HR Strategies and Impact on Culture and HR Plan

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
A) Examine how HR strategies were changed by the firm...............................................3
B) Analyse the impact of environment factor on culture and HR plan.............................4
C) Organisation's model of employment and organisational levers used to create values.5
D) Using Storey's 27 points of difference between HRM and personnel management as a
benchmark..............................................................................................................................6
E) Analyse job description strategies.....................................................................................8
F) State hiring and firing strategies of the organisation.........................................................9
G) Use appropriate corporate examples and literature to justify your stand........................10
H) Recommendation to employers regarding HRM practices to ensure that the organisation
performance is high..............................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is defined as the aspect in which significant processes are
followed which is aligned with managing people at workplace in most effective manner. These
processes are helpful for the business to attain their business objectives in well-defined manner.
Human resource management is linked with managing of people that leads the business to gain
higher productivity and efficiency as well. HR department is directly associated with rendering
of such comfort to employees which leads them to perform with extra-ordinary quality and
involvement (Nishii and Paluch, 2018). Human resource department is working to develop such
sense of accountability in employees by which they can understand regarding business
complexities and the manner in which the same can be mitigated. Human resource department
is also responsible to provide such internal atmosphere to employees in order to retain
employees for longer time and to inhale their talent. Recruitment and selection is known as the
prominent function exerted by HR department in which employees are being nurtured and
contribute in the business working to utmost level. This report is made in order to understand
differential concept of human resource department and the report is prepared on the background
of British Airways which is one of the most popular and largest flag carrier service provider
headquartered in UK. The company is associated with 7 start rating that means they are known
for their quality services. The report is going to discuss aspects related to HR and its functions.
MAIN BODY
A) Examine how HR strategies were changed by the firm
The major function of HR department is to admire efforts of their employees in which overall
efficiency of the business can be enhanced and at the same time business functions can be
exerted. On the other hand HR strategies are associated with providing such path to the
employees by this they can deal with effectiveness and business functions. HR strategies are
helpful in aligning with aims and objectives of the business so that relative effectiveness can be
assimilated within business. HR department is providing such environment to the business and
employees which helps employees to intensify their efficiency and to increase their productivity
as well. HR department is performing their role in examining market needs and demands within

market so that they can mould their employees to increase their job satisfaction. With the help
of HR strategies employees get such assistance in motivating their own performance in such a
manner that creativity and productiveness can also be increased (Shakil, Hassan and Qureshi,
2019). Using HR strategies positive environment can be maintained so that employee may
contribute in overall business succession in high manner. In the context of British Airways the
company has evolved their HR strategies in order to deal with business objectives and these are
elaborated as under:
 Providing Rewards: HR manager of British Airways is associated with planning in
such a way that overall efforts of employees can be assimilated for gaining business
success. They are continuously trying to motivate their employees so that business
objectives can be attained. In this manner the company is providing rewards on the basis
of performance which leads the business to execute its functions in transparent manner
along with providing employee satisfaction as well. When employees are getting
appropriate rewards then this could lead the organisational activities to be completed in
most significant manner.
 People and Performance: British Airways is highly emphasised over managing their
people and their performance. In this manner the company is using financial
performance method for measuring of performance and to align their employees within
business objectives.
 Talent retention and acquisition: The other most effective HR strategy used by British
Airways is that they are using appropriate talent management strategy in order to attract
and retain employees and skilful people. This way the company is able to minimise their
training cost and could lead to gain competitive edge within marketplace.
B) Analyse the impact of environment factor on culture and HR plan
HR department is associated with execution of various roles and responsibilities by which
business objectives can be attained. In this manner job security is the major constraint which
can be given to employees in most effective manner. British Airways is highly focused on
recognising such employees those have significant knowledge and in this manner the company
is trying to inhale environment factor within culture of the organisation and HR plan as well.
By assimilating culture this will lead the company to identify such employees by which overall