Applications of HRM Practices in a Work-Related Context

TASK 4
P7: Discuss the applications of HRM practices in a work-related context, using specific
examples.
HRM is the most important part of any organisation. As it plays major role in preparing job
and person specification. Job specification contains the summary and specifications of the job
class. As it includes that how an employee is to perform in the organisation and his level of
qualification is required to fulfil the position of the company (Bello‐Pintado, A., 2015). The
HRM of Lidl choose a proper candidate to who is eligible for the vacant position according to
his qualification, experience, skills and capabilities. This is based on their written test,
interview etc.
Person specification is one of the most important documents in the organisation. As it
allows the manager to choose a kind of person company wants. It treats every candidate fairly
and unbiased. And compares each candidate with other and makes selection on the basis of
evidence.
Job description is a breaking of job into its various components which are:
 Main task and overall purpose of the job.
 Summary of the role for the candidate.
 Location of the job in the organisation.
 Duties of the job to be performed by him.
Information in the job description should be relevant and should be the requirement of the
post (Hu, X and et.al., 2018).
Example of Job advertisement is designed in the Lidl organisation:
Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG is the European supermarket chain. Which has its origin in
German and approx. 10,000 employees are working in this organization. Currently it is
working in more than 28 countries of the world. It is the retailing industry. It has
generally special weekly offers so to attract more customers. Also, it focuses on
employee benefits, public relations and its marketing strategies.
Job title: HR manager
Department: Operational and Functional

This is the Job advertisement which Lidl organisation creates for Recruitment and
Selection for a candidate.
Recruitment and selection in HRM practise:
Then technology is the most important role plays in the process of recruitment and
selection. Through various ways technology improves the recruitment and selection
process. Out of which some of the technologies which are used in the Lidl organisations
are:
 Online resources: Online portals are now a days becomes very famous. It they
include Indeed, monster portals etc. By posting proper job specification on those
Job summary: HR manager is required for the company who can make a make a
company most important employment place for the persons and can bring top talents
who works towards the company’s objective. He is liable to perform and evaluating
employee programmes, and improvements of employee’s issues.
Responsibilities:
 Develop various programmes to benefit employees or create employee’s
engagement.
 Ensure that proper training should be given to the new employees
 Identify new ways to encourage employee’s morale and their satisfaction.
 Give a comparison and compensation report to executive team at the end of each
month.
 Act as a mediator between insiders and outsiders to follow all the Lidl
organization rules and policies.
Qualifications required:
 Bachelor or Master’s degree in HR
 Minimum 3 years of experience
 MS Office is must
 Good communication skills in English, German is required.
Dated: 06 December 2020