Recruitment and Selection Process of Tesco

MANAGING PEOPLE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1: Recruitment and selection................................................................................................1
The recruitment and selection process........................................................................................1
Recruitment and selection process of Tesco with Example........................................................2
Recommendation for improving recruitment and selection process. .........................................4
TASK 2: Induction and Training.....................................................................................................4
Importance of induction programme and its influence on improving performance...................4
Challenges faced by an organisation during the process of induction and measures to
overcome those challenges..........................................................................................................5
The different training programmes used by an organisation and their challenges......................6
Measures to overcome challenges of training programmes........................................................7
TASK 3: Motivation (1250).............................................................................................................8
Motivational theories and its example........................................................................................8
Motivational strategies used by organisation and suggestion for improvement.........................9
TASK 4: Individual behaviour at work.........................................................................................10
Factors influencing individual behaviour of employees at work with example.......................10
Recommendation for company on the basis of findings...........................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Managing people in an organisation plays vital role, as the manpower in company is the
backbone to all successful business operations. Human resource manager of the firm is
responsible for managing employees and their work. It is responsibility of manager to ensure that
there are adequate workers in enterprise to perform organisational functions. The report will
evaluate the recruitment and selection process implanted in Tesco, the leading supermarket of
UK. The firm deal in various differentiated products like, grocery, food etc. in order to satisfy the
needs and wants of consumers. Further, it will identify the problems faced by HR manger in
recruiting and selecting employee after Brexit. On the other hand, it will determine importance of
induction programme and its influence on improving performance. Moreover, it will identify the
challenges faced by an organisation during the process of induction and measures to overcome
those challenges. Furthermore, it evaluated Motivational theories such as Maslow and Hertz berg
which can assist the management in encouraging employees performance. Apart from this it will
outline the factors which influence the individual performance of employee like, uneven
distribution of responsibility, ineffective communication, employer and employee relation etc.
Thus, the report will evaluate the effective measures which can assist supermarket in improving
the function human resource management
TASK 1: Recruitment and selection
The recruitment and selection process.
Recruitment and selection process has specified step which are systematic and provides
HR manger an easy approach to recruit and select skilled and qualified staff members. The
process is as follows:
Job advertisement
Advertising job vacancy assist the manager in collecting feedback and attracting skilled
and qualified individuals towards job. This is the best technique of hiring employees as it creates
awareness as per required. It is the tactic to attract person as per the job vacancy. The manager
of company follows the specific format for advertising job like it comprise description about job
function, qualification and skills required and experience in particular field (Dent and
Whitehead, 2013.). The job advertisement is made by HR manager by evaluating the need of
change in internal environment. Further, the advertising is used by Organisation when there is
urgent need of manpower in firm.
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Job description
It is the description of compete details which are required in candidate appearing job
recruitment and selection process. Moreover, it is important for the organisation to make clear
description about the skills, qualification, experience and capabilities required (Guest, 2011.).
Further, in this the organisation focuses on clearing its ultimate objective and goals to candidate
in order to avoid the chance of uncertainties and further alteration. It is done by manager to make
clear every plan and policies of organisation in order to create communication with employees
which assist the firm in reducing the chance of confusion.
Person specification
It the specification made by the person to make candidate aware about the individuals
qualities and abilities required to perform job function. IT assists the manager in determining
candidates ability to meet the requirement of job. Specification is made to make fair and relevant
choice when recruiting and selection people of specific job (Hoque, 2013). Further, the
mandatory criteria in a person specification is requirement to fulfil job vacancy. Apart from this,
it is the desirable criteria made by management on which the individuals gets selected for the
job.
Recruitment and selection process of Tesco with Example.
Tesco is a British company who builds a business around customers and staff members.
In this company there are multiple opportunities for human growth. At the early stage there was
a common law Europe that was followed by United Kingdom but after 'breaks it' there was a
major problem appeared in front of country that was unskilled citizens. Due to breaks it majors
number of people got unskilled so the problem of employment arises. Tesco provides job
opportunities of unemployed people. The company have more them 492000 employees(Renz.,
2016). Tesco uses recruitment and selection process for the development of qualified candidates.
This is a process which is helpful to hire well qualified and effective employees for the company.
For selecting the best individual for the organisational activities it is important to promote its
business through advertising alternative ways of organisational work. Method of recruitment
includes promotion of the company, employment agencies, union assignment, collage
recruitment, retirement process, overtime pay for part-time employees, E recruitment and out
sourcing selection of employees(Postel and Richter., 2012).
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