Importance of Employee Relations in Influencing HRM Decision-Making

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Definition, Purpose, Scope of HRM and Application to Workforce Planning and Resourcing 3
Functions of HRM Relative to Provisions of Talents in Relation to Meeting Organisational
Objectives...............................................................................................................................4
Discussion and Evaluation of Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Methods of
Recruitment (Internal and External).......................................................................................5
Different HRM Practises and their Benefits to Employees and Employers..........................6
Evaluation of Effective of Different HRM Practises............................................................7
Analyse importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-making8
Key elements of employment legislation and their impact upon HRM decision-making....9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management is that part of an organisation with the help of which it is
made sure about proper working of an organisation and is facing issues due to issues related to
human resources in an organisation. There are different aspects on which this department works
such recruitment, selection, training and development, compensation and benefits and other
important works which are important for the successful working of an organisation. The
company chosen for the completion of this assignment is Tarmac. The assignment will make its
focus on purpose, scope of HRM along with workforce planning, functions of HRM Relative
provisions in order to meet business objectives. In addition to this, the discussion will be made
about the strengths and weaknesses of different methods of recruitment and selection. Lastly, the
discussion will be made about different HRM Practises and along with this, the discussion about
their effectiveness in increasing the productivity and profitability will be made.
MAIN BODY
Definition, Purpose, Scope of HRM and Application to Workforce Planning and Resourcing
Human Resource Department is an important department with the help of which different
works related to effective running of the organisation are accomplished (Cascio, 2015). There are
different purposes for which the HR Department has been made in an organisation such as
Tarmac which have been provided as under:
Compensation and Benefits: The following is an important function of Human Resource
Management of Tarmac in which the company provides their employees with the pay for the
services which are provided by them to the company. It is important to make sure about their
satisfaction as well from the amount paid to their as their salary or wages.
Recruitment and Selection: In this function, Tarmac analysed the requirement of employees n
the organisation and on the basis of requirements in the organisation, it makes fulfilment of the
vacant posts in the organisation in order to make sure about the effective running of the
organisation (De Cenzo, Robbins and Verhulst, 2016).
Training and Development: It is also important function of an organisation in which the
employees are provided with training and development in order to make improvements in their
skills and knowledge. Along with this, the improvement is also made in the personal behaviour
of an individual also such as way of behaving and many more which impacts positively on them.

The scope of HRM is very wide and vast which starts from planning of human resource
till employees leaves the organisation. As with the help of different functions of HRM, it is
possible to work upon workforce planning and resourcing, such as it will help in knowing about
the requirements of workforce and personnel for the successful completion of different tasks in
the organisation.
Functions of HRM Relative to Provisions of Talents in Relation to Meeting Organisational
Objectives
There are different functions which plays an important role in the successful running of
an organisation such as Tarmac. The different functions are planning, organising, directing,
controlling, recruiting, hiring, job analysis, design, performance appraisal, training and
development and many more wit the help of which it is possible to achieve the goals and
objectives of an organisation (Jørgensen and Becker, 2015). So with the help of these functions,
it is possible to achieve organisational goals and objectives because it makes focus on the growth
and development of employees. HR is the department which is known with the requirements of
each and every department in the organisation.
Along with this, it is also know with the needs and requirements of candidates as well
who are applying for a specific post in the organisation. So HR Department interacts with
organisational requirements and skills and knowledge of candidates as well. This knowledge will
help HR Department to make proper decisions in the welfare and well being of organisation. In
case the decisions made by the HR Department is in the favour of organisation than this will help
in the achievement of goals and objectives of the company in an efficient manner because the
employees selected will also provide the company with their best to achieve their goals and
objectives and in case the decision related to selection of employees is not made good by the
company than this will impact negatively on the growth and development of an organisation such
as Tarmac.
In this way, the proper decisions made by the HR Department will help in the successful
achievement of goals and objectives of Tarmac Company.
Discussion and Evaluation of Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Methods of Recruitment
(Internal and External)
Recruitment refers to the process of attracting a pool of talent to hire and select the best
qualified candidate for a specific job positions which are vacant in an organization (Karanges,