Strategic Human Resource Management

This assignment delves into the field of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). It requires a thorough review of relevant academic literature to understand the evolution, core concepts, and influential research in SHRM. The analysis should encompass various perspectives on the role of HR in organizational success, the impact of globalization, technological advancements, and contemporary challenges facing HRM professionals.

Human Resources
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Explain the purpose and functions of the HRM....................................................................3
P2 explain the strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and selection process........................4
M1 how the HRM help to provide talent and skills for appropriate to fulfil company's goals..5
M2 Evaluation the strengths and weaknesses of Recruitment and selection process................5
D1Evaluation the strengths and weaknesses of Recruitment and selection process with
example.......................................................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P3 define the benefits of HRM for employers and employees of the company.........................6
P4 different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational profit and productivity............7
M3 different methods used in HRM practices, providing specific examples to support
evaluation ...................................................................................................................................8
D2 evaluate HRM practices and application within an organisational context,.........................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P5 importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-making. .........9
P6 key elements of employment legislation and the impact on HRM decision-making..........10
M4 key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislation...................11
D3 employee relations and the application of HRM practices that inform of decision-making
...................................................................................................................................................11
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12
P7 HRM practices in a work related context, using specific examples...................................12
M5 rationale for the application of specific HRM practices in a work-related context...........13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15
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INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the systematic process in which manage and control all
over employees of the company. Human resource are play an vital role in the organization those
complete the all works and activities relating to the company and they help to achieve the goals
and objectives. COACH is the modern luxury brand in Canary Wharf that produce all items for
men and women like jewellery, bags, shoes, clothes and so more. For manage all human
resources of the company to appoint a new Human Resources Assistant that help to increase
employees working skills and performance so they can work in the effective manner and easy to
achieve the decided goals and objectives of the company. Through the CEO of the company
provide a analytical report that help to develop contribution level of HR department of the
company and maintain the activities and works in the effective and efficient manner that help to
develop business in the systematic process and employees can easy to achieve the organization
goals and objectives(Armstrong and Taylor, 2014).
TASK 1
P1 Explain the purpose and functions of the HRM.
Human resource management help to the manage and control on all employees of the
company and HR department through provide the training so they can do their work effectively
and effectively manner. There are some function and the main purpose of HRM in the company
those are under the below: Recruitment and Selection: HR department of the company play an vital role to recruit
persons for the company and select effective and knowledgeable persons those help to
achieve the goals of the company and help to develop production and selling of the
company. Recruitment and selection process in recruit by the HR manager of the
company to all candidates those are apply for the job but in the final selection stage in
only few knowledgeable and suitable persons are selected for the job(Avey, Luthans and
Jensen, 2009). Orientation: Orientation refers to the provide all kind of information to new employees
of the company and also in which introduce all new employees with each other. In the
orientation program through easy to define the main objective and goals of the company

so they can easy to evaluate how to achieve the long term and short term goals of the
company in the effective manner. Maintain good working conditions: HRM help to the maintain all employees and works
of the company so they can complete their work in the systematic manner with better
working performance and proper involvement. HR department of the company help to
the provide healthy and effective environment for all employees.
 Managing the employees relationship: Employees relationship play an important role
that should effective in the company for all employees. If in the company not that much
effective and healthy relationship with employees so there will be develop conflicts and
they will not properly understand to other employees. Non-effective environment
affecting on the employees working quality and working involvement(Bakker and
Demerouti,2007).
P2 explain the strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and selection process.
Recruitment and Selection process refers to the recruit all candidates of the jobs of the
company and select on few candidates those are applicable and suitable for the company
environment. This process play and vital role to select knowledgeable persons they having skills
and abilities to do their works effective way and easy to achieve the task but this process also
having weak points those are indirectly way affecting on the company. So strengths and
weaknesses of recruitment and selections process those are under the below: Easy to identify suitable and applicable candidates: Recruitment and selection process
help to find out suitable and applicable candidate for the company. So they can easy to
complete their work and achieve decided goals and objectives of the company. Future Leader: This process provide the future leaders for the company so they can
manage the all employees and lead them for their work. Future leader help to develop
business in the effective manner and help to build increase working performance of all
over the employees. Time consuming process: Recruitment and Selection process is the time consuming
process in which including many activities by which identify all candidates their
educations, communication skills, knowledge, behaviour and personality all these are
very important element of the selected job so that's why this process is time consuming.

