Strategic Management of Human Resources in Tesco

STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT HUMAN
RESOURCES

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Relationship between business strategy and strategy of human resource...................................3
Evaluation, comparison and contrast of theories and models of SHRM.....................................4
Approaches of SHRM..................................................................................................................6
HRM practices.............................................................................................................................7
Recommendations........................................................................................................................8
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
Nature and theoretical perspectives of employment relations.....................................................8
Roles of actors within the employment relationship...................................................................9
Recommendations......................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Strategic management of human resource is very important function to an organisation
and business in market place. Basically, proper strategies are highly required for the department
of human resource for managing human resources in the workplace. Currently most venture in
market place tries to make their HRM strategies very productive to gain effective outcomes.
Strategic management of human resources contributes in a company for taking lots of effective
work from different employees and workforce (Durmaz and DÜŞÜN, 2016). This report
discusses strategic management of human resources in Tesco. Basically, Tesco is the highly
reputed retail brand of the United Kingdom, which currently has a huge workforce of 450,000
employees. Headquarter of company is situated in England, UK. This report is divided into two
parts, in which the first one discusses about effective relationship between strategy of business
and strategy of human resources. Some models also have been described in this report relating to
SHRM. The task two discusses about the implications of employment relations on an
organisation. Some appropriate recommendations also have given in this report for more
improving SHRM.
TASK 1
Relationship between business strategy and strategy of human resource
There is great relationship between business strategy and human resource strategy within
Tesco. Basically, business strategies of a business are known as techniques which companies
uses for gaining excellent outcomes. On the other side, human resource strategy is also a one of
major business strategies which businesses develop and uses for managing their human resources
in very productive manner. Both are completely interrelating with each other. Top-level
management of Tesco is completely aware about that, align HR strategy with business strategy
enable to a venture for improving the existing employee satisfaction and performance. Basically,
align HR strategy with business strategy helps to Tesco for achieving different strategic
objectives in market place.
In this dynamic and competitive world, each organisation wants to gain an effective
workforce for improve its business performance and productivity in market place (Egas, Saltos

and Toasa, 2019). In this situation, HRM strategy is one of the best business strategies to an
organisation for gaining huge competitive advantage in market place. Basically, HRM strategy
helps to business for gaining an effective and skilled workforce, so that when any business has
this type workforces then, it can simply take very productive work from its employees. At the
end, its performance and productivity are automatically increasing in market place. Top-level
management and HR manager of Tesco have to set a perfect alignment between its HRM and
strategy and other business strategies, because a functional department can’t achieve its final
target without coordinating with other departments. Existing strategy of HRM within Tesco is
completely well-developed, and this is the main reason that top-level management is this retail
company systematically managing is huge workforce.
Evaluation, comparison and contrast of theories and models of SHRM
Currently lots of theories and models of SHRM available in market place which helps to
companies and businesses for perfectly conducting different practices of human resource
management in workplace. The Fombrun and the guest etc. are some major models of strategic
human resource management. Currently the HR manager of Tesco is taking lots of advantages
through these all models (Rastegari, Hosseini and Ghayoor, 2020). Actual concepts and
implications of these models has been discussed below;
The Fombrun Model
This model of SHRM was developed by Fombrun in 1984 for providing the strategic
framework to human resource management of a company. This model enables to different
businesses for making their HRM practices very much effective. The Fombrun model of SHRM
includes four key elements which human resource manager at each organisation have to consider
for effectively managing human resources in workplace. All four elements of existing model
have been discussed below;
Selection: This is the first element within this model of SHRM. According to this element,
human resource management at Tesco have to take appropriate step towards conducting selection
practice. Basically, selection is one of major practices of human resource management for hiring
some effective, talented and skilled employees in own workplace. Selection practice of HR