Human Resource Management: A Case Study of Volkswagen

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
A Case Study of Volkswagen

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................3
OVERVIEW OF THE VOLKSWAGEN ORGANIZATION.................................................4
LO1.................................................................................................................................. 5
P1 PURPOSE AND THE FUNCTIONS OF HRM, APPLICABLE TO WORKFORCE
PLANNING AND RESOURCES IN VOLKSWAGEN....................................................5
M1 ASSESS HOW THE HRM FUNCTIONS IN YOUR CHOSEN ORGANISATION
CAN PROVIDE TALENT AND SKILLS APPROPRIATE TO FULFIL BUSINESS
OBJECTIVES USING APPROPRIATE THEORIES AND MODELS............................6
P2 STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION..............................................................................8
M2 EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TO RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION USING SUITABLE
THEORIES AND MODELS.......................................................................................... 9
LO2................................................................................................................................ 12
P3 EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS OF DIFFERENT HRM PRACTICES WITHIN AN
ORGANISATION FOR BOTH THE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE..........................12
P4 EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT HRM PRACTICES IN
TERMS OF RAISING ORGANISATIONAL PROFIT AND PRODUCTIVITY..............14
M3 EXPLORE DIFFERENT METHODS USED IN HRM PRACTICES......................15
LO3................................................................................................................................ 16
P5 ANALYSE THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IN RESPECT TO
INFLUENCING HRM DECISION- MAKING...............................................................16
P6 IDENTIFY THE KEY ELEMENTS OF EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION AND THE
IMPACT IT HAS UPON HRM DECISION- MAKING..................................................17
M4 IDENTIFY THE KEY ASPECTS OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS MANAGEMENT
AND EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATIONS.......................................................................17
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LO 4............................................................................................................................... 19
P7 THE APPLICATION OF HRM PRACTICES IN A WORK-RELATED CONTEXT..19
M5 A RATIONALE FOR THE APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC HRM............................19
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................... 24
REFERENCES...............................................................................................................25
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INTRODUCTION
This report helps in the understanding of the human resource management role in UK
organization of Volkswagen. The concept of human resource management describes
the management related to the human resources of the organization for the purpose of
achieving the goals as well objectives of the organization by improving the performance
of the employees (Boxall and Purcell, 2011). It further helps in increasing the human
capital of the organization. The purpose and scope of human resource management as
well as the key elements in this resource management, its different practices are
discussed in this report for increasing the effectiveness of the Volkswagen by assessing
the main functions of HR. in addition to this, the planning, recruitment, selection,
development, training, and the reward policies are also discussed in this report.
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OVERVIEW OF THE VOLKSWAGEN ORGANIZATION
Volkswagen is an automobile manufacturing company established in the year of 1937
for producing cars of low prices. It is headquartered at Wolfsburg, in Germany. Initially,
the operation of the company was undertaken and looked after by the Nazi organization
(Cavico and Mujtaba, 2016). The production of this company was expanded in the year
of 1950’s. These cares of the company gained the popularity after being represented by
the American agency of advertising. The Volkswagen group consists of the twelve
brands namely the Audi, Bentley, MAN, Porsche, Bugatti, Passenger Cars of
Volkswagen, Scania, SKODA, Commercial vehicles of Volkswagen, Ducati, etc. these
brands are of seven countries of Europe.
The services provided by the Volkswagen group banking, financing of the customer,
insurance activities, leasing, and the management related to the Fleet. The company
consist of the 120 plants of Production (Zhang, et al. 2016). The company consists of
the two divisions namely the automobile division as well as the division of financial
services. The mission of the company is to provide the customers with attractive as well
as environmentally sound vehicles for competing in the market.
Figure: Volkswagen logo
Source: Reuters, 2017
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LO1
P1 PURPOSE AND THE FUNCTIONS OF HRM, APPLICABLE TO WORKFORCE
PLANNING AND RESOURCES IN VOLKSWAGEN
The operations related to the organization are affected by the number of people working
in the organization. The planning done with respect to the workforce of an organization
like Volkswagen will ensure the proper conduction of the operations of the Volkswagen
organization so that the operation can be handled as well as managed effectively. The
recruitment of the workforce plays a significant role in an organization (Brewster, et al.
2016). The potential needed for the candidate as well as the skills possessed by the
employees can further be enhanced and developed by using different practices for them
such as training, and also rewarding them with the bonuses, perks, increment in their
salary so that they keep motivated in ensuring the effective management of the
resources which will further help in achieving the objectives of the company for further
enhancement. This is the responsibility of the HR department of the company for
analysing as well as regulating the patterns of the workforce of the different employees
so that the further improvement in a pattern of working can be done.
Figure: Functions of HRM
Source: Chand, 2010
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