Managing People: Challenges and HRM Policies

Managing People

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Background of company..............................................................................................................3
Challenges face by company regarding human relations............................................................4
Why contemporary organization need robust and progressive HRM policies............................7
Recommendations......................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
HR department please an important role in order to manage people and evaluate the business
results. In this context the strategic HR department and administration is accountable for the
enhancement of market share within the market and also leads to increase the customer base that
drive the product with the help of innovation in order to increase the sales. Moreover it is also
helpful for company to achieve their desired outcomes. Despite from this management can
become easy if within an organisation everyone is hard working collaborative and talented. In
this context managing the people is the unique craft that will leads to continue the development
and redefine the entire working life (Shaw, 2017). Managing people is only for those that are
goal oriented and passionate towards their success. Besides from this a leader is the one who is
passionate about three major things including people customers and its businesses products and
services. Furthermore why managing people within the organisation the leaders and managers
need to keep their emotions in control as managing people is an activity that is reserved for those
who are emotionally stable. Along with this the best leaders need to remain calm in all situations
whereas the managers allowed their emotions to control their behaviour.
To carry forward this report Sainsbury is considered which is the second largest
Supermarket chain in UK and founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury. Despite from this
company became the largest retailer of groceries in 1922. The report is going to cover the
various challenges that are faced by the company in terms of their human resources and the
challenges include employee’s turnover and absenteeism. As somehow the employer’s of
Sainsbury’s does not lead to motivate their employees to perform best within the organisation
that leads to demoralize them and impact their overall performance. Therefore the low
performance of employees becomes biggest barrier within the success and growth of company.
Along with this it is also describe that why contemporary organisation need robust and
progressive HRM policies.
MAIN BODY
Background of company
J Sainsbury PLC is the second largest chain of supermarket within UK and headquarters in
London. Moreover the Sainsbury’s is classified into three major divisions considering
Sainsbury’s Supermarket Limited, Sainsbury’s bank and Sainsbury’s Argos. In 1995 Tesco

overtook Sainsbury’s in terms of becoming the market leader and after that it became the second
largest in 2003. By January 2014 Sainsbury’s regained its second place in terms of Supermarket
chain and also awaiting to merge with Asda. In April 2018 Asda and Sainsbury’s tries to merge
but in April 2019 the competition and market authority announced that they would not allowed
the Merger because of increase in the price for customers.
Challenges face by company regarding human relations
The Rapid changes in the business environment mean that there are various human
resource management challenges that will continue to evolve for many years. In this context the
challenges can be reduced by focusing on training and development and engagement programs
and also investing in the areas that will optimize development of employees including interior
Technology system and improvement in the candidate’s attraction (Seah and et. al., 2017). It
defines that HR department prepare to increase their resources and employees for the
organization regarding their growth and development. In this context the digital age become
more Complex and human resource management by bringing transparency in the social media.
All of the sudden changes make human resource work quite difficult which means identification
and overcoming the human resource challenges on time by putting effort and money to boost
their employees. In this context various HRM challenges that is faced by the company are
mentioned as under:
Attracting top talent: attracting and retaining the suitable talent within an organisation is
becomes a biggest challenge for the HR manager. As talent acquire more flexibility and healthy
working environment which some companies does not easy provide to their employees that leads
to develop employee turnover within the company. In relation with Sainsbury’s to attract the
suitable individuals company need to know the basic requirements of the position. Moreover
they also need to consider the job roles and Expectations that are dynamic and involve the
culture of organisation by adapting suitable changes as it is the difficult task for the HR manager
(Gallo and Mihalcová, 2016). In that case Sainsbury’s need to start finding the market vacancies
with the help of using various online platforms that can be frequently target the talent depending
on the grounds of skills knowledge experience industry and job level. In this context attracting
the suitable candidate leads to get out less work within the screening stage. In this context
organisation need to create a suitable team of their employees which is useful in achieving the