Human Resource Management Assignment : Tesco Plc
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Human Resource management
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1ACTIVITY 1....................................................................................................................................1P1 Purpose & functions of HRM.................................................................................................1P2 Strengths & weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection......................3ACTIVITY 2....................................................................................................................................5P3 Benefits of different HRM practices for employers and employees......................................5P4 Evaluation of effectiveness of different HRM practices for raising organizationalproductivity & profits..................................................................................................................6ACTIVITY 3....................................................................................................................................7P5 Importance of employees relations to influence HRM decision-making...............................7P6 Key elements of employment legislation & its impacts on decision-making........................9P7 Application of HRM practices in a work related context.....................................................11CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15
INTRODUCTIONHRM refers a functional department of an organization that are responsible for recruiting,and managing resources of the company. This present study is based on Tesco Plc as it will showfunctions which are being played by this company. Tesco plc is a British multinational retailerwith having headquarter in Welwyn Garden City, UK (Ismail, 2017). It was founded by JackCohen in the year of 1919 and provide services to several areas including Ireland, UK, Czechrepublic, Hungary, Poland etc. This study is going to show some purpose & functions of HRM. Ithas several strengths and weaknesses of different approaches of recruitment & selection such asinternal and external recruitment.Further this report will discuss and show importance of employment relationship in thecompany. It also uses different HRM practices like training, rewards which has some importanceand effectiveness and can impact on the performance of the company in positive & negativemanner. Key employment legislation also plays a vital role as it impacts on the process ofdecision-making. Lastly it will show the importance of having job description & personspecification for a specific job role.ACTIVITY 1P1 Purpose & functions of HRMHuman resource management can be defined as a process of coordination of thecompany’s people in order yo achieve pre determined goals and objectives & maintainemployees satisfaction. HR department of Tesco Plc performs various functions as they havesome purposes and objectives (Noe and et.al. 2017).Purpose of HRMEffective use of HRM: The main and preliminary purpose of HRM of Tesco Plc is tomake an effective use of all resources of the company. They also make sure that employees arebeing used in a right manner. Tesco Plc manage and handle different projects as it providesseveral services to customers, so it is important for them to organize efficiently & allocateresources.Engage employees: After using of HRM, the second purpose and objective of HR ofTesco Plc is to focus on maintaining and developing employment relationship and engage1
employees. For making them engage they focus on team building and team working. Byengaging employees they can retain them within an organization for the long run.Promote company’s culture: Promoting a positive culture is other main purpose of HR.By promoting culture they can attract wider range of customers and skilled employees. It is animportant tool for attracting talent (Shantz and et.al., 2016).Functions of HRM: It includes 2 types of functions such as managerial and operating.Managerial functions includes:Planning: Planning is the main function of HR manager. Planning is an effectiveframework on which basis they get things done & also establish the best process to accomplishgoals.Organizing: After making plan, organization also plays main role. For making the plansuccessful it is important for them, to organize all resources with effectively.Directing: Employees are the main key element who help the company in accomplishinggoals. For making them more able HR guide and direct them in their work. Directing function isgood for employers and employees as it helps employees in reducing errors in work.Controlling: After directing, planning and organizing, HR of Tesco Plc check and verifyemployees performance. Controlling function make them able to take corrective actions.Operative functions:Recruitment: Recruitment and hiring is the main and the first operative function whichis being played by HR of Tesco Plc. With this function, HR makes and brings pool ofprospective candidates that help the management to have options of selecting the best andtalented candidate (Jamali, El Dirani, and Harwood, 2015).Job analysis: After recruiting, job analysis is other function in which they describe thenature of the job by skills, qualification required by them for specific job position. It alsoincludes outlining responsibilities, duties, tasksTraining & development: The main reason of Tesco Plc is they have skilled andtalented workforce which help them in providing attractive and better services to customers.After recruiting candidates, HR focus on ng them enough training to them as it increases theirskills and knowledge. Trained employees feel more motivate and able to do and perform anytype of work and tasks.2
Employees welfare: In order to retain employees for the long run within an organizationit is important for them to focus on employees welfare. According to this function, HR takes careof several benefits & facilities and are being provided to employees.Labour relations: Employees seeks and expects some things from an organization andan effective working environment and interpersonal relationship is one of them. Whenemployees feel that they have a strong relationship with others then they likely to work moreproductively and with fresh mind (Muthirayan and et.al., 2018).P2 Strengths & weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selectionIt is analysed and stated that Human resources' department of Tesco Plc plays severalfunctions. Recruitment and selection is preliminary function for which they are responsible.There are several approaches of recruitment and selection process that are being used by TescoPlc after analysing strengths and weaknesses of them. Some approaches are described as follows:Recruitment approaches: Recruitment can be defined as a process of finding as well as hiringthe best and suitable candidate within an organization.Internal recruitment: Internal recruitment is the type of recruitment process in whichHR of Tesco Plc fill vacancies within a business from its existing employees or workforce. Mostof the companies now more focusing and using this type of recruitment process because itmotivates employees and is cost effective (Jøranli, 2018). There are various methods of internalrecruitment such as transfers, promotion of employees, employees referral etc. It is also beingused by Tesco Plc because it has several benefits which includes:Strengths:Boost employees morale: The main aim of Tesco Plc of using this method ofrecruitment is it helps them in encouraging and increasing employees' morale. All employeeswant to feel happy and valued in an organization. To get promoted and transferred in the positionwhere employees always wanted to be, boost their morale and self esteem.Cost effective: Other main advantage of this approach is it is cost effective as HR doesnot require to incest in training because all employees are well known of all processes and work.Decease employees turnover: It is stated that Tesco Plc was facing increasing rate ofturnover issue which has several reasons. When employees feel that they are being valued andrespected then they are less likely to leave the company. So this internal approach can reduce ordecrease labour turnover.3
Weaknesses:Workplace jealousy: It is also stated that human are emotional beings. It is not possiblefor Tesco Plc to promote all employees at a time. They promote and transfer those employeeswho have more experience and talented. Other employees who do not get promoted feel jealousthat can become the reason of conflicts.Lack of fresh ideas: When HR of Tesco Plc recruit employees within an organizationthen it can not get new & fresh ideas which can be brought by external candidates. IT is calledthe main disadvantage of internal recruitment.External recruitment: External recruitment is just opposite of internal recruitment. IT isthe process of hiring and recruiting candidates and to fill the vacant job from outside of anorganization. The main purpose of Tesco Plc of using this approach is to make a poll of skilledand qualified candidates via external sources (Ye, de Salas and Ollington, 2016). Some externalsources of recruitment includes advertising, direct recruiting, employment agencies, labourcontractors etc.Strengths:Wider choice: HR has the availability of larger pool of candidates and have options toselect the best and suitable candidate. They can easily select the best candidate who can fit andsuitable for the given job role.Fresh talent: External recruitment facilitates the entry of fresh talent. It also encouragesnew and innovative ideas & skills that are being required to perform a task. When employer getfresh and innovative ideas then existing employees also have opportunities to learn from them.Promote better competition: The other main strength of external recruitment approachis HR of Tesco Plc can promote an effective and positive competition within an organization. Itcan also take competitive advantages and become the market leader.Weaknesses:Expensive & time consuming: The main disadvantage of this approach is it is quiteexpensive and time consuming as compared to internal. For this HR requires extra cost forvacancy announcement and after recruiting it also requires investing in training & development.Dissatisfaction: When HR recruit candidates from outside an organization then itdissatisfies existing employees. It can also become the reason of absenteeism and labourturnover.4
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