[PDF] P7 Explain Applicability of HRM Practices in Organisation

This assignment is about explaining the applicability of human resource management (HRM) practices in an organization. It covers various aspects of HRM, including planning of manpower required, decision-making, development and training of workers, maintaining quality of products, performance evaluation, and creating vision and mission. The report highlights the importance of HRM practices in improving productivity and performance of employees.

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Explain purpose and functions of HRM............................................................................3
P2 Strength and weaknesses of different recruitment approaches.........................................4
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................5
P3 Explain how HR practices beneficial for employees and employers................................5
P4 How HR practices are effective for raising organisational productivity...........................7
TASK3 ............................................................................................................................................8
P5 Importance of employee relation in affecting decision making........................................8
P6 Explain elements of employment legislations...................................................................9
TASK4...........................................................................................................................................10
P7 Explain applicability of HRM practices in organisation.................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a process in which HR manager control his employees.
HRM includes all activities from hiring to firing the employees of the organisation. Human
resource department the management of the company so that they can smoothly manage whole
work of the organisation. If HR manager want to increase motivation and morale of the
employees they can adopt this concept. HR manager is responsible to create good and positive
environment in workplace so employees can give their full contribution and efforts towards their
work in organisation. By adopting this concept HR manager improve coordination between
employees and employers. ALDI is one of largest grocery store in UK, having more than 10000
stores with large number of employees. Human resource management helps the HR manager of
ALDI to manage all things very smoothly. Adoption of these practices is to employers as well as
employees of the company.
TASK1
P1 Explain purpose and functions of HRM
The main purpose of human resource management is to manage activities of all
departments.. HR manager is responsible of giving services to every employee such as induction
of the company, training and development and give motivation so they can focus on their work.
It
is responsibility of human resource management is to hire and compensate every employee
fairly. There are five major functions of HRM which are given below:
Recruitment and selection: Recruitment is a positive process by which HR Manager find out
qualified candidates according to the work criteria. The main objective of this process is to fill
the vacancies in the company. For this purpose, organisation have to organise
a recruitment plan which is depends on the short term and long-term goals and objectives of the
enterprise.
Orientation: This is another crucial function of HRM. This is the next step after recruiting the
candidates. Orientation includes giving introduction of company and its work environment to
new employees so that they can feel comfortable after joining. By this programme an

organisation can define its goals a and objectives to new candidates and also explain how its
workforce works to achieve objectives. It will help employees To analysetheir roles and
responsibilities.
Maintaining good working condition: Human resource manager is responsible to provide good
working condition to employees so they can discuss any problems and issues to their supervisors.
It helps to increases motivation among candidates so they can improve their performance in the
company. On the other hand, human resource manager can also conduct certain employee
welfare programmes which helps to increase the performance of both employees and employers.
Managing employee relation: If we talk about ALDI they have lot of employees so the HR
manager of cited organisation have to manage relations between various employees and
supervisors both. Because employees are one of the important factors behind the success of any
organisation so this is the responsibility of HR manager to manage employee relation. It is the
responsibility of the employer that to coordinate properly activities of every employee.
Training and development: This is very important function of HRM. Training and development
helps to increase productivity of employees so company can increase its income level. This
programme is helps to enhance competencies and skills of the employees.
Purpose of human resource management: Main purpose of HRM is hire candidates, give them
training, compensate them and control their overall performance.
P2 Strength and weaknesses of different recruitment approaches
There are two types of recruitment which a company can follow that are given below:
Internal recruitment: This recruitment involves change in location from one place to another after
some time. An organisation can use some methods for internal recruitment such as transfer,
promotion and retrenchment.. Developed organisations can easily follow this type of recruitment.
There is responsibility of human resource manager to assign the job which have to be matched
with their skills and competencies. ALDI internal recruitment by changing location and
designation of various employees. There are many kinds of internal recruitment methods which
are mentioned below:
Promotion: This is the method of internal recruitment which includes change designation of one
employee with greater responsibilities. It depends upon the performance of employee in the
organisation.

Retrenchment and retired workers: In this method, a company is hires its retired employees. It is
the easiest method of internal recruitment because retired employees have already knowledge
about the company so they can easily work in the enterprise. One benefit of this method is that it
is cheapest method of recruitment. Big organisations like ALDI can also follow this type or
recruitment.
Strength Weaknesses
1. This kind of recruitment is helps to reducing
cost of whole recruitment process.
2. Internal recruitment is helps to increasing
motivation of the employees.
3. It helps to increasing skills and
competencies of the subordinates.
There is chances of dissatisfaction and
confusion between employees.
Internal recruitment is affect relationship
between various employees.
External recruitment: This is very common method of recruitment which a company can follow
to fill vacancies in the organisation. ALDI can also follow this method by attracting many
qualified candidates.
Strength Weaknesses
1. External recruitment is helps to company
recruiting well qualified candidates.
2. Company find quick solution to their
problems with the help of external recruitment.
It affects time and cost of recruitment.
New employees need training and development
so it results increased cost.
Decision-making process is affected by
external recruitment.

