Role of HRM in managing resources for attracting and retaining employees in UK retail sector: A study on TESCO

This research proposal aims to analyze the role of HRM in managing resources for attracting and retaining employees within the UK retail sector, with a focus on TESCO. The study will use qualitative research methods to understand the concept of HRM, its significance, and challenges in adopting strategies for maintaining relationships between employees and management. The study will recommend strategies for improvement regarding HRM to have a positive impact on managing resources for attracting and retaining employees within TESCO.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE:.............................................................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY................................................................................................1
RESEARCH AIM AND OBJECTIVES:.........................................................................................3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................4
Research strategy:.......................................................................................................................4
Research approaches...................................................................................................................4
Research philosophy...................................................................................................................4
Data collection ...........................................................................................................................4
Sampling ....................................................................................................................................5
Data analysis...............................................................................................................................5
Ethical consideration ..................................................................................................................5
Validity and reliability ...............................................................................................................6
Research limitations...................................................................................................................6
TIMELINE AND RESOURCES.....................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

TITLE:
To analyse the role of HRM in managing resources for attracting and retaining
employees within UK retail sector: A study on TESCO
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Retail sector of the UK is facing the effective growth and development which shows its
good performance of the industry. In the current era, there is higher level of the competition and
complexities prevailing in the market which require firm to pay attention on having the
significant functioning so that effectual growth & development can be attained. Human resource
management is basically related with the strategic approach that is effective an efficient in
required for management of people in organization so that competitive edge can be achieved.
HRM play distinct form of the role that aids in managing overall resources so that attracting new
candidates and retaining staff for the longer duration can become possible in the precise manner
(Amrutha and Geetha, 2020). For this purpose effectual HRM strategies so that positive
relationship between employees and management in turn accomplishing goal of higher
profitability & sustainability can be received. This tends to offer the varied form of the benefits
which can permit getting high employee engagement, innovation procedure, productive results,
etc. so that becomes important for organization to possess effective human resource
management so that coordinating with prevailing challenges can become possible. The current
investigation is based on TESCO which is one of the successful firm operating in retail sector by
offering various clothing, groceries, etc products. It will pay attention on using the qualitative
form of the research so that ascertaining role of HRM in managing resources for attracting and
retaining employees within TESCO.
The current investigation will focus on offering the information regarding HRM which
plays distinct types of roles that are recruiting, hiring, training & development, managing
company culture, creating safe work environment, etc. these all has the impact on the
functioning of firm that tend to evaluate that employees are satisfied in the current working
scenarios. Present report will focus on giving the information regarding the highlighted subject
matter so that accomplishing aim and objectives can become possible. This will permit in
obtaining the significant information so that depth I insights can be derived.
Significance of the study.:
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Human resource management is one of the significant course of the action that is
related with having the precise proper procedure in organization via performing functions that
includes recruiting & hiring, on boarding, training & development, managing employees,
creating reward culture, etc. (Yong and et.al., 2020). On the basis of this it can be specified that
having the appropriate type of the human resource engagement is highly important for the
organization so that proper activities in firm to coordinate with changing circumstances can
become possible. The current study will help in gaining the corrective form of the information so
that understanding its significance, role and challenges in adopting strategies for managing
relationship between employees and management can be done effectively. With help of this
information TESCO will become able to get the corrective insights to have positive impact on its
organizational performance via making corrective pattern of HRM. Awareness regarding the
rights among employees has inclined which forces the firm to possess such effective
management strategy that can give equal opportunities for the purpose of growth & development
(Cooke and et.al., 2021). On the basis of this it can be mentioned that it is helpful in formulating
such culture that can boost organizational performance via making favourable relationship
between staff & management. This can be helpful for the varied parties such as specified
company, similar organizations operating in retail sector and scholars & leaners conducting
study on similar topic. .
Rationale of the topic:
The main reason behind conducting the current study is to ascertain the role of HRM in
managing resources for attracting and retaining employees within TESCO. It will allow to get
the major information which can allow developing corrective form of attaining and retaining
strategies so that beneficial situation in firm can be created. It is helpful in overcoming the gap
of research via allowing to receive the information such as significance, its role and strategies
for developing the relationship between the staff and management in turn good performance can
be obtained. The current investigation will pay attention on assessing the role of HRM in
managing resources for attracting and retaining employees so that effective information for
making recommendations can be attained. On the basis of this, it can be interpreted that current
study will allow to achieve such information that can permit fitting in the frequent changing
business environment. There are several factors such as competition, changing trends, etc. that
are required to be adopted by the company through possessing appropriate stability in firm. It
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can become possible by having the reliable human resource management that is capable of
conducting the actins such as having reliable staff at corrective position, positive business
culture, fair performance evaluation and appraisal in turn good form of growth by retaining
resource.
RESEARCH AIM AND OBJECTIVES:
Aim:
The main of the current study is to ascertain the role of HRM in managing resources for
attracting and retaining employees within TESCO
Objectives:
The particular research study will focus on the following objectives:
 To understand the concept of human resource management and its significance
 To analyze the role of HRM in managing resources for attracting and retaining
employees within UK retail sector
 To ascertain the challenges of adopting strategies for maintaining relationship between
employees and management for managing resources for attracting and retaining
employees within TESCO
 To recommend the strategies for improvement regarding HRM in turn positive impact in
managing resources for attracting and retaining employees within TESCO
Research questions
The research questions for the current investigation is as below:
 What is the concept of human resource management and its significance?
 What is the role of HRM in managing resources for attracting and retaining employees
within UK retail sector?
