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Human Resource Management Methods

   

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HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT

Table of ContentsTASK 1............................................................................................................................................4Definition of HRM......................................................................................................................4Explanation of functional activities of HRM..............................................................................4Strengths and weaknesses of current method which is used by organisation.............................6TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7Benefits of training schemes offer by Microsoft to employees and employer...........................7Flexible working arrangements in Microsoft and their Benefits................................................8Evaluation of Microsoft's workforce motivation strategies while designing job roles...............9Application of Herzberg's Motivation theory in Microsoft.......................................................10TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10What is employee engagement and why it is effective in employee relations..........................10Evaluation of key approaches used in order to engage workers...............................................11Various elements of employee legislation and its influence on HRM decision making...........12TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13Person specification..................................................................................................................13Benefit and drawbacks of current methods of advertising jobs in an organisation..................14Recommendations.....................................................................................................................15CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTIONHuman resource management is the process of recruiting, selecting, provide training anddevelopment, appraising performance of employees, motivating employees and many more.Every company need skilled and talented employees in order to attain success in the market andthis demand of the company is fulfilled by human resource department. Moreover, thisdepartment has responsibility towards various sectors such as society, employees, suppliers,investors and many more. It is a continuous process which includes team spirit and work.Human refers to the competent workforce, resource refers to the limited availability andmanagement refers to organises and arrangement of the available resources at its best manner(What is Human Resource, 2019). It includes the people and organisation, people who work for itand company who is responsible for managing the resources. This report consist twoorganisations Chocolate presence and Microsoft. Chocolate presence is a craft company whoprovide tailor-made chocolate chocolate based gifts whereas Microsoft is a multinationalcompany who provide software and other related products. This report covers functionalactivities of HR and its overall importance. It also discuss the current selection method whichcompany use with its strengths and weaknesses and also evaluate the two potentialimprovements which needs to be used by the company. It evaluates the benefits of various HRMpractices and also analyse how they motivate their workers. TASK 1Definition of HRMIt is an approach to manage the workforce and management effectively which help thecompany to gain competitive advantage of market (Noe and et. al., 2017). It is designed toincrease the performance of employees by motivating and encouraging them. Their purpose is toidentify the overall capability of their employees and to achieve the success by their manpower. Explanation of functional activities of HRMThese activities refers to identifying the needs and wants of employees in theorganisation. It is useful in analysing the requirement of retaining and hiring employees in thecompany. Its functions are discussed as under:HR Planning: It refers to the identification of current and future needs of an organisationwhich is used in achieving the goals (Bratton and Gold, 2017). It is used in optimising the

valuable asset or qualitative employees for an organisation. This function makes the balanceamong the employees and management which is useful in avoiding the stress of workforce andmaintain the work life of their employees. Chocolate presence uses this function as it includescareer counselling and planning related to employees. It is helpful for both employees andemployers as it balances their work and for employers their talented employees are retained bythis. Recruitment and Selection: Recruitment refers to recruiting or hiring of candidateswhich are best suited for it and also helps in achieving the targets of an organisation. Meanwhile,selection refers to selecting the applications of candidates which is done by sorting them andafter that scrutinize them in order to select best one from the pool of candidates. Both the termsare different but linked with each other (Recruitment Process, 2019). Chocolate presence is usingtwo methods for selecting the candidates in an organisation first is, assessment test and second is,interview. Their aim is to recruit qualified and knowledgeable candidates for their organisation.It is necessary as it brings skilled employees which can improve the productivity of anorganisation. Performance Management: Performance management is a continuous process which isused among manager and subordinates which generate every year in order to accomplishobjectives of an organisation (Cascio, 2015). It is a process which identifies and develop theperformance of their workforce. It can be measured by various ways such peers, managers,employees and many more. It is related with the mission and objectives of an organisation and asystematic process of assessing the performance. Chocolate presence uses this method in order tomeasure the performance of their employees and also helpful in motivating them in order toaccomplish the goals of an organisation. Training and development: It refers to the process by which the employers providesupport and guidance to their employees and also motivate them in attaining the overallobjectives. It can be conducted for both new and existing employees as every employee needsguidance at some point (Albrecht and et. al., 2015). Training has two ways, on the job in whichemployees gain knowledge and skills while doing job and off the job is a way in whichemployees learn through lectures or gain theoretical knowledge. Chocolate presence is a rapidlygrowing company which uses on the job method in order to train their employees. For this, theiraim is to provide skills and knowledge to employees by which they can improve their

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