TASK2
P3 Explain how HR practices beneficial for employees and employers
Human resources practices in any organisation play crucial role. It is beneficial for both
employees and employer of the company. These practices are focused on the performance of
employees so they can give their best to achieve goals and objectives of enterprise. If ALDI is
conduct these practices than they can get lots of benefits.
Benefits of employers are given below:
Building team: Cited organisation can get benefit of HRM practices by create team of
employees(Huselid and Becker 2011). For this purpose HR manager set mutual goals and
objectives which helps to maintain a team of supervisors and subordinates. It helps to incurred
positive outcomes from both.
Evaluate HR policies: For smooth functioning of organisation HR manager has to formulate HR
policies which have to be follow by every employee in the company. Apart from that HR
manager can evaluate these policies by adopting human resource practices. It is very important
for developed and big organisation's to evaluate HR policies.
Create positive or health work environment: If ALDI is adopting HR practices than the
employer can create health work environment in enterprises which is beneficial for both
supervisor and subordinate both. HR manager have to consider all rules and regulation so they
can not affect any employee's work. Manager is responsible to give safe, better and healthy
environment to their employees so employer can easily communicate any information to their
subordinates.
Helps in making future planning: If HR manager is adopting human resource practices than
they can collect information from various department which is very useful for making future
planning in enterprise.
Benefits to employees
Training to employee: Training of every employee is very important for success of organisation.
By adopting HR practices ALDI can analyse need of training and development in various
department of the company. Human resource department is responsible to conduct training and
development for employees. So it is benefit for work force to enhance their skills and
competencies.

Increasing the efficiency of worker's performance: Human resource practices is focuses on
performance of various employees. HR manager of ALDI by adopting these practices can
increase the efficiency and productivity of employees. It will helps to company achieving goals
and objectives in lowest cost of production so company can give their best products and goods to
customers.
Motivate worker: Motivation is very important for every employee. Human resource practices is
helps to motivate the employees by conducting various activities and programmes. HR manager
have to give fair compensation to their worker so every employee get equally motivated and give
their capacity to achieving organisational targets and objectives.
Human resource practices are beneficial for both employees and supervisors. If ALDI want to
conduct functions smoothly than they can adopt these practices.
P4 How HR practices are effective for raising organisational productivity
To increase the productivity of the company human resource practices play crucial role. It
helps to boost up income level of the organisation because earning profit is only objective of
every business. Human resource practices are focuses on overall performance of the enterprise.
Productivity can be increase by give motivation, increasing morale by promotional programmes
and give fair compensation to every employee (Lengnick-Hall, Beck and Lengnick-Hall 2011). It
is very common that performance of employees can affect total productivity of the organisation.
HR practices helps to understand roles and responsibilities to every employee and manager can
also define their targets and goals which have to achieved by workers. Some of the HR practices
are here which supports to the company to enhance the productivity of the organisation and as
well as of employees;
Staffing: This is the first work of the HR managers in the organisation which can help to the
employees to start their business activities in the organisation context. HR managers has to
recruit their employees according to the needs of post which can support to the organisation to
keep their performance and productivity level.
Training: After the recruitment and selection of employees it is prior to provide them a proper
training to pursue their work according to their job responsibilities and organisational needs. It
helps to develop newly recruited person as an effectively active employee.

Compensation: This is the main motivation of the employee which helps to him to retain their
productivity and performance, also its motivate to work more which can help to get some extra
monetary benefits.
Human resource practices is provide tools and techniques for managing workforce of the
organisation. HR practices includes training and development programme which enhance the
skills and qualities of the employees so they can increase their productivity. ALDI have to
understand human resource practices so they can provide quality products ans services to their
many customers. These practices is very important to understand roles and responsibility of
every subordinates and supervisors. These kind of practices are focused on the productivity and
performance of the workers. The process of employees of completing work assigned by their
subordinates is affected by HR practices and also affect quality of goods and services produced
by workers of the company. So basically human resource practices is very important for ALDI if
they wanted to increase its profits and level of income.
TASK3
P5 Importance of employee relation in affecting decision making
Employees are very important of any organisation because they can take part in decision
making of the company. Workers have power to influence decision-making process by their
performance. It is responsibility of human resource manager to make good and healthy relation
between various employees and their supervisors. If employees give advices and their own view
so HR manager can take appropriate decisions according to both employees and their
supervisors(Ployhart and Moliterno, 2011). There is responsibility of manager to create healthy
and positive work environment so employees can discuss their work regarding problem easily. If
relations is good between managers and employees than they can p participate in decision
making process of the organisation. It is very important for ALDI to make good relation between
employees and subordinates so it will be increase in productivity and company can provide best
products and services to their customers. For make good relation manager can adopt these things
which are mentioned below:
 Workers of the organisation can discuss all the issues and problem in their workplace, if
ALDI is make open and risk free environment in the enterprise.

