Human Resource Management INTRODUCTION

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1. Overview of the organization..................................................................................................1
2.Purpose of human resource management.................................................................................1
Roles and responsibilities of the human resource functions.......................................................2
3.Evaluation of the various approaches......................................................................................3
4.Effectiveness of employee relation and employee engagement ..............................................5
5.Identifies the key areas of employment legislation with in which organization must work....7
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................7
1.Job description and Person specification ................................................................................7
2. CV sample...............................................................................................................................9
3. Interview notes .......................................................................................................................9
4.Job offer letter .......................................................................................................................10
5. Complete process of Recruitment ........................................................................................11
6. Evaluation of the process .....................................................................................................11
Rational for conducting human resource practices ..................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is defined as the process of recruiting, selecting, imparting
training and development, appraising the performance of the employees and maintaining proper
relation with employees and their trade unions. HRM plays an important role in the planning,
developing and administering the policies for the effective utilisation of human resource towards
the accomplishment of the organisational goals(Wilton, 2016). Report will define the purpose
and scope of the human resource management in terms of resourcing an organisation with proper
talent and skills to completing the business objectives. In this we will also evaluate the
effectiveness of the key elements of human resource management in an organisation.
Assignment also present the complete process of the recruitment in the organisation.
TASK 1
1. Overview of the organisation
Marks and Spencer is a major British multinational retailer of the United Kingdom,
established in the 1884 by the Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer. Company operates its
business operation across the world. M&S specializes in selling clothing, home products and
luxury food products and it is also listed in the London Stock Exchange. It has 80,787 number of
employees which provides the goods and services to consumers worldwide.
2.Purpose of human resource management
Human resource management is refers to the part of management which manage the
peoples at work in the organization. It enables the workforce of an organization to contribute
their best possible efforts towards the achievement of the organizational goals and
objective(DeCenzo, Robbins and Verhulst, 2016).
The main purpose of the human resource functions is to provide the Marks and Spencer
with the structure and ability to meet the business need through effective management companies
valuable resources such as human resource. To maintain the numerous need of the employees
from financial to legal matter and helps in maximizing the efficiency in the organization. The
objective of the human resource management functions such as work force planning is to provide
the employees with appropriate skill and knowledge according to the requirement of the Marks
and Spencer company in terms of attaining its business objective. The aim of training and
development functions is to improve the overall performance of the company through developing
the skills and knowledge of the employees(Bondarouk and Brewster, 2016). To maintain the
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better relationship between management and employees or among the employee which helps in
creating the healthy working environment at the work place of the Marks and Spencer. To
increase the effectiveness of the employees work, it provides the performance based rewards to
employees which results in the high productivity of the enterprise.
Roles and responsibilities of the human resource functions
Human resource management includes various functions such as work force planning,
recruitment and selection, training and development and performance management. Each of the
functions plays an important role in the accomplishment of the organizational(Bamber, Bartram
and Stanton, 2017).
Work-force planning
It plays an important role identifying the requirement of man power in the Marks and
Spencer company. Workforce planning is responsible for determining the skills and knowledge
that are needed for a vacant position in the firm.
Recruitment and selection
It is the important function of the human resource department which plays an important
role in resourcing the Marks and Spencer company with the appropriate skill and knowledge to
achieve the desired level of results. This function is responsible for recruiting, screening,
interviewing and selecting the qualified candidate for vacant position in the M&S company.
Training and development
It plays an important role in improving the overall performance of the Marks and Spencer
through creating training programs and conducting training for new employees as well as
existing employees. Training and development function is also responsible for determining the
training need of the employees and monitoring the training budget(Farmer, Van Rooij and Jorna,
2017).
Performance appraisal
It is an important function which effectively manage the employee's performance and
provides the performance based rewards to the employees which encourage them to give their
best possible efforts towards the attainment of the business objective of the Marks and Spencer.
Performance appraisal plays an important role in reducing the employees turnover or retaining
them in the business environment of the M&S.
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