Understanding HRM Practices and Strategies for Motivation and Employee Engagement: A Study on Marks & Spencer

Project Proposal

Contents
Topic: “To understand HRM practices and range of strategies associated with motivation and employee
engagement. A study on Marks & Spencer.”...............................................................................................3
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Research Aim..........................................................................................................................................3
Research Objectives................................................................................................................................3
Research Questions.................................................................................................................................3
Methodology...............................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review........................................................................................................................................4
Discussion and Analysis...............................................................................................................................6
HRM Practices........................................................................................................................................6
Employee Engagement Practices.............................................................................................................7
Motivation Strategies...............................................................................................................................8
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................9

Topic: “To understand HRM practices and range of strategies associated with motivation and
employee engagement. A study on Marks & Spencer.”
Introduction
Human resource management is very important function of every organization as it is related
with management of overall workforce. It is very important for management of employees so
that their overall contribution towards organizations objectives can be maximized. Present
research report is based on Marks and Spencer that is a retail organization having their
headquarters in London, England they are dealing in wide variety of products like accessories,
clothes, footwear for their target segment of customers (Hassan, 2016). There is discussion of
HRM concept and practices that can be used for increasing employee engagement by use of
literature sources and further, there are different strategies that have been used by HR department
of Marks and Sainsbury for the purpose of motivation of employees.
Research Aim
“To develop a basic understanding of various HRM practices in Marks and Spencer
related with increasing employee engagement and for motivating employees.”
Research Objectives
 To develop a basic understanding of different HRM practices in organization.
 To analyze the practices undertaken for employee engagement.
 To understand the strategies used by HR managers at Marks and Spencer for motivating
their employees.
Research Questions
 What are the HRM practices in organization?
 What are the practices undertaken for employee engagement?
 What strategies are used by HR managers at Marks and Spencer for motivating their
employees?
Methodology
Research methodology is a concept that is related with various ways that are used for the
purpose of solving problems associated with the objectives of a particular research (Vanhala and
Ritala, 2016). It is also related with various challenges that are to be dealt by the researcher in