 Manager have to set mutual goals and objectives which encourage team building which
helps to increase productivity.
 Job rotation is another way to make good relation between employees and it will also
help to learn new things.
 Feedback is play very important part to improving performance and reduce mistakes in
operations.
 Manager have to formulate appropriate communication channel which helps to eliminate
confusion between work force and managers and supervisors can also communicate
information regarding their task.
 Better relation in organisation can be get if HR manager create open and positive
environment for employees.
 By giving fair compensation to every worker HR manager can make better relations
between workforce.
 By conduct training and development programme which helps to improve skills and
competencies of the workers.
 Employees of the organisation encouraged if manager give them promotions, rewards and
appreciation so they can effectively achieve organisational goals.
ALDI is done all these things for making better relationship between managers and their
employees. Positive work environment can affect morale or employees and it will also help to
get trust of employee so company can use their full efficiency for achieving goals and targets of
enterprise(Purce, J., 2014.). The overall performance of the workforce is affect decision making
process. Effective decision making is help to sustain for long time in the dynamic environment.
P6 Explain elements of employment legislations
Employment legislation is very big and vast which define duties and rights of the
workers. These are very important for workers when they work in any kind of industry. Theses
legislation includes laws which explain duties and responsibility which should be followed by
both supervisor and employee. Mangers of ALDI have to comply these laws because it affect pay
and management policies of the organisation. These legislations protect rights of workers. There
are some acts which are given below:
Employment right act: Worker and employers are very important part of any industry so there is
duty HR manager provide basic facility to every worker in work place. Company have to give

fair remuneration and equally treatment and provide healthy work environment. This act also
defines duties and ethics that how a worker should act in his workplace.
Minimum wage act: This act includes a minimum limit of wages which have to be paid by any
kind of organisation to their workers. This rate is helps to workers to full fill their basic neds and
also increase their standard of living. Every manager is responsible to pay minimum amount
other wise workers can sue against the company.
Equal pay act: It is essential for every organisation to give fair and equal compensation to many
workers. Government is define that there should be no discrimination based on male and female.
Every worker who is with same duties should be get equal compensation. ALDI can increases its
productivity by giving fair remuneration to every employee because it affect overall performance
organisation. Some organisations doing discrimination based on male and female so workers can
sue against these companies.
Working time directive: According to this act every worker should have completing their
minimum number of hours in workplace. According to this law 48 hours is minimum working
hours. This act helps to get efficient return from their workers. Company is responsible to give
payment to their employees according to working hours. It is important for ALDI to follow this
act properly because it helps to increasing productivity.
Disability discrimination act: According to this act rights of disable workers can be protected.
This law includes that no worker should discriminated because of his disability(Kehoe. and
Wright, 2013). HR manager is responsible to provide basic facilities to disable workers.
These laws and legislations play important role to formulate effective human resource policies.
TASK4
P7 Explain applicability of HRM practices in organisation
Human resource practices is very important for management of the organisation. Without
proper creating human resources planning, these practices can not conduct properly. Workers
and employees are very valuable assets of the organisation and have power to affect HRM
practices. To increase the profit level ALDI have to adopt these practices. Some important HR
practices are given below:

Planning of manpower required: This is the responsibility of HR manager t6o identify number
of candidates required for achieving organisational objectives. To full fill the vacancies ALDI is
adopted HR practices so they can hire qualified and skilled workers.
Decision-making: HR practices is also help to the manager to make appropriate decision in the
company. For this purpose they collect information from different departments and taking
appropriate decision in every situation.
Development and training of workers: HR manger is responsible to give training and
development workers so that they give their full potential towards the work.
Maintain the quality of products: Customers are the key factor for success of any organisation.
ALDI has to provide quality products to their customers(Lengnick-Hall Beck and Lengnick-Hall
2011). HR practices helps to increase quality of products by give training and development
which boost up their overall performance.
Performance evaluation: It is important for effective conduction of HRM practices to evaluate
overall performance of the organisation. Performance evaluation is very important for manager
when he assigning tasks and responsibilities to their workers.
Creation of vision and mission: According to this vision and mission can be set with help of
performance of the various employees(Ployhart and Moliterno, 2011). Human resource practices
is very important for improving current situations and increase productivity of the employees by
giving them motivation.
CONCLUSION
As per above report it can be concluded that human resource practices playing important
role in operation of organisation. HR manager is responsible for conducting all the activities of
human resource department. Report includes that these practices are affect various department of
the company. It also includes that practices of human resource management is affect the
performance and productivity of the employees. report is included that laws and legislation or
workers which have to be followed by ALDI. As per this report is concluded that performance of
workers can also affect the decision making process of enterprise. Human resource practices is
focused on increase productivity of the industry for this purpose HR manager is giving positive
and healthy environment to employees so they can discuss any issue faced by them in workplace.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals