Human Resource Management – Purpose and Functions

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Purpose and functions of HRM with relation to resourcing and workforce planning...........3
P2. Strengths and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selection....................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P3. Benefits of different HRM practices to employees and employer........................................7
P4 Effectiveness of HRM practices in raising profits and productivity of organisation............9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
P5. Importance of Employee Relations and Engagement and its influence on decision making
of HRM.....................................................................................................................................10
P6 Key elements of Employment Legislation and its impact on decision making of HRM....11
6. Evaluation of Employee Relations........................................................................................13
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13
P7. Application of HRM Practices in work context with specific examples............................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management plays very significant role in any organisation. Here, the
chosen organisation is TESCO. The organisation is completely a multinational grocery and a
general merchandise store/ retailer. It is one of the third largest retailer in the world in respect of
revenue. The organisation was founded in the year 1919 by Jack Cohen. In the first task, the
assignment will lay its focus on the roles and responsibilities and purpose of the functioning of
HR department (Azeem and Yasmin, 2016). Further, the report will focus on the assessment of
HR approach to the workforce planning; different types of methods used in the HR Practices.
TASK 1
P1 Purpose and functions of HRM with relation to resourcing and workforce planning
Human Resource functions are focused on hiring of right candidate for the right job on
the right time. The success of the HR Function depends only and only on the hiring of the skilled
and capable employees in the organisation (Bratton and Gold, 2017). The main motive of the HR
personnel is to recruit the employees in the organisation with the aim of getting the entire

workload divided within the employees working over there. And also, to offer them a safer
environment and friendly working conditions.
Purpose of HRM
The main purpose of human resource management is to manage coordination and
cooperation in employee’s productivity with regard to organisational productivity. Purpose of
HRM of Tesco is to implement attractive and effective process of recruitment and retention.
Further, HR professionals of retailer aim at maintaining quality if workforce by managing
continuous improvement in work force planning and talent management plan of company. The
organisation, TESCO is offering its employees all such facilities, to get the best output from
them by boosting up their confidence level. TESCO, is focusing on maintaining good employee
relations, at the workplace. Functions of HRM are as follows:
 Staffing: The HR department of TESCO, is to recruit and hire the excellent candidate for
the vacant position in particular organisation. It is vital aspect of workforce planning and
quality for which HR professionals of HR are responsible to hiring employees from
possible sources. The HR management aim at recruiting employees with the helps of two
method that is internal and external where in internal recruitment is done on the basis of
employee performance and constant efforts. However external recruitment is done vis
campus placement, employment agencies and online job portal. Further, to manage talent
at workplace Selection process of Tesco is focus on aptitude and personality tests which
aid HR professional in determining individual ability to adapt changes of dynamic
business environment.
 Compensation: - Compensation refers to salary and other benefits in terms of monetary
and non-monetary that is basically passed on by a particular firm to their employees.
Managing compensation is essential aspect of workforce planning where HR managers of
Tesco aim at measuring employee continuous efforts on the basis of which extra
monetary and non-monetary benefits are given to workforce. This is helps in managing
motivation as well as assist in employee’s retention.
 Performance Appraisal: - This is an important role that is played by human resource
department in which performance appraisals are designed and implemented. In this
efficiency of workers are measured in order to increase efficiency for future. This
function of HR is concerned with talent management where HR professional measure