 Which are the ascertain the challenges of adopting strategies for maintaining relationship
between employees and management for managing resources for attracting and retaining
employees within TESCO?
 Which are the strategies for improvement regarding HRM in turn positive impact in
managing resources for attracting and retaining employees within TESCO?
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research strategy:
There are basically two types of the research which includes qualitative and quantitative
that helps in gaining the ability to achieve objectives and aim of specific study (Pereira and
et.al., 2021). Qualitative study is related with possessing the theoretical information which focus
on having the framework and models. Quantitative study is associated with having the
significant fact and numerical based data that can permit to accomplish the research aim and
objectives. In the recent investigation, the researcher will focus on having the utilization of
qualitative research as ascertaining the role of HRM in managing resources for attracting and
retaining employees is theoretical topic. The main reason behind this is to gain theoretical
information to meet objectives such as concept, significance, role and challenges in adopting
HRM strategies in depth manner.
Research approaches
Inductive and deductive are the two approaches which provides assistance in having
insights about the specific plan & process for collecting, analyzing and interpreting the data. For
the current research, the scholar will emphasize on using the inductive approach which pay
attention on having focus on observation, creating hypothesis and then applying reliable theory.
The main reason behind the application of inductive theory is that it is the qualitative research
which is can contribute in having precise ability to attain aim and objectives so that effective
completion of study will be done.
Research philosophy
It is one of the important part of the research methodology that is distinct between two
parts such as interpretivism and positivism (Nayak and Singh, 2021). Interpretivis form of
approach is taken into the consideration in qualitative type of the study. Positivism is utilized in
quantitative form of researcher. The present research is regarding assessing the role of human
resource managing the organizational resources for attracting and retaining employee,
interpretivism is suitable for qualitative study. It will helpful in meeting the research objectives
in the most precise manner.
Data collection
There are two methods which can be taken into the procedure by the researcher for the
purpose of collecting data which includes the primary and secondary sources (Pandey and
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Pandey, 2021). The primary methods such as survey, focus group, observation and interview is
provide the insights which is not previously used and specially gathered for solving the specific
issue. Secondary method like articles, journals and books give emphasis on offering the
information which is available publicly for various purposes. In the current report, the scholar
will focus on having utilization of survey method via spreading questionnaire in primary
method. In secondary method different articles, journals and books will be taken int the process.
Sampling
There are different technique which includes probabilistic and non probabilistic
approach. For the current report it will focus on having the target audience that lies between the
two age group such as 22-35 & 35-55. This will as well emphasize on paying attention on those
employees who have just joined and having experience of plus four years for choosing total 20
staff. For this purpose, stratified random sampling which is basically related with having the
significant probabilistic type of technique. It will helpful in accomplishing research aim and the
objectives in turn reliable practice can become possible.
Data analysis
It is important to have the effective research analysis technique that can allow to
accomplish the objectives and aim of this specific research. There are two data analysis
technique which includes thematic test technique and SPSS so that collected data can be
analyzed in the precise manner. It is the qualitative type of the research which focuses on using
thematic test technique will be applied for having depth understanding. This is helpful in
accomplishing the research objectives that comprises significant understanding about the
concept & significance, role and challenges of adopting the HRM strategies for maintaining
relationship between employees and management. It will permit to meet the aim of the present
investigation so that significant ability to gain depth understanding can become possible.
Ethical consideration
In order to complete the research report, it is essential for the researcher to focus on
having the ethical consideration so that reliable course of action for accomplishing the research
objectives. There re different aspects which will be focused by the researcher for attaining the
research objectives which involves taking consent for voluntary participation from employees,
inclusion of references, and ensuring the data privacy in turn significant ability to complete the
study in the precise manner can become possible.
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Validity and reliability
For maintaining the validity and reliability of the significant research study the scholar
will concentrate on using the sources which are published after the year 2016. it will focus on
accomplishing the copy right sources so that reliable information about the subject matter can be
achieved. There are various action which is applied to accomplish the validity and reliability of
the study that comprise focus maintaining the privacy of the data in turn attaining the effective
functioning can become possible.
Research limitations
There are certain limitations which can be faced by the researcher while completing the
study which includes time, money and availability of the research study. For the overcoming the
research limitation such as time & money the application of thematic test analysis so that
accomplishing the aim of having significant practice for completing reliable study. For the lack
of availability of resource, the concentration has become possible on having the practice of using
multiple source available on site. For handling the limitation regarding the use of appropriate
form of the research study can be formulation.
TIMELINE AND RESOURCES
Activities 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Research
topic selection
Defining
Aims and
Objectives
Identification
and selection
of Research
Methods
Designing
Questionnaire
Data
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collection via
survey
Arranging the
Data in
structured
format format
Data Analysis
Concluding,
findings
recommendati
on
Consulting
with tutor to
check the
study and
outcome
derived.
Feedback
Submission
after feedback
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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management: Implications for social sustainability. Journal of Cleaner Production. 247.
p.119131.
Cooke, F. L. And et.al., 2021. Riding the tides of mergers and acquisitions by building a
resilient workforce: A framework for studying the role of human resource management.
Human Resource Management Review. 31(3). p.100747.
Nayak, J.K. and Singh, P., 2021. Fundamentals of research methodology problems and
prospects. SSDN Publishers & Distributors.
Pandey, P. and Pandey, M.M., 2021. Research methodology tools and techniques. Bridge
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Pereira, L. and et.al., 2021. Pereira Problem solving: Business research methodology to explore
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Yong, J.Y. And et.al., 2020. Pathways towards sustainability in manufacturing organizations:
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