HRM Practices and Knowledge Management

This assignment delves into the crucial relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) practices and knowledge renewal within firms. It examines how various HRM strategies, such as talent acquisition, training & development, performance management, and employee motivation, contribute to fostering a dynamic environment where knowledge is constantly generated, shared, and applied. The focus lies on understanding the impact of HRM on knowledge creation, retention, and dissemination, ultimately driving organizational success in today's competitive landscape.

UNIT 3. HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Table of contents
Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Task 1.....................................................................................................................................................4
Lo1: Explaining the purpose and scope of Human Resource Management in terms of resourcing an
organisation with talent and skills appropriate to fulfil business objectives.........................................4
P1 Explaining the purpose and the functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning and resourcing
the chosen organisation of your choice or Aldi.....................................................................................4
P2 Explaining the strength and weakness of differences approaches to recruitment and selection for
the chosen organisation or Aldi.............................................................................................................5
Task 2.....................................................................................................................................................7
LO2: Evaluating the effectiveness of the key elements of Human Resource Management in an
organisation...........................................................................................................................................7
P3 Explaining the benefits of different HRM practices within Aldi or the organisation chosen of your
choice for both the employer and employee........................................................................................7
P4 Evaluating The effectiveness of different HRM practices in term of raising Aldi’s or the chosen
organisation profit and productivity......................................................................................................9
Task 3...................................................................................................................................................11
Lo3: Analysing internal and external factors that affects Human Resources Management decision
making, including employment legislation..........................................................................................11
P5 Analysing the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision making
for the chosen organisation or Aldi.....................................................................................................11
P6 Identifying the key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has upon HRM decision
making for the chosen organisation or Aldi.........................................................................................13
Task 4...................................................................................................................................................14
Lo4: Applying Human Resources Management practices in a work-related context for the chosen
organisation or Aldi.............................................................................................................................14
P7 Illustrating the application of HRM practices in a work –related context, using specific examples
from the chosen organisation or Aldi..................................................................................................14
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................15

Introduction
Human resource management means the methods of succession of an organisation. By
providing proper training and improvement opportunities to the employees the organisation
will be able to achieve their destination easily. The major responsibilities of the Human
resource management are to take care about the training procedure and the feedback from the
employees. Proper training methods which is given by Human resource management,
ensures that the organisation will reach their goals easily.
Being a HR manager of Aldi, the renowned company of UK the learner will play an
effective and essential role. The learner will achieve the destination through some effective
and appropriate process. The learner will identify the weak points and the strength of an
individual employee. To get excellence performance of the employees the learner will be
aware of the recruitment procedure. The learner will provide opportunities to the employees
to exercise their talent during the working period.

Task 1
Lo1: Explaining the purpose and scope of Human Resource Management in terms of
resourcing an organisation with talent and skills appropriate to fulfil business
objectives
P1 Explaining the purpose and the functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning
and resourcing the chosen organisation of your choice or Aldi
The major responsibility of the human resource management are staffing the people,
designing the tasks and works and compensations and benefits to the employees. The human
resource management is a section by which the company, as well as Aldi will be able to
achieve the goals very soon. In the opinion of Sandford (2011, p.121), in the workforce
planning event, human resource section becomes the pillar of success. Developing and
monitoring procedure are the main part of Aldi which involve with human resource
management. Human resource maintains large range of resources which are used in Aldi in
their process. Human resource management basically focuses on the man power of the firm.
The work force should be well qualified and they should be adapting the severe situations of
the firm. The human resource management plans what all skills are required in a candidate
and how the skills can be inculcated in the employees. Being a renowned retail sector in UK,
Aldi will be able to satisfy the needs of their consumers with the help of human resource
management. As opined by Hafford-Letchfield et al (2014, p.5656), human resource deals
with the delivery process, time and the efficiency of staff. Any company essentially prefers
an obedient and perfect employee that helps the company to reach their objectives. By
recruiting appropriate candidates, human resource management helps to meet the actual needs
of the consumers. Aldi can be super market system in UK with the help of effective human
resource management.
The consumers prefer Aldi as a retail sector for their efficient delivery procedure in
the perspective of perfect time, quantity, and the quality of the delivered products. Human
resources management helps to calculate the budget of Aldi, by which the organisation will
be able to know that will the plan go over estimate or not. The financial sector of any
organisation as well as Aldi is also very benefited by human resource management. An
appropriate planning for selection and recruitment process is done by human resource

