Purpose and Function of HRM in Workforce Planning

This document provides an overview of the purpose and function of HRM in workforce planning. It examines the different approaches to recruitment and selection process and analyzes the benefits of HRM practices for both employees and employers. It also assesses the effectiveness of HRM practices in raising organizational profits and analyzes the importance of employee relations and employment legislation in HRM decision making. Additionally, it illustrates the application of HRM practices in the organization.

Human resource
management

Table of Contents
Introduction:.....................................................................................................................................1
Lo1:..................................................................................................................................................2
P1: Examine the purpose and function of the HRM which can be applicable to the
workforce planning of the organisation.................................................................................2
M1: how the function of the HRM can provide the talent and skills appropriate to achieve the
business objectives:..............................................................................................................3
P2: explain the strength and weakness of the different approaches to the recruitment and
selection process....................................................................................................................4
M2: Examine the strength and weakness of different approaches........................................5
LO2:.................................................................................................................................................6
P3: Explain the benefits of different HRM practices for both employee and employers:....6
M3: Assess the different HRM practice within the organisation..........................................7
P4: Examine the effectiveness of the HRM practice which help in raising the organisational
profits......................................................................................................................................7
LO3:.................................................................................................................................................8
P5: Analyse the important of the employee relation which influence the HRM decision
making:...................................................................................................................................8
P6: examine the impact of employment legislation upon the HRM decision –making:........8
M4: Evaluate the key aspect of the employee relation management and legislation of
employment”..........................................................................................................................9
LO4:.................................................................................................................................................9
P7: illustrate the application of the HRM practices in the organisation.................................9
M5: give the rational for the application of the HRM practices in the organisation..........11
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................11
References:.....................................................................................................................................12

Introduction:
The management of the human resource is a process where the manager has to hire the right
kind of employee for the organisation so that goals and objective can be achieve in the effective
manners. this method helps the organisation to enhance the performance of the employee so
that mission and vision of the company can be achieved within the set time period. the manager
has to look after all the task starting from hiring the right kind of employee the organisation
want and provide them effect training and development program to improve their work. Under
this report, the Morrsion organisation which are located in the Uk market providing various
goods and service to their target customer . then discussion can be on the purpose and scope of
the HRM and see what are the different recruitment and selection process and what are the
benefit for the employee relation. (Yay 2015)
Lo1:
Overview of the organisation: the Morrison was found by the William in the 1899 and having the
headquarter in the Bradford and they are having around 120000 worker in their international
offices. They have started their business with the bread and butter and expanded their business
by offering the different supermarket products and services to its international market .
The human resource is a activities where the coordination with the employee and with the
employer so that organisation goals and objective can be accomplished within the set time
period. (Wang, and Benitez-Amado,2015)
Purpose of the HRM:
The sole purpose of the HRM practice is that organisation are able to grow or achieve the desire
outcome in the most profitable manners with the help of the worker. Here the HR manager
focus on hiring the right kind of employees for the organisation so that desire results can be
achieved in the proper manners. in the context of the Morrison , the manage tries to hire the
effective worker so that they work for the common goals and vision of the organisation.’
Scope of the HRM: there are huge range of scope and size of the human resource in the
organisation which will help the compete the task in proper manners. they provide various
different training and development which enhance the productivity of the worker in the proper
ways.
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Function of HRM: the HR manager of the Morrison organisation is responsible for hiring the
correct and accurate number of worker at the management team so that task can be finished as
per the plan. Some of the important function are stated as below:
Recruitment and selection: here the various candidate are selected by the manager for filling
the vacant position in the management so that organisation have enough number of worker to
compete the all the activities in proper manners.
Training and development: in the Morrison company, the Hr manager provide different type
of training and development programs where the employee can learn the new skills and
capabilities which will lead to better performance in the team and achieve the outcomes within
the set time period.
