Human Resource Management: Functions, Roles, and Practices

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART-1............................................................................................................................................3
Purpose of HR functions and key roles and responsibilities of HR.............................................3
Significance of HR in acquiring talented employees to meet business objectives......................4
Approaches used by Human resources management for recruitment and selection....................4
Benefits of different HRM practices for both employees and employer.....................................6
Effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisation profitability and
productivity..................................................................................................................................7
PART-2............................................................................................................................................8
Importance of employees relationship and the way it influences HRM decision-making..........8
Key elements of employment legislation and their impact on HRM decision-making...............9
Application of Hrm practices in work related..............................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Human resources manager is involved in the recruitment, training and development of
employees so that they can develop several skills in order to complete the specific task.
Moreover, it decided appropriate compensation and benefits needs to be provided to individuals
so that it can be motivated to work hard for growth and success of company. This report is about
Sainsbury which is public limited company having 16% of market share in supermarket sector.
Company have around 1428 shops across worldwide that focused on delivering wide range of
products and services to customer’s so that it can enjoy high profitability and market share. “ To
be consumer first choice related to food, quality and services so that they are motivated to have
its products and services of Sainsbury”. The report has highlighted points related to HR
functions, approaches and different method used to manage diverse individual. Furthermore, it
has included job description, specification, job offer letter and necessary steps taken by HR
manager in order to recruit highly talented employees in the firm.
PART-1
Purpose of HR functions and key roles and responsibilities of HR
The main purpose of Human resource manager is to manage needs of diverse individuals
so that they are motivated to work for growth and expansion of business. It attracts as well as
engage highly skilled and talented individuals to make use of their existing capabilities and skills
for achievement of end objectives of organisations. HRM manager of Sainsbury performed wide
range of function, roles and responsibilities related to work forcing planning and resourcing so
that company can retained competitive advantages (Ērgle and Ludviga, 2018). Such as:
Recruitment and selection: HR manager of Sainsbury performed function related to
recruitment and selection of employees so that right individuals can be selected for right
positioning. Moreover, it decided and plan number of employees need to be hired during specific
period so that company have sufficient employees to complete the task. HR manager has put its
best efforts to recruit and select capable individual for Sainsbury so that various task of company
can be easily completed.
Performance management: It is another functions performed by manager of company as it
continuously evaluate performance of employees and find alternative method to improve the
same. Sainsbury HR manager organized training and development program for employees so
that their skills can be developed and they can contribute in growth and success of organisation.

Compensation and benefits: Moreover, it can be illustrated that HR manager of Sainsbury
performed task related to providing and deciding appropriate better compensation and benefits to
employees (Looise and van Riemsdijk, 2020). High compensation and various benefits like
incentive provided by manager has contributed in influencing them to make the best use of their
existing skills and capabilities for success of Sainsbury in retail industry.
So, all these are major functions that are completed by HR manager of company in order
to handle and manage large number of individual working in the organisation.
Significance of HR in acquiring talented employees to meet business objectives
HR plays significance roles in acquiring talented individuals in the firm as it plan
strategies that could be used to attract and retained employees so that quick services can be
offered to customers. It by making advertisement of specific position attract candidates that have
more talent and capabilities to come and give interview so that they can be test on several
dimensions. Thus, the best candidates out of potential individuals can be selected for performing
particular task and achievement of company objectives (Maduravoyal, 2018). Moreover, it by
planning for growth and development of employees is able to enhance existing skills of them
which lead in increasing in overall profitability and market share of company in retail sector.
Approaches used by Human resources management for recruitment and selection
Recruitment is positive process undertaken by HR manager to identified, attract, shortlist
and interview potential candidates with an perspective to get right individuals that is suitable for
specific post. Internal and external are two common approaches which has been used by manager
of company to attract the best candidates for company. Such as:
Internal recruitment: In this process manager focused on filling vacancy from existing
workforce by promoting or transferring them to higher position. So that they by making use of
their existing skills as well capabilities can complete the task and contribute in growth of firm.
Such as:
STRENGTH WEAKNESSES
 The advantages of internal recruitment
is that it is most cheapest and quicker
method to recruit specific individual in
the organisation.
 On the other hand, there are certain
disadvantages such as it limit the
number of potential applicants.
 More, ideas it hinder bring new and
innovative ideas in the firm as no new

 It helps in making employees
motivated and satisfied as they are
happy because they are promoted to
higher level.
individual has been recruited for
particular positioning.
External recruitment: It is another approaches that has been used by HR manager of Sainsbury
to recruit individuals in which it has fill vacancy by attracting applicants from outside the
business. HR manager in order to recruit senior management has make use of external
recruitment so that talented, more knowledgable and skilled employee can be selected for the
firm (Coetzer and et.al., 2017).
STRENGTH WEAKNESSES
 Sainsbury through external recruitment
is able to hired qualified and well
trained employees for vacant position.
 It helps in brining competitive spirit in
the firm as company is able to hire
individual that have more talent than
existing employees.
 The disadvantages is that it is more
length and costly process as HR
manager has to make advertisement for
the post, then conduct interview in
order to select right candidates.
 Moreover it leads in increasing overall
cost of company as they have to trained
new employees about the way
particular task will be completed.
Selection: It is negative process in which manager scrutinising people out of various application
that has come on basis of qualification, skills and knowledge. Manager has set specific criteria
regarding the people that has to be selected for particular position in the firm so that it can enjoy
maximum market share (Kavanagh and Johnson, 2020). Therefore, six steps has been taken by
HR manager to select right employees within firm can be illustrated as follows:
Announcing the job: The first and foremost step taken by manager of company is announcing
for the specific job within the company so that diverse range of individuals can come and apply
for the same. For announcement of job, manager of Sainsbury has make use of social media
platform, its official website that has attracted numerous individuals.

Reviewing the candidates application: Another actions that has been undertaken by manager is
reviewing the candidates that has applied in terms of their qualification, knowledge and
experienced related to particular field or job.
Conducting Screening: Finally the HR manager of Sainsbury has conducted screening in order
to select one best suitable individual out of potential candidates for benefits of organization.
Personal interview: It is also one the method that has been used by manager to personal know
about the candidates by conducting interview (Bilan and et.al., 2020). Thus, it helps in
understanding existing knowledge and capabilities of person.
Final candidate's selection: In this the HR manager finally select the individual for the post
after it has given almost answer of each questions.
STRENGTH WEAKNESSES
 The selection process used by Hr
manager of Sainsbury has contribute in
avoiding biases as specific procedure is
followed to recruit right candidate's.
 Moreover, company is able to eliminate
candidate's that does not enough
capabilities to complete the task.
 On the other hand, lot of time as well
as cost has to be spent by company in
order to select right candidate's.
 Furthermore, after all the process there
are chances that company may not able
to recruit right person.
Benefits of different HRM practices for both employees and employer
Human resources manager of Sainsbury performed different practices in order to handle
diverse range of individuals that belong to different belief, value and culture. Manager focused
on motivating employees through making use of various practices such as organisation culture,
training and development and health and safety measures. The way all these practices used by
HR manager has contributed in providing benefits to both employer and employees of Sainsbury
can be explained as follows:
Organisation culture: The first practices that has been used by HR manager is creation of
organisation culture in which each individuals is free and open to share its perspective and ideas
to others. Friendly and supporting culture provided by manager has contributed in making
employees happy and satisfied to work for growth and development of company. So, the benefit
of organization culture to employees is that they feel crucial part of company as their social