P1 Purpose and Functions of HRM Applicable to Workforce Planning

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................1
P1 Purpose and functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning........................................1
P2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection..................2
P3 Benefits of different HRM practices for both the employer and employee...........................5
P4 Effectiveness of various HRM practices................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P5 Importance of employee relations in decision making..........................................................6
P6 Key elements of employment legislations impacts on decision making...............................7
P7 Illustrate the application of HRM practices...........................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The term human resource management refers to manage al the staff members of an
organisation to carrying out regular activities or procedures in an appropriate manner. This will
facilitate to conduct every process proper to generate desired outcomes in terms of boosting
productivity as well as profitability of company. Human resource can be described as the work
force of an enterprise who perform properly to create required outputs on daily basis to achieve
growth of business (Ekwoaba, Ikeije and Ufoma, 2015). This report is based on ALDI which is
known as common brand of two super market chains and deals in retailing sector. It was
founded by Karl Albrecht and Theo Albrecht in the year 1913, almost 104 years ago. It has
around 10,000 stores in 20 countries having an estimated turnover of more than €50 billion along
with 104,400 number of employees approximately. This assignment will discuss about purpose
and functions of HRM and impact of employment legislations on decision of an organisation.
TASK 1
P1 Purpose and functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning
The human resource management is all about to allocation of activities or tasks as per
their field of expertise so that they can perform in better way and generate required outcomes. It
includes several kinds of procedures that are carried out in the company to create regular
productivity to earn desired profits. There are various types of functions and purposes for which
an effective HRM team should be established in ALDI. Some of them are described below:
Functions of HRM
Recruitment of required people: - This can be described as to conduct an accurate
procedure to hire an more desired people as per required abilities or skills so that they can fulfil
roles and responsibilities of particular designation properly (Keep and James, 2010). It is
necessary to recruit a person through analysing capabilities and experience so that needed
benefits can be earned by ALDI by efforts of these candidates.
Performance appraisal: - The term performance appraisal can be described as to
motivate people for their better performance so that they will improve they will encouraged to
generate desired outcomes on daily basis. It also include to make workers aware about their
mistakes and threats of performance along with methods to overcome with them. ALDI have to
conduct events of performance appraisal to encourage employees to achieve better outcomes.
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Training and development activities: - There are different kinds of learning and training
activities are carried out in an organisation to boost up skills or abilities of employees. Training
procedures are helpful to improve their efficiencies that support to generate better outputs on
regular basis which helps to attain growth of business. ALDI have to conduct an effective
training events that support to achieve development in the company.
Purpose of HRM
Improve working environment and culture in company: - This refers to build an
appropriate strategies or policies in an organisation to maintain an effective working
environment (Cordner and Cordner, 2011). It will provide support to establish peaceful and
healthy culture of company that facilitate to perform well along with reducing chance of conflicts
as well. ALDI have to balance an appropriate culture that helps to earn better outcomes through
efforts of staff members.
Implement legal rules and policies: - This can be explained about various types of legal
rules and regulations which are prepared by legal authorities and mandatory to be followed by
every organisation. Several legislations are made by government agencies that are necessary to
be considered by each enterprise for running business without any legal issue or problem in
ALDI.
Engagement of employees and management: - The involvement of workers into several
meetings or conferences is beneficial as they can learn about tasks properly which improve their
performance and feel valuable in organisation which facilitate to reduce employees turnover as
loyalty of staff members get increased towards company. ALDI is required to engage their
employees in certain meetings and ask them for suggestions to conduct any project.
Maximum use of resources: - This can be defined as to make sure that an optimum
utilisation of resource should be done along with generating maximum outcomes as well. It is
necessary to apply an effective strategy to use sources properly and create regular outcomes ion
required manner (Rees and Rumbles, 2010). ALDI have to make sure that resources should be
used in correct way and gain desired outputs.
P2 Strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection
Recruitment and selection can be described as that process in which vacant positions in
company are fulfilled by hiring more appropriate candidates by analysing their experience,
education and capabilities. It is necessary to determine actual abilities of people and match them
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