Human Resource Management on ALDI company : Assignment

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Functions and purposes of HRM......................................................................................1
P2. Various approaches of recruitment and selection with their strengths and weaknesses. .3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P3 Benefits of various HRM practices within organisation for employer and employee......4
P4 Effectiveness of various HRM practices in terms of raising profits of organisation and
productivity.............................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5. Importance of employee relations in HRM decision making..........................................8
P6. Key elements of employment legislation and its impact of on HRM decision making...9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
P7. Application of HRM practices.......................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
An activity which is directly associated with the management of organisation’s available
human resources is stated as Human Resource Management (HRM). It is framed by the firm in
order to improve performance ability of its employees for achieving desired goals and objectives
(Barney, Ketchen and Wright, 2011). Human resource department of an organisation mainly
concentrates on framing effective plans and policies for the recruitment, selection, training and
development as well as for performance appraisal. Following assignment is based on ALDI
which is a leading grocery store functioning in the United Kingdom. Assignment will help
learners to understand different functions and purpose of HRM. Besides this, various approaches
to recruitment and selection with their strengths and weaknesses will be studied in brief. Report
will also support in understanding benefits of HRM practice for employers as well as employees.
Apart for this, assignment will provide the best knowledge about HRM practices which helps in
raising profits and productivity of organisation along with discussing the significance of
employee relation in HRM decision making. Moreover, key elements of employment legislations
and their impacts over decision making will be highlighted.
TASK 1
P1. Functions and purposes of HRM
Human resource management is directly related with the management of available
workforce within organisation. It mainly concentrates on better utilisation of firm’s available
human resources within organisation for ensuring effective achievement of desired goals and
objectives in a stipulated time period. The effective HRM practices within organisation helps in
building better relationship among employers and employees as well as it is essential in order to
maintain a healthy and positive environment at workplace. There are various functions
performed by human resource department of business for certain purposes. Some functions and
purposes of HRM with respect to workforce planning and resourcing in ALDI are being
described as follows: -
Main purpose of HRM: -
 To increase the number of employees working within organisation is main objective of
HRM (Batt and Colvin, 2011).
 Another main purpose of HRM is to improve skills and capabilities of workforce
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