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Human Resource Management Practices in Work Representation

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3P1 Functions and purpose of HRM........................................................................................3P2 Strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and selection approach....................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6P3 Benefits of HRM practices for employer and employee...................................................6P4 Effectiveness of HRM practices in raising productivity and profit..................................7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8P5 Significance of employee relation influencing HRM decision making............................8P6 Impact of key elements of employee legislation ..............................................................9TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10P7 Application of HRM practices in work related context..................................................10CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................12REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................1
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INTRODUCTIONHuman Resource Management is a concept that plays significant role in an organisation.It is the department that manages all the activities and functions of business and leads the firmtowards growth and success (Armstrong and Taylor., 2014). One of the main responsibility ofHR managers is to analyse manpower needs and recruit employees as per their requirement. Inthe present assignment, chosen organisation is Waitrose which is a British supermarket chaindeals in food retail division. The report covers purpose and functions of HRM along withstrengths and weaknesses of different recruitment & selection approach. Benefits of humanresource management practices to workforce and employer as well as effectiveness of these inraising productivity and profit is also defined. Apart from this, significance of employee relationand key elements of employment relations is included. At last, application of various HRMpractices in work related context is discussed in this project. TASK 1P1 Functions and purpose of HRMHuman Resource management is one of the function that is related with recruitment andselection of employees. Various activities are included in HRM function that helps in increasingmotivation level of personnel. The main responsibility of manager is to forecast future manpowerneeds of firm and hire skilled candidate that best meets the set criteria. One of the fundamentalaspect of human resource management is to administer training and development to theirmanpower so that they are able to enhance their skills and knowledge & apply it when they areperforming their duties. This helps in increasing potential of workforce as well as enables firm toattain its goals and objectives. In Waitrose, manpower needs are ascertained by manager andfulfil that by recruiting right number of candidate at right position. Skills and qualifications of anindividual is the main basis of selection. They also formulate training programme and conductvarious activities in order to motivate their workforce (Berman and et. al., 2012). Functions of HRM:In Waitrose, various functions are performed by manager of human resource departmentfrom which some are applicable to manpower planning which are discussed as below: Recruitment and selection: For every organisation, this is the main function which isperformed by manager of HRM department. It includes forecasting of manpower needs andformulation of appropriate plan in order to recruit and select potential candidate. A specific
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criteria is set for a particular job which becomes the main basis of an individual selection.Application is invited by manager of Waitrose for various positions so that individuals who areinterested for respective post can apply for that(Functions of HRM. 2017). From this, firm has alarge pool of talented candidate from which they select best one and hire them. Successfulattainment of targets and objectives is ensured by selection of skilled and competent candidates. Training and development: This is also an essential activity of workforce planning inwhich manager ascertain skill needs of human resource and frame a effective trainingprogramme accordingly. It provides an opportunity to personnel for developing their skills andcompetencies as well as enhancing their knowledge. In Waitrose, an effective trainingprogramme is provided by manager to their staff members so that their skills are gettingimproved and they enable to perform their duties and responsibilities in proper manner. It resultsin increased productivity and profitability ratio of firm. Above mentioned are the main activities that are included by manager of Waitrose whenthey do manpower planning for firm. This assists them in selecting appropriate number ofcandidate at right position and time. P2 Strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and selection approachRecruitment and selection are procedure which helps in selecting an appropriate andsuitable candidate. Thus through this mechanism they can select qualified and talented candidate.So company applies internal and external sources to recruit and select candidate. Thus as a resultthey can select qualified and educated employees. Through applying this procedure they canselect qualified employees (Boella and Goss-Turner, 2013). Thus they can give good results andfirm can easily accomplish objectives. So the internal and external sources applied by Waitroseare-Internal source: These are the sources through which company selects staff membersfrom firm and they do not select members from outside the firm. Through this they can motivateexisting employees and thus they can perform better. Advantages and disadvantages of internalsource are-AdvantagesDisadvantages11Internal sources are sources throughwhich firm can selects employees fromfirm and they can save the time and11Internal sources cannot select newemployees thus they cannot have newtalent in the firm.
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