HRM Practices in the context of TESCO

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Purpose and function of HRM...............................................................................................1
P2 Strength and weakness of the different approaches to recruitment and selection.................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P7 Application of HRM practices in the work related context...................................................5
PART 2 ...........................................................................................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P3 HRM practices.......................................................................................................................8
P4 Effectiveness of HRM practices in the context of TESCO....................................................9
PART 3..........................................................................................................................................10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
P5 Employee relation and its significance................................................................................10
P6 Key elements of employee legislation.................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a very important part of every business that shares
relation with employees. Basically human resource is a set or group of individuals who are frame
up the workforce of a company or economy (Pfeffer, 2010). Human resource management
determine as art of developing and maintaining entire work force to attain objective of a firm in
an effective and sufficient manner. HRM can be defined as an function which are preformed in
an organisation that provide most appropriate and effective uses of persons in order to achieve
individual and organisation goal. The report is completely relays on HRM functions along with
purpose. A side of report gives explanation of strength and weakness of various approaches of
recruiting and selections with benefits of HRM practises. First part of report is based on
Woodhill collage and their planning of workforce that is signify for them to expand their collage
services. Second part is related to TESCO plc, their leading supermarket in UK. Third part is
related with ITV that facilitates detail for employee relation. Report also depicts several
legislation for employments.
PART 1
TASK 1
P1 Purpose and function of HRM
Planning for workforce is all about attaining right numbers of persons with required skills
which are employed at the right place on appropriate time in order to deliver a firm's long and
short term objective (Kakuma and et. al., 2011). It covers extended range of activities. This work
force planning is generally linked to organisational goal and plays signify part in a company. In
very general term, employment planning is a process in human resource management that
determine proper and systematic examine in order to evaluate real performance of firm. For all
this requirement of a company is based on size, skills , experience , type and knowledge of the
staff member that provide contribution to attaining objects in effective manner.
Function of Human resource management:
Staffing: It is a very crucial and signify function of HRM which are concentrating on the
allotments of employees in effective way through selecting suitable person on best place to grab
best result. The HR manager of Woodhill collage has responsibility to maximise sound
performance and completes expectation of students in respect to have satisfaction. It helps in
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boosting entire performance of collage by analysing sound work for job profile. Process involves
designing, work investigation, assortment, selection and reciting of people.
Compensation: it is a powerful function of HRM that are opted by Woodhill collage in
order to motivate their employees by offering rewards for their quality performance at work
station. Here, HR manager of Woodhill determine effective and sound policies of compensation
such as promotion, pension, rewards and other benefits to their employees in accordance of
performance. Hence manager of RH team will coordinate all the activities that are performed in
work place to have effective and sufficient management.
Training and development: it is more significant function of HR managements that are
concerned by cited collage in order to increase skills and knowledge of employees through
offering suitable training and development programme. It helps in boosting skills and knowledge
and the cure duty of HR manager is to arrange sound introduction and induction that enhance
morale of employee in effective way (Iles, Chuai and Preece, 2010). Training and development
plan gives chance to employee to increase their capabilities and attain knowledge of techniques
and tools.
Employee management: The HR department of woodhill collage are also playing a
important function as they are applying policies to analyse new aspects and trends of business. It
is conducted by HR manager in order to manager sound and quality managements which
provides positive results in effective way.
Management of employee relations: it is important to have effective management of
workforce relations for entire HR department which are able to offers best result. For HR of
woodhill collage concerning on several process such as monitoring, determinations and
negotiation that are applied in work station to sort up conflicts or problems and provide health
relations among students and teachers too.
Purpose of workforce planning:
The core purpose of work force planning of the Woodhill collage is to manage shortage
and provide surplus in process of business, very effectively. As it is a important function of
human resource management which maintains effective employees. Prominent purpose of
employee planning in Woodhill collage is to divide the needs of human resource along with
employees who are doing their task in respect to have it's objective in sufficient manner. To
achieve positive result it is essential for a firm to define and maintain sound work force planning.
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