 Lack of knowledge: Sometime candidates not having proper knowledge and information
about the company and job profile so they cannot able to take effective decision
regarding job( Berkes, 2006).
M1 how the HRM help to provide talent and skills for appropriate to fulfil company's goals
Human Resource Management help to develop working performance of employees and
conduct talented and suitable persons according to the job profile of the company so they easy to
complete the task and work in the effective manner and easy to achieve decided goals and
objectives of the company. HRM help to develop healthy environment in the company for all
over the employees so they can work effectively and give proper working involvement in their
work and also its help to develop performance of employees by conducting training
programmers and other effective activities in the company.
M2 Evaluation the strengths and weaknesses of Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection process play an vital role to appoint new candidates for the
company in this process including many other activities like written test, check communication
skills and other more. Recruitment and selection process is the time consuming process and also
this process sometimes not provide the actual and effective solution. Through the recruitment
process not properly identify the actual working capability and personality of the persons and
also sometimes candidates are not properly aware about proper information about the company
and job profile. so they cannot able to take better and effective decision reading job and
company(Black, Clemmensen and Skov, 2010).
D1Evaluation the strengths and weaknesses of Recruitment and selection process with
example.
Recruitment and selection process through recruit the new candidate for the selected job
after that select the person for the final interview by the employer of the company. This process
having some weaknesses and strengths like time consuming and properly identify actual and real
personality and skills of the persons as well as its help to recruit persons for the selected job and
help to develop business in the effective manner. For example: A company wants to spend their
business so they require more human resources to manage their work and achieve their targets
and goals of the company. So in the company conduct recruitment and selection process for

recruit the persons but the main weakness of this process is its time consuming process and not
properly identify the actual and real personality of the persons as well as its help to develop
business and recruit the candidates according to their requirements and job profile.(Bratton and
Gold 2012)
TASK 2
P3 define the benefits of HRM for employers and employees of the company.
HRM practices help to manage and control all over the employees activities and their
works in the effective manner. Through the HR department of the company provide training to
employees so they can improve their working performance and ability of working. Its help help
to develop a healthy and effective environment for employees and employers so they can easy to
interact with each other and easy to understand informations its help to build better relationship
with employers and employees so employees of the company can easy to share all issues and
problems to employers and employers of the company can resolve them in the effective way.
There are many more benefits for employers and employees of the company those are given
below: Conflict Resolution: Human resource management working as an mediate in the
company to resolve the problems and issues. In the company sometimes create conflicts
with employees and employers in this situation both are not understand each other and
develop negative image so HRM help to resolve problems and conflicts from the
company and develop healthy and effective environment(Chelladurai, 2006) Training and Development: Through the HR department of the company improve
working performance by training program and develop their working capability and
skills. When conduct the new employees for the company so have to provide training to
them so they can learn how to complete the work and how to achieve the objectives and
goals of the company and they can complete the task with effective working
performance. Employment relationship: In the COACH company require to maintain and build
healthy relations hip with employers and employees so they can easy to communicate

with each other and easy to understand their problems and issues. Through the effective
employment relationship they can work with proper coordination and unity.
 Information Resource: HR department of the company through providing all over
information relating to the company and other things to all employees so they can
effective decision and also define responsibilities to all employees and employers of the
company.(Chen and Huang, 2009)
P4 different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational profit and productivity.
Human resource management practices are help to develop business in the effective
manner and help to develop profit of the company. Human resource management play an vital
role in any kind of company because its help to manage an control all over the activates and
works in the systematic manner and provide training to new employees so they can work
effectively with proper working involvement. Human resource management through play
various kind of roles an functions in the company like recruitment an selection, employment,
effective relationship, business development and so more. Recruitment an selection process is the
main practice of Human resource management through this practice recruit new candidates for
the company and according to their requirements and qualification of them. Its help to develop
healthy environment in the company for employees and employers so they can easy to interact
with each other and understand. If in the company not having healthy and working environment
so employees of the company cannot share any issues and problems to employees and employers
also not properly understand their issues and cannot resolve them in the effective manner that's
why company' environment should healthy and effective that help to make coordination with
employers and employees and they can work with proper involvement. All these functions
should maintain and control on them so employees can decided and easy to identify long term
and short term goals of the company and thy can work for them in the systematic manner. That's
why all these function are play and important role to develop working performance of the
company also employees performance, its help to develop productivity in the market an build a
effective market image(Collings and Mellahi, 2009). Human resource management help to
increase profit level if employees working performance is good and effective so customers are
fully satisfied towards their products and company's services. In the other hand, Human resource
management practices help to increase profit of the company as well as productivity of the

