Human Resources Management: Purpose, Functions, and Practices

Human resources
management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Purpose and function of HRM...................................................................................................1
Strength and weaknesses of various approaches ........................................................................3
Benefit of different HRM practices.............................................................................................5
Evaluate effectiveness of various HRM practices. .....................................................................6
Importance of employee relations ..............................................................................................7
Key elements of employment legislation ...................................................................................8
Illustrate the application of HRM practices................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Employee in a business or in a company and considered as an essential perquisite in
addition of qualities, skills and competencies with running business and developing it a success,
these people connected with the organization are called as human resource management or
workforce (Stewart and Brown, 2019). Human resources management is defined as, it includes
the procedure of recruiting, selecting, induction of employees, giving orientation, training and
development, providing advantages, motivating employees etc. it involves management
functions like planning, organising, directing and controlling and helps to acquire individual,
organisational and social objectives. It is an effective strategic approach for management of
people in an organisation, in which they look forward to help their business and gain competitive
benefits. It is created to enhance employee performance in service of an employer's strategic
objectives. This report is developed on Starbucks organisation which is an American
multinational chain of coffee-houses and it is situated in Seattle Washington.
This report concentrate the purpose of HRM that are implement by organisation in
planning. The next part covers the advantages of numerous Human resource management
practice which are adopted by company or an organization in addition to both of them and also
their potency bear to the productivity benefit of the company in terms of profit. While, it
influences over decision making of HRM and focusing on various employment legislation which
is mandatory for the company to follow them.
Purpose and function of HRM.
Human resources management, it is the practice of organization undertakes of hiring,
managing the personnels and its performance along with workforce in an organisation. HRM
department is responsible for perform different roles and function in context with the company. It
is detailed underneath which are relevant to workforce planning and resourcing in an
organisation.
Function of HRM
Developing diverse team: It means differences and similarities towards employee in
term of age, culture background, physical qualities, religion, gender and sexual orientation,
diversity makes workforce varied. It increase competitiveness of the company. HR plays crucial

role in taking the thought process of recruitment and developing diversify team for the
organisation.
Developing and retaining talents: The sophisticated organization like Starbucks are
importantly depend upon quality of their personnel and their outcomes. Organisation invest high
cost to development of manpower and increasing their qualities and developing the quantitative
advantage (Armstrong and Taylor, 2020). HRM main work is give the training to the employee
to recognize their excellent opportunities for employee which keep motivated towards the
organization and company want, they stay for long period of time.
Function and purpose of HRM
The function of Human resource department is classified into different categories which
is given below:
Staffing needs: HRM is responsible for recruiting employees, which involves creating
position announcements to identifying job duties, abilities and requirement it is essential for a
position which is needed. This department is necessary to make a whole complete termination of
employees in which they help to insure about no laws are profaned at the time of processing.
Employees in the department easily communicate with administration in another department in
the selecting procedure. HRM department are also involved in transfer and promotion procedure
for existing employees.
Managerial function: This function of HRM and Starbucks there are different acts in
the department areas which they have to do focus for betterment of operation. The major
function of HRM planning, directing, controlling and organising.
Purpose: Human resources department part of Starbucks analyse the requirement of the
company and accomplish its needs in addition with employee as well as with preparation,
directing, organising the appropriate outcomes of the personnel which is in favour of an
organisation for its future development.
Effective function: It includes duties and task for an organisation which is assign the
responsibility for doing something for employees as well as human resource department. In
which it involves employment development, compensation and care of employee of the
company. Human resource employee of Starbucks is anxious for the betterment of the manpower
to build their potential for future.