Human Resource Management at Sony Corporation

This assignment analyzes the role of Human Resource Management (HRM) in driving workforce performance within organizations. It focuses specifically on Sony Corporation, examining the various HRM practices employed by the company and their effects on employee behavior and organizational goals. The analysis draws upon relevant academic literature and research to provide a comprehensive understanding of how HRM strategies contribute to achieving sustainable competitive advantage.

Managing and Leading
Human Resources

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Explain purpose and functions of HRM that applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing....................................................................................................................................1
P2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches for recruitment and selections...............3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P3 Explain the benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for employer and
employee.....................................................................................................................................4
P4 Effectiveness of various HRM practices to raise organizational profit and productivity......5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P5 Importance of employee relations which are influencing HRM decision making for the
SONY..........................................................................................................................................6
P6 Elements of employee legislation and its influence on decision making process.................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management (HRM) refers to the concept in which include process of
recruiting and selecting right person for specifics job. It generally refers to HR department which
play an important role in managing people within an organisation. In this includes various
functions or activities so that predetermined goals or objectives can be achieved (Alfes, 2013).
This report is based on SONY Corporation as it is a Japanese multinational conglomerate
corporation and situated in Tokyo. This company is dealing with several products and services
such as electronic items like AV,IT & communications, Video games, Motion pictures, Music
and financial services. In this report cover various functions of HRM and strengths or
weaknesses of recruitment and selections process. It define benefits of HRM practices for
employees and employers and evaluation of those practices for profits. Importance of employee
relations and key elements of employment legislation also will discuss here.
TASK 1
P1 Explain purpose and functions of HRM that applicable to workforce planning and resourcing
Human resource management consider various functions and activities which must be
perform within an organisation. HR department provide learning sessions as well as training to
employees for enhancing their skills, knowledge and abilities so that they can perform in well
manner for accomplishing pre-defined goals or objectives (Batt, 2012). Here are some purpose of
human resource management within SONY Corporation which support in managing people and
their performance level to achieve particular task such as:
Employees:- They are key personnels of every organisation to get success. They are
responsible for performing any tasks or work and achieve certain goals or targets. HR manager
of Sony corporation play an important role in maintaining relations among employees by
ensuring their requirement and needs. They provide various training and development sessions to
poor performers as per their needs which will support in getting best results or outcomes through
superb performance. Manager also focus on resolving any kinds of problems or issues of
employees for managing the relations in effective and efficient manner.
Organisation:- In this, HR department is responsible for creating better working
environment as they recruit and select best suitable candidates for particular job within the firm.
They ensure about vacant positions in the company and find best persons with high qualified,
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trained and skilled candidates so that better team workforce can be created. It must be required to
select right candidate for suitable job so that targets can be achieved and organisational
performance will be enhanced (Colvin, 2011). Managers always try to maintain the brand image
among competitors as Sony corporation focus on providing better products and services to the
customers for satisfy their need and wants.
Performance management: HR Manager of Sony corporation focus on managing the
relations among employees through better working environment. They take responsibility to
maintain individuals performance and solve any conflicts or barriers that can affects on the team
members so that they can perform effectively and effectively of every tasks or work. It will
support in achieving goals or objectives in better ways.
Employees relations: It is most important duty and responsibility of human resource that
to maintain the relations so that harmony system can be created within an organisation.
Therefore, good relations among people must be required for making healthy environment
(Buller, 2012). It can be possible through better communications procedures and resolve
conflicts between employee and employers.
Functions of HRM:
Recruitment and selections: This the main functions of human resource that ton recruit
and select best candidates for fulfilling job requirements. Manager choose qualified person for
creating better team workforce.
Planning: HR department play vital role in formulating company's plans and policies for
effective organisation. They consider this while making appropriate decisions regarding
recruitment and selections for job profile.
Maintained positive environment: HR manager of the Sony firm focus on creating
positive working environment through maintaining relations and resolve problems as well as
disputes among employees for improving their performance level in effective manner (McEvoy,
2012).
Training and development: This functions is very important for enhancing employees
skills and abilities by providing them proper training and development so that performance can
be improved in appropriate manner and goals or objectives can be achieved.
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P2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches for recruitment and selections
Every company have their different process of recruitment and selections which they
follows while conducting these types of programmes for achieving pre-defined goals or
objectives in appropriate manner. Manager try to choose best candidate with matching their
profile for suitable job or vacancy (Campbell, 2012). There are numbers of approaches for
recruiting and selecting person such as job description, skills inventory and job posting etc. HR
manager focus on selecting suitable tools or techniques for conducting this procedures such as
internal, external as well as third party sources for recruiting talented candidates for particular
job within the Sony corporation. here are some sources elaborated for better understanding of
recruitment and selections such as:
Sources Strengths weaknesses
Internal It is very effective technique as any
firm can save more time and costs
while recruiting the person from
company. Managers ensure about their
employees and they individual
strengths by measuring their
performance so it will be easy to select
talented or suitable candidates for
specific job (Coff, 2012). They create
awareness among employees