company. That's why require to mange all employees in the effective manner an on the time
provide them training so they can do their work with better performance and good quality.
M3 different methods used in HRM practices, providing specific examples to support
evaluation
Human resource management practices are help to manage and control all over the
employees of the company. Its help to develop healthy and effective environment so employees
and employers of the company work with coordination for decide goals and objectives and they
can work in the systematic manner. Human resource management practices like performance
evaluation, conflicts resolution, healthy environment development in the company, employment
relationship, training and development all thee practices are help to achieve goals and objectives
of the company. For example: In a company create conflicts with employers and employees so
have to resolve them as soon as problems because conflicts negative impacting on the company
and employees working performance so through the HR department of the company face to face
interact with employees and employers and clear all things with them(Collins and Smith, 2006).
D2 evaluate HRM practices and application within an organisational context,
Human resource management help to develop healthy and effective environment for all
employees so they can increase their working performance and easy to achieve the goals and
objectives of the company. Human resource management through easy to evaluate the actual
performance of employees according to their result they can provide the training to them for
increase working performance. Human resource practices through resolve the problems and
issues and develop healthy relationship with all employees of the company. For example: In a
company employees working performance not that much effective so that's why through the
company's HR department through conduct a training program to employees so improve working
performance and they can achieve the decided gaols and objectives of the company(Daley,
2006).

TASK 3
P5 importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-making.
In the company should maintain the effective relationship with all employees and
employers so they can work effectively and efficiently. Employees relationship play an vital role
to develop business and help to achieve the decided goals and objectives of the company.
Healthy environment in the company so employers and employees are easy to understand the
problems and issues to resolve them and give them proper satisfaction its help to achieve the
objectives of the company. Employees relationship having many importances those are given
below:
 Employees relationship help to develop healthy environment in the company. Its help to
achieve the company's goals an objectives and develop productivity in the systematic
manner(Dowling, 2008).
 Healthy employee relationship through easy to share any problems and issues and resolve
them its help to increase better understand with employees and employers of the
company. They can easy to understand all over the informations and problems and on the
time they can resolve them.
 Employees relations hip help to reduce conflicts from the company and its help to remove
bias nature with all employees they can trust on each other and share information and any
kind of problems. Its help to provide healthy environment for them with proper
confidence so they can improve their working performance and achieve their goals and
objectives in the effective manner and help to develop company.
 Employee relationship help to take better decision regarding any situations because
health relationship through all employees can share their ideas and views so employer of
the company can take better decision and find out the solution according to their
problems and situations(Eisenhardt and Graebner, 2007).
In the other hand, employees relationship help to develop business and help to achieve goals and
objectives of the company. Its help to take better decision regarding any situations and problems
and help to find out better solution. Employees relationship also help to motivate each other for
their work and their company and also help to increase working performance so they can work in
their systematic manner with proper confidence.

P6 key elements of employment legislation and the impact on HRM decision-making.
Employment legislation help to maintain the environment of the company and provide
equal remuneration so they can work. Employment legislation through increase the working
performance of employees also it can impacting on the HRM decision marketing. There having
some key elements of employment legislation those are under the below: Anti- discrimination: Anti- discrimination refers to the does not create any
discrimination with employees of the basis of their age, sex and other elements.
According to this act should develop and anti discrimination environment in the company
with positive thinking level and should not create an healthy and discrimination
environment for employees because its impacting on the company and image in the
market. Diversity: Diversity refers to the provide opportunities to all employees so they can
motivate for their work and focus on their responsibility in the company. According to
this employees legislation to all employees should equality provide opportunities to take
benefits and improve their working performance in the company. Data protection: Data protection refers to the should provide the proper protection to all
employees data and information regarding their documents and others. Sometimes
through the company information and documents of the company use for the other works
and earn profits its illegal according to the country's law. So that's why should not
disclose any information reading employees and their documents and provide proper
protection to their documents(Guest, 2011) Equality:Equality in the company play an vital roe on this basis should equally treat to all
employees of the company. Equality refers to the unequally pay to employees on the
basis of their gender, education, working ability and capability of working its unfair in
the nature through this nature employees are not properly satisfied and they cannot work
effectively and efficiently so according to this employment legislation should maintain
the equality in the company with all employees and equally pay to them its help to
motivate them and help to increase working performance and help to achieve the target
and goals of the company.

