Human Resource Management: Purpose, Functions, and Practices

Human Resource Management

Table of Content
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Purpose and functions of HRM..............................................................................................1
P2 Strengths and weakness of different approaches to recruitment and selection......................2
RECRUIMENT APPROACHES................................................................................................2
SELECTION APPROACHES.....................................................................................................2
LO2..................................................................................................................................................2
P3 Benefits of different HRM practises.......................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the strategic planning tool for effective management of
people in company for reaching the set company goals and gaining competitive advantage in the
volatile business market. Employees in London Churchill College are underperforming and not
able to work efficiently for the well function of college management functions. There is an
urgent requirement to build constructive recruitment and selection strategies for hiring new
employees. In this report the function of HRM applicable to workforce planning and resourcing
employees in college is explained and how they can enhance the talent and skills appropriate to
reach gaols are explained. This report examines strengths and weaknesses of recruitment and
selection strategies and how they can influence management in whole. It also evaluates the
effectiveness of different HRM practises in term of raising employee satisfaction levels and
reaching the set standards. This report analyses employee relation in aspect to influence HRM
decision-making, the key elements of employee legislation and its impact on HRM decisions and
the practises affecting company goals.
LO 1
P1 Purpose and functions of HRM
Purpose of HRM can be explained as workforce planning, recruiting and training them,
performance appraisals, law compliance and motivating employees by keeping them retained for
long term in company by giving high importance to the employee growth needs. The function of
HRM stresses on importance in building strong workplace ethics in employees and establishing
strong communication standards between team members along with the management hierarchies.
Workforce planning- It can be understood as continual management process to align the
specific needs and priorities of company related to workforce structure. Ensuring workforce in
college can function out the set principles of legislative, regulatory and production requirements
along with objectives. Workforce planning involves strategic planning, analysing the current
workforce and developing necessary steps for recruitment and selection. Monitoring the effective
implementation of principles, evaluating the procedures and revising the actions taken. Providing
efficient training to the employees in college and enhancing the skills in them for keeping the
college in well functioning state (Boon Den Hartog. and Lepak, 2019.)
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