Benefits and Effectiveness of HRM Practices in Organizations

This document discusses the purpose and functions of HRM in workforce planning and resourcing an organization. It evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection. It also explores the benefits of HRM practices for employers and employees, as well as their effectiveness in maximizing productivity and profitability. The document includes a case study of Sainsbury's company.

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1. Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM as well as applicable to workforce planning
& resourcing an organization.......................................................................................................4
M1. Measure that how functions of HRM can lead the talent and skills which fulfil the
organizational objectives.............................................................................................................5
P2. Evaluate the strength & weakness of different approaches to recruitment and selection.....6
M2. Critically evaluate the strength and weakness of different recruitment process..................7
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................7
P3. Evaluate the benefits of different HRM practices in the organizations for employer as well
as employee..................................................................................................................................7
P4. Evaluate the effectiveness of various HRM practices which helps in maximising
productivity as well as profitability of the company ..................................................................8
M3. Investigate the different methods of HRM practices along with specific example in
context of business.......................................................................................................................9
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P5. Analyse the importance of employee relation which can influence HRM decision making
process..........................................................................................................................................9
P6. Identify the key elements of employment legislation and its impact on HRM decision-
making process...........................................................................................................................10
M4. Assess the key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislation
which affect the HRM decision-making in context of organisational.......................................11
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
P7. Elaborate the application of HRM practices in a work-related context along with specific
examples....................................................................................................................................11
M5. Provide a explanation for the application of specific HRM practices in context of work. 14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management (HRM) is the strategic approach which is used by the
organization in order to manage people in the work place. It is also beneficial in providing
competitive advantage which maximise the individual performance as well as productivity. HR
managers implement various HRM practices in the organizations or make sure to achieve
business goals & objectives (Al Ariss, Cascio and Paauwe, 2014). This project report based of
Sainsbury's company for the better understanding of HRM concepts. It is UK based supermarket
company which established in 1869 by John James Sainsbury. This assessment cover various
concepts such as purpose or functions of HRM practices, positive or negative impact of
recruitment & selection approaches, benefits or effectiveness of HRM practices in context of
organizations which helps in maximising productivity as well as profitability. In addition, it
include the importance of employee relation, identify legislation which influence the HRM
decision making process.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
P1. Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM as well as applicable to workforce planning &
resourcing an organization
HRM is the organisational practice which is used by the managers in order to maximise
the productivity as well as profitability. There are some purpose of human resource management
which is applied for the workforce planning and resources.
Main purpose of the HRM is to manage people who work under their organizations and
satisfy their needs. Managers of Sainsbury's use human resource management for staffing needs,
provide compensation according to the individual performance, benefits rather than salary,
performance appraisal and law compliances (Albrecht And et.al., 2015). HRM used to perform
these functions and ensure to maximise the individual performance as well as productivity.
There are various functions of HRM which implemented by the managers of Sainsbury's
for the workforce planning as well as managing resources for the optimum utilization. Some of
them discussed below:
Planning: It is the primary functions of HRM where HR managers have to make
strategies in order to achieve organizational goals. So they need to plan that how employees able

to perform their task. It also include the management where managers will collect information,
analyse or identify the future aspect of the business.
Training & Development: Under this function, managers provide various training to
enhance their skills, knowledge or learning in order to perform their job effectively. It further
beneficial for the Sainsbury's company to achieve their desired goals & objectives.
Performance appraisal: Analyse the employees performance and evaluate that how
much improvement they required to perform better (Cascio, 2015). It is one of the important
function of HRM which followed by the Sainsbury's in their workplace.
Recruitment & Selection: It is the process of selecting capable person for the business
who can helps the organization to achieve their goals as well as objectives. This function allow
the management of Sainsbury's to select right person for the right position.
Above mention all the functions performed by the management of Sainsbury's for the
workforce planning and managing their resources in order to maximise overall performance as
well as productivity.
Hard & Sift approach of HRM:
In the Hard approach employers treated its employees as resource of the business. they
are treat as resources what they need to do, how to do it and how much they will cost to its
company. The main focus of hard HRM is on the task that needs to be done while having cost
under control. Soft skills are intangible in nature. Mostly include analytical thinking, verbal and
written communication. It is beneficent for building good relationships. Creating more
opportunities for the employees. Sainsbury's company implement both forms in the management
process to make employees more efficient in their performance. Hard forms provide them
systematic approach whereas soft forms help them to build good relation with each other.
M1. Measure that how functions of HRM can lead the talent and skills which fulfil the
organizational objectives
In context of organizations, there are various HRM practices such as recruitment &
selection, training & development, rewards, performance appraisal etc. It helps the organizations
to maximize productivity as well as profitability through effective implementation of HRM
practices in the organizations (Cooke, Saini and Wang, 2014). With the help of recruitment
process, managers of Sainsbury's able to hire talented or skilled person for the vacant position. It
further beneficial for the company to achieve their organizational goals & objectives which

