Meaning, Purpose and Functions of HRM

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK1 ............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Meaning, purpose and functions of HRM.........................................................................3
P2 Approaches to recruitment and selection..........................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P3 HRM practices...................................................................................................................7
P4 Evaluate the effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational
profit and productivity............................................................................................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
P5 Study the values of employee relation with respect to influencing HRM decision making..9
P6 Key elements of employee legislation along with its impact on HRM...........................10
TASK 4 .........................................................................................................................................11
P7 Application of HRM practices........................................................................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
In every business unit it is said that human resource management plays a vital role to
mange all function and activities of organisation which is either related with selection,
recruitment, training,development and performance appraisal of employee or planning,
organising, directing, stuffing and controlling functions of organisation. The company chosen in
this report is Sainsbury's. It was founded by John James Sainsbury in 1869. Which has the
second largest chain of supermarket in U.K This report is based on meaning, purpose and
function of HRM. Along with that it also discuss the importance and benefits of employer &
employee relations at a workplace. There is a explanation of Job description and job
specification of HR manger.
TASK1
P1 Meaning, purpose and functions of HRM.
Overview of company
Sainsbury has the second largest chain of supermarket in U.K, that was founded by John
James Sainsbury in 1869. its head office is located in London, United Kingdom. This company
becomes the largest retailer of grocery in 1922. They are globally present and have more than
1500 shops around whole world. They provides their products through supermarket, hypermarket
etc. They feature a good image of their brands in market and that is because of their employees
performance.
Meaning of HRM
HRM holds three words,Human, Resource and Management in which Human means
skilled workforce at organisation, Resources refers to scare or limited availability &
Management tends to effective utilisation of limited resources. It is a part of Management that
manages all functions and activities of organisation along with that they perform all roles and
responsibilities related to employee within firm(Wilton, 2016). It is a both science and arts in
nature and a continuous process to build team spirit and team work.
Purpose of HRM for planning and resourcing of subordinates within organisation:
Primary aim of HRM in Sainsbury organisation are follow as : Recruitment and selection- For managing structure of company HRM plays a important
role in which mangers conduct a process of hiring to select a capable candidate who have

potential to take company at heights. In context of HRM department of Sainsbury's they
uses this technique to recruit most suitable person for a peculiar position of thire
organisation. Maximize productivity and profitability- Main purpose of HR department is retentions &
reduction of employee turnover which can be overcome by motivating and encouraging
the performance of employee and that will directly or indirectly helps company in order
to maximize the productivity and profitability of company. With relation to Sainsbury
enterprise, they encourage & apprise the performance of their staff to accomplish the goal
and objective of organisation.
Function and activities of HRM
In Sainsbury's organisation, HR manger performs both Operative and managerial
functions which are obstinate below:
Managerial functions are manages by higher authorities of company to work effectively
and efficiently. Functions of Sainsbury are underneath: Planning : In this activity manger sets objective and makes strategies to accomplish that
goal. Top level mangers perform this activity to reach to their goal and they need to be
aware of environmental conditions. Organising: It involves allotments of human resources and designing of specific job as
well as duties that need to be performed(Armstrong and Taylor 2020). In context of
Sainsbury they allocate duties to their staff members in accordance of their knowledge
and specialisation. Directing: Herein, employees are motivated by their mangers for performing effectively
and willing their assigned task.
 Controlling: It compare performance of employees with standard plans in order to
analyse gap between performed and actual norms.
Operative functions are those duties and activities that are assigned to different
department of company. Sainbury's operative function are obstinate below: Procurement: HR manager recruit those candidates who posses knowledge and have
potential to perform particular job. In Sainsbury company they take pool of individuals to
select right person for right place.