Importance of Employee Relations in HRM Decision Making

Recruitment Process

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is an activity of administrating and controlling the assets of an
establishment such as employees, machinery and many more which are utilised by
administration in its manufacturing activity. It cooperate an essential task in the corporation as it
assist in offering talented and qualified workforce by recruitment and hiring activity. It is
beneficial for enterprise as it assist in building good relative between workers and administration
so that the business of the company can function in appropriate way (Armstrong and Taylor,
2020). This written document is supported to ASDA which is a British supermarket retailer
which was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in Yorkshire, England. The report will
define about function and utilities of HRM, capabilities and drawbacks of diverse employment
and selection methods and efficiency of major factors of human resource management.
Moreover, the document will discuss about effectiveness of employee relationships, main
elements of employment law and the postulation of HRM activities in a work connected
perspective.
TASK 1
P1. Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM
Purpose of HRM
The major motive of HRM is to administrate and organize workers within the corporation
so that they can do their employment and execute their responsibilities in effective form. Some
function of HRM function is characterized as below:
 To manage the manpower of the company by framing effective laws and policies.
 To determine the performance result and analyse that desired objective are get in better
form.
 To hire talented and knowledgeable manpower fro organisation which devise their
participation in growth and success.
 To enable in formulating efficient relation between workers and seniors.
Functions of HRM
There different HRM functions in a firm like ASDA in form of recruitment and
assortment, grooming and development, payroll administration, performance measurement and
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many more (Chelladurai and Kerwin, 2018). So of HRM functions are defined in reference to
ASDA is as below:
Training and development- It is a crucial purpose of human resource management and the
major function of this purpose to create development and enlargement in employees’ ability and
knowledge so that they can achieve data about new things and technology etc. (Berman and et.
al., 2019). In ASDA, the administration of respective firm, the administration manage teaching
and learning conferences so that employees learn new thing and improve their skills and perform
their assigned work in better way in from of getting desired outcomes.
Compensation and benefits- In ASDA, the management provide efficient pay and
remuneration to its employees that are beneficial for both. As it motivates workforce to perform
in better form so that they can attain their set aim and hit target. For their effective work,
company offer them financial and non-monetary benefits like protection benefits, enticement,
incentives, bonus, gift vouchers and many more.
Workforce planning and resourcing
It is an activity of administrating resources such as employees and human resource within
a company so that they can do their work and perform duties in effective manner. It is a constant
activity that is used to satisfy need and requirements of business venture with those of its
workers to make sure it can meet its legislative, regulative, services and production needs as well
as uncongenial of the company. There are different methods of workforce planning some of them
are explained as below in reference to ASDA:
Performance management- In it, the administration of the organisation evaluate the
performance of the workers in context of assigned work, responsibilities and duties. So that it
can be determine that they are executing their work in efficient form or in term of attaining the
desirable aims and results.
Reward systems- It is an act of encouraging employees so that they can do their work in
better way. In ASDA, the management of the firm determine employees work execution so that
the administration can reward as per to that (Bailey and et. al., 2018). When workers are
remunerated, they feel motivated and they make more concentration on their duties and perform
their task in effective manner.
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