Importance of Employee Relations in Influencing HRM Decision-Making

Human Resource
management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1. Explanation of purpose & functions of human resource management, relevant to
workforce planning & resourcing a company.............................................................................4
P2 Explain strength & weaknesses of various approaches to recruitment as well as selection. .6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
P3 Benefits of various human resource management practices to both employee and
employer......................................................................................................................................8
P4 Evaluation of various HRM practices in context of increasing productivity & profitability 9
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P5 Significance of employee relations in context to influencing Human resource management
decision-making..........................................................................................................................9
P6 Key elements of employee legislation along with its influence on HRM decision-making..9
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
P7 Application of human resource management practices ........................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is defined as a business practice of hiring, deploying as
well as managing employees prevailing in the organisation. In addition to this, it is a term used to
define formal system that involve management of all the people of a company. The major role of
HRM is staffing, employee relations and compensation & benefits as well (Analoui, 2018). It is
important for Human resource department of an organisation to focus on performing all their
roles in an effective manner as it has a positive impact on the overall performance and
productivity of a company. In the present report, Marks and Spencer is chosen as base company.
It is a British multinational retailer which was established in the year 1884 and its head office is
located in London, United Kingdom. The company specialise in home products, clothing &
foods products as well. It has around 1500 stores globally which directly shows company has
high market presence as well as market share. The present report will discuss about function,
scope and purpose of human resource management. Along with this, various approaches of
recruitment and selection is describe with its strength and weaknesses. Further, HRM practices
and significance of employee relation is elaborated and employment legislation is also discussed.
In the last, application of human resource management in a work associated context is described
in a proper manner.
TASK 1
P1. Explanation of purpose & functions of human resource management, relevant to workforce
planning & resourcing a company
Human resource management plays a crucial role in every organisation as it directly
contributes towards the performance of company by performing various roles such as
recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, training and development and many more.
All this assist Marks and Spencer to achieve organisational objectives within stipulated time
period. The purpose, scope as well as functions of human resource management is given below
in relation to respective organisation:
Purpose of human resource management: The primary motive of HRM is to maintain
good and effective relationship with all the staff members of an organisation. Another purpose is
to focus on enhancing the productivity and efficiency of staff members by motivating them in an

appropriate and effective manner so that overall objectives is attained on given time frame
(Armstrong and Taylor, 2020). With reference to Marks and Spencer, its Human resource
manager emphasis on maintaining relationship with employees by fulfilling their requirements in
a proper manner. In addition to this, they also develop an appropriate payroll structure that
enhance the performance of employees of respective organisation.
Scope of human resource management: It is analysed that the scope of HRM is wide in
nature which consist of manpower planning, remuneration, retrenchment, incentives, transfer,
lay-offs and so on. It also include more benefits given to staff members such as recreation
service, medical assistance, rest rooms, health and safety and many more. It is determine that all
this activities assist an organisation to increase their level of performance and productivity that
has positive impact revenue and profitability of an organisation.
Functions of Human resource management:
Recruitment and selection: It is consider as one of the important function played by
HRM of an organisation. Recruitment is basically a process of hiring an effective and talented
candidate from the whole population who has the potential to implement all activities of an
organisation (Bailey, 2018). In relation to Marks and Spencer, its human resource manager adopt
various methods of recruitment and selection such as telephonic interview, face to face
interview, aptitude test and so on that help in selecting best candidate for the respective
organisation.
Performance management: Another function performed by HRM is performance
management. The HR department analyse & evaluate performance of employees according to
their set standards and expectations as well. This help company to make improvements and
enhance their productivity level in an appropriate manner. It is analysed that HR manager of
Marks and Spencer analyse employee performance on continuous manner and give reviews to
staff members according to their work performance. This assist organisation to improve the
performance of employees and earn higher profits and revenue level as well.
Compensation and benefits: One of the essential function of human resource
management is to provide compensation, rewards and other benefits to employees on time so that
they can work with full potential and retain with company for longer time period. In relation to
Marks & Spencer, its HR manager focuses on performance level of staff members and provide
them rewards and other benefits which influence them to meet with the targets of company. The