Human Resource Management and Outsourcing in the Organisation

Resourcing the
Organisation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Define flexible working and outline the reasons why organisations are increasing flexibility of
working patterns..........................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Critical evaluation of outsourcing as a practice with two examples in context with
organisation.................................................................................................................................4
Various aspects of human resourcing with respect to human resource management theories.. .7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Resourcing relates with adding value into organisation to convert plans and goals into
actual outcomes. Strategic planning considered with just a plan which requires to be
implemented. Resources in the organisation involves with people,technology
equipment,machinery related to any projects and raw materials having appropriate amount of
finance approach in it. These resources are necessary in turn the ideas into actual outcome
through adding their value in this strategic planning. Leaders and senior authority have to
determine how this gap will be successfully meet after utilizing the appropriate resource in place
of that aspects. This process of gap analysis can applied to all categories of resources. Below
report is based on TESCO a British multinational retailing industry involves in groceries and
general merchandise, having their headquarter in Welwyn Garden City, England. This report is
based on topic meaning of flexibility and their approaches works in Tesco, reason for increased
in flexibility of working practises , define outsourcing and practical examples of outsourced HR
activities.
Define flexible working and outline the reasons why organisations are increasing flexibility of
working patterns.
TESCO is a British multinational retailing industry which works on groceries and general
merchandise retailers, having their headquarter in Welwyn Garden City, England. This retailing
industry are considered to be third largest retailers, measured by gross revenue in the world.
They are operating in almost five countries across Europe and having the image of market leader
of groceries in UK. This multinational retailer of groceries and merchandise involves with
retailing product like clothing, electronics, furniture, toys, gas station, furniture and relates with
internet services too. As this industry are operating in large retailing operations, they are having
large number of employees working in their particular business activities approx 405500 as per
2021 records. Area of serving considered with United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, Slovakia and
others. As this retailing organisation are working on global platform they are inducing with lots
of department activities which are carrying on large scale from operations to logistics this
multinational retailer generating their brand name in the international market of retailing
industry. So here are the flexibility which are concerned in the process of large operation value
of Tesco retailers is that:
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Flexibility relates with capabilities and ability of the organisation to adapt the change or
adapt the value of something new adding into business in quite quick manner. An organisation
will considered flexible if they are capable of dealing in multiple responses to its environment.
Because changing over from one response to another needs proper cost setup that will assist in
making the organisation more flexible. Flexibility refers to process of adopting the change in
respect of making quick decision regrading the operation of business. The ability of organisation
will depends upon their workforce which will attain the value of flexible nature of business.
Flexible organisation will going to accommodate the employees needs and schedules, which
directly relates with healthier work-life balance, this will provides them with great satisfaction to
their employees for their particular job role(Treem, Barley and Leonardi, 2020).
In order to setup the flexibility approach in the business, organisation have to trust their
employees in order to develop the retain factor in the business. In the context of retailing
industry like Tesco they are operating in flexible working hours and starts the operation of work
from home in the pandemic situation of Covid-19. To develop the trust of their employees,they
worked on each and every aspect that shows flexibility value considered under organisation.
Tesco relates with large operation of its retailing activities like research and development process
which allows employees to work according to their capabilities and posses this ability directs to
its working. As this industry are working on large scale, they have to put much efforts in
converting their flexible strategy into reality is that converts into actual outcome, due to their
operations in different countries , organisation will take time to adopt these changes as execution
of any plan will require time to set their position accordingly(Meloncelli, Barnett and de Jersey,
2020).
Tesco provides with extra benefits in their flexible approaches to their employees by
giving them assistance of diverse shifts patterns is that by part time working, working on a
particular number of days a week, by job sharing with colleague, working from home facilities,.
They are also starting partnered with Timewise and signed up to their retail pioneers programme
which having an aim to maximise workplace flexibility benefits. Tesco works on their working
hours pattern by giving relaxation to their employees through providing work form home
facilities, they are achieving the numbers of flexible benefits like by this working pattern for
employees organisation will leads to adopt the quality and higher productivity by making
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