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Project on Function of Human Resource Department - ASDA

   

Added on  2020-07-23

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1 Purpose and functions of HRM..............................................................................................1P2. Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection.................2P3 Benefits of HRM for employer and employee.......................................................................5P4 Effectiveness of HRM practices............................................................................................6TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7P5 Importance of employee relations..........................................................................................7P6 Key elements of employee legislation and its impact on HRM decision making.................7P7Application of HRM practices in work related context..........................................................8CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTIONHuman resource management is a framework that controls and measure performance ofworkforce that works in a corporation. HRM is a tool that manages functionality of manpower byproviding them an adequate compensation plan along with proper and appropriate motivation sothat efficient working of staff member could be promoted in association and this type of action iswill bring greater market share as well as profit (Albrecht and et. al., 2015). Human resourcemanager recruits and selects a personnel and then placed him at correct position so that newlyappointed person could work with maximum efficiency and then superior assess performanceand then find out need of training and development program along with monitoring need ofmotivation. This report is based on ASDA. This is a retail store company that operates itsbusiness operations in United Kingdom. This project will enlighten function of human resourcedepartment in ASDA company. TASK 1P1 Purpose and functions of HRMManagement of ASDA is quite efficient in operating their business operations in theUnited Kingdom and other nations as well. ASDA was established in Leeds, UK. A humanresource manager conducts various human resource practices to enhance functionality andworking style of association by keeping performance of staff members up to the mark. It is clearin market that a satisfied employee works hard for company because they feel that organisationin which they are working is good and always take care about the needs and wants of allemployees then in return they should need to do some contribution. This action is helpful inachieving all targets in limited period of time (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014). There are manyfunctions that manager of human resource department plays and elaboration of all these isdiscussed as below:Staffing: It is the requirement of a business corporation that it should have adequatenumber of employees to conduct all business operations in the most profitable manner.To keep appropriate number of employees, human resource manager has to appoint themost capable person who should take allotted action with maximum efficiency withoutgetting training at workplace. 1

Training and Development: Employer always be in duty of assessing performance of staffmember so that need of training and development program could be examined in order toenhance performance level of employees so that they all will work in an effective manner(Bratton and Gold, 2017). Motivation: Performance of a person gets reduced when he/she does not get properinspiration like why they work, what are the reason that provoke a man or women towork, etc. By satisfying the motivational need of a staff member, superiors can motivatethem to work in the most significant manner. Person with low motivation reduces theoverall performance of ASDA retail store. Motivation could be gained by puttingminimal efforts. Maintenance: Superiors are supposed to get maximum efficiency of a person and to getthis, manager has to utilise compatibility of staff members in order to identify whetherthey are working well or not. Maintenance of functionality of workers could be retainedby allocating them requisite number of tasks along with the linked duties. Orientation – When the work force is new it is important that they are provided with theknowledge regarding in what sector company is dealing in. vision mission of theenterprise needs to be communicated so that accordingly their contribution in businesscan be raised. Below are some purposes of human resource management which should be taken intoconsideration while conducting HR practices. HRM improves performance of workers because this is directly linked with the efficiencyand capabilities of employees. Manpower head to keep an eye on level of productivity whether it could be match or notand if answer is yes than corrective actions will be taken.Major objective conducting HR practices in ASDA is to maintain a strong bond betweenemployees and employers. Building happy and friendly atmosphere at workplace is another task of human resourcemanager. It is required by managers that they should maintain a healthy relationship withall line functional areas so that proper flow of information should not get contaminated(Brewster and Hegewisch, 2017). 2

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