Managing Human Resources: Flexible Working in Tesco and Sainsbury

MANAGING HUMAN
RESOURCES

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Flexible Working.........................................................................................................................3
Flexible Working of Tesco..........................................................................................................6
Flexible Working of Sainsbury....................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Managing Human Resources mainly deals in managing the functions performed by the
manager which relates to the employees of the Human Resource Department. Managing can be
done by several processes like plan and allocate resources, provide direction, develop a suitable
environment, offer opportunities and many more (Chandola and et.al.,2019). Tesco and
Sainsbury, both the renowned Supermarket Business Enterprises in UK performs worldwide
operations in numerous products like food, clothing etc. They are tough competitors of each
other always trying to stand on top.
The report will give a brief introduction of the Flexible Working along with discussing its scope,
nature and limits as well. The research will be followed by taking two examples of organizations
which attempts flexible working at their places and worldwide. A brief conclusion drawn from
both the examples will be described at the end of the report.
MAIN BODY
Flexible Working
Definition
It is also referred to as Flexitime which involves certain arrangements, may be non-
traditional, mainly focusses on the personal needs of individual (Chung, 2018). It can be in the
form of work from home, part-time work, compression in hours, on-call working and many
more. In UK, certain groups like parents having disabled children or below 6 years etc. are
legally allowed to request for flexible working.
Figure 1: Flexible Working
Source: The Timewise Definition of Flexible Working, 2020
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