 Health and safety: Through the company should provide the safety and security so they
can feel safe in the company and effectively the work and achieve the goals n objective of
the company. During the work risk will be occur because risk is the uncertain in the
nature so that's why should provide health and safety facility to employees.
M4 key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislation
Employee relationship play an vital role to develop business in the effective manner and
help to develop healthy environment for all employees. Employees relationship should maintain
that help to resolve all kind of problems an issues if in the company not having healthy
environment so employees are not able to share problems to employer to the company by this
create conflicts in the company and its negative impacting on company image and working
performance of employees they will not achieve the goals and objectives. In the other hand,
employment legislation through maintain the environment of the company and provide fully
safety and security to all over the employees. In the company should create equality and non-
discrimination environment for employees should not create bias nature for employees this kind
of environment through employees are not properly work in the company. Sometimes through
the company create discrimination and non equality environment for employees on the basis of
age, gender, education, cast and other more so through the company cannot pay equally pay to
them so this environment negative impact on employees performance and their working
involvement(Halpern and et.al 2008).
D3 employee relations and the application of HRM practices that inform of decision-making
Employees relationship affecting on the company and employees performance that
should maintain and control on them so employees can easy to do their work and easy to achieve
their goals and objectives of the company. Human resources management practices help to take
better and effective decision regarding any problems and issues related to the company. Its help
to recruit candidates for the company to achieve the goals and objectives and if require to
provide training to them so they can work in the effective and systematic manner and help to
achieve the goals of the company in the other hand, its help to take better decision and resolve all
problems and issues of the company. In the other hand employees relationship refers to the
provide healthy and effective environment for all employees so they can complete their work

with better performance and easy to achieve the goals. Through the healthy environment
employees are easy to share their problems and issues so they can resolve them(Harzing and
Pinnington 2010).
TASK 4
P7 HRM practices in a work related context, using specific examples.
Human resource management practices help to develop business in the effective manner
that help to achieve goals and objectives of the company. So there are using as an example is
one-page agenda for training seminar intended for receptionists at a 5-star Hotel. So seminar is
the formal or may be informal in the nature in which all employees and persons are interact with
each others for particular objective and goal. In the seminar discuss all informations to all
persons and provide them all details regarding Hotel's services, facilities, foods, hotel room, cost,
investments, brand image in the market, evolution, head of the Hotel and so more(Heijde and
Van Der Heijden 2006) By which all employees of the company can easy to identify and know
about the company and easy to build a effective image in their mind and set their short term and
long term goals those have to achieve in their working life. In the seminar also define the main
objective and goals of the company they wants to achieve by the hotel in their future and set a
brand image in the market and also in their customers mind they want to provide better an
effective services to all visitors and of their having problems and issues so they can provide
fully satisfaction to them. In the seminar al so discuss the how much requirements to increase
working performance of employees and how to do work by using some techniques and methods
should focus on the company goals and company development. After provide all over the
information to all persons so they can ask any kind of questions regarding their work, hotel,
responsibilities, environment, position and other more. At the seminar time easy to get actual
answer and resolve actual issues and problems its help to resolve problems and issues to
employees and also help to develop performance of the employees so they can work for their
company objectives and goals and effectively provide better services and facilities to visitors of
the Hotel(Lengnick-Hall and et.al 2009).

M5 rationale for the application of specific HRM practices in a work-related context.
Human resource management practices help to manage an control on all over the
employees so they can work effective and increase their working performance its help to achieve
their goals and objectives of the company. Human resource management practices through
develop the working performance and motivate them towards their work and easy to motivate
them to achieve the targets of the company. Human resource management practices play an vital
role to develop business in the effective manner and also help to resolve all work related and
employees related issues and problems and provide them proper satisfaction to them so they can
easy to share any issues to employers of the company. Its help to build effective image in the
market and increase productivity of the company. Human resource department of the company
manage the all work and activities and provide training to them to develop performance towards
their work so they can learn how to the work and how to achieve the goals an objective of the
company(Lepak and et.al 2006).

CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report it has been concluded that human resource
management is very essential for the company so that they can achieve the desired goals and
objectives. If COACH properly manage their human resource then it will also help in enhance
their profits. If employees of the company need training then manager has to provide them so
that it will also help them to improve their work performance. They can also do their work with
more effectively and efficiently. It will also help them to reduce the cost so as the result their
sales will increase. Employer or manager of the COACH also need to maintain their relationship
with their employees so that it will also help them to provide satisfaction regarding their job.
Company also need to follow laws and regulation. If they provide satisfaction to their customers
then it will help them to build their reputation in the market and also they can compete their
competitors.

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