HRM Practices in TESCO

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Purpose of workforce planning as well as role of HR manager...........................................1
P2. Strengths and weaknesses of several approaches of selection..............................................3
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4
P3 Benefits of HRM practises for both employee and employer in TESCO..............................4
P4 Evaluate effective HRM practises for raising profit and productivity in TESCO.................5
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................7
P5 Importance of employee relation which helps in decision making at ITV............................7
P6 Key elements of employment legislation and its impact on decision making.......................8
Task 4...............................................................................................................................................9
P7 Illustrate application of HRM practises in work related context...........................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a process of managing human resource in organisation.
It is the responsibility of management in firm to get effective working from employees within
premises. Efficient working by workers makes entity to attain their goals and objectives in
perfect manner. HR department must create something or motivate employees in such a way
which can increase productivity and performance or workers in the company (Armstrong and
Taylor, 2014). HR management has responsibility to deals with such issues like (hiring, training
and development, motivation and compensation etc.)
The report is based on three parts as Woodhill college, TESCO and ITV. The Woodhill
college is one of top ranked colleges in UK, and facing teacher’s turnover in excess and now
hiring professional teachers for college. TESCO was founded in year around 1919 by Jack
Cohen and it is a retailing industry and sells Home-ware, electricals and groceries items. ITV is
one of leading TV channel in UK and founded in year approximately 1955. It is oldest TV
channel. Report will discuss about purpose and function of HRM and approaches to recruitment
and selection. Benefits of HRM practises which makes evaluation of practises. Importance of
employee relation with employment legislation.
Task 1
P1. Purpose of workforce planning as well as role of HR manager.
Workforce planning is a continual process and used to align the needs and priorities and
organisation with those and its workforce is such which is being used to its workforce and to
ensure can meet the legislative regulatory and service which is being requirement with the
organisational objectives.
The purpose of workforce planning is such which lead to know that organisation is
having and adequate supply of people and the skills, knowledge and experiences which is
required to achieve its strategic objectives and efficiently in effective criteria.
Workforce planning has been considered as significant issues concern by human resource
professionals. This is the systematic approach which is needs to be implement in business
organization. It involves proactive planning to enhance talent of every person. This concept
might be more appropriately called talent planning because it integrates various forecasting
elements of each of the human resource functions which are relate to talent recruiting, retention,
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redeployment, and leadership as well as employee development. But they have to use simple and
easy recruitment and selection process which can understandable for workers (Hendry, 2012).
Woodhill College must use workforce planning to recruit best staff members such as
teachers, other academic staffs etc., through this process, entity can enhance talent, skills and
knowledge of people. College use several recruitment processes which is beneficial for
continuous growth and development of firm. HR manager play significant role in recruitment of
inexperienced teaching staff members and try to comply with effective policies of firm
(Armstrong and Taylor, 2014). Manager and leaders responsible to frame effective plans and
strategies for attain target and maintain performance as well. With the help of workforce
planning Woodhill College can attain target within stipulated time period and motive employees
as well. Firm must provide rewards and other benefits to existing employees in order to motivate
them and enhance their skills or knowledge.
Roles of HR manager are as aligned below-
Analysing staffing needs- Thus, staff members are the significant tool for every firm.
They are responsible to use their collective efforts in order to provide fruitful return to Woodhill
College. Human resource manager has to analyse needs and demand of existing staff members
and try to provide working environment to them according to their expectation (Boxall and
Purcell, 2011).
Recruiting skilled applicants- HR manager use various methods to appoint applicants
who having appropriate skills, knowledge and work experience. The Woodhill College depend
on a single recruitment method or advertise all teaching positions on the website jobs.ac.uk. This
college is a rapidly grow and developing college but there is no clear HR strategy for managing
current and future workforce needs. So that, to resolve this condition person, have to analyse
basic needs and strategies. Entity needs to conduct several methods for recruit best person who
can fit for the purpose of company.
Job fulfilment- Vacancies among organizations can be fulfilled by HR manager of
Woodhill College. It can be done in effective manner and responsible to fulfil follow rules and
regulation which are imposed on them as per the policies of law. Human resource managers have
to comply with policies of company which is needs to be fulfil by them (Guest, 2011). Vacant
position in company can be fulfil by existing employees or through recruit inexperienced staff
members.
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