Challenges Faced by Morrison in Human Resource Management

Human Resource of
Morrison’s

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANISATION...............................................................................2
CHALLENGES FACED BY MORRISON IN RELATION TO HUMAN RESOURCE..............3
WHY CONTEMPORARY ORGANISATION NEED ROBUST AND PROGERESSIVE HRM
POLICIES........................................................................................................................................4
HR PLANNING, RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION AND HOW THESE ARE LINKED
WITH HRM STRATEGY...............................................................................................................5
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Human resource management and human resource policies are very important and essential
aspect of every organisation as it is necessary that the employees of the company are effectively
managed and controlled by the staff. Human resource Management refers to the system or a
department in a company which is responsible for looking over the needs of personnel in The
entity and also entitled to manage the workforce (Leroy and et. al., 2018). The report below
covers various topics starting with a thorough introduction and background of the organisation.
Moving forward challenges which are faced by Morrison in relation to human resource are
highlighted along with understanding the need of robust and progressive human resource
policies. Moreover, in the end some recommendations are given to the company in respect to
manage and effectively operate there employees in the most potential manner.
BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANISATION
Morrison’s is the fourth largest train of supermarket in the united kingdoms which was
established in 1899 by William Morrison and headquartered it in England UK. Morrison is one
of the most preferred and largest supermarket store in the united kingdoms of its kind and serves
through its approximately 500 stores in different locations of the UK. The supermarket chain
deals in various products such as food and drinks, clothing, books and magazines (Shore,
Cleveland and Sanchez, 2018). Morrison has a very large employee base holding around 120,000
employees in the organisational structure in different departments and in different locations. The
company was started by William Morrison as an egg and butter stall in the Rawson market of
Bradford, England. In 2004 the Store location was the primary focus in the north of the England
but with the takeover of Safeway the presence of Morrison increased significantly in the whole
England, Wales as well as Scotland. The market share of the supermarket is continuously
increasing which made it one of the largest supermarket store in the UK and became a great
competition to many large companies such as Asda and Tesco. Morrison got listed on London
stock exchange in 1967 which made it a public limited company. Morrison always have worked
with the policy of innovation and diversification which change it into a huge success as the
organisation continuously and increasingly improved its operational units and profit accordingly
which made it it is the largest supermarket store and IV position is acquired.
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