Purpose and Function of HRM in Shiseido

Human Resource
Management
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Purpose and function of the HRM.........................................................................................3
P2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection..................5
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6
P3 Benefits of different HRM practices for both employer and employee................................6
P4 Effectiveness of different HRM practices in raising organisational profit and productivity.8
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................8
P5 Importance of employee relations in influencing HRM decision-making.............................8
P6 Key elements of employment legislations and their impact upon HRM decision-making. . .9
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................10
P7 Illustration of application of HRM practices in a work-related context..............................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
References .....................................................................................................................................16
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Introduction
Human resource is that resource of an organisation which is responsible for managing all
other resources. Human resource management refers to management of human resource of an
organisation (Brewster, 2016). It involves functions such as recruitment, selection, orientation,
performance management, motivation, retention, etc. In other words, human resource
management refers to managing human resource from their entry to exit in the organisation.
This report is aimed at reviewing effectiveness of roles and functions of HR function within the
organisation. Organisation chosen for reviewing HR function is Shiseido. It is a Japanese
multinational company which offers personal care products such as skin care, hair care,
cosmetics and fragrances. It is headquartered at Tokyo in Japan. This report includes a discussion
on the purpose and functions of human resource (HR) management within the company. HR
managers undertakes various approaches to recruitment and selection, all of which have their
own pros and cons. Discussion of such approaches as well as benefits of HRM practices for both
employers and employees in the company are included in this report. Further, importance of
employment relations and employment legislations and their impact on the HR decision-making
is discussed in this report. In the final part, application of HRM functions in a work-related
context are discussed.
Task 1
P1 Purpose and function of the HRM
Shiseido company is the Japanese personal care company which includes hair care, skin
care and cosmetic products. Company was founded in 1872 and is one of the largest cosmetic
company in Japan. Human resources management refers to the set of practices that tells the
nature of work and regulates job relationship. HRM is the broad part of the organisation which is
related to people working in the company. The responsibility of human resources management is
to develop the skills of workers, motivate them, evaluate the performance of employees and hires
new talents for the company who can work towards the success of the organisation (Brewster,
Mayrhofer and Morley eds., 2016). The most important factors of Human resources management
is enrolment, employee remuneration and workers commitment. Shiseido is the successful
organisation which has a strong HRM department. They perform their functions effectively in
the organisation. Some of the functions of Human resources management are discussed below:
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 Planning: Planning is making standards as what is to be done in the organisation. It is the
central function which is performed by the Human resource manager. Human resources
planning involves determining and assuring of the performance of the employees
working in the company. In Shiseido organisation HRM plays important role. Planning
in the Shiseido organisation is done in such a manner that it can considered all the factors
like social, political, technical and environmental.
 Recruitment: Recruitment is the another function which is performed by HRM in the
organisation (Cheng and Hackett, 2019). It is the process or hiring a candidate who is
suitable for the job position. Human resource make sure that the candidate can give this
better performance.
 Training and development: Training and development is the next function performed by
the Shiseido organisation. As it is the responsibility of the managers to give training to
the employees so that they can learn new skills and make them use in the organisation.
 Job analysis: It is the major component of HRM. It has a two components that is job
specifications and job description. The main duty of managers in Shiseido is that to
collect the data and measure detail information.
 Performance management: The mangers in Shiseido performs there functions very well.
Performance management is the evaluation of job performance, maintains the company's
standards.
Purpose of the HRM:
Human resource management purpose is to manage the performance of the company and
the employees both (Delery and Gupta, 2016). They concentrates on the internal sources of
competitive advantage. It focuses on the people or employees working in the organisation who
are working towards the success of the organisation. Purpose of HRM in Shiseido organisation
is that they create relationship with the employees and enhance the organisational performance.
Professional of HR focuses on the quantitative, calculative and strategic methods of managing
the Human resources management. HRM also do management of motivation, training and
development, communication and leadership between the employees and employers in the
company. This will helps the company in increasing its growth opportunities and profitability.
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