Employee relation: here the manager focus on building the effective and positive relationship
among the employees and with the employers so that they can work for the common goals . there
is effective correlation with the worker and senior manager so that organisation objective can be
achieved in proper manners.
Performance management : here the manager evaluate the performances of the employee so
that they can give feedback to improve the work of the worker in the team.
Performance appraisal : here the manager examine the work done by the employee at the team
work and given rewards for their best inputs and motivates to provide better results in team.
Workforce planning: the manager of the company examine the requirement of the human
resource in the management team and conduct the recruitment process according to the need of
the organisation.
Importance of workforce planning: it helps the organisation to have effective number of the
employee at the team so that organisation mission and vision can be achieved in the most
effective and productivity manners. and the Morrison organisation are able to accomplished the
desire outcomes .
The organisation uses different theories in their management level so that all the employees are
motivated to perform better in the team and stay focus on achieving the organisation objective .
the organisation can use the expectancy theory where employees are provided with the rears for
their best inputs in the organisation which make them feel that they are important people of the
organisation
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In the organisation, there are different type of HRM function which help the organisation to
have effective and most qualified employee in their management team so that task can be
finished in most profitable manners in the international market places. The HRM practice
provide a way to select the skilful worker for the company so that objective can be obtain
within the set time period.
Recruitment process: under this method the HR manager hire the right employees at the right
post in the organisation which will help in accomplishing the desire level of profits in the
company. With the reference of the Morrison organisation, manager reach out to the most
qualified worker for the company which will help in achieving the possible results.
In the organisation ,there are two type of recruitment such as internal as well as external method
which are discussed as below:
Internal recruitment: according to this method, the Hr manager hire the employee from the
existing workforce which are present in the organisation as per their skills and knowledge about
the task and activities. in the context of the Morrison organisation, the manager , promote or
transfer its employee to next level in the organisation according to their skills. Some of few
internal recruitment are sated as below: (Valipour., 2015)
Promotion: under this stage, the employees are promoted to next level in the hierarchy system in
the management level according to their skills and abilities . here the manager examine the
performance of the worker and promote them according in the oragnsaition.
Strength: here . the employees are already the part of the organisation so they known the work
environment of the company which make easier for them to adjust in the new position in the
team. The employee adopt the culture in easy way and complete the task in proper manners.
Weakness: it is difficult for the employee to unlearn the old methods and technique and learn
the new and advance skills and method which can reduce their work.
Transfer: under this situation ,the employees are transferred to the another branch of the
organisation where the need of more worker is required to complete the work in the most
effective manners.
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Strength: the organisation are able to save money and time to hire the employee in the
management team. Here the worker are already aware about the working culture which helps
them to adopt fast and focus on executing the task in better ways.
Weakness: under this method, the employee have to face the challenges in learning the new
skills and technology as they are learned the old method and difficult for modification the old
ways of executing the task.’
External recruitment: under this method, the employees are selected from the outside of the
organisation human resource . in the context of the Morrison , the HR manager advertise the
requirement of new employees at their website where lot of applicant can see the available
opportunities to apply for the vacant position. Some of the external recruitment method which
are used by the Morrison are stated as below:
Placement agencies: under this condition, the placement company hire the qualified employees
for the organisation and charge the fee by their service from the organisation. here the hiring
process is conducted by the agencies and selected employee are provided to the organisation.
Strength: it is most effective process to hire the effective employee which will help the
organisation to achieve the desire results within the set time period.
Weakness: here the placement agencies have huge number of applicants so sometime the
qualified employee are eliminate become of lack of interaction with these applicants .
Press advertisement: the organisation advertise the need of employees in the organisation by
posting the requirement of the more worker in the team so that large number of applicants can
apply for the position. (Ustundag and Cevikcan, 2017)
Strength: the effective and productivity worker are selected by the organisation who will work
for the betterment of the company in the long run and take the competitive advantage in the
market place.
