HRM Practices: Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
Explain the purpose and scope of human resource management which are applicable to
workforce planning and resourcing of an organisation..........................................................4
Analyse the strength and weaknesses of different approaches...............................................5
Examine the different HRM practices....................................................................................7
Evaluate the effectiveness of HRM practices for rising profitability and productivity of an
organization..........................................................................................................................10
Examine the importance of employee relations that influence HRM decision making.......12
Analyse the key elements of employee legislation and its impact on HRM........................13
Illustrate the application of HRM practices..........................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a process of planning, organising, directing and
controlling of the procurement, development, compensation, integration, maintenance and
separation of human resources to achieve organizational, individual and societal objectives. It is
used for describing both individual working and company’s departments which are responsible
for managing the resources. In this report Sainsbury is chosen for better understanding of HRM
and it deals in the retailing industry as well as it is a second largest chain of supermarket in
United Kingdom. It was founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane,
London. The company deals in numerous products such as Hypermarket, supermarket, forecourt
shop and convenience shop as well. Under this report discussed about the purpose and functions
of HRM and strengths and weaknesses of different approaches of human resource practices.
Studied about the benefits of practices and importance of employee relations which influence the
manager decisions and elements of employee legislations as well as application of HRM
practices in work.
Overview of the Sainsbury: It is the second largest chain of supermarkets in UK with a
15.3% shares of supermarket area. It was founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury and
headquarters in London, United Kingdom. The number of employee are 186900 and has net
income £309 million in 2018. it splits into mainly three divisions such as Sainsbury supermarket,
bank and Argos.

Explain the purpose and scope of human resource management which are applicable to
workforce planning and resourcing of an organisation.
Human resource management is a strategic approach which are used by the company
for effective management of an individual which helps in taking competitive advantages. HRM
is planned to increase the employee’s performance for achieving the organizational objectives
(Noe, 2017). The main aim of this is to manage the distinguish expectations and needs of
employees and helps in maximise the efficiency by handing the issues of funds, legal etc.
Functions of human resource management are described below: Personnel needs: HR department of a company is responsible for hiring the competent
candidates this includes evaluating the job duties and determinations of skills which are
required for the job positions. Human resource managers are liable to ensure that no laws
are violate during the process performance and they can terminate employees at any time.
HR department of Sainsbury participates in the procedure of transfer and promotion for
the current employees of an organization as well as handling the staff members of a
company effectively. Compensation: It defines as a payment, remuneration, benefits etc. fairly for each &
every workforce. HR department of a company analyse the performance and makes
changes in pay scale of the company. The Sainsbury manager access policies and
practices which are helpful for the company in adhering several laws like federal, local,
state etc. in relation of compensation (Bratton and Gold, 2017). These laws are labour
standards act, minimum wages act etc. that are used to pay in a systematic manner.
 Performance appraisal: Human resource department of Sainsbury works for evaluating
the workers performance. They are responsible for continuous appraisal and develop their
working for getting effective results. This is also used for transfer, promotion, retention
as well as employee termination.
 Training and development: This kind of HRM function helps workers in order to trained
them to develop their skills and knowledge for the purpose of effectively perform tasks
on time.
 Employee welfare: This function is related to the employees benefits in which the
manager of Sainsbury is liable to provide services, facilities as well as benefits for their
well beings.