce in order to achieve goals and objectives in an effective and
efficient manner. The human resource department plays an important role in managing different
functions of the business organisation. This is the most important function of an business
organisation in order to achieve growth and success. This is the report in which the organisation
which is chosen is Tesco which is the multinational supermarket. the company is headquartered
in London, England. The Tesco is considered as the third largest retailer in the world. The
business organisation was established in 1929 by Jack Cohen. It has expanded globally with its
operations in 11 other countries (Garg, S., Sinha, S., Kar, A.K. and Mani, M., 2021). This report
will include various topic such as role of human resource function, effectiveness of recruitment
and selection, strategies to maintain organisational performance, approaches which is used to
manage talent linked to transnational performance and at last various HR system and procedures.
This is the report which will be including the discussion on the HR as a function and the role of
HR within the organisation so that the goals and objectives can be achieved in an effective and
efficient way. This will further include the various HR procedures and policies which can help
within the organisation. This will also include the different approaches of recruitment and
selection which need to be adopted by the company in order to be effective and efficient. Then
further it will include the various recommendations which have been suggested to the company
in order to improve over the strategies of the business organisation.
MAIN BODY
Company over view
Tesco is the British multinational grocery retailer supermarket. The organisation is
headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. It is considered as the third largest retailer in
the world. The organisation was established in 1919 by Jack Cohen. It has shops in five countries
across Europe and it is considered as the market leader of groceries in United Kingdom. There
are variety of products which is distributed by the company. The company has several sections
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such as toys, food, clothing, groceries etc. this is the largest company in United Kingdom which
is famous for its quality of products and services. It is identified that Tesco is the leading brand
in London where there are variety of products available in the market. The company is well
established and has its own brand name. As the company has diversified into other areas such as
retailing of books, clothing, furniture, toys, financial services etc. the company is targeting to
attract the large range of social groups in order to achieve the objectives and goals in an effective
manner. It has been identified that the Tesco is a profitable business and can be successful by
adopting to the latest technologies in order to attract customers. (Macke, J. and Genari, D., 2019)
Literature review
Role of HR functions
According to Ruth Mayhew, 2019, it has been identified and analysed that the HR
function plays a vital role in the performance of the business organisation. In context of Tesco it
is very important that the HR function plays the role in an effective manner in order to achieve
goals and objectives effectively and efficiently. There are various role which is played by HR
department such as training and development, implementing changes, workforce planning in
order to achieve growth and success. It is very important that the Tesco company focus on the
development of the workforce planning so that the company is able to hire the suitable candidate.
It is very important that the HR is able to develop the training in an effective way so that they are
able to perform effectively. This will help the organisation in achieving success and growth.
Effectiveness of recruitment and selection strategies
According to Tanya Ridding, 2019. as it is identified that the human capital is the main
assets for the business organisation in managing the different task and in order to achieve the
goals and objectives. It is very important for the business organisation to develop its workforce
in an effective way in order to perform effectively. There is the significant impact of the
recruitment and selection strategies in the organisational performance. As it is identified that if
HR department is able to recruit the right person for the job requirement the task can be
completed in a right way which will help the organisation in achieving the higher profits. It is
very important for the HR to adopt to the various recruitment and selection strategies so that it
can focus on the hiring of the talented workforce in order to manage the different task. This will
help the organisation in maintaining its reperformance. An effective recruitment and selection
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