Functions, Roles, and Responsibilities of Human Resource Management

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Functions of human resource management, its roles and responsibilities and the applicability
on workforce planning.................................................................................................................1
Benefits and weakness of diverse methods.................................................................................2
Benefits of HRM practices on the employer and the employee..................................................4
Evaluating the efficiency of varying Human Resource Management activities in terms of
raising managerial performance and monetary benefits..............................................................5
Analysing significance of worker relation in impacting personnel managing authority’s
decision-making...........................................................................................................................6
Identifying essentials of recruitment and labour legislation its force on personnel management
assessment....................................................................................................................................7
Illustrating application of HRM practices in Tesco.....................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management (HRM) is process of managing people of company in
effective way so that competitive advantages can be achieved. It is an essential component of
organization performance which helps other departments to know their roles and responsibilities,
clear goals, etc. In modern era, it becomes important for large companies to have HRM so that
they can achieve desire position in industry by desirable way. The chosen company in the report
is Tesco which represents British multinational retail that deals in groceries. In the terms of
revenue it holds third position in world. The current report will include functions, roles,
responsibilities of HRM and purposes for workforce planning. Strengths and weaknesses related
to different approaches of recruitment and selection will also be explained in case study. The
present report will give emphasis on benefits of HR practices to employer and employee along
with effectiveness in achieving higher productivity and profitability. In addition to this, case
study will analyse impact of employee relation and employment legislation in decision-making.
Application of HRM practice in work relate context will also be included in current report.
MAIN BODY
Functions of human resource management, its roles and responsibilities and the applicability on
workforce planning
HRM is the key function for any organization and these are several important roles and
responsibility that HR of any company has to fulfil to ensure the well-being of its employees.
These are certain crucial functions, roles and responsibilities of HR:- Workforce planning:- This is among of the major functions of the HR department in the
organization where they shall be ascertaining the future needs of the company in relation
to the requirement of the employees (Delery and Roumpi, 2017). They will identify the
posts, specializations, qualifications that are vacant in the company and accordingly
recruit and select the best suited employees in the company. Performance management:- Another major role-played by HR in any organization is
related to managing the performance in the organizations and based on this performance
they shall be providing the employees with the rewards and recognition that shall be
contributing in boosting their morale (The 12 Key Functions of Human Resources, 2020).
A proper performance management system is developed so that the process of appraisal
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can be done on a routine basis so that the employees are motivated to perform for the
company. Training and skill development:- Training and skill development is the most significant
responsibility that is undertaken by the personnel working in the HR department of the
company. They shall be providing efficient training programmes that shall be assessing in
learning, skill development, operating the equipments etc. This shall also be efficient in
reducing the wastages, optimum utilizations of the resources and generating operational
efficiency. Apart from that it shall contribute in reducing the employee turnover.
 Recruitment and selection:- They are indulged in recruitment and selection of the
employees based on the vacancies that are generated in the organization. With the help of
an efficient recruitment system the HR ensures that the best employee is selected who can
contribute to the growth and development of the company. Post the process of hiring they
are engaged in planning the career of this employee as to where he must be placed, how
will the growth take place and what assistance is required by the employee.
Benefits and weakness of diverse methods
Recruitment (Enlistment) refers to hiring right candidate for appropriate position
in correct time. There are various approaches to recruitment and selection. In addition to
this, it can be done through both external and internal resources, media selection, job
specification, application,etc. Selection is the process of choosing applicant for Tesco:
Approaches Advantages Disadvantages
Internal method  It is a very quick
process as applicant are
already known to
company. They my as
well have experience in
the specific job role.
 This provides small
pool of applicants &
may not have task
experience.
 Tesco will get
disadvantage of lack of
fresh ideas in business.
External source  Tesco will get new
ideas, enthusiastic
employee's skills, large
pool of potential
candidates (Hunter and
et.al., 2017).
 New workers takes
time to settle in
business as well
expensive.
Recruitment agencies  It is often fast process
which provides
 It does not give
guarantee the best
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