Human Resources Management Assignment- ALDI

HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1: The purpose and function of HRM in workforce planning and resourcing of Aldi.........1
P2: The strength and weakness of recruitment and selection approaches in Aldi: -..............2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P3: The benefits of HRM practices for employer and employee within Aldi........................4
P4: The effectiveness of different HRM practices in raising the profit and productivity of Aldi
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TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P5: The importance of employee relations in influencing HRM decision making in Aldi....6
P6: The key elements of employment legislation and it impacts on HRM decision making.7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P7: HRM practices in a work-related context for Aldi...........................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Managing human resources adequately within the organisation is a very crucial,
challenging and dynamic job. Human resources management is considered as most unique and
valuable asset for the enterprise. It is primarily focused on increasing employee level of
performance while concerning companies’ policies and system. The functions of human resource
are facing the scarcity of talented resources and overstate expectation of modern workers. Here,
human resource management provides outline to the importance of human resource functions
within the firm. This report is about Aldi, which is a common brand of two major discount
supermarket chains. The headquarter of Aldi is in Essen, Germany and it has around 7,000 stores
in 70 countries. The present report covers, the overall purpose and function of Human resource
management within an organisation. Along with this, benefit to the enterprise by the use of HRM
practises also evaluated. In the end, the impact of employee legislation on human resource
management decision making also been discussed.
TASK 1
P1: The purpose and function of HRM in workforce planning and resourcing of Aldi
Aldi is well known with the fact that people are the key to success. They include an
efficient HRM system which is concentrated on delivering industry leading training package.
The human resource management purposes and functions of Aldi can be classified into three
following categories:
 Managerial functions
 Operative functions Advisory function
The managerial human resource management functions perform by Aldi are: -
Human resource planning- It is helpful for Aldi in determining the amount and type of
employee required for achieving the organisational goals. The human resource planning function
requires research, from which information is collected and analyses for figure out current and
future human resource needs for the enterprise (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014).
Organizing- HRM playing very vital role for the purpose of allocating the task to
members so that organisation can integrate the activities align with common objective. Aldi
managers organize the activities in a manner through which healthy relationship is built among
the employees.
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Directing- The Human resource manager of Aldi providing proper direction and
motivation to employee at different levels, so that they can contribute more in the growth of
organisation.
Controlling- After the completion of planning, organizing and directing the performance
of employees is checked. Aldi evaluate each employee performance and if it is not up to the level
then control measures need to be taken (Brewster and Hegewisch ,2017).
The operative human resource management functions perform by Aldi are: -
Recruitment and selection- This process is taken care by the human resource department
of Aldi. The main purpose of this function is bringing the prospective candidates for the
company from which management will choose the right candidate.
Job analysis and design- The job design work is also come under the boundary of
Human resource management. Aldi HR manager use it to describe the nature of job and define
the requirement such as- qualification, skills, work experience for performing the job (Purce,
2014).
Performance appraisal- The main purpose of performance appraisal function is ensuring
the employees of Aldi are performing at acceptable level.
Training and development- The HR managers of Aldi often use the training and
development function for the purpose of helping employees to acquire skills and knowledge to
perform job in the most efficient manner (Jackson, Schuler and Jiang, 2014).
The advisory human resource management functions perform by Aldi are: -
Advise to top management- Personnel and Human resource manager of Aldi advises the
top management in order to evaluation and formulation of personnel policy, procedures and
programs.
Advise to head of department- HR manager of Aldi gives advice to each and every
department head of the company for the purpose of manpower planning, job design and analysis,
placement, selection, training and appraisal (Budhwar and Debrah, 2013).
P2: The strength and weakness of recruitment and selection approaches in Aldi: -
Recruitment and selection process- It is the process of distinguishing the needs of the
organisation. It is considered with the process of selecting, attracting and appointing the right
candidate for the job (Renwick, Redman and Maguire, 2013). There are several factors that can
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