Importance of Employee Relations in HRM Decision Making

Human Resource
Management

INTRODUCTION
The HRM is concern with the hiring of the talented candidates or the workers for firm. This
block has the responsibility related to human resource, they solves all the quires and problems
which are related with employees. As an example this report has taken a company, Tesco. Tesco
is a British globalized firm which deals in general merchandise products. This report discuss
about the functions and purpose of HRM department, the strengths and weaknesses the
organization has to face from diverse workforce, advantages of HRM practices into a firm Apart
from this the report also includes the applications of HRM practices in a work related context.
TASK 1
P1 Explain the purpose & functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning & resourcing and
organisation
Human resource management is an essential part of organisation as it helps in managing and
organising the workplace environment in well organised manner. In relation with Tesco the
manager of company making sure that HR department fulfil their roles and responsibility with
proper consideration so that goals and objectives are achieved effectively. It is important to be
aware about the functional purpose of human resource management so that planning for
workforce and resourcing is being carried out appropriately. It is a wider and product concept
which is needed to be understood with appropriate level of understanding (Naser, , 2020).
Functions:
Recruitment- It is the first and most crucial function of HRM which is being carried out
by them with motive of identifying and searching the suitable candid for the relevant job. Most
of the HR used application tool to track and identify the application to call them for the interview
such as they use ATS which is also called application tracking system through which they are
able to finally applicants for their vacant job. IN relation with Tesco, they also used this function
to hire the most deserving candidates for their operations and work (Bos-Nehles, 2020).
Selection- The next function is selection which is also an active process in which deserving
candidate serving selected for the next round and rest are eliminated. This is a most crucial part
of HRM because candidates are examined and analysed by the interviewer so that correct one is
hired. Many applicants are candidates get demotivated by the elimination and this makes it
difficult for them to face the interview.For the specific jobs, different criteria early to be passed
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by the candidates and according to which the result and selected names are announced. Functions
in Human resource management early to be monitor properly so that problem or challenges are
not faced by anyone in near future. Knowledge as well as Proper market research needs to be
conducted and used during the process so that everything is being carried out smoothly.
Purpose
Business environment- In an organisation environment plays a vital role at workplace as
because it has a direct impact on employees and management. In context to Tesco author of the
company main objective is to create a positive business environment so that everyone work with
coordination and cooperation as well as mutual understanding.
Growth and development- Main purpose of HRM is to reduce and implement strategies as
well as tactics in such a way that organisation is able to achieve higher growth and development
in this competitive market. This requires high level of expertise and focus is required by the HR
department to regulate policies and procedures in proper manner (Prasad, 2020).
After a brief analysis of matter, it has been seen that purpose and functions of HRM are essential
to be focused and achieved within a period of time so that further activities are being processed
smoothly (Botelho, 2020).
P2 Elucidate the strengths and weaknesses of diverse approaches to recruitment and selection.
There are different tactics which is used for business organization for encouraging
subordinate to perform their work. In context of Tesco they use various methods for selecting the
capable applicant. There are different method of recruitment and selection and also there is some
strength and weaknesses that is going to be mentioned below:
RECRUITMENT: Recruitment is a process in which the organization focuses on hiring
the capable candidate for filling the job within business organization. It is necessary for company
to use appropriate techniques for hiring new applicant for job.
Approaches of recruitment
There are various tactics which used for recruitment for hiring capable candidate for
available job.
Online application: The online application is used for recruiting or hiring capable
candidate within business organization. In context to Tesco the candidate focuses on adopting the
effective website for filling the available job within business organization. There is different
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