management. This section also involves with future business plan of Aldi which ensures the
profit range of the organisation. The human resource management of the organisation
identifies the perfect person as well as employees to a provide job oriented training. The
company should be provided high class training to the employees for their better
performances and the cost of the training should not exit the budget which is strictly
controlled by human resource management. In the opinion of Al Suwaidi and N.R (2014, p.),
the human resource management organises the recruitment process to recruit an individual
employee by face to face interviews. The management provides opportunities to the
candidates to discuss their actual expectations and needs. By analysing the perfect data and
information of the candidates in UK human resource management able to recruit right one to
fulfil all needs of recruitment. Human resource management also plan different strategies to
retain the employees because if the turn over rate of the work force of the organisation is high
then it shows a negative impact to the customers. Human resources management offers an
appropriate working place to the employees where they will able to exercise their talents
perfectly. Human resources management also have to consider the skill improvement aspect
as well. The technology is very frequently changing in current era so the management has to
focus on this part also, so that the training can be done to attain the objectives of the
organisation effectively.
Figure 1: Function of human resource management
(Source: Sandford, 2011, p.121)
P2 Explaining the strength and weakness of differences approaches to recruitment and
selection for the chosen organisation or Aldi
As a HR manager of Aldi, the most renowned retail firm in UK, the
learner plays an effective role in recruitment process to keep their reputation. In the opinion
of Ng et al (2013, p.264), in the context of over all human resource section the learner
describes the recruitment system as a fundamental method. In the opinion of Mason et al
(2014, p.2013), recruitment procedure is also effective during the job designing process and
career planning process. In the opinion of Jensen et al (2014, p.557), recruitment means
when a perfect person is chosen by the organisation for a specific job role. There are two
types of recruitment process are introduced by the organisation. They are internal method and

external recruitment method. Internal recruitment refers when human resources management
recruits the perfect one among the existing employees. In the opinion of Greenacre et al
(2013, p.948), external recruitment process means when the human resource management
offers any specific job to any unknown person.
Strength of internal recruitment methods:
1. Motivating the employees: Human resource selects the right person among the employees
through the internal recruitment process. This recruitment method will be able to motivate the
employees which inspire them to do their best.
2. Cost: Human resource management recruits the employee among the existing employees
so the company will be able to reduce the cost of advertisement which is done by Aldi to
show their vacancies.
Weak points of internal recruitment
1. Less opportunity: In internal recruitment process, a tendency will be develop among the
employees that an automatic promotion will be held by the human resource management.
2. Limited opportunities of choice: Human resource management identifies the perfect
person among the existing employees so a limited opportunity of employee selection process
is followed by the management.
Strength points of external recruitment methods:
1. Providing opportunities to the perfect one: Being a retail sector the company organises
recruitment process to provide job to a suitable person. The company offers the job to a right
person through this recruitment method who deserves it in perspective of working skills and
capacities. The company also offers jobs to the fresher candidates by whom Aldi will be able
to get new skills and ideas. The fresher input which is done by those employees, help the
company to maximize their business.
2. Identifying the actual qualified and experienced candidates: It is true that by recruiting
fresher candidates the company will be able to get fresher skills and concept, beside that only
an experienced and qualified employee surely ensures the possibilities of succession. They
can apply their idea in the workplace. The recruitment methods help to choose the perfect
candidate.

