Importance of HRM in Organization: A Case Study of Sainsbury

Human Resource
Management
Word Count: 3527
Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................3
TASK 1...............................................................................................................3
P1 Examine the purpose and functions of HRM, applicable to workforce
planning and resourcing an organisation.......................................................3
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P2 Analyse strength & Weakness different approaches of recruitment and
selection .......................................................................................................4
M1 Access functions of HRM to meet business objectives..............................6
M2 Describe strength & weakness of methods...............................................6
D1 Examine strength & weakness different approaches of recruitment &
selection of several approaches.....................................................................7
TASK 2................................................................................................................7
P3 Briefly discuss benefits of HRM practices..................................................7
M3 Various approaches of HRM practices.......................................................8
D2 States evaluation of practices of HRM & application.................................9
TASK 3................................................................................................................9
P5 Explain importance of employee relations in respect of influencing HRM
decision making..............................................................................................9
P6 Identify & analyse elements of employment legislation & impact upon
HRM decision making...................................................................................10
PART 2..............................................................................................................11
TASK 4..............................................................................................................11
P7 Analyse application of HRM practices.....................................................11
M5 State rationale for application of specific HRM practices........................12
D3 Examine & evaluate employee relations & application of HRM practices &
influence decisions making in enterprise.....................................................13
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................14
REFERENCES...................................................................................................15
Books & Journal:............................................................................................15
1.0 INTRODUCTION
In organisation, human resource is an important function which is to be carried out in proper
manner. HRM is wider and broader which is required to be carried out with proper consideration
(Ahammad, 2017). Main aim of this report is to understand the importance of HRM in organisation.
Sainsbury, a supermarket chain headquartered in U.K. It is located at global scale and has many
competitors such as Tesco, Asda, Morrison’s etc. Main vision of a firm is to be most trusted retailer
where people work and shop. Main mission of Sainsbury is to be customers first choice for food
and deliver higher quality. Core objective of firm is to provide quality of food at affordable price.
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This report comprises of purpose and function of HRM, strength and weakness of recruitment and
selection, benefits of HRM practices, effectiveness of HRM practices, importance of employee
relations, key components of employment legislation and application of HRM practices.
TASK 1
Examine the purpose and functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and resourcing an
organisation.
In this contemporary business, HR play important role in development of business goals and
objectives. It is crucial to have appropriate information about HRM & activities so that strategies
are implemented in proper manner. Workforce planning is also important which is to be done with
proper considerations. In relation of Sainsbury, HRM purpose and functions are discussed as
follows-
Objectives
• Main objective of HRM is to increase the productivity of organisations.
• To adopt appropriate strategy with aim to achieve competitive benefits.
• To access employee behaviour to examine the impact of external forces.
Functions
Recruitment and selection
It is crucial function of HRM in which main work is to hire, recruit and select the subordinates
within in a firm (Barlow, 2019). The human resource of Sainsbury execute this function with proper
considerations and with use appropriate tools as well as techniques. Both recruitment as well as
selection are essential to be focused so that enterprise goal are accomplished. Main benefit of this
function is that it helps in achieving of skilled employees in easier way.
Performance management
It is also important function of HRM which is to be executed with aim of analysing and accessing
performance of subordinates. It is essential to access performance management so that better
decisions are being undertaken. The manager of Sainsbury make assure that performance is
analysed at appropriate level. By accessing to performance management, it is easy to assign
complex duties to employees in effective manner (Benabderrahmane, 2017).
Significance that HR plays in acquiring talent to meet business objectives
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HR plays important role in acquisition of talent and meeting business objectives. It is essential to be
well aware about HR roles in hiring talent which is further described as follows-
• HR act as strategist and hire new talent so that productivity and performance is increased at
higher scale. In relation of chosen company, company's human resource make ensure that
effective strategy is being used to hire new talent.
• HR act as visionary person as because they provides a new change in business and on the
basis of which it is easy to access new opportunities (D'Silva, 2020).
Workforce planning
Workforce planning refers to process which is used to analyse and access and future staffing
needs. It is duty of HR of selected entity, to make assure that workforce planning is being done in
appropriate level. It is time consuming process which is to be carried out with effective manner.
So, it is analysed that it is essential for HR of company to be well aware of purpose and functions
of HRM so that goals are accomplished in easy way. Moreover, it is too examined that with use of
analysis, HRM functions are to be used properly (Heilmann, 2020).
Analyse strength & Weakness different approaches of recruitment and selection
Recruitment and selection are crucial to be access and performed by entity so that talent employees
are being hired within firm. The work role of human resource is broader and which is to be executed
in correct way. So, evaluation of such type of approaches are further given below- Recruitment
It refers to process and procedure of hiring, analysing and identifying candidates with purpose of
achieving objectives of company (Iqbal, 2019). In regards of chosen firm, recruitment is done with
various methods which are explained below-
Internal recruitment
It is kind of method which is used by entity in which recruitment is done on basis of internal
referral and sources. In relation of Sainsbury, HR of entity uses this method to fill the vacant posts
as soon as possible.
Strength
• Main strength of this approach is that it is less cost expensive and human resource is able to
achieve deserving candidates.
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