Unit 3 - Human Resource Management

Unit 3 - Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Part 1................................................................................................................................................3
Organisation Introduction ...........................................................................................................3
Purpose of HR function & key roles OR responsibilities of HR function................................3
Approach to employees planning, recruitment & selection, development and training,
performance management & reward systems..............................................................................5
Part 2................................................................................................................................................7
Approach to and effectualness of workforce relations & employee engagement.......................7
Key aspects of employment legislation within which organisation must work.........................9
How employee relations and employment legislation inform decision making & meets
business objectives.......................................................................................................................9
Application of HRM practices in a work-related context..........................................................10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Human resource development can be defined as a practice of managing people so that
they can achieve better performance. In addition to this, HRM is a process of employing and
recruiting people, training and compensating employees for the services they provide to
organisation. This report will discuss about HRM and different elements of HRM and report will
discuss about purpose of HR functions and key roles and responsibilities of HR functions.
Followed by this, report will also discuss about different approaches to employees planning,
recruitment and selection, development and training along with strengths and weaknesses.
Followed by this, report will discuss about employee relation or employee legislation
(Froidevaux, Alterman and Wang, 2020). This report will contextualise M&S, British
multinational retailer and it was founded in 1884 and is headquartered at London, England, UK.
M&S specialises in selling clothing, home related products, and food products of its own label.
MAIN BODY
Part 1
Organisation Introduction
M&S operates at 1519 locations in 62 countries and 44 websites and employs 78000
employees. Mission statement of the company is ‘To make aspirational quality that is accessible
to everyone through the depth and range of its products’. Core objectives of M&S includes
quality, service, innovation and trust and its purpose is to provide high quality, great food value,
clothing and homeware to its customers.
Purpose of HR function & key roles OR responsibilities of HR function
Staffing organisation- This is one of very important purpose of HR function, it is very
important that organisation has right type of employees with adequate number to undertake all
activities of organisation (Kavanagh and Johnson, 2020). This is one of purpose of HR function
to staff organisation with skilled and competent employees.

Maintaining a safe organisational environment- This is one of the important purpose
of HR function in which they are required to ensure that M&S is a safe place for workers and
employees working there. This is important for several reasons firstly it is a legislative
requirement, secondly it enables employees to work effectively without any fear of their safety
and security while they are working at M&S. Workplace safety at M&S also contribute in
avoiding injuries and accidents and HR function is to maintain safety as well as train people for
safety while working.
Compliance to labour laws- This is also a purpose of some of the HR functions in which
they are required to ensure that all HR and employees’ related activities are complying to labour
laws. Labour laws regulate employees’ working within organisation and ensure that both
employee as well employer can effectively exercise their rights and carry out their
responsibilities. This is important to avoid legal and regulatory compliance for M&S and is also
important for maintaining ideal work conditions within organisation.
Employee-employer relations- This is a very important purpose of HR function through
which specialised HR function works on strengthening employee-employer relations within
M&S. This involves creating a work-environment where employees and management have
cordial relations and employees have work satisfaction and at the same time there is no conflict
(Ben-Gal, 2019). In case of conflict, there is effective mechanism developed in order to resolve
conflict on time so that conflict does not affect quality of performance as well as organisational
environment.
Roles and responsibilities of HR includes-
HR Planning- This is one of the most important role as well as responsibility of HR in
which they determine future requirements of organisation in term of required manpower. This
involves undertaking different activities to determine what kind of staff in which number will be
required for fulfilling different requirements within M&S (Klein and Potosky, 2019). This
involves analysis of demand and supply of manpower in organisation and on the basis of further
activities is undertaken.
Recruitment and Selection- This is another important role and responsibility of the HR
in which they recruit and select employees to fulfil different vacant position in organisation.