Human Resources Management - Chocolate presence & Microsoft

Human Resources
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
A). Purpose and functions of HRM and its importance to the company...............................1
B). Strengths and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selection................2
C). Two potential improvements to enhance selection process.............................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
A) Create a person specification.............................................................................................4
B) Advantages and disadvantages of the current methods of advertising jobs......................5
C) Recommended the job advert for the receptionist vacancy...............................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
A) Benefits of training schemes to both employer and employee..........................................7
B) Identification of arrangements and its benefits to Microsoft and employee's...................9
C) Evaluation of methods to motivate workforce and designing job roles............................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
A) Importance of employee's engagement in the organisation............................................11
B) Key approaches for engaging employee's.......................................................................12
C) Key elements for employee's legislation.........................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the sector which is related to workers working in
organization. Human resource management is the process under which planning, recruiting and
selecting best candidate for the post. Workforce is most crucial aspect for organization because
they are the sources for which individuals are working. Human resources managers are
responsible for understanding different preferences of employees and makes policies for their
betterment. In current market, there are many ways through which individuals can be selected
and hired such as online and off sources.
This report is based on Chocolate presence and Microsoft. Chocolate presence is wide
spreading organization providing tailor made chocolates. While Microsoft is world wide
information technology organization having head quarter in Washington. In this report, there is
discussion about purpose, function of HRM, strengths and weakness of different approaches of
selection and recruitment, different benefits of HRM practices for both employer and employee.
Apart from this there is discussion about effectiveness of different HRM practices for improving
productivity and profitability. At last it en- lights importance of employee relation for improving
decision making, laws and regulations which has to be discussed and different practical examples
for implementing HRM practices.
TASK 1
A). Purpose and functions of HRM and its importance to the company
HRM is the sector which assist in managing work force at organisation. This department
is crucial and significant because of change in market trends. As per case study of Chocolate
Presence, managers are thinking to expand their business to get expanded at international level.
In order to expand business, there is requirement of different departments such as marketing,
research and development, sales, purchasing, etc. So managers are thinking to improve staff and
asked HR manager to get some best candidates for the post(Cascio, 2015).
Purpose of HRM
Compensation and benefits- Main purpose of HRM is to set appropriate compensation
and benefits to employees. This is the main reason for which individuals are working at
Chocolate Presence, there are some person goals and objectives of individuals as well, so it is
important to provide them specific appropriate compensation and benefits.
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Performance appraisal- Performance appraisal is the management operations through
which employees at Chocolate presence motivate each other. Managers of organisation wants to
expand their business, so it is important to evaluate their performance and provide them
monetary and non- monetary benefits to keep them satisfy.
Functions of HRM
Planning- Planning is one of the most common purpose for which HR department is
working(Jiang, Lepak and Baer, 2012). There are different ways through which individuals are
selected by HR manager of Chocolate presence but they have to select best candidate fro crowd,
so appropriate method has to be selected.
Directing- there is requirement of direction to workers through which they perform their
operations in desired manner. As there are many employees, so it is important to make them
work in synchronise manner. Hence with admitting individuals direction regarding working
style, environment of organisation is clear to them by HR manager.
Purpose of HR functions and its importance:
There are many functions performed by HR manager of Chocolate Presence such as
planning, organisation, staffing, directing, recruiting, etc. these are the major functions which has
to be performed by managers of organisation. With the help of HR functions, there is proper
communication with workers and it is easy to synchronise business activities. While selecting
best candidates there is positive environment at organisation,. Planning, organising are the major
functions through which best individuals can be selected for Chocolate Presence. HR practices
are important for organisation because there is specific way through which individuals are able to
understand what has to be done. Workers are satisfied because they can easily communicate
about their issues and grievances. There is a platform which makes it easy for employees to
become familiar with each other(Mello, 2014).
As managers of Chocolate Presence wants to expand their business and facing issues
regarding selecting and recruiting individuals, hence with the help of HR functions, it is easy to
get best candidates and improve quality of chocolates provided by association.
B). Strengths and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selection
Recruitment and selection are the major functions performed by HR manger because they
deals with managing workforce at organisation. With proper recruitment and selection, it is easy
to expand and get positive impact on growth and development of workers. Recruitment refers to
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