Human Resource Management: Functions, Recruitment, Benefits, and Employee Relations at McDonald's

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Identify the various purpose and functions of Human Resource Management that are
applicable in workforce planning and resourcing an organization. .......................................4
P2 Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches of recruitment and
selection. ..............................................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P3 Identify about the benefits of various HRM practices for the employees as well as
employer of an organisation ..................................................................................................7
P4 Assess the effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational
productivity and profit............................................................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P5 Analyse the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision
making....................................................................................................................................9
P6 Identify about the key components of employment legislation and its impact upon the
HRM decision making.........................................................................................................10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
P7 Illustrate the application of HRM practices in a work related context along with some
examples...............................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management can be defined in a manner that it is a kind of strategic
approach for the efficient and effective management of people in a company or organisation
such that they help their business in gaining a competitive advantage. For achieving employer's
strategic objectives it is designed for purpose of maximizing employees performance in terms of
service. In this report, the analysis has been done on functions and purpose of HRM which is
applicable on resourcing and workforce planning and also on strengths and weaknesses of
approaches towards recruitment and selection(Waxin, M. F. and Bateman, R. E., 2016). The
analysis has also been done on the benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation
and also on effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational
productivity. The research has been done on the importance of employee relations with respect to
influencing HRM decision making. The research has also been done on the elements of
employment legislation. The chosen organisation is McDonald's. It is an American fast food
company which was founded in the year of 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and
Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California, United States.
TASK 1
P1 Identify the various purpose and functions of Human Resource Management that are
applicable in workforce planning and resourcing an organization.
Human resource management performs various kinds functions at McDonald's company
and it's purpose at organisational level is that to coordinate people within an organisation in order
to achieve the goals of the organisation.
There are various kinds of functions performed by Human resource management at McDonald's
has been discussed into following manner:
 Recruitment and selection: It is an important function which is performed at an
organisational level. In order to invite applications for job, recruitment and selection
process at McDonald's will involve the organisation to attract various candidates
towards the organisation.

For purpose of attracting large number of job applicants it is very important that organisation
should have good image in the market. It is necessary for the human resource management to
attract right number of people at right period of time on the correct place with accurate skills.
Human resource management major role is that to select the best employees having the highest
potential from the pool of recruited candidates in order to fulfil requirements and needs of the
organisation.
 Performance Management: It is a very important task that needs to be performed at
the organisational level. The performance management at McDonald's will allow the
organisation to assess the performance of their employees. It is necessary to consider at
organisational level as well as make sure that the employees are fully productive and
engaged within an organisation. In order to assess performance of the employees there
are various performance management tools that can be used by the organisation such as
360 degree feedback.
 Development and learning: It is one of the important aspects that are performed by
human resource management of an organisation. It is the major responsibility of human
resource management to assess the skills and train the employees accordingly at
McDonald's in order to accomplish the organisational goals. In order to develop skills of
individual based on their calibre there can be various kinds of on and off job trainings.
 Career Planning: One of the function of human resource management is that to guide
their employees according to their futuristic approach. The employees has been guided
in such a manner that how the ambitions of employees can align with the goals of
McDonald's in order to retain the employees in the organisation. Career planning
facilitates about better productivity of the organisation and also builds it's image as a
strong employer.
 Human Resource Planning: The human resource management at McDonald's aims to
plan the needs of organisation and various kinds of needs of organisation that needs to
be considered by human resource management at McDonald's. In order to accomplish
goals of organisation, the number of people required in organisation along with the
quality of workers is necessary for an organisation.