Managing People: HRM Issues and Resolution Strategies in TESCO

Managing People

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Background of the company.......................................................................................................1
HRM issue...................................................................................................................................1
Examination of the chosen issue.................................................................................................3
HRM Theories and models for resolution of issues....................................................................4
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
People management is the concept which includes many aspects and activities related to
the administering of individuals working in the organisation. For the benefits of personnel, HR
managers make strategies and policies which can be implemented within the organisation for
increasing their efficiency and effectiveness (Chan and Lai, 2017). Employees are the lifeblood
of a company and it is the responsibility for the HR department to manage the workforce in the
organisation by resolving their issues in a prompt manner. Every company look for effective
rules and regulations by which number of conflicts at the workplace can be mitigated. In this
report, TESCO has been chosen which is one of the leading companies in UK in the sector of
groceries merchandise retailer. The headquarter is located in Welwyn Garden City,
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Furthermore, this report consists of a HRM issue which has
taken place in this company and various theories together with recommendations as a solution
have been given so that such issues can be resolved.
MAIN BODY
Background of the company
This report is about TESCO which is an international companies operating in multiple
countries. It sells groceries and general merchandise as a retailer and headquarter is located in
Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. According to market share and customer wise, it is
leading in the current sector and the strategies implemented by this company made it successful
by increasing turnover and sales. In the past years, TESCO has expanded globally to many
countries which made it successful and strong organisation. It is a large entity which has about
500,000 employees across the globe for carrying the operations in all the 7,000 stores worldwide.
Therefore, it is very obvious that different issues can arise between the employees because of
numerous reasons and factors which may be related to external or internal elements of business
environment.
HRM issue
Issue 1- TESCO cut 1700 jobs for reducing the costs in order to remain competitive
One of the biggest HRM issues that happened recently in the company is that TESCO
cut about 1,700 jobs because of modifications within the management in the light of changes in
business environment (Conard and et.al, 2016). TESCO planned to bring modification within the
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