Weak points of the external recruitment process:
1. Creates gaps with the organisation: The external recruitment methods of the company as
well as Aldi provides a limited opportunities to the employees to understand their working
process and policies. Thus a strong understanding gap is created between the employees and
the organisation.
2. Possibilities of creating unwanted situations: The organisation will be held their external
recruitment procedure very consciously. When the organisation recruits a fresher candidate
as an executive, the existing employees of Aldi will abort their performances and create
unwanted situations.
3. Possibility of creating maladjustment condition: The Company will suffer from a
serious issue when a new employee will not be able to adjust with new working atmosphere
and colleagues also. Being a retail shop the communication and healthy relationship among
the employees is really important to growth the profits. So, the organisation must be aware of
this weakness of recruitment process.
Task 2
LO2: Evaluating the effectiveness of the key elements of Human Resource Management
in an organisation
P3 Explaining the benefits of different HRM practices within Aldi or the organisation
chosen of your choice for both the employer and employee
In the opinion of Ahlvik et al (2015, p.497), the human resource
management looks after of both employees and the authority. In the opinion of Yang et al
(2015, p. 1039), human resource practice develops the relation among the employees and
reduces the labour costs to protect the interest of employer. In the opinion of Meijerink et al
(2016, p.219), human resource practice protects the rights and benefits of employees of the
organisation.

Advantages and disadvantages of human resource management to the employees
Advantages of Human Resource Practices:
Providing working skill development training: As a retail sector Aldi
will maintain their standard by proper delivery method in the context of quality, quantity and
perfect duration. In the opinion of Williams et al (2016, p.233), by providing an appropriate
training human resource management helps the employees to collect additional knowledge
and experiences also. This type of training helps the employees to develop their service skills
for the consumers.
Improving the relation of employees with the authority: Human
resource management take special care about the interest of the employees. Human resource
section solves all kinds of problem when an individual employee faces any discrimination
and harassment also.
Disadvantages of Human Resource Practices
Privacy issues: The Human practices very often breach the boundary of
their roles and duties which occurs a problematic situation for the employees. By avoiding
legal laws and regulation of the workplace sometimes this section interferes in the personal
life of an individual employee. For this reason, the employees feel hesitate to do their jobs
freely and the possibilities of the loss of the organisation will be create there for the regular
presence of sufficient employees.
Using error data and information: The entire using system in the
Human Resource Management deals with the human users only so the possibilities of
collecting incorrect data and information has been increased for the negligence of the Human
Resource manager which creates lots of problems for the employees in the context of their
salary structure and other working issues.
Advantages and disadvantages of human resource management to the employer:
Advantages of human resource management:
Providing perfect information to the employer: The human resource
management provides accurate information to the employer regarding the working skills and

capabilities of an individual employee and their regular working progress also which help the
management to be the concern owner of the organisation. With the help of efficient and
effective Human Resource Management, the employer can come to very close to its entire
employees through knowing their problems and demands.
Training issues: The employees can do its best performance for the
organisation through an effective training programme. The main job of the Human Resource
Practice is to provide this efficient training to the employees which becomes beneficial both
employees and the employers, because a trained employee can deal with the consumers very
well which increase the profits range of the organisation.
Disadvantages:
Provides more salary to an experienced person: The Human Resource
Management takes care about the recruitment section but very often without recruiting new
eligible candidates this section provides large amount of salary to a old staffs which decrease
the possibilities of cultivate innovative ideas and employment.
Play roles as byes: Without judging the actual talents of the employees
sometimes the Human Resource Management promote its preferable person who does not
deserve the promotion at all.
P4 Evaluating The effectiveness of different HRM practices in term of raising Aldi’s or
the chosen organisation profit and productivity
Aldi becomes the most renowned shop in UK by providing excellence services to its
consumers. The key factor of the succession of this organisation is providing more
importance to the Human Resource Practices which becomes a strong pillar of the
organisation. These efficient and effective sections of Aldi recruit some suitable candidates
by organisationing face to face interviews and promotes and motivate them towards the goals.
In the opinion of Armstrong et al (2014, p.635), the Human Resource Management provides
some profitable incentive and rewards based on their performance level which inspires the
employees to do better. Different human resource practices and its effectiveness are as
follows-
 Building capabilities- Human resource management have to make sure that the
employees capabilities have to be build so that their performance help in the

