Human Resource Management in Practice Assignment
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Human Resource Management in Practice Assignment
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INPRACTICE CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................1PART – 1 CHOCOLATE PRESENCE.................................................................................................1TASK – 1..............................................................................................................................................1Main HR functions – Purpose, significance, present problems as well as future plans......................1Current selection methods of Chocolate Presence – Strengths and weaknesses.................................3Improvements that can be made in the selection process of Chocolate Presence...............................4TASK – 2..............................................................................................................................................5Person specification for Receptionist in Chocolate Presence.............................................................5Existing methods of advertising jobs – Advantages and Disadvantages............................................6Recommendation for placing advertisement for the Receptionist vacancy and its justification.........7PART – 2 MICROSOFT.......................................................................................................................8TASK – 3..............................................................................................................................................8Identifying range of flexible working arrangement in Microsoft and evaluating benefits of the same...........................................................................................................................................................9Assessing the ways Microsoft motivates its employees through its way of designing job roles......10TASK – 4............................................................................................................................................11Defining the term Employee engagement and its importance in effective employee relation..........11Evaluating main approaches to engage employee............................................................................12Discussing the main elements of UK employment legislation and their impact in HRM decision making.............................................................................................................................................12CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................13REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................14
INTRODUCTION Human resource management is a specialized and separate function that needs to beperformed by each and every manager. Further, it is that branch of management which isconcerned with recruiting an individual, selecting them and finally developing them so thatthey can be best used as an employees (Sundar, 2013). Therefore, it can be said that HRMmakes sure that every worker makes maximum contribution towards the accomplishment ofthe organizational goals and objectives. It is very essential function within the firm forattaining pre-determined objectives through proper training, development and management ofhuman asset of the organization. Pertaining to this, the current research report aims tocomprehend the principles of effective human resource management by taking into accountcase studies of Chocolate presence and Microsoft. The first section of the study deals with the Chocolate presence being based in NorthYorkshire. The firm is involved into the business of tailored made chocolate all over theUnited Kingdom. There is high level of employee turnover within the company and even acomplaint is being lodged regarding poor quality of products by the customers. Thus, being aHuman resource officer of the firm, the major task is to assess the recruitment & selectionapproaches and discuss possible improvements that can be done to make sure further growthand success of Chocolate presence. The second part of the study is about Microsoft in whichvarious training and development programs being adopted by the company will be elaboratedsignificantly. The paper will also throw light on flexible working practices and other relatedbenefits both to the workers and the firm. The final part of the report will pay attention onways of motivating employees through designing job roles. PART – 1 CHOCOLATE PRESENCETASK – 1Main HR functions – Purpose, significance, present problems as well as future plans Main Purpose of HR function The main purpose of human resource management is to develop as well as manage thehuman resource a crucial asset of the company by understanding their needs, wants anddemands. With this function in hand, chocolate presence can significantly offer training andcan develop and manage their human asset so that they can achieve their objectives.Additionally, HR function also helps in maximum utilization of the present resources withleast possible costs (Farndale, Scullion and Sparrow, 2010). In Chocolate Presence, the main1
purpose of HR function is to make improvement in the skills as well as abilities of theworkers with a view to attain high level of performance. Furthermore, it also helps inmaintaining relationship and create strategic plan, approaches, and procedures in order todevelop their employees. Main Functions of Human Resource The human resource has same kind of functions to perform in almost everyorganization as in Chocolate presence. For achieving high level of performance and success,different approaches, methods and procedures are being adopted by the company to recruitright employees for the job positions (Boxall and Purcell, 2003). The most vital functions ofhuman resource management are being defined underneath: Recruitment & selection – It is one of the most significant as well as intricate functionof the organization. With this, Chocolate presence recruits and select potentialapplicants for the vacant job position. They adopts different methods such as referraltests, interview and assessment test for selecting best candidate.HR planning – Human resource planning function of the firm helps in forecasting thefuture demand of human asset within the company and makes arrangement for thesame in advance with a view to have smooth flow of activities and operations.Seeking help from this function, Chocolate presence can recruit and select consistentworkforce within the firm at right time and place (Fleetwood and Hesketh, 2009). Compensation as well as benefits – With this, the firm motivates their staff membersto work efficiently. The HR managers of Chocolate presence ensures that fair amountof benefits and compensation is being rendered to their employees in order to makethem satisfied. Training and development – Seeking help from the training and developmentfunction, existing skills, competencies, abilities and capabilities of the employees canbe augmented. Even the areas which needs some more development andimprovements are being identified and training event are being planned accordingly(Becker and Gerhart, 2006). Performance management – This function supports in measuring the performance ofthe employees and provide rewards and recognition on the basis of the assessment.Those workers who surpasses the benchmark level are being recognized and evenworkers with average level of performance are motivated to work better by2
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