regarding job posting and invite them
for fulfilling that. It will support in
increasing their moral and boost
energy so that they can perform in
effective and efficient manner.
There would be some limitation
can be found that limited
candidates are available with in
the firm and it may be difficult to
select talented or highly qualified
person because they select from
an organisation. Company cannot
bring new ideas or innovation due
to lack of new or fresh thinking.
It can be reduced growth as well
as productivity because of limited
ideas.
External It is an effective source where chances
to select fresh and talented candidates
because in this, employees are invited
It can increase costs or expenses
while selecting candidates from
outsides by using sources. It also
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from outside. New employees will
bring innovative ideas and creativity
within the firm which will lead to
increase performance level of
organisation and employees in
appropriate manner (Kryscynski,
2012). It will support in selecting
educated and highly skilled candidates
for particular job so that pre-defined
goals or objectives can be achieved.
Sony corporation can enhance their
profits or productivity through better
performance of employees.
can be create complexities while
recruiting any person. There may
be long term procedures in this.
This sources may effect on the
existing employees as they can be
feel demotivated due to entry of
new employees within the firm.
TASK 2
P3 Explain the benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for employer and
employee
Employees and employers are the key people of particular organisation because they
work hard for achieving pre-defined goals or set targets and increase productivity through their
performance. They formulate various business activities as well as strategies for completing
tasks or work to attain that set goals (Choi, 2011). Sony corporation always consider the
satisfaction level of employees and employers so that they can perform better and handle
customers in appropriate manner.
Benefits of HRM practices for Employer: Resolve conflicts: There would be less chances of increasing any kinds of disputed or
conflicts between employees and employers which results in getting best outcomes
within the firm.
 Quality workforce: Company consider appropriate training and learning sessions and
provide to employees for enhancing their skills, knowledge and abilities for the purpose
of accomplishing set targets.
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Benefits for employees: Healthy working environment: good HRM practices will lead sin creating positive and
healthy environment within the organisation. It will support in maintaining relations
among staff members so that effective team can be build. Career growth: There are various opportunities that can be provide by effective HRM
practices such as promotions, awards, rewards or incentives to deserve candidates for
enhancing their performance and appreciate them to achieve future goals for their career
development.
 Motivation: Manager also consider motivation tool for increasing productivities and
enhance their skills or abilities to perform better of ever and each tasks in appropriate
manner (Clark, 2016). Company provides benefits regarding monetary and non-monetary
which increase motivational level of every individuals.
P4 Effectiveness of various HRM practices to raise organizational profit and productivity
HR department is most important field for every firms because they take responsibility to
increase profitability and productivities through effective performance of employees. So they
contributes more for developing any organisation in effective manner. It is an essential that helps
in satisfying customers by providing better goods or services and get more profits through
enhancing performance level of people as well as organisation.
There are some effectiveness of HRM practices such as:
Employee engagement : In this employers give opportunities to employees for taking
part in various organisational activities and functions for their engagement so that higher profits
can be generated in effective manner.
Focus on management : Manager try to create better working place through proper
management by performing entire business activities as well as functions in appropriate manner
(Daley, 2012). They focus on employees expectation and wants which has major impacts on the
engagement and affects business outcomes.
Create brand image : HRM practices support in enhancing productivities and manage
manpower within the firm as they are responsible for promoting values, ethics, visions and
mission for an organisation.
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TASK 3
P5 Importance of employee relations which are influencing HRM decision making for the SONY
Employees relations are must be required for every firm as company can create positive
and healthy environment by maintaining harmony among people. Human resource management
take various kinds of decisions regarding company's policies and strategies. There are some
importance of employee relations which are related with HRM decisions of Sony corporation
such as:
Promotes effective ideas and innovations: If employees relations are good then they can
give new innovative ideas to the company as it will be easy to make every decisions regarding
recruitment and selections, training and development etc. it also leads in increasing profits as
well as productivities within firm.
Increase loyalty of employees: Effective relations will support to increase loyalty among
employees towards company as it reduces labour turnover in an organisation (Dul, 2012).
Retaining existing employees will support in running all tasks or work in effective manner.
Promote team working: Good relations are very useful tool because it helps in resolving
any kinds of issue or problems among employees and promote team for achieving particular
goals or objectives.
Job satisfaction: in this defined that when all employees get more returns then they will
feel satisfied so company focus on providing various benefits for satisfy their needs or wants.
Company can take better decisions regarding recruitment and selections.
P6 Elements of employee legislation and its influence on decision making process
It is defined as the legal agreement or contract which formulated for the benefits of
employees and employers (Ceylan, 2011). Here are some laws of contracts of SONY corporation
such as: Sex discrimination Act: According to this law, in every firm there should not be any
discrimination among employees regarding their age, sex, colour and race which will
affects on the business activities and influence HRM decisions making. Working time Act: It is related with time schedule of any organisation as there should be
limited working hour as per this law and make sure about release time of employees from
office.
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 Minimum wage Act: In this act defined that there are some fix or minimums wage rate
for employees regarding the employment legislations (Fulton, 2011). This is favour of
employees as it concern with labour laws in which consider wage rate.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that human resource play an important role
for managing people and achieving success. Managing human resource is difficult task as
managers try to manage entire workforce through increasing level of performance. HRM
practices have different purpose and functions for accomplishing goals. There are various
elements that can affects on the human resource management decisions as well as some
evaluation of HRM of the Sony corporation.
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