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Purpose and Function of HRM, Application of Workforce Planning

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1P1 Purpose and function of HRM, application of workforce planning.......................................1P2 Strengths and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selection......................2TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3P3 Benefits of HRM practices for employer and employee.......................................................3P4 Impact of HRM practices in terms of raising profits and productivity..................................4TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5P5 Importance of employee relations..........................................................................................5P6 Key elements of employment legislation...............................................................................6TASK 4............................................................................................................................................7P7 Application of HRM practices...............................................................................................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTIONHR department helps in dividing operations in proper way. There are many departmentsin company, having numerous employees. Then it is essential to make cooperation among them.Human resource department has to make policies for employees. Manager has to motivateworkers to give their best (Alfes and et. al., 2013). There is difference in activities of workers, soit is essential to give them direction, which improves quality of operations. Manager can attachperformance of workers through their promotion. This report is based on ALDI grocery retailsupermarket chain. This company operates in more than 20 countries having 10000 stores. In thisreport there is discussion about Role and purpose of HR department, strength and weakness ofvarious approaches of company, impact of HR policies on profits and productivity of company,HR decisions affects employees relations. These days there is change in laws related toemployees and it is important to make modification timely , it is clear with this report.TASK 1P1 Purpose and function of HRM, application of workforce planningHuman resource department is essential unit of organization. In older days they do nothave much responsibility but as business grows number of employees’ increases then their rolealso increases. There are many operations which have to undertake by them. There arepossibilities that Company does not give that importance to HR department then it affectsperformance of company. ALDI want to open new outlets or there are requirement of workers,which are undertaken by HR manager (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014). They play very essentialrole in performing activities in better way. Purpose of workforce planningThere are di8ffdeernt factors which affects requirement of workers such as expansion ofbusiness, labour retirement, turnover, etc. So all these requirement related to workers are fullfilled by HR department of company. There is requirement of planning before hiring personnel.There is discussion about qualification, salary, skills, and job responsibilities. Then bestcandidate can be selected. There are various departments in ALDI so managers of respectivedepartment have to deliver their requirement to HR department. This helps to perform task inbest way.Purpose of HRMEmployer and employee relation- Workers and employer are important to achievebusiness and objectives of ALDI. There are many strategies framed by HR manager, so it is1

essential to perform task in better and effective manner. This reduces communication gapbetween both and worker know to whom they are responsible. Law related plans and policies- There are many laws related to worker. They are framedby HR manger and it is essential to tell relevance to workers too. Sometimes there are changes inplans of employees then those modifications are accepted by company too. If there is anyproblem to worker related to it then it must be resolved (Bloom and Van Reenen, 2011).Function of HRMSelection and recruitment- This is basic and important function of workers. There aredifferent factors that affect selection. There are some set of questions asked with candidate this isdone by HR manager. If selection of employee is not appropriate then it affects company’sperformance.Induction and training- Induction means to introduce worker with various departmentsof company. This induction helps new candidate to know whom to approach in case of particulardepartment. Training is the approach which improves performance of workers. As there ischange in technology, then it is essential to train workers so it provides ease to operations.P2 Strengths and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selectionALDI is the company which deals in different p[arts of country. They are planning toopen new outlet, so there is need of employees to satisfy need of consumer. There are differentapproaches which can be adopted to place workers. But it is essential to analyze their pros andcons associated with it. Selection and recruitment is time consuming process, so it is essentialthat recruited candidate must give positive results (Boxall and Purcell, 2011). In case of negativeresults, it some inefficiency of HR department and it affects image of ALDI in adverse manner.Mainly there are two sources of selection. They are discussed as under-INTERNAL SOURCEIn this source HR department, place personnel within the organization. When companyhas need of employee urgently, then also ALDI can prefer this source. Recruitment of retiredemployees, employee’s references, etc. are example of internal source of recruitment. There aresome pros and cons of this source which are discussed under-Advantages2

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