Importance of Employee Relations in HRM Decision-Making

Human resource
management

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organisation...........................................................................................................1
P2 Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection 3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P3 Explain the benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for both the
employer and employee...............................................................................................................5
P4 Evaluate the effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational
profit and productivity.................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P5 Analyse the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-
making.........................................................................................................................................6
P6 Identify key employment legislation relevant to your organisation.......................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P7 Illustrate the application of HRM practices in a workrelated context, using specific
examples......................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
HRM plays significant role into firm that consists whole practices and decisions of
enterprises which has effects upon staff and entity relationship. It is regarded as proper system
which set up for workforce management in company. In this regards, HR department
administrative performs in reliably manner in order to create working culture, management of
employees and many more (Aswathappa and Dash, 2020). The chosen company for this report is
Dunelm Limited, which is a growing British home furnishing retailers which has about 169
superstores, around 3 high street stores as well as above 100 in-store Pausa coffee stores. It
basically deals in furniture, beds, rugs, cushions, decor, bedding and other as well as having
headquarters is in Syston. The topic which are going to be discussed in this report are functions
and intent of HRM, approaches related to recruitment and selection method with their strengths
and weaknesses. Furthermore, HRM practices advantages, significance, effectualness of staff
relationship and main employment legislations. Instead of these, application of human resource
management activities in work-related context, along with some specific illustration are also
described in this report.
TASK 1
P1 Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organisation.
Overview of organisation:
Dunelm Limited, which is a growing British home furnishing retailers which has about 169
superstores, around 3 high street stores as well as above 100 in-store Pausa coffee stores. It
basically deals in furniture, beds, rugs, cushions, decor, bedding and other as well as having
headquarters is in Syston.
Meaning of HRM
HRM is stated as the system into entity which provides hiring as well as selection of
candidates in order to assured that the proficient candidates can be recruited within work
premises. Dunelm Limited HR department is accountable for many practices associated with
personnel like conducting orientation session, planning of workers compensations and benefits
and many more. The effectual HRM of firm, capable and proficient is the staff as with
efficacious planning of personnel, they may be facilitated needed trainings to develop
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competencies and capabilities (Bagdadli and Gianecchini, 2019). It have direct affects upon its
organisational performance as well as productivity.
HRM functions: Human resource management performs numerous functions within
Dunelm Limited that allows them to control and handle its workforce in efficient way. Some of
its HRM functions are stated below:
 Staff planning: The entity’s HR department of firm develop numerous plans and tactics that
it may assure improvement into staff which helps them to perform their roles effectively and
efficiently.
 Training and development: The many training and development sessions are conducted by
HR department based upon the workforce requirements so that it can able to enhance their
competencies in more efficient way for adapting challenges as well as modifications into
firm like technological changes.
HRM purpose:
The responsibility of human resource management is to improve the workforce in entity
so that its talent and skills may be developed through increasing their skilfulness, experiences
and capability. So, the HR department of HRM plays essential role in achieving firm’s goals as it
has some purpose:
 Workers satisfaction: The human resource management intent is to always make workers
satisfied with help of forming efficient relations among all as well as rending them
beneficial opportunities to develop. It permits them to gain its personnel for longer times and
always keep them encouraged.
 Personnel involvement: The human resource management perform several task and sessions
which aids them to improve efficient understanding wthin workers through assuring its
participation. It enable them to develop its personnel work in combine way so that it may
accomplish the targets of entity.
Workforce planning plays significant role in supervising the workers desires through
determining them as well as personnel management competently direct staff through deciding
actual number of workers required (Collings, Mellahi and Cascio, 2019). This permits Dunelm
Limited to ensure the performance management gaps, proficient gap into workforce and also
allows attain its goals easily as this formed its staff more capable and proficient so that they can
deals with various risks.
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