Importance of Employee Relations in HRM Decision-Making

Human Resource
Management project

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
P1: Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organisation...........................................................................................................3
P2: Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection.
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TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P3: Explain the benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for both the
employer and employee...............................................................................................................6
P4: Evaluate the effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational
profit and productivity.................................................................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P5 Analyse the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-
making.........................................................................................................................................7
P6: Identify the key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has upon HRM
decision-making...........................................................................................................................8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
P7: Illustrate the application of HRM practices in a work-related context, using specific
examples......................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a strategic approach for employing people, developing
policies, compensating them, and training them. It is a process of effective management of
people in an organisation. Human resource department of a company is responsible for
recruiting, training and development of the employees. The overall purpose of it is to ensure the
success of organisation through people employed in organisation. In context with Burberry a
luxury fashion brand this report covers the purpose of human resource management, workforce
planning, resourcing of organisation, strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to
recruitment and selection process, benefits of different human resource management for both
employee and employer, effectiveness of HRM in terms of organisational profits and
productivity, importance of employee and employer relationship, key elements of employment
legislation, application of HRM practices in work-related context along with conclusion.
Task 1
P1: Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organisation.
Human resource management is a process concerned with maintaining workforce,
motivating, hiring, communicating and administering on an organisation in a competent manner.
Every organisation has its human resource management department which is responsible for
employee's benefits, reward management, performance appraisal and many other functions. In
context with a luxury fashion brand Burberry Human resource department plays a crucial role.
Every department in an organisation has a purpose behind its working. (Baqi and et. al., 2020).
The purpose of human resource department of Burberry is to ensure that process involved to
nurture human and support employee welfare shall lead to business growth. It is the function as
well as responsibility of HR department in a business enterprise to find highly skilled people,
increase employee's productivity, planning for workforce and facilitate communication between
employer and employee. Human resource management is helpful for employees as well as
employers as it helps employees and managers to improve effectiveness of organisation.
In relation with Burberry a fashion house industry Human resource department of the
company concerned with managing the employees and there are many functions of the
department they are:

 Recruiting and selection process: Recruitment and selection procedure of a company is
an important part of organisation. It involves screening, captivating and selecting
potential and deserving candidates for the job required of the company. Before starting
the process of recruitment Burberry execute a staffing plan which is helpful in selecting
qualified employees.
 Orientation programmes: Employee orientation includes how employees can help to
achieve the goals and objectives. It is helpful to know about exact role and duties that
employee has to perform in a organisation such as Burberry. It clarifies the active role in
company (Latukha and et.al., 2020)
 Good working conditions: It is the duty of Burberry's human resource department to
maintain good working conditions in the company to motivate the employees by which
employees get more dedicated to their work.
 Managing employee relation: Management of Burberry should organise activities to
maintain employer and employee relationship in the organisation. It is the key of success
for every organisation.
 Training and development of employees: Burberry can improve the current
performance by training the employees through educating them and managing
development programmes for the employees.
P2: Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection.
Recruitment: It is a process which is used by organisations to attract the suitable
candidates for the jobs. Various types of methods are used by the companies for recruitment
according to needs and demand of the company. There are mainly two types of approaches
which are used for recruiting the candidates they are:
Internal recruitment: It is a process which is fast and less time consuming as in this
type of approach existing employees of the company are referred and taken into consideration for
the vacant post. (Baqi and et. al., 2020). There are strength and weakness of internal approach of
the recruitment.
Employees referrals: most companies such as Burberry adopt this internal approach of
recruitment as it is cost effective and person already employed in the organisation is assigned
more responsibilities in case of vacant post they are taken into consideration by the company.