efficiency of the result and increase the productivity of the firm. As a good
productivity the profitability also get increased.
 Feedbacks- The management has to do routine follow ups and feed back which will
help the firm to know what all are the problems that the employees are facing, and
feasible solutions can be done with that the effectiveness of the work will increase
comparatively.
 Respect- Every individual working in the organisation have to be respected no matter
what kind of work is allotted to that individual. It is a very easy thing to do which
actually act as a motivator. This will influence the work of the employees in a positive
manner.
The Human Resource Practices provides appropriate information regarding the
competition market to the management of the Aldi and suggests them to stay ahead against
their reveals in the business.
Recruiting perfect employees: In the opinion of Ahlvik et al (2015, p.497), by
recruiting some suitable and hard working candidates the Human Resource Practices ensure
the succession of the organisation. The employees who can exercise lot of innovative ideas
help to promote the business very well, so the Human Resource Practices takes very care
about the recruitment of the candidates.
Providing rewards and effective incentives: The Human Resource management
organises an effective reward providing programme which becomes most effective steps for
the succession of the business. Like, when the organisation announces that a reward
providing programme will be held at the end of the year based on the performance of the
employees, it is obvious that the entire staffs try to do their better for Aldi. In the words of
Klingner et al (2015), on the other side, the Human Resource Management also provide the
employees some amount of money which are not included with their salary which becomes
essential factor of motivation of the employees. The Human Resource Practices can attract
lots of efficient staffs because the employees of Aldi can enjoy some comforts with their
extra amount of incentive.

Providing an attractive working schedule: The main key factor of succession of
Aldi, is strong understanding between the employees and the management of the company
which are ensured by the moist efficient Human Resource Practices. In the opinion of Bos‐
Nehles et al (2013, p.861), a monotonous working schedule creates a lazy employee who
cannot cultivate any innovative idea regarding the production which is very important of the
organisation. So, the Human Resource Practices builds a very effective and flexible working
schedule where the employees can exercise their all types of innovative ideas and utilise them
in the organisation.
The responsibilities of HR manager to maximize the profit
1. Managing the plan regarding the success: Human resource practice
identifies the factors for which Aldi will not be able to achieve their goal. Identifying those
factors, HR manager removes all negative sources of the planning event to get huge amount
of profit.
2. Maintaining the employees with emotion: HR practice is the back
bone of Aldi. The main responsibility of human resource practice is to organise the staff due
to respect with their feelings. The employees of lower paid should be treated as like an
executive.
Task 3
Lo3: Analysing internal and external factors that affects Human Resources
Management decision making, including employment legislation
P5 Analysing the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM
decision making for the chosen organisation or Aldi
In the opinion of Torka (2015, p.10), employee relation denotes the
relation which is existed in the industry as well as in the workplace between the employer and
the employees. Employee relation is related with emotional issues and practical relationship
which is existed between the employees and the employer. Sometimes employee relation will
base on contractual issues. In the opinion of Alkahtani (2015, p.152), employer must be
aware of the emotion of its staffs. Employee relation refers the effective efforts of the
company which controls the relation between the employer and the employees. Employee