Weakness: it become difficult for the HR manager to chosen and select the most qualified and
profitable worker for the organisation and it also need lot of money and time to execute the
hiring process.
At the work related places, the organisation have internal as well as external recruitment process
to hire the worker in the management team so that they are able to accomplished the desire
outcomes in the company. the internal recruitment method focus on hiring the new worker from
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the current workforce as it save the money and time which are needed to conduct the process
whereas the weakens of the internal process is that it become difficult for the employee to learn
the new skills. The external recruitment involves the selecting the worker from the outside the
company workforce so that new and good quality of worker can be chosen in the management
team but it also have weakness as organisation has to bear the cost of carrying out the hiring
process.
LO2:
In the organisation, there are different type of HRM practice which can be applied in the
management level to achieve the pre-determine goals and objective. These practice involve
hiring the right employees and providing them effective training and development programs
where they can improve their performances . they also focus on retaining the existing
employee in the organisation by offering the effective work environment where they can work
in proper manners. these practice helps the both the employees as well as employers so that
they can enhance their productivity at the work. In the context of the Morrison organisation, the
HR Manager uses various types of HRM practice which are stated as below:
Reward system: according to this condition, the employees are provided with the rewards for
their best inputs in the task and activities. these rewards can be in the form of monetary as well
as in the non-monetary form. (Nor and Pearson,2015)
Benefit for the employers: the employers got the benefits that they work is getting done in the
most effective and profitable manners in the organisation.
Benefit for the employees: this motivates the employees to perform better in the given task so
that their contribution helps the organisation to achieve results in proper ways.
Training and development : under this condition, the employees are provided with the
different type of training and development where they can improve their inputs and learn the
various kind of skills which will help them to perform better in the team and achieve the desire
outcomes in effective part ten.
Benefits for the employers: this HRM practice helps the employers as their worker are getting
more skilful and provide their best performance in the given task so that mission and vision of
the company can achieved in long run.
Benefit for the employees: here the employees are able to learn the new skills and improve
their performance at the team and can achieve the desire results.
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Performance appraisal: here the employees work is examine and given the appraisal according
which helps the organisation to complete the task in the most effective manners and focus on
long term goals and objectives.
Benefit for the employers: here the organisation are able to achieve their desire outcomes with
measuring the employees performance and providing the rewards.
Benefit for the employees: the worker stay motivated to execute the task in the most effective
manners so that organisation objective can be achieved.
With the reference of the Morrison , the HR manager uses various HRM practice which are used
by the employers to trained and motivates the worker to improve and enhance their productivity
at the work place so that organisation objective can be accomplished within the set time frame.
These practice make the worker more better in their work which will lead to completing the task
in the most effective manners.
The organisational profits and productivity can be increased to the another level in the
organisation by effectively applying the HRM practice which make the worker to execute the
task in the most efficient manners so that organisation vision can be obtained within the time
this will also help in building the strong brand image and enhance their profits in the
international market places. Few of the HRM practice which provide a way of the organisation
to increase the profits: (Profillidis,2017)
Provide job security: here the employees are provided with the security against their job so
that worker are more productivity at their work and increase the market share of the
organisation. the employees feels that they are the important part of the company.
Reward system: the organisation are able to increase the profits and enhance their productivity
by following the this system as it employees feel appreciated for their best work in the team and
offered with the rewards which motivates them to contribute more in the team work.
The HRM practice helps the organisation to enhance their profits by managing the requirement
of the workforce at the work places so that organisation are able to increase their profits in long
run
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LO3:
In the work environment of the organisation it is important for the employees and employers to
have positive relation among themselves so that all the workforce of the company are working
for the organisation objectives. In the context of the Morrison organisation, the HR manager is
a important person between the interaction of the employees and employers at the work places
so that effective and proper flow of information can be carried out in the work place. the
employee relations includes the job satisfaction among the worker , their performance
management for achieving the effective outcomes. (Berkes, 2017. )
Strength of employees relations Limitation of employee relation.
