Managing and Leading Human Resources: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing and Leading Human Resources
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
LO1 Explain the purpose and scope of Human Resource Management in terms of resourcing an
organisation with talent and skills appropriate to fulfil business functions.....................................3
LO2 Evaluate the effectiveness of the key elements of Human Resource Management in an
organisation......................................................................................................................................7
LO3 Analyse internal and external factors that affect Human Resource Management decision-
making, including employment legislation....................................................................................10
LO4 Apply Human Resource Management practices in a work-related context..........................12
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................17
Reference.......................................................................................................................................18
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Introduction
Human resource management is a process through which the people in an organization are
managed to maintain and develop the productivity of the organization (Cascio, 2018).
Recruitment and selection, training the employees, maintaining the relationship between the
management and the workforce, developing various policies, providing various benefits to the
employees and some others fall under the purview of human resource management. This
assignment is based on the various activities of the human resource management. The purpose,
scope and the various functions of the human resource development have been discussed here.
The example of Marks & Spencer is a company here to discuss the HRM activities of the
company. The recruitment and selection policy have been discussed. Various benefits of the
employees that are provided by the HR manager have been discussed. Keeping employee-
employer relation and the decision-making by the human resource manager have been
highlighted in this project. In the final section of this project, the recruitment processes of the HR
manager of the Marks & Spencer have been shown in detail. The reader will have a detail idea
regarding the entire human resource practice of an HR department.
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LO1 Explain the purpose and scope of Human Resource Management in terms of
resourcing an organisation with talent and skills appropriate to fulfil business functions
An assessment of the approach to workforce planning, recruitment and selection,
development and training, performance management and reward systems (P1)
Human resource management is a process to manage people in an organization. A human
resource manager in an organization manages the workforce in many ways. The main objective
of managing human resource management is to increase the productivity of and meet the goals
and objectives of the organization.
Workforce planning: The HR manager of marks & Spencer designs the workforce planning to
contribute the organizational performance of the company. The HR manager aligns the
workforce of the company with the business plan and addresses the current and future issues
related to the workforce of the company. A workforce planning on the one hand, helps the
management to enhance the culture of the company and on the other hand, the employees can
develop their own skills and competency (Glover et al., 2015).
Recruitment and selection: Recruitment and selection is one of the vital functions in Marks &
Spencer that influences the profit making and some other activities of the company. This is the
procedure through which existing employees are retained and fresh talents are hired in the
company (Sarker, 2017). There are two types of recruitment and selection processes – the
internal recruitment process and the external recruitment process respectively. Marks & Spencer
follows the both.
Development and training: The training and development programs of Marks & Spencer are
one of the core activities of the company like other big companies. The HR manager of Marks &
Spencer, through training programs, aims at developing the skills and competencies of the
employees and thus, he increases the performance and productivity of the employees. The HR
manager, through development programs creates many opportunities of the employees for their
satisfaction and growth. Development is a long-term natured strategy of the company.
Performance management: Through performance management plan, the HR manager of Marks
& Spencer helps the managers and other employees work in a planned way. The manager in each
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