Human Resources Employee Induction Manual

Human Resources Employee
Induction Manual

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Purpose and functions of the human resource management applicable to the workforce
planning in the organisation.........................................................................................................3
P2 Strength and weakness of the recruitment and the selection process in the organisation:.....5
LO2..................................................................................................................................................6
P3 Advantages of the practices of human resource management for both the employers and the
employees in the organisation......................................................................................................6
P4 Effectiveness of the HRM practices for the increase in the profits and productivity of the
business........................................................................................................................................7
LO3..................................................................................................................................................7
P5 Importance of the employee relation which influences the decision making of the HRM... .7
P6 Key elements of the employment legislation and impacts on the decision-making of the
HRM............................................................................................................................................7
LO4..................................................................................................................................................8
P7 Applications of the HRM practices in the work related context............................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Human resources management refers to the proper and the effective management of the
people in the business to achieves the success and the objectives of the business. Human
resources management have various function such as recruitment, selection, training,
development of the employees that they work to achieve the success and the growth of the
business. This report determine the practices and the policies of human resources management in
the business of the Scottish power. Scottish power is the energy company which is vertically
integrated. It is the operator of the network distribution for the southern and the central Scotland.
The headquarter of the Scottish power is at the Glasgow, UK. This file determines the various
purpose and the scope of the human resources management in the business. There are various
importance of the management of the human resources in the Scottish power. This file includes
various internal and external factors which affects the decision making of the human resources
management in the business. There are various practices of the human resources management in
the working environment of the business.
LO1
P1 Purpose and functions of the human resource management applicable to the workforce
planning in the organisation.
The purpose of the human resource management is to manage and coordinates the
employees of the business in the most effective manner that they could works to achieve the
goals and objectives of the business. Human resources management focuses to give effective and
efficient training and development of the employees that they could works to achieve the goals
of the Scottish power. Human resources management have different functions which in the
business of the Scottish power for the management of the workforce planning.
Managerial functions:
Planning: In this function there is the determination of the types and the number of the
employees are required in the Scottish power for the achievement of the goals and objectives
(Mone and London, 2018). Effective and efficient planning of the management of the human
resource helps to evaluate the present needs and wants of Scottish power.
Organising: This function of the human resource management explains that the task is
allocated to all the employees of the Scottish power as per their talent and the skills to achieve
the goals of the business.

Directing: It involves that the management of the human resource directs the activities of
the workforce to achieve goals of the Scottish power. For the effective planning of the workforce
in the Scottish power they command and give motivates the people for the maximum
achievement of the goals (Renz and Herman, 2016).
Controlling: If there is deviation in the planning of the workforce in the Scottish power
they controls the activities of the employees to improve the level of the performance.
Operative functions:
Recruitment: In the business of the Scottish power recruitment is taken from the two
types such as apprentice level and graduate level. In the apprentice level the new employees of
the could get the good wages when they are working and learn the skills (Kanki, Anca and
Chidester, 2019). In the graduate level the Scottish power focus on the university degree of the
candidates.
Selection: In this process the Scottish power selected the skilled and talented employee
which have the knowledge of the engineering and business. Proper selection of the employees
increases the level of the performance
Training and development: Scottish power give the effective and efficient training to
the new and the existing employees of the business so that they could focusses to archive the
profits of the business.
Welfare of the employees: In this function human resource management tale care of the
employees benefits, services and facilities which is provided to the employees for their well
being and improvement (Mao, and et.al., 2016).
Appraisal of the performance: The management of the human resource in the Scottish
power analysis and evaluate the level of the performance of the employees towards the
achievement of the goals.
These function of the human resource management helps to achieve the goals of the
Scottish power by proper recruitment and selection of the candidates in the business. Proper
planning of the workforce is done by applying the these functions of the human resource
management in the Scottish power(Cleaver, 2017). Training and development functions helps to
improve the skills and talent of the new and existing employees so that they will focuses to
achieve the objective of the business.