HRM Approaches for Recruitment and Selection

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Function and purpose of HRM that is related with planning and resourcing of an
organisation.................................................................................................................................1
P2 Strength and weaknesses of several approaches that are required for recruitment and
selection.......................................................................................................................................2
M1 Function of HRM that increase the talent and skill to fulfil business objective...................4
M2 Evaluate the strength and weakness of different approaches that relates with recruitment
and selection................................................................................................................................4
D1 Specific examples that relates with the strength and weakness of recruitment and selection
process.........................................................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P3 HRM practice in an organisation which provide benefits to employee's and employers .....5
P4. Different HRM practices that help an organisation to increase in profit and productivity...7
M3, D2 Different methods used in HRM practice and its evaluation.........................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5.Analyse the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision
making. .......................................................................................................................................8
P6. Identify the key elements of employment legislation and its impact on decision making of
HRM..........................................................................................................................................10
M4 Key aspect of employee relation management and employment legislation that affect on
HRM decision making..............................................................................................................11
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
P7.Illustrate the application of HRM practices in a work-related context, using specific
examples....................................................................................................................................11
D4 Evaluation of employee relation that impact on the decision-making of the organisation. 12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
INTRODUCTION

Human resource management can be defined as a strategic approach for recruiting the
effective employees for an organisation. The main agenda of accurate human planning is to
approach those candidates that work as an asset for them in the upcoming future. It is the process
of recruiting, hiring, developing the employee's of the organisation. Moreover HR department is
responsible for creating policies that is beneficial for developing the positive relationship
between customers and different departments of the organisation. It refers to the employee
management that emphasis the on work-force to gain competitive advantage by improving their
skill and personality. Along with this it also helps them to create an invincible human asset that
complete their work with high efficiency and effectiveness. For this report chosen organisation
is Dyson which is operating their business in technology sector. It was established in the year
1991 by James Dyson which headquarter is situated in Malmesbury. They offer several types of
home appliances like vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, heaters and lights etc. In this report purpose
and function of HRM with different strength and weakness along with their approaches that
relates with recruitment and selection process will be discuss in the report (Welch, and et. al.,
2011).
TASK 1
P1 Function and purpose of HRM that is related with planning and resourcing of an organisation
HR department or officer helps an organisation to provide strong structure and ability for
accomplishing the organisational goal by managing and organising its employee's. It it a set of
regular practice that defines the nature of work and regulates job relationship between different
department of Dyson. Some function of HRM is mention as below:
Motivating employee- Employee motivation is the basic feature or function that is
performed by HR department of Dyson. Within this HR officer or manager identify those factors
that cause demotivation among employees in order to convert them positive factors through
which an employee feel more motivated. Example- Providing good condition and healthy
working environment to the employees motivates them to complete their work with more
efficiency and effectiveness.
Recruitment and selection- The main function that is performed by HR department of
Dyson is to hire or recruit potential candidates that ensure the completion of their business within
appropriate manner. In order to conduct this effectively they hire right candidate at the right

place that is applicable for all departments for the organisation. It is essential for Dyson to hire
right employees because they are operating their business at global level. This process is applied
by them to formulate effective work-force plan for the organisation.
Human resource planning- This function is the most important element of HRM which
determines that they identify the figure and type of work-force that are needed by the Dyson in
order to attain their goals (Vaiman, Scullion and Collings, 2012). The main function for human
resource planning is to take effective research that is used by them to predict the future human
needs of all departments. So it is easy for HR department to choose suitable candidates for the
employees.
Purpose of the HRM
Equity based compensation- HR officer is responsible for formulating the rights of
employees. In context of Dyson HR department of them develops effective policies through
which they protect the salary, compensation and other benefits of the organisation which is
useful for them because it helps them to retain in the organisation for a longer period. Example-
An organisation achieve more success by improving their performance and increasing the value
of their employee's activities.
Health and safety- The another purpose of HR manager is to protect their employees
from different hazard conditions that exists in the working environment of the organisation. HR
department of Dyson protect the health and safety of their employee's that are engaged with them
to complete their work. For this they develop positive environment in the working environment
by providing safety resources which includes fire extinguisher, first aid kit etc. or other resources
that are mandatory for the safety of employees (Sirmon and et. al., 2011).
P2 Strength and weaknesses of several approaches that are required for recruitment and selection
Recruitment is the fundamental method for an organisation that undertakes management
of overall employees and human resource planning in order to design or recruit the process of
recruitment and selection. This process undertakes to locate creative advertisement for vacant
seat that encourage potential candidates to apply for job in the organisation. Some strength and
weakness of approaches for recruitment and selection is as follow:
Internal recruitment
It is the process where the vacant seats of all departments are fulfilled from inside the
organisation. Dyson uses this approach in its working environment by changing the position of