provide huge growth and success. Training & development function also beneficial to enhance
the individual skills & competencies.
P2. Evaluate the strength & weakness of different approaches to recruitment and selection
Recruitment and selection is the process of hiring suitable candidate for the organization
as per the requirement of job role. This process include the activities to attract candidates,
shortlist and selected for the further hiring process for the vacant position in the company. There
are two ways to recruitment people and it will be implemented in context of Sainsbury's
organizations along with their strengths as well as weaknesses:
Internal sources of recruitment: It is the process where organizations select the person
who already working in the firm. Under this process, management fill the position through
promoting, transferring and re-hiring employees in the organizations (Fox and Cowan, 2015). It
has some strength as well as weakness which mentioned below:
Advantage: It is the simple process where management can transfer the existing
employees for the vacant position if they are suitable for this role. Company's managers already
aware about their skills & competencies.
Disadvantage: It will generate the feeling of dissatisfaction among the employees who
working in the same position or level of the company.
External sources of recruitment: There are various sources which can be used by the
organizations to hire person for the vacant position. Such as employment agency, advertisement,
contract basis, with the help of recommendations, temporary workers etc. Any source can be
selected by the managers of Sainsbury's to recruit people and it has their strength as well as
weakness which discussed below:
Advantage: It provide the large pool of applications which increase the chance of
selecting the right person for the right job. It also provide the opportunity to select fresh talent
which helps in maximizing productivity as well as profitability.
Disadvantage: It is such as lengthy or time taken process which engage the many people
in the recruitment process (Jiang and Messersmith, 2018). External source of recruitment is
costly process because after selection they have to spend more on individual training to enhance
their skills.

There are various ways of selecting suitable candidate for the organizations and managers
of Sainsbury's can use the appropriate mode for the selection of candidates. Discussed will be
mentioned below:
Interview: It is the process of selecting right person from the bunch of candidates for the
vacant position. Managers of Sainsbury's conduct face to face interview and ask various
questions which help them to understand the capabilities of individuals. Some advantage or
disadvantage mentioned below:
Advantage: It helps in analyzing the potential of the candidates which helps in
contributing their efforts to achieve their business goals & objectives.
Disadvantage: It is very time taken process which required human resources in order to
complete interview process and it is costly as well.
Written test: It is the another way of selecting candidate for the vacant post and it help
the managers to measure their knowledge regarding the task which they are going to perform.
Advantage or disadvantage mentioned below:
Advantage: It help the manager's of Sainsbury's to evaluate the overall knowledge as
well as understating regarding the work (Kramar, 2014). It make process easier to select
candidates for the vacant position.
Disadvantage: It is time consuming process because conducting test will take enough
time as well as provide the high cost of selecting candidates for the vacant position.
M2. Critically evaluate the strength and weakness of different recruitment process
Recruitment & selection processes used to hire skilled person for their organizations
which contributed to achieve desired outcomes. Organization can recruit people from internal as
well as external sources and both have separate strength and weakness which is important to
analysis. Internal sources of recruitment include the promotion, transfer etc and external include
the open pool. After that, interview process used to measure the candidate behavior and analyses
their skills & competencies (Meyers and Van Woerkom, 2014). Manager have to ensure that, it
will match with the requirement for the vacant post.

TASK 2
P3. Evaluate the benefits of different HRM practices in the organizations for employer as well as
employee
There are various HRM practices which followed by the managers of Sainsbury's which
are beneficial for the organization in context of employer or employees. Further discussion
mentioned below:
Recruitment and Selection: To hire suitable candidate for the organization is the
responsibility of HR department of Sainsbury's company. In the selection process they need to
select people who have potential to achieve organizational gaols & objectives through
maximising sales as well as revenue. In order to hire best or skilled person for the organization,
Sainsbury's managers select the external source of recruitment or select highly motivated or
committed candidate (Mondy and Martocchio, 2016). This process is beneficial for the employer
because they provide the suitable person for the vacant position which helps in increasing
productivity as well as profitability. Along with this, it is beneficial for the employees as well to
show their potential through contributing in the business operations to achieve their goals &
objectives.
Training & Development: This HRM practices followed by the Sainsbury's company in
order to enhance skills & competencies of newly hire candidates. It is beneficial for the employer
to improve their employees skills and make them able to perform effectively as well as
efficiently to achieve desired outcomes. It further beneficial for employees because they can
improve their skills and other competencies which helps them to achieve organizational goals &
objectives. It further beneficial for their career as well and provide future opportunity to explore
more.
By using above mention HRM practices, organization get the benefits in context of
employees as well as employer. Effective use of these practices will maximise the production as
well as profitability of the company. Along with this, it improve the individual performance or
make them productive for the business.

