Recruitment Process: Functions, Benefits, and Impact on HRM Decision Making

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
P 1 Functions and purpose of HRM which is applicable to planning of workforce and resource
planning of an organization.........................................................................................................1
P 2 Explanation of weaknesses and strengths of various approaches to selection and
recruitment...................................................................................................................................2
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4
P 3 Benefits of different practises of HRM within an organisation for both employee and
employer......................................................................................................................................4
P 4 Evaluation of different practises of HRM in terms of increasing productivity and profit of
organization.................................................................................................................................4
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................5
P 5 Analysis of importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision
making.........................................................................................................................................5
P 6 Identification of main elements of employment legislation and their impact upon HRM
decision making...........................................................................................................................6
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................7
P 7 Illustration of HRM practises applications in a work-related context with example............7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REREFENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Recruitment process can be defined as a kind of process which is used by organizations
for finding, selection and recruiting potential candidates in order to fill vacant positions within an
organization (Analoui, ed., 2018). Recruitment process is one of the most important process
which required to be focused upon by the organizations to hire potential candidates and enhance
their workforce efficiency and effectivity in a proper manner which further helps them in
enhancing their overall performance and gain competitive advantage. This assignment will lay
emphasis upon Tesco which is a multinational British merchandise groceries and retailers. It was
founded in 1919 who’s main headquarter is in London UK. Tesco has approximately 450,000
employees working for them. They are the ninth largest retailer present in the world. they operate
with a large workforce because of which it becomes important for Tesco to focus upon
enhancing their overall recruitment process in order to enhance their overall organizational
performance. This assignment will focus upon HRM purpose, HRM benefits, recruitment and
selection process, employment legislation and HRM practise applications.
LO 1
P 1 Functions and purpose of HRM which is applicable to planning of workforce and resource
planning of an organization
HRM is a strategic process which is used by organizations for effective management of
people. HRM majorly focuses upon selection, recruitment, orientation provision, training
provision and many more to the employees. The main purpose of HRM is to enhance overall
productivity of an organization by increasing productivity and effectiveness of employees of the
company. HRM plays a vital role in planning of resources and workforce of an organization.
Importance of HRM:
 HRM within an organization like Tesco is important as it helps them in maintaining
relationship between management and employees.
 It further helps an organization like Tesco to enhance overall motivation and satisfaction
level of their employees because of which employee retention rate increases and employee
turnover rate of an organization can be reduced (Amrutha and Geetha, 2020).
 Effective HRM helps in increasing overall productivity and performance of their employees
because of which it becomes much easier for organizations to achieve their defined
organizational goals and objectives.
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Functions of HRM:
There are various functions that are performed by human resource management within an
organization. Some of the major functions performed by HRM within Tesco are:
 First and the foremost function of HRM is planning in order to accomplished organizational
goals and objectives. Planning helps HRM to collect, identify, analyse and capture future
needs and requirements of Tesco.
 Recruitment and selection are another important function of HRM of Tesco i.e. as per the
identified needs and requirement of organization, human resource management hire and
select qualified and potential candidates for a particular job in order to fulfil needs of an
organization (Wamuuru and Jamleck, 2018). They are required to select candidates in such a
manner that their knowledge, skills, qualification can fulfil main criteria of the particular job
opening.
 Providing orientation to new employees is another function of HRM. It helps the newly
recruited staff members of employees to adjust themselves with their employer and with their
rules and responsibilities within the organization.
 Another important function of HRM is to provide and maintain excellent working conditions
for the employees so that they can easily adjust within current working environment and
workplace. Good working conditions also helps HRM to motivate their employees.
 Training and development are another important function of Human resource management.
They are the one who are responsible for providing training to the employees, motivate them
to participate within development activities so that they can work upon enhancing their
overall future performance.
P 2 Explanation of weaknesses and strengths of various approaches to selection and recruitment
There are various kinds of approaches that can be used by organizations for recruitment and
selection of employees. Each of these approaches has their own strengths and weaknesses. There
are two most commonly used selection and recruitment approaches used within Tesco are as
follows:
 Internal recruitment and selection process: Internal recruitment within Tesco is done with
the help of transfers and promotions. This process also allows employees to switch from their
part- time or temporary positions within the organization to permanent or full- time positions
(Anwar and et. al., 2020). Not only this, many times organization also provide promotion to
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