Human Resource Management: Role and Comparison of HR Policies in Tesco and Marks & Spencer

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................5
Role of human resource management.........................................................................................5
Comparison of companies HR Policies.......................................................................................7
REFLECTION.................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
Books and Journals...................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management is basically full form of HRM, it involves hiring,
recruiting, training, on boarding and managing the employees in the organization. It is mostly
known as human resource(HR). It is business function that is responsible for all the issues and
complaints related to the employee within the company (Stone, Cox and Gavin, 2020). Human
resource management is a strategic approach for effectively management of the people in the
organisation. The word human resource was first came into picture in the year of 1900 and later
it is broadly adopted in the year of 1960. Human resource management consists developing,
analysing, evaluating and monitoring the workforce to accomplish the organisational objectives
more effectively and efficiently. It plays important role for both employees and organisation. It
creates link among them. Moreover, human resource includes employment recruiting, planning,
new recruitment drive, job satisfaction, training of people, employee motivation program and
various other aspects related to employees within the company for smooth operation. It also
involves managing industrial relationship and union relationship. The human resource in the
company make sure that employees are working well towards the organisational goals and
objectives. It is helpful in increasing profitability and productivity of the organisation. In the
human resource management there are skilled human resource professionals. There is a proper
dedicated HR department defined in the company, it can vary in size and structure according to
the need of the organisation (Macke and Genari, 2019). There are various objectives of the
human resource management that includes organizational objective, functional objective,
personal objective and societal objective within the organisation. This report contains the brief
introduction about the human resource management and role of human resource in the
organisation. It also includes various human resource policies comparison among the chosen
organisation as Tesco and Marks & Spencer. In addition with reflective self-evaluation of
people management & team working ability with the help of personal experience to demonstrate
strength and areas for potential development. At the end, overall conclusion of the report is
described.