 It helps the organisation to achieve the
desire outcome within the set time
frame
 Provide effective and sound solution
for the organisation conflicts .
 Poor employee relation harm the
organisation objectives.
 Point of view of the employees are not
given importance in the team.
The Morrison organisation have to follow the employment legislation which include various
legal rights of the worker in the management level of the organisation which are used to protect
the employees right at the work. Some of them are as follow: (Punjaisri and Wilson., 2017)
Employment and labour laws: under this law the right of the worker at the work place are
involved such as working hours, labour and industrial relation and etc.
Equality law: according to this law, each and every member of the organisation are treated
equally at the work place which will improve the work of the employees.
Discrimination act: as per this act, worker are discriminated on their culture background, age
and religious which effects their work in management team.’
Working time directive 1998: according to this act, worker are required to work for
particular time in the day.
Data protection 1998: here the worker are provided with the protection of their work so that no
one can damage their data at the work place in the organisation.
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These employment laws helps the organisation to perform better in the task and achieve the
desire outcomes in the most effective manners.
With the reference of the Morrison company, manager focus on having healthy relation among
the team members and with the senior manager so that organisation are to perform in bests
possible ways and increase the profits of the company. The company have to apply and follow
the guidance given by the employment legislation so that its worker feels safe and secure at the
work places and stay focus on achieving goals and objectives.
LO4:
(A)Job specification
Job position : HR junior assistant
Address: Morrison , united kingdom(Rees,, 2017. )
Job or work description: junior assistant will be engaged in recruitment and section process fro
the organisation and helps in scheduling the interview section.
Qualification:
 Post –graduation in HR course.
 Graduation in human management
Experience :
 Involved into hiring process .
 Working knowledge in employment laws.
(B)curriculum vita:
Michael mark
Phone number”: 03848-2673894
Aims and objectives: to work with big brand oragnsaition and involved in the recruitment and
various programs where I can use by skills and capabilities in the organisation work place.
Work experiences”:
5 years of practical knowledge of human resource .
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Done internship on HR department.
Qualification:
Master degree in 2017
Bachelor degree course in 2015
Secondary high school in 2012.
(C) interview question:
1) What are your strength and limitation ?
2) How was your last job experiences?
3) What was your role in last organisation?
4) How the HR manager conduct the hiring process?
5) How you handle the stress at work?
6) What you are looking in our organisation?
7) Tell me about your qualification?
8) Why should we hire you?
9) What makes you difference from the another applicants?
(D) offer letter:
Henry ,
Morrison organisation, UK
Dear Michael
It is our pleasure to inform you that we have selected you for the HR junior assistant in our
organisation
Role and responsibilities:
Need of more human resource in the management team
Examine the work of the employee and giving the effective feedback from time to time.
Conduct the recruitment process.
Making employment polices
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Reporting time: Hr manager
Salary layout: $40000 per month.
Working hours: 8.5 hours
The HR manager of the Morrison organisation have to conduct the interview and selection
process where they have to follow the HRM practice while organising the recruitment process,
the manager needs to provide the effective job description so that candidate can examine the
skills and qualification which are needed to perform the task and activities in the effective
manners. then the manager need to conduct the interview section with the selected applicants and
chose the most qualified and knowledgeable candidate for the organisation and give them a offer
letter to giving details about the employment roles and duties and terms and condition of the
employment (Lacity,. and Craig,2016)
Conclusion:
According to the above discussion, it can be conclude that HRM practice are important part of
the organisation to hire the right kind of employees so that all the member of the company are
working the achieve the desire of outcomes in \proper manners. the organisation uses different
hiring process such as external and internal recruitment process to hire the worker in the
oragnsaition and further HR manager uses various HRM practice such as giving rewards to the
employee for their good performance in the team which will motive them to give their better
inputs in the work. The organisation also have to follow the employment legal laws at their
management level to safe its employees. (Johnson,, 2018.)
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