People Management in TESCO and Sainsbury: Pros and Cons of HRM, HR Policies and Practices, and Corporate Strategy

People Management

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
Critically evaluating the pros and cons of HRM........................................................................1
Explaining the current role of HRM and human resource management system.........................2
Explaining the current role of the HRM department & function in creating coherence along
with HR policies and practices of TESCO and Sainsbury..........................................................3
Presenting company corporate strategy- key differences, similarities, implications,
consequences................................................................................................................................4
PART-2............................................................................................................................................6
Reflection of own people management and team-working ability..............................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
People management is associated with having the process of talent acquisition, offering
training & development, motivation and day to management of employees. In the current era, it
is highly crucial for the companies to pay attention on having the effective people management
procedure in turn accomplishing organizational objectives. The current study will focus on
having the significant information regarding the role of HRM now and its system. This will
include the insights of implications & consequences of staff, line managers, organization and
sector. Its role in creating the coherence will be included in the present study to get the depth
understanding. The recent report will emphasis on using two companies such as TESCO and
Sainsbury which operates in retail sector for offering groceries, clothing, etc. in turn key
differences, similarities, implications consequences, HR policies and practices will be involved.
PART 1
Critically evaluating the pros and cons of HRM
Human resource management in the current time is highly required as it offers the
various form of the competitive advantage to the organization (Solayappan . and AP. 2019).
There are different form of the activities which is basically executed by HRM in respect to have
the higher profitability & sustainability via ensuing the optimum utilization of the resources.
This shows that effective management of employees to uplift its overall position in optimum
utilization of resources to gain effective functioning (Sony, 2020). These are the benefits and
limitations which are basically faced by both the specified organizations operating in retail
sector.
Pros
 There are different form of the benefits which is obtained by having the human resource
management that are as follows:
 The one of the major benefit is to boost the employees' performance via conducting
training & development in effective manner.
 It is responsible for having corrective strategy so that right employee at proper position
to have ensured that reliable utilization of resources to avoid errors & conflicts.
 This is related with offering the higher job satisfaction by enabling to get competitive
skills to have higher retention of employees can become possible.
Cons
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 There are certain lacking areas which is required to be focused by the firm in turn
attaining performance of organization get negatively affected (Alewell and Rastetter.
2020).
 There is requirement of maintaining the safe distance which impact the performance of
manager in respect to take strategic decision.
 Lack of support is achieved by the employees from the management in course of training
as program conducted is suitable or not can not be evaluated effectively.
Explaining the current role of HRM and human resource management system
There are different form of the roles which are played by human resource management in
companies that help to accomplishing the organizational objectives. In the current era,
organization require paying attention on having proper management of its human resources in
respect to have reliable adherence with industrial laws and regulations. This is needed to follow
the set of roles which includes recruitment and hiring, training & development, maintaining
employee relationship, managing company culture, employee benefits, creating safe working
environment and handling disciplined actions.
 The one of the significant role which is executed by firm that involves recruiting and
hiring employees according to the required capabilities in turn accomplishing the
organizational objectives of having right employee at corrective position can become
possible.
 Training & development is associated with ensuring that offering competitive edge to
employees by teaching them skills, attributes, etc. to uplift the overall position (Wang,
Zhang and Wan, 2022).
 Maintaining employer and employee relationship by having mutual contribution in
success of firm so that helping staff to attain their roles, creating positive dynamics,
resolving grievances, etc can become possible.
 Maintaining company culture is important to boost the overall performance of firm to
decline the employee retention in turn accomplishing the effective performance can
become possible.
 Managing the employee benefits via taking reliable remuneration, secure working
culture, etc activities conducting in ethical manner so that change implementing can be
done effectively.
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