Managing Human Resources

Managing Human Resources

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
SECTION 1.....................................................................................................................................1
Introduction..................................................................................................................................1
Overview of chosen organization................................................................................................1
Different functions of HRM applicable to planning and resources the required workforce.......1
Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection........................2
Discuss about the benefits of different HRM practices for employees and employers...............3
HRM practices improve productivity and contribute to the profit of M&S................................3
Analyse the importance of effective employee relation in HRM and impact on the decision-
making.........................................................................................................................................4
Key elements of employee legislation and evaluate how good HRM practice and employee
legislation influence the decision making in M&S......................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................5
Section 2..........................................................................................................................................5
Design the job description and the person specification of the HR manager..............................5
Advertisement in social media for the HR manager job role......................................................6
Two CV’s to tailored the specified job........................................................................................7
preparatory notes for the interview, selection criteria and assessment for the justification for
the decision..................................................................................................................................8
Design job offer letter..................................................................................................................8
Evaluation of the selection and the recruitment process.............................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

SECTION 1
Introduction
Human resource management can be defined as a kind of strategic approach which is
used by organizations for effective management of people and resources of an organization
(Bhattacharyya and Biswas, 2021). This report will be focusing upon explaining different
functions of HRM, strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment, benefits of
different HRM practices, importance of effective employee relations in HRM, key elements of
employee legislations, and explanation of recruitment and selection process in detail.
Overview of chosen organization
Chosen organization for this report is Marks and Spencer. M&S is a British multinational
retail that was founded in 1884 whose main headquarter is in London, England, UK. They have
their retail stores in more than 1460 locations globally. Marks and Sencer specializes in selling
products such as: cloths, home products, and food products. Most of these products are sold by
marks and Spencer under their own label. They are majorly dependent upon UK market as
approximately 60 percent of their stores are in UK itself.
Different functions of HRM applicable to planning and resources the required workforce
There are many different kinds of human resources functions that are applicable to
planning and resources. Each of them has their own function that can directly help them in
achievement of business objectives. Some of the main HRM functions are as follows:
 Job designing and job analysis: it is one of the main functions of HRM as it helps in
describing duties, roles and responsibilities of employees working on a specific designation
(Naser, 2017). Main purpose of this function is to make employees understand their roles and
responsibilities within organization so that main business objectives of firms can be achieved
in a successful manner.
 Employee hiring and selection: it is another important function of HRM which is applicable
to planning and resources for required workforce. Main purpose of this function is to hire
talented, skilful employees with required qualification of desired designation so that
workflow is not disturbed and work can be managed in an effective manner.
 Employee training and development: It is one off the main function of human resource
management for planning and resources whose main purpose is to provide training to both
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old and new employees so that they can develop required skills and qualities so that their
overall performance is enhanced and desired business objectives can be achieved.
 Compensation and benefits is another important HRM function whose main purpose is to
motivate employees so that they feel motivated, work upon enhancing their overall progress
in an effective manner (Hughes and et. al., 2021). It can help in achievement of main
business objective which is to enhance employee retention and reduce employee turnover.
 Employee performance management is another kind of main function of HRM whose main
function is to ensure that overall productivity of employees is high and they are working
upon enhancing their main organizational goals and objectives.
Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection
There are various different kinds of recruitment and selection approaches that can be used
by Marks and Spencer. Each of these approaches has their own strengths and weakness. Some of
the most important recruitment and selection approaches and their strengths and weaknesses
have been explained below:
Advertising:
 Strengths: It is one of the most easiest type of recruitment and selection approach that can
help an organization in reaching large number of candidates easily. It can help in finding
appropriate candidates in short duration of time period. Marks and Spencer focuses upon
social media advertising in which they put job advert on social media platforms so that
desired candidates can reach to them in short time period because today social media
platforms are used by most of the employees (Krylov and et. al., 2019).
 Weaknesses: it is a costly process because if advertisement is given on print media then it
will cost organization for giving advertisement on print media. It is required to be placed
properly and communicated in an adequate manner then it can result in miscommunication.
Internal promotions: this approach is most commonly used by Marks and Spencer as it not only
help them in filling vacant position but also helps in enhancing overall motivational level of
employees
 Strengths: Existing employees can be directly promoted within organization as per their
skills, qualities and knowledge. This helps in enhancing overall motivation of employees so
they can work with more dedication.
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