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HRM Functions: Assignment

   

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HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................1P1 Purpose and functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning and resourcing...............1P2. Strength and weakness of different approaches to recruitment and selection......................2TASK2.............................................................................................................................................3P3. Benefits of various HRM practices for employer and employee..........................................3P4 Evaluate effectiveness of HRM practice for raising productivity and profit.........................4TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................5P5. Importance of employee relation with respect to influencing HRM decision-making.........5P6. Key elements of employment legislation and its impact on decision-making......................6TASK 4 ...........................................................................................................................................7P7. Application of HRM practice in work related context using specific examples..................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTIONHuman resource management is a continuous process of selecting, recruiting, trainingand motivating employees in the organisation. Major purpose of HRM is to maintain andenhance productivity of the organisation so that the goals are attained in the coordinated andsequential manner. Functions of human resource management are inter- related with each other.This means if one function is not performed in appropriate manner than other function willautomatically be affected(Arrowsmith and Parker, 2013). This report will be based on Kingfisherplc which is one of the leading retailer of Europe. Company deals in electrical and generalmerchandise. Topics covered in this report are strength and weakness of recruitment andselection process, function and purpose of HRM, key elements of employment legislation, etc. TASK 1 P1 Purpose and functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning and resourcing.Human resource management is generally concerned with recruiting and training theemployee's in a sequential manner to achieve the targeted goals. Manager of Kingfisher can dothis by analysing the future needs of the company. Major functions of HRM which the managerof Kingfisher can perform are discussed below-Training and development- Training is generally given to employee's to increase theirskills and performance in the organisation. Manager of Kingfisher can provide propertraining to the employee's. So that their capability to perform better is improved. Thesetraining and development programmes can be organised by the HR manager ofKingfisher on regular basis so that employee's skills are regularly improved. Recruitment and selection- Another major function of HRM is to hire skilled andtalented employees for the organisation. The Kingfisher management developmentscheme is planning to recruit graduates for the growth and expansion of the company. Sothe focus must be on recruiting right candidate for the right job(Bondarouk, 2011). Purpose of HRM functionManaging employee relation- One of the most important function of HRM is tomaintain and facilitate proper relationship with the workforce of the organisation. Thiswill directly lead to managing disputes and conflicts of Kingfisher. If there is goodrelation between the superior and subordinate than work of the company will not be1
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affected. It is the duty and responsibility of HR manager to engage its employees in theprocess of decision-making so that better relationship can be maintained. Performance Appraisal- Second most important purpose of HRM is to appraise theemployee's for better work done. Appraising the employee's for improving theperformance will directly lead to increase in motivation among the workforce ofKingfisher. Management of Kingfisher can appraise its employee's after regular intervals.Approaches to HRMMajor focus of HRM is to improve the performance and productivity of employee's bymotivating them in the coordinated manner. This can be by using various approaches to Humanresource management. As with the help of these resources manager will have a idea in dealingthe work and functions of Kingfisher. These approaches are of two types- Soft Approach andHard approach. According to soft approach each and every need of the individual is kept in mindby the management of the organisation. As in this the individuals are considered as a valuableresource for the organisation. So plans and strategies in Kingfisher can be made for theachievement of those needs. Whereas hard approach says that negative motivation can be appliedby the management of Kingfisher to extract work from its employee's(Brannan and et. al., 2011).M1 The functions of HRM can provide talent and skills appropriate to fulfil business objectives.If the management of Kingfisher is successful in providing better training anddevelopment programmes to the individuals in the organisation than the employee's willautomatically perform better. It the duty of the organisation to perform various functions in theproper manner. As this will help in achieving goals and objectives in the best possible manner.The various HRM functions will help in reducing the chances of employee retention and willlead to performance appraisal of the valuable employees of Kingfisher. P2. Strength and weakness of different approaches to recruitment and selection.Selecting right person from the available pool of candidates is very much necessary forthe manager of Kingfisher. The company follows both internal and external recruitmentprocedure so that they can choose from wide range of options. The process for recruitment andselection in Kingfisher is discussed below-Internal recruitment - Under this method of recruitment candidates are selected fromthe organisation. This means employees already working in the organisation applies forthe vacant job position. As per KMDS company can choose candidate from the already2
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