Human Resource Management - Harlow

HUMAN
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................3
LO1........................................................................................................................................................3
P1-Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organisation.................................................................................................................3
P2-Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection........5
LO2 .......................................................................................................................................................8
P3-Explain the benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for both the employer
and employee ....................................................................................................................................8
LO3......................................................................................................................................................11
P5-Analyse the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-making.
.........................................................................................................................................................11
P6-Identify the key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has upon HRM decision-
making.............................................................................................................................................12
CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the process of hiring and developing the employees
so that they can become more valuable to the organization. Human resource management
consisted of planning personal needs recruiting right people for the job orientations and
training etc. to the employees. Harlow College is the further education college in Harlow,
Essex, England. The college was formed in 1964. Present assignment is about the human
resource management in which as a newly appointed human resource manager the human
resource manager have to restruct the deparment. Report will provide the deeper insight of
the purpose and the function of the human resource management applicable to work force
planning. Assignment will also provide the strength and weakness of the various approaches
to recruitments and selection. It will also cover the various benefits of HRM practices in
Harlow college for employer and employee both along with the effectiveness of various
HRM practices with respect to raise the profit and productivity. Later, report will cover the
various employment legislation and their impact on HRM decision-making.
LO1
P1-Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organisation.
Human resource management is a management in an organization which manages the
manpower supply. It mainly put emphasis on recruitment of, management of and also provide

the guidelines to the manpower of the Harlow College (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014). The
main function of the human resource management which deals with concerns that related to
the staff, wellness, benefits, motivation and training.
Purpose and the functions of human resource management, applicable to the work force
planning and resourcing are mentioned under.
Functions of human resource management
The function of human resource management is of three types operative functions,
managerial function and advisory function.
Operative function
Recruitment
One of the important function of the human resource manager is to recruit people. It
requires sound understanding and experience by an HR to recruit manpower in an
organization. The recruitment involves various functions like developing a job description,
publishing the job posting, making the job offer etc.
Training and Development
Another important function of the human resource management is to provide training and
development to the people who are on the job.
Compensation and benefits
The Human resource manager of the Harlow College provides various compensation and
benefits to the employees which includes working hour flexibility, extend vacation, various
allowance etc.
Therefore, there are some more operative function which includes performance
appraisal, ensuring legal appliance etc.
Managerial function
Planning
This is first and foremost important function which HR manager performs is planning.
Hr manager set the policies and procedures to achieve goals. Planning is something which is