relation is introduced by the stregy of human resource management. To reduce or prevent the
problems which are created in the workplace, excellence employee relation is very essential.
Employee relation helps the employee to exercise the feelings of importance which indicates
that the employees are not only the just paid members of Aldi; they are the stakeholders of
Aldi. Employee relation provides the employees essential support of work life balance.
Excellence employee relation signifies to cultivate positive attitude about their identity and
working skills. Employee relation ensures satisfaction of the employees and productivity
maximization. Healthy employee relationship helps the employees to be more efficient and
motivated towards the goal.
1. Create effective and disciplined employees: Employee indiscipline creates in the
organisation when the staffs do not follow the regulation regarding the behaviour act. Bellow
standard of performances and failure are the effect of employee indiscipline. In such cases
employee relation is very effective to catch the lost standard of service.
2. Reduce the stress of the staffs: Employee relation to rectify the confidence level of their
employees. Very often Aldi cannot be able to achieve their goals, the employees have lost its
confidence. A healthy relationship between the employees and the employer can increase the
confidence level of the employees.
1. To make the job easier: With the help of healthy employee relation
the employees of Aldi will be able to avoid the work load. The job becomes easier when
human resource management splits the total job among the employees. Thus, the employees
of Aldi will be able to cultivate a healthy employee relationship.
2. Create a familiar environment among the employees: An
individual employee will not be able to do its best performances when its mind is clouded by
a lot of unwanted stresses and anxieties. The working duration of the employees of Aldi are 8
to 9 hours so the employees should share its lunch, some personal talks and discuss about the
upcoming movies with its coluges. This issue can create a familiar environment among the
employees.

P6 Identifying the key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has upon
HRM decision making for the chosen organisation or Aldi
In the opinion of Glasson et al (2013), an appropriate employment law
regarding the relation between the employees and the employer, is very effective for Aldi.
The employment relation act of 1999:
The employment relation act is passed in 1999 in favour of the voting
rights of the employees. The UK government has announced that the organisation is granted
as an automatic recognition where 50% of total votes are given by the employees.
The working time directive, 1999
This law is passed by UK government to specify the working duration of
the employees. The government has declared the working time of the employees which is 48
hours in a week. The employees will be able to have a holiday in a week if they wish.
The Disability Discrimination Act, 1995
This law is passed only for the disabled persons, the organisation should be treated the
disabled employees in such special way.
The Equal Pay Act, 1970
This type of training ensures that a woman employee has equal right to
have the same salary as a male staff.
The Sex Discrimination Act, 1975
This law is passed by UK government to reduce the incidents which are
related with gender issues. This law is applicable in the selection and training procedure of an
organisation.

Task 4
Lo4: Applying Human Resources Management practices in a work-related context for
the chosen organisation or Aldi
P7 Illustrating the application of HRM practices in a work –related context, using
specific examples from the chosen organisation or Aldi
Being a Human Resource Manager of newly opened branch of Aldi, the learner
should take care about the entire process of the organisation. As a newly opened branch, the
organisation should cultivate lots of innovative ideas of production to gain consumers. A
perfect employee ensures the profits as well as the reputation of the organisation. The main
task of the Human Resource Management is to recruit perfect employees who can understand
the actual needs of the consumers and the markets also. The existing employees of the
organisation do their better for the profits of the organisation but an individual fresher
graduate can better understand the recent trend of demands of the market. The human
Resource Management recruits some suitable candidates as the employee for the newly
opened branch of Aldi who able to understand and capture lots of consumers for the
organisation. In the opinion of Townley (2014, p.192), the Human Resource Management
should organise an effective market research to gain any innovative ideas of production. As a
newly opened branch, the organisation should produce some unique types of goods which
encourage the entre society to choose its organisation regularly. Being the most efficient
section of the organisation, the Human Resource Management should arrange an effective
market research to come closely with the essentialities of the people of the society. Then the
efficient section recruits some perfect and hard working well behaved candid dates who can
produce lots innovative ideas of production. To ensure the succession of the newly opened
branch of Aldi, the Human Resource Practices should provide appropriate training to the
employees.

Conclusion
Per the organisation human resource management is an important section
to develop their services in the perspective of quality and delivery time. With the help of
human resource management Aldi has done their job perfectly. As a HR manager of Aldi the
learner has done their task as an appropriate human resource manager. In this assignment, the
learner has shown the strong points and weak points of recruitment process and how Aldi
uses human resource section in the planning methods. The learner also has analyzed the
effectiveness of human resource management. The learner has explained the role of human
resource management to the employer and the employees.

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