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HRM Practices and Processes: An Introduction

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1P1 Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM.....................................................................1P2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection..................1P3 Explain the benefits of different HRM practices for both the employer and employee......2P4 Effectiveness of different HRM practices in raising profit and productivity........................3Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4P5 Importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision making............4P6 Identify the key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has upon HRMdecision making..........................................................................................................................5P7 Application of HRM practices...............................................................................................5CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTIONHuman resource management plays a crucial role in successful of every organization andit also aid in amending brand image which gives a long life to a company to sustain in market. Ahuman resource is an individual person within an organization who worked for the benefits of acompany through dealing with several functions and issues of the people. It has some majorresponsibilities and roles towards a company one of its primary responsibility is to hire thepersonnel which worked under company and makes a firm successful through achieve thedesired goals and objectives. In this report Mark & Spencer is a clothing retail store which wasfounded in 1884 in the United Kingdom and in present time it is offering in various countries.The report comprises purpose, functions, strength and weaknesses of recruitment and selections,benefits and effectiveness of HRM practices, employee relationship, employment legislation,mand applications of HRM practices. Task 1P1 Explain the purpose and the functions of HRMHuman resource management has a defined set of activities and their prioritiesrecruitment and selections in order to enhance the productivity of a firm. They hire the peopleaccording to the specific criteria or working field. For example, Mark & Spencer (M & S) is aclothing brand so they need fashion designer specialists because if they hire some specific bigfashion tycoon that will be costly for company but if they has in - house designer that is morefruitful for company in order gain more profit. As the clothing brand is established for a normalpopulation of a country so hiring a in house designer is more convenient for the firm. HRMworks for delivering effective inputs that can fulfil the targets in terms of achieving the theobjective within specific time period. The core purpose of a HR is recruitment, selections, andconducting training and knowledge development programmes to improve the hard and core skillsof employees so that they can perform well and also enhance their efficiency. In M & S theHRM is responsible for increasing the profit and production to reach on perch. Purpose of Human Resource Management HRM establishes a strong workforce that can perform several tasks but there are somepurpose are also related with HRM. It is a mediocre between the employees and organizations soit aid to make a strong bond between workers and company. In M & S HR is responsible for thefollowings purposes -1
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Creating a good environment -Creating a positive culture in working place is one of themain purpose of human resource manager because a good environment leads entire taskin systematic manner so that the work will not harm. It provides a work in managingmodules so that the work will flow in an orderly way. M&S has a designers and afterdesigning manufacturing will start work and then production and then suppliers so in thisway the work goes in a pipeline without any hassles. Legislation – HRM is bound with some legal laws that are formed by the UKgovernment and it is mandatory to follow by every organization. The laws includedemployee relationships, union legislation that has an impact on decision making. Employee management – Human resource management has big responsibility tomanage people like hiring and selection of workforce. It also make a relationship with thepeople within an organization by establishing some kind of rules for them such as parttime staff schedule, flexible working hours, and managing the employees issues so thatthe firm's work will not get harm. These are some basic purpose of HRM that can give a better outputs to M&S in order to build aeffective image of a company in competitive environment. Functions of Human Resource Management Below are some basic functions of human resource manager which establishes a goodwill of acompany. These functions can be used to increase fertilization of M&S which also help toachieve its predetermine target and objectives. Recruitment and selection – Recruiting new staff is the main job of HRM according tothe requirement of M&S, and the selection process is based on qualification and differentkind of approaches. Training and development – After the selection of appropriate candidate HRMdepartment organizes training program for them so that they can enhance their skills towork with M&S. Because training is a process of learning new skills. 2
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