P4. Evaluate the effectiveness of various HRM practices which helps in maximising productivity
as well as profitability of the company
HRM practices are used to manage people effectively for the better performance of its
employees. These practices establish more open and flexible management style so motivates its
employees to enhance its productivity. Following are different practices which are used by
manager for its team for increasing organisation profits and productivity
Recruitment and selection process: It is a hiring process of the qualified employees
within the organisation. Sainsbury's is a third largest chain of supermarkets which hire
employees of high standards. They advertise the lists of duties and qualifications of the position
at various path form to attract the target candidate. Recruitment process involved checking the
background of the employees to hire check candidates. This is very critical for the company as
their involved lot of time and money to recruit the candidates.
Training and development: At this stage, selected candidates are provide various
training and development program. To make employees more productive at work if they are part
of the training programs. Sainsbury's make sure that employees go through such activities so
that they get clear with their duties and responsibilities. So that work is done on time and with
purpose efficiencies (Natal’ya and et.al., 2016). Their are various personality development
course in the these company, where employees increase their performance and develops new
silks to be provide good performance.
Reward system: Reward system is practices where HR team gives reward to its
employees for outstanding performance in the projects. This helps employees to remain
motivate in the organisation and increase their performance with each and every projects they are
involved. Workers of Sainsbury's are always show their best performance to increase the
productivity of the firms. They provide rewards from time to time for the better outcomes from
their employees. These also motivate employer to engages makes best use of available resource
with them.
M3. Investigate the different methods of HRM practices along with specific example in context
of business
There are various HRM practices such as recruitment & selection, training &
development, rewards etc. It help the organization to attain their goals & objectives through
maximizing productivity or profitability of the business. Managers of Sainsbury's recruit new

candidate, so they have to provide necessary training which make them capable to perform their
task in well manner. In order to reduce their training & development cost they need to recruit
those candidates who already have relevant skills & competencies.
TASK 3
P5. Analyse the importance of employee relation which can influence HRM decision making
process
There are various HRM practices which followed by the managers of Sainsbury's and it
influence the attitude, performance and behaviour of the employees regarding business policies
and strategies. Effective implementation of HRM will improve employee’s relations and
employee engagement in positive manner which discussed below:
Improve workplace relationship: Increase involvement of employees in the decision
making process will helps in improving employees relation in the organization. It is beneficial to
maximise their performance as well as productivity. In context of Sainsbury's, employees get the
opportunities to raise their voice and provide their opinion regarding any aspects. These
interaction is beneficial for employees to enhance their relations which further impact the
decision making process.
Planning for change: In context of Sainsbury's managers need to develop strategies and
ensure that every activity will be executed in well manner. It further impact the decision making
process which influence the employees relation (Paillé and et.al., 2014). Manager assign the task
as per the potential of an individual and make sure that, they attain long term as well as short
term goals of the organizations.
Above mention importance help the organization to improve their employees relation which
further influence the decision making process of HRM. It further leads the individual efficiency
as well as effectiveness of Sainsbury's employees.
P6. Identify the key elements of employment legislation and its impact on HRM decision-making
process
There are various employment legislation which required to followed by the
organizations in order to improve workplace efficiency as well as effectiveness. It further affect
the decision making process of the organizations. Some legislation mentioned below:

Minimum Wage Act 1998: This act provide the minimum wage which decided by the
government and they ensure that every organization follow this act or provide meet the standard
amount to pay as minimum wage. Managers of Sainsbury's ensure that employees get the
minimum amount according to the government standards which minimise the discrimination on
the basis of pay.
Equality Act 1970: According to this act business should treat their employees equal or
provide rewards as per their performances. Managers of Sainsbury's have to provide equal
opportunity which make them able to grow. If it is not happen, then they are no longer to retain
in the same organization for the longer duration.
Anti- Discrimination Act 1975: Under this act, organization have to ensure that does not
provide any favour to the any employee in the workplace. Because it will encourage the feelings
of equality in the work premises among the people by the authoritative persons. Managers of
Sainsbury's should treat their every employee equally and give faire opportunity (Ployhart and
et.al., 2014). Organization have to provide further benefits and rewards on the basis of individual
performance. If Sainsbury's fail to implement then they have to pay penalty for this to the
government.
Above mention key legislation affect the decision making process of the organization and
it is important to evaluate otherwise it affect the productivity as well as profitability of the
Sainsbury's company.
M4. Assess the key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislation
which affect the HRM decision-making in context of organisational
It is obvious that when people have good relation with each others, then they favour which is
not ethically right. Good relation of employer and employees generate positive work
environment or enhance the productivity or profitability as well. But it also demotivate other
employees through creating negative feeling that they are not valuable for the organizations. So
it important that every employees should treated equally and provide equal opportunity to grow.
Manager of Sainsbury's need to ensure that they follow all the legislation in the business and it
will further impact the decision making process of the company.

