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Human Resource Management - Ovation System Ltd Assignment
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Human Resource Management - Ovation System Ltd Assignment
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Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Task 1...............................................................................................................................................4Overview of the Company...........................................................................................................4Explaining different purposes of HR functions and the roles and responsibilities of the HRfunctions in Ovation System Ltd.................................................................................................4The benefits that different HRM practices have for both the employer and employee withinOvation System Ltd.....................................................................................................................6Evaluation of the approach to workforce planning, recruitment and selection, development andtraining, performance management and reward systems to Ovation System Ltd.......................8Explanation of the advantages of different HRM practices raise organizational profit andproductivity..................................................................................................................................9Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of employee relations and employee engagement, andcomment on the adoption of flexible organization and flexible working practices and‘employer of choice’..................................................................................................................10Identification of different employment legislation and their impact on decision making ofOvation System Ltd...................................................................................................................12Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14Task 2.............................................................................................................................................15Job specification for HR assistant in Ovation System Ltd........................................................15CV..............................................................................................................................................16Interview criteria........................................................................................................................19Offer latter.................................................................................................................................20Evaluation of the process and the rationale for conducting appropriate HR practices..............21Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................22References......................................................................................................................................232 | P a g e
Introduction Managing workforce of an organisation is one of the most important and challenging tasks tograb the success and reach the objectives, vision and mission of the organisation (Belloc, 2017).Human Resource Management is all about recruiting, managing, motivating, training andfollowing up to lead them for the organisational success. Ovation Systems Ltd. is amanufacturing organisation relating video surveillance products for law enforcement agencies inUK. The paper is going to discuss about plethora aspects regarding HRM of Ovation System Ltd.In this regard, the paper has split into two different activities. Throughout the first activity, anorganisational overview, strength and weakness of HRM practices, analysis of functionsregarding HR, the advantages that the HR practices have, laws and regulations influencing HRMand the relation of employees of Ovation Systems Ltd. will be discussed. The second activitywill show how the HR practices can be applied in Ovation System Ltd. 3 | P a g e
Task 1Overview of the CompanyOvation Systems Ltd. is a manufacturing organisation relating video surveillance products forlaw enforcement agencies in UK. This organisation manufacture as well as design the productsrelating video surveillance for police, military and high-end CCTV (Jones and Martain, 2013).The organisation was established in 1987 as a private owned company as a design consultant forelectronic products. Eventually, Ovation System Ltd. started producing own products from 1990.The organisation is specialised in video surveillance products used by police, military and high-end CCTV. The organisation achieved some awards including the Queen’s award for innovationand Queen’s award for international trade in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Explaining different purposes of HR functions and the roles andresponsibilities of the HR functions in Ovation System Ltd. The most basic function of HR is to find out the most suitable person for the suitable position toget the work done efficiently (Milkovich, 2017). In Ovation System Ltd. the purposes and roleplayed by HR functions are- Purposes of HR functions There are a couple of purposes that the HR functions serve in Ovation System Ltd. such as- The basic purpose of HR functions is hiring the most suitable person and employ thesame who will carry out the objectives of the organisation. Another important purpose of HR function is to manage and maintain the coordinateamong the human resources to make them more efficient. The HR functions also aim to make the human resources skilled so that HR departmentarrange training and development program to improve the skill of unskilled and semi-skilled labours. Motivating employees is one of the important purposes of HR functions which is done bydeveloping a framework of employee benefits (Nuruzzaman, 2012). 4 | P a g e
Roles and responsibilities of different HR functions The HR functions are responsible for a bunch of activities by both the managerial functions andthe operative functions (Dickmann, Brewster and Sparrow, 2018). Plethora responsibilities thatare performed by the HR functions of Ovation System Ltd. are- Figure: Functions of HRM Source: (Dickmann, Brewster and Sparrow, 2018)Managerial functions These functions are the root of the HR and performed by the managers of HR within theorganisation. The managerial functions are planning, organising, staffing, directing andcontrolling (Ivancevich and Konopaske, 2013). Planning function refers to the calculation offuture need regarding the recruitment, the description of the job about the post and the placefrom where the human resources can be sourced. Organising is maintaining the synchronisationamong the human resources to direct them for the accomplishment of the goals. Staffing is allabout finding and selecting out the appropriate person to the suitable position. Directing refers tocommunicate and showing the path to personnel to achieve the organisational goals. Controllingmeans managing the activities of the personnel and defining their area of operation to performspecified task. Operative functions The activities that are performed by the HR department is done by the operative functions ofOvation System Ltd. Operative functions include procurement, development, compensation,5 | P a g e
integration and maintenance. Procurement function is involved in designing the job forpersonnel, recruiting and selecting, planning etc. Development refers to enhancing the quality ofskill of the employees through training. Compensation refers the reward for the human resourcesfor their contribution to the organisation. Motivation means influencing employees to performcertain activities to achieve the goals (Nuruzzaman, 2012). Integration is like the coordinationamong different employees, employees and employer etc. The benefits that different HRM practices have for both the employer andemployee within Ovation System Ltd. The management of the employees of Ovation System Ltd. has been benefiting for bothemployees and employers. The advantages of the HR practices for the company are- HRM PracticesBenefits to organizationBenefits to employee1.Conflict resolution Because of conflict theorganisational performancegets affected as employeescannot concentrate on work(Morley and Collings,2014). To direct theemployees and organisationtowardstheaccomplishments of thegoals, conflict resolution ismust. HRM resolves theconflict among theemployees, employees andemployer, among differentdepartments etc. to betterfocus on the organisationalgoals. Some reward is based on theperformance level of theemployees and conflictaffect the employeeperformance. The conflictresolution practice helps theemployee to demonstratebetter performance andreward (Sharma, 2009). 2.Training andDevelopment This is the way of makingthe semi-skilled andunskilled employees skilful(Jones and Martain, 2013).It is beneficial to theemployer as skilledemployees can workefficiently and bring successfor the organisation. thisalso help the employer toensure better qualityservices. The career of the employeesis enhanced by the trainingand development program.Through this program,employees can make themmore skilled and desired. 6 | P a g e
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