P1. Explain the function and purpose of HRM, applicable to workforce planning
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4P1. Explain the function and purpose of HRM, applicable to workforce planning andresourcing an organization...........................................................................................................4P2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection method......6P3. Different HRM practices within the organization which can help the employees andemployers as well........................................................................................................................9P4 Effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of increasing organisational profitproductivity................................................................................................................................10P5 Importance of employee relation for HRM decision making...............................................12TASK 3......................................................................................................................................13P6. Key elements of employment legislation and there effects on the HRM decision making.13P7.Justify the application of HRM practices in a work-related context by using specificexamples....................................................................................................................................15CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................182
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INTRODUCTIONHuman resource management refers to the strategic approach in order to make effectivemanagement of people within the organization so that they can help the business to gaincompetitive advantage in an effective manner. Basically it is designed to enhance the employeeperformance in order to achieve their targeted goals easily. This also involves in various aspectssuch as selecting, hiring, vetting employee in a specific manner. HR department also responsiblefor looking towards the employees rewards and benefits in order to make organization happy.The main purpose of HRM is ensures that company is able to attain their goals through theemployees effectively. This present report is based on the McDonald’s which is the largestAmerican fast food company and supplies their food items in different sectors like hospital,colleges and so on. It was established in the year of 15 may 1940 by Richard and MauriceMcDonald. It is headquartered in Chicago US. Along with this report will going to be discussedabout purpose and function of HRM as well as workforce planning in the organization. Strengthand weakness of several approaches to recruitment and selection. Effectiveness of the keyelements of HRM and so on. Lastly application of HRM practice in context to work related willget covered in this report.TASK 1P1. Explain the function and purpose of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and resourcingan organization.HRM is a very important aspect to hiring and selecting higher knowledgeable candidatefor an organization in order to manage their operation and function of business effectively. HRM4
mainly involves in the management functions such as plan, organizing, controlling and directingfunctions of the organization. All these functions are involves in the development, procurementof human resource effectively. Therefore, it is continuous process which includes in the teamwork and team spirit effectively. There is lots of function which are plays by the HRMdepartment within the organization in order to manage business activities. Functions andpurposes are given below:Recruitment and selection: This is the very famous process in order to select andidentify the skilled and knowledge based candidates for a specific job role within theorganization. Therefore, it is very much essential procedure which is always necessary for eachand every company. This is because it generally minimizes the cost of mistake like unmotivatedpeople, under qualified employees and so on. Wherein, selection process identifies the selectedright candidate for the particular job role in the company. In context to McDonald’s this processwill be more and more benefited because of this they can easily find out the right candidate fortheir specific job role. By this HR manager of the company can also play a necessary role forrecruit and select the individual properly. Therefore this process is also good for workforceplanning in an effective manner (Jiang and et. al., 2012).Training and development: It’s a process through which one can learn programmedbehaviour in sequence. Being programmed, this behaviour is related to a specific phenomenonthat is a job. The training of this process begins with socialization and ends with organizationdevelopment. It focuses on teaching employees that how to use specific machines and how to doparticular task effectively. Wherein, development refers to the educational growth and maturity.These programme mainly designed to the organization requirement in order to give employeestraining as well as accomplish the goals in an effective way. In reference to the McDonald’s theyare using this approach in order to give better training to their employees. With the help of thisemployees can take better experience and also able to do complete their task within the givenperiod of time effectively. This programme mainly involves in different aspect that is coaching,classes, teaching, knowledge, skills and so on. That’s why employee can increase their workingskills and can achieve their goals effectively. So that it is applicable on the workforce planningwithin the McDonald’s(Renwick, Redman and Maguire, 2013).Purpose of HRM:5
In the present time, HRM is a very famous concept in order to maximize the workingcapabilities of employees in a particular manner. The main purpose of HRM is to make strongand positive relationship between the management and employees of an organization. That iswhy it is much essential for each company in an appropriate manner. For attaining the futuregoals and objectives HRM follows 2 approaches which are following as under:Hard approach:According to this approach employees treated as the resource of thebusiness such as building and machinery. It always identifies the workforce needs in order toselect and recruits the employees accordingly. Therefore, all decisionsare made by HR managerof the company in an effective way. Some times this approach does not the value of candidatesbecause they are controlled through the subordinates of an organization. In relation toMacDonald’s they do not follow this approach because their employees are on top level. Soft approach:According to this approach employees can be treated as the first priorityof an organization because they are the only one who can always face the challenges in order tocompetitive advantage within the company. In reference to the McDonald’s can use thisapproach this approach easily in order to enhance their employees’ skills and knowledge for thefuture development. By this concept or approach company can make build strong relationshipwith the others in order to gain objectives in an effective manner.Therefore, this can be said that these function and approaches can be applicable on the workforceplanning in context to McDonald’s.P2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection method Recruitment is considered as a functions in which human resources department of thefirm make as well as implement plans in order to recruit plans at work area whether fromoutside and inside the work surroundings. In this, managers perform a range of activities such asfinding needs of staff, examining its job role, creating documents as well as do the process tohire applicants. Within McDonalds, their human resources manager apply both the internal aswell as external criteria of recruitment method for hiring staff. Internal Sources of Recruitment: Within this procedures, for fulfilling the vaccant postfirm recruit staff from their own work area, whether through transferring its job orfacilitating promotion to them. It will aids encouraging the employees as well as boostingits morale in context of their productivity. In this, manager of McDonalds can utiliseseveral internal approaches such as transferring, promotion and many more.6
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