TASK 4
P7. Elaborate the application of HRM practices in a work-related context along with specific
examples
Job description is the document which include the necessary details about the vacant
position which are going to fill through recruiting suitable candidate for that. It include the
qualification for the job profile, rules & responsibility of the person along with some relevant
skills to perform their task (Purce, 2014). Sainsbury's conduct interview process for the post of
sales person for the store.
Job Description
Company: Sainsbury's
Profile: Sales Person
Department: Sales department
Salary: £ 15,000
Job type: Full Time
Location: London, United Kingdom
Job description
Responsibilities:
 Greet customers when they entered in the stores for the shopping.
 Help consumers to find the product which they find in the store.
 Maintain the availability of stocks in the stores in the working hours.
 Provide required information regarding new products which introduced by the stores for
the customers.
 Transfer consumer complains to the management.
Qualification required:
 Degree in sales, marketing and other field also acceptable if it is related to the work.
 Should have good communication skills.
 Flexible working hours.
 Have customer service skills.
Interested candidates can share their resume [e-mail] or you can contact on this
number 018712350411.

Thanks & Regards
Mr. XYZ
HR Manager (Sainsbury's)
London, United Kingdom.
+ 018712350411
RESUME:
RESUME
Name: Ms. Marlin
Phone Number: 7851230826
Mail Id: [e-mail]
Address: 125/54 Green city, London, United Kingdom.
Position: Sales Person
Key skills:
 I have good communication skills
 Ability to deal with customers and encourage them to buy any product.
 Negotiable skills along with polite way of speaking.
 Handle many customers at the sale time.
Experience:
Fresher.
Qualification:
Graduate: Bachelor in Sales & Marketing
University of London, United kingdom
Year: 2016
HR department of Sainsbury's select the suitable candidate and provide offer letter which
is an invitation to joint their organization. Company select the candidate who is more suitable as
per the responsibility of the company.

Offer Latter
Sainsbury's
London, United Kingdom.
+ 018712350411
Dec 25, 2019
Ms. Marlin
HR manager
London, United Kingdom
We are very happy to communicate you that you are selected for the position of Sales Person at
Sainsbury's organization. Full time job and 5 days working in a week and salary can be
negotiable after your joining. You are entitle for all the benefits which employee of Sainsbury's
get.
Sincerely,
Mr XYZ
HR Manager of Sales department
Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's manager evaluate the HRM practices which implemented in order to improve
the individual performance as well as productivity in the organizations.
Recruitment and selection: In context of Sainsbury's, manager of HR department need
to understand the mission and culture of the organisation and then they recruit people
accordingly. After analysing the requirement of job position they have to prepare job description
and then recruit candidates accordingly.
Work life Balance: Organization have to provide flexible working hours to their
employees as well as provide required training regarding their role which helps in maintaining
work life balance (Wright, Coff and Moliterno, 2014). Sainsbury's need to schedule their
operational activities such as supply chain or logistics and then modify technology to enhance
individual performance and productivity.

Training & development: HRM practices enhance the individual skills & competencies
which further motivate them to achieve their organizational goals & objectives. Main aim of HR
practices is to develop professional skills and it will possible when manager evaluate their
employees performance and than identify the requirement of improvement. Managers of
Sainsbury's provide various training to enhance employees skills which required for the
fulfilment of current job responsibility.
M5. Provide a explanation for the application of specific HRM practices in context of work
Managers of organizations are implement various practices that maximise employee
performance in the business operations. HR managers of Sainsbury's hire suitable candidate for
the role of sales person who contribute in the business to maximise the sales as well as revenue.
Managers further provide the relevant training to develop their skills or make them capable to
achieve organizational goals & objectives.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it has bee concluded that human resource management is
beneficial for the organization which helps in maximising individual efficiency as well as
effectiveness. It further beneficial for the organization to increase their production as well as
profitability. HRM practices has different purpose of functions such as measure the performance
of employees, provide required training & development etc. Basically these practices are very
essential to implement in order to improve individual as well as whole business performance.

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