Human Resource Management Report - Tesco Plc

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1) The purpose and functions of Human Resource Management.............................................3
P2) Strength and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection...................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P3) Benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for both employer and
employee......................................................................................................................................6
P4) The effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational
profit and productivity............................................................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5) Importance of employee relation in decision making...........................................................8
P6) Key elements of legislation act of employees.......................................................................9
P7) Human Resource practices in work related context............................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Human resource can be considered s the combination of various activities which are
associated by the human resource management as to managing, controlling, staffing and
direction organisational all activities in effective and efficient manner. In this modern and
competitive each business organisation is concern on implementing management operations and
function as to enhancing the skills and knowledge of learners in respect to attaining
organisational goals and objectives in appropriate manner (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014). Human
resource management is refers as the process of various elements in which recruiting, finding,
decreeing and training is involved. In the resent report Tesco Plc is a chosen organisation, it is s
British multination retail company. Tesco Plc deals in variety of products and services at market
place as to satisfying the needs and wants of people. This report contents the study about the
role and responsibility of Human Resource Manager, their purpose, function, the benefits of
HRM practices, Effectiveness of HRM in enhancing organisational performance, various key
elements of legislation acts of employees and various applications of HRM will be discussed in
detailed manner.
TASK 1
P1) The purpose and functions of Human Resource Management
Human resource management is the most essential element of each business organisation
as all firms are concern on hiring a skilled and knowledgeable manager who is having various
skills to manage organisational operations at work place. Manager performs various key role and
responsibility that are essential in maximizing employees ability and knowledge about the
activities which are conducted at work place. In an organisation manager is the fundamental key
of firm who is responsible for managing each and every task and activity at work place. The
major purpose of HRM is to retain employees for long time as to aching organisational desired
goals and objectives in effective way. Human resource refers as the most effective part of firm as
employees and workers are contributing their vast efforts in growth and development of firm
through putting their strength and knowledge at right place (Bloom and Van Reenen, 2011).
Human Resource managers are concern on motivation employees through providing them right

direction as their encouragement creates various positive effects on an individual performance
which may lead the firm towards growth and success. the another essential purpose of HR is to
hire more educated and skilled applicant for the vacant profile within the firm as to utilizing their
skills in attaining organisational activities (Wright and McMahan, 2011). There are various
functions which are performed by Human Resource management in which some are described as
under:
Orientation: This is also known as introduction stage in which manager of an organisation is
providing appropriate information to their new and existing employees about the roles and
responsibilities which are needs to be performed by them at work place. In this managers are
seeks to describing all the roles and policies which are required for an individual to follow up at
work place. As a large retailer company Tesco Plc is concern on providing proper information to
their employees about the work so that they can work with more passion and encouragement.
Training and development: This is also an another essential function of firm which is performed
by managers as to providing a clear direction to their employees as to moving forward towards
right direction. Management of firm needs to provide training session to their each employees as
to developing their personality and working ability at work place. It is essential for Tesco Plc to
provide training session to their new as well as existing employees in order to attaining high
growth and success.
Maintain employee’s relation: Employees are the key element of firm and it is the fundamental
need of manager is to establish an effective relationship among organisational employees in
respect to implementing all operations and function with coordination. Tesco Plc and its
management is concern on implementing a good and friendly relation with among employees so
that the chances of conflicts are reduced.
P2) Strength and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection
Recruitment and selection is considered as the most essential process of each business
organisation as it plays vast role in hiring skilled and suitable candidate for the job profile.
Recruitment is consisting to be a process of identifying various job applicants who are having
some specific skills and knowledge for the job profile (Boxall and Purcell, 2011). In this section
manager plays vast role in identifying the most skilled and knowledgeable candidate among all