Contribution of HR Practices to Strategic Management and Achieving Goals

International Human
Resource Management

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
Evaluate the contribution of HR practices to strategic management and achieving goals..........1
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
Explore and evaluate tools for the global talent management and succession planning.............5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is an activity of managing the employees, activities and operations
of a company so that business of the firm can operate and run in effective manner. It is also
responsible to frame plans, rules and policies for organisation so that workforce performs their
roles and responsibilities in systematic and appropriate manner. HR manager of the company
effectively perform all HR practice like training and development, recruitment and selection,
performance appraisal and many more so that employees feel encourage do their work in proper
manner (Linehan, 2019). It will help the company in operating its business at local and national
level in adequate way. This document is based on Tesco plc which is a British multinational
groceries and general merchandise retailer. This firm was incorporated in 1919 by Jack Cohen
and is headquartered in Hertfordshire England. This report will discuss about importance of HR
practice to business strategy and contribution to strategic management and attaining business
objectives. Further, will explain about evaluation of tools for the global talent management and
succession planning.
TASK 2
Evaluate the contribution of HR practices to strategic management and achieving goals
Human resource practice refers to that activities and strategies through which HR function
of the company manage, lead and develop its staff. These activities and essential and important
for the company because with the help of them, organisation can develop its workforce, attain its
goals and operate its business national and local level in proper manner. There different human
resource management practices and the brief description of them as below with their importance
in term of strategic management and accomplish business objectives.
Training and development- It s the main HR practice which is crucial for the company like
Tesco because with the help of it, the company can conduct different training, learning and
development session that are crucial to make development in employees. With the help of this
activity, the workforce of the firm can make improvement in their existing skills and gain
knowledge about new things like technologies, strategies and many more that are beneficial to
perform their work or accomplish their set business objectives (Suutari and et. al., 2018). This
HR practice is important because when employees aware about new things and have improved
skills then, the management can make change in term of adopting new technology which help in
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growth and success of the firm. For, by offering different kind of training like online training,
coaching, different types of courses etc., Tesco can make development in employee’s knowledge
and competencies. It will help the company in strategic management and attaining the goals and
aims of local and international business. If the enterprise will not organised these kind of
sessions and programmes then employees will not be aware with latest technology and other
things or if company use new techniques in its business then they will not make their effective
contribution in its growth and development.
Recruitment and selection- It is another effective HR practice that is crucial for the
development and success of the company. Basically, it is an activity of hiring and choosing
skilled, knowledgeable and well quailed individual (Carbery and Cross, C. 2018). In recruitment
and selection process people are hired for specific job role that are able to fulfil job role
requirement. By using different selection tools like interview, group discussion, aptitude,
personality test and many more, the form hire candidates for filling the vacant positions of job
role of a particular department. In Tesco, the management of the company recruit skilled
employees through internal and external requirement activity in form of hiring applicants by
providing notification by using marketing channels or in internally transfer and promote workers
to upper position by determining their capabilities. This HRM practice is beneficial to the
company because with the assistance of it company hire skilled people which is beneficial for the
success of firm. If company has knowledgeable workforce then employees perform their roles
and responsibilities in effective manner of attain their aims and objective in set time duration
which help in attaining local and international business objective of venture in proper way. If the
company will not use effective tools and techniques in recruitment then it will not select skilled
individual and organisation will not attain its desired success.
Flexible working option- This HRM practice highly contributes in success of the firm and
accomplishing its national and local level business goals. It mention to the flexibility of working
hours and way of working so that employees can make work life balance. In Tesco, by offering
flexible working option, in form of work according sift, work from home, part time work and
many more, the firm can create an effective working environment that is crucial for the
development and success of the company (Boella and Goss-Turner, 2019). For example, with the
help of this option, the employees who are not able to come to office, they can complete their
work through work from home. It is also beneficial to company because it help in minimising
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