HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

HUMAN
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Explain the purpose and functions of HRM. ........................................................................3
P2 Explain the strength and weakness of requirement & selection approaches in an
organisation. ...............................................................................................................................5
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................6
P3 Discuss the benefits of HRM practices for employees and employer...................................6
P4 Evaluate different HRM practices which increase profit and productivity of organisation.
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TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................8
P5 Importance of employee relation which influence decision making process of HRM. ........8
P6 Employment legislation and its impact on decision making of HRM. .................................8
TASK 4 ...........................................................................................................................................9
P7 Illustrate different application of HRM practices. ...............................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management refers to a management practice which helps organisation
in properly managing its human resource so that they work for the achievement of common goal
(Banfield and et. al. 2018). Growth and development of an organisation depends on its worker
efficiency and performance. HR refers to a person in an organisation which provide training to
employees and formulate different polices which increase worker's skill and knowledge. For this
report Marks & Spencer is taken into consideration. M&S is a multinational retail company
founded in 1884 with headquarter in London, U.K. It deals in selling home products, cloths and
food products. It has more than 1463 numbers of location all over the world and almost 80,000
employees are efficiently working with it (Marks & Spencer, 2021). This report includes various
HRM practices and strength and weakness of recruitment & selection process. Other than this
benefits of human resource management practices for employees and employers are discuss. It
also includes how employee relation influence HRM decision making.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
P1 Explain the purpose and functions of HRM.
Human resource management refers to a process of selecting a right candidate for a right
job and provide training and development programs which increase their productivity (Berman
and et. al. 2019). In context of Marks and Spencer its HR manager use different strategies and
policy which help in maintain good organisation culture. For success of selected company it's
important to manage all functions and purpose of HRM which are mention below:
Functions of HRM-
 Recruitment & Selection- It refers to an important function of human resource
management which helps organisation in hiring and selecting best candidate for
company. In context of selected firm, this function helps HR manager in identifying
requirement of employees in organisation and fulfil the requirement by selecting a skilled
and experienced employee. HR manager of selected company effectively perform this
function for achieving organisation objective. By selecting best candidate from the pool
of application it will reduce wastage of resources and increase profitability for
organisation. Recruitment & selection process helps HR in managing their workforce

planning. Workforce planning helps management in analysing requirement of employees
in organisation and managing the demand and supply of workers. Workforce planning
define the vacant job position and number of employees required which helps HR
manager to recruit and select employees according to job requirement. (Brewster and et.
al. 2018).
Role of HR manager- Main role of HR manager of selected company while performing this
function is to select a skilled employee for organisation.
Responsibility of HR manager- In context of selected firm, its HR manger is responsible for
attracting more and more candidate to apply for a vacant post in company. And selecting a right
candidate for a right job which add value for company.
 Training & Development- In terms of this it is an essential function of human resource
management which increase knowledge and skills of employees. Training means guiding
and instructing employees which increasing their knowledge and skills related to a
particular work. In context of Marks & Spencer, it HR manger provide different training
and development programmes to their employees. Which motivates them to do work with
their full efficiency and productivity. HR conduct many development activities which
helps employee in their future growth. Development means improve personality, attitude,
adaptability and leadership style of an employee. Workforce planning meet the demand
of employees working in an organisation. Now a day main demand of workers is to
increase their skills and knowledge. By analysing demand and needs of workers with the
help of workforce planning HR of selected firm meet their demand by providing training
to employees.
Role of HR manager- In terms of selected firm, main role of its HR manager is to prepare
different training and development activities for their workers.
Responsibility of HR manager- In context of selected firm, it HR manager has a responsibility
of increase skills and knowledge of their employees for increasing productivity for company.
HRM functions play an essential role in the successfully achieving the objective of
organisation. As training will help in enhancing the efficiency of workers to perform a particular
task while conducting development plan assist in enhancing the level of knowledge of
employees. Which help selected company in efficiently achieving the goal of business. On the