Importance of Employee Relations in HRM Decision Making

Unit 3
(HRM)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
LO1.............................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and resourcing an
organization.............................................................................................................................................3
P2 Strength and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection..................................4
LO2.............................................................................................................................................................7
P3 Benefits of different HRM practices within an organization for both the employer and employee....7
P4 Evaluate the effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organizational profit and
productivity.............................................................................................................................................8
LO3.............................................................................................................................................................9
P5 Importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision making...........................9
P6 Key elements of employments of employment legislation and the impact it has upon HRM decision
making...................................................................................................................................................10
LO4...........................................................................................................................................................10
P7 Illustrate the application of HRM practices in a work-related context, using specific examples......10
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management refers to an approach that is based on the strategic
decisions and to effectively manage the organization and its employees so that they will earn and
gain the competitive advantage within the same industry. This determinant is used to maximize
the performance of a workforce in the organization so that every employee gives their best and
achieves the task on time. This report is based on the TESCO that is one of the leading
supermarket stores in the UK. This project includes the purpose and scope of human resource
management with their talent and a skill that helps in fulfills the objectives of business. It also
shows the effectiveness of key elements and their internal and external factors that will affect the
decision making including employment legislation. All this is needed to enhance and explore the
skills and talent of an employees or hiring a new candidates in the enterprise. At last it shows the
human resource practices that help in enhancing the performance and productivity of staff
members in the company(Noe and et. al., 2015).
LO1
P1 Purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and resourcing an
organization
TESCO
It is a British multinational general and groceries retailer in the UK which has 6800
outlets and more than 40,000 employee’s works in the organization. The mission of firm is to
make what matters better together and for longer sustainability in the market. The core objective
of the TESCO is to helping the customers so that they enjoy the quality product and increase
their living standard. They do business for satisfying the users at their full extent(Armstrong and
Taylor, 2020).
Human resource management
It refers to a strategic framework that is used to maintain the employees performance and
for manages all workforce in the organization to gain the competitive advantage in the market
and sustain for longer life. The main purpose of human resource management is to maintain and

organize the employees relation and performance so that they will give appropriate results of the
doing task. In context of TESCO, there are various types of functions of HRM that can helps in
the company which can describe below(Brewster and et. al., 2016).
Functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning
Workforce planning - It refers to a process of needs and priorities of the company about
the workforce that help in meet the production requirements, regulatory, services and objectives
of a business. There are various functions that is applicable to workforce planning.
 Training and development - It refers to a important functions that defines the systematic
activities in which every employees are instructed and learns a specific knowledge related
to their job positions. And it also shows the overall educational growth and maturity of an
individual person in a managerial position. It is an important in TESCO, to give the
proper training and development session as it is a growing company and every staff
member needs proper skills and knowledge to complete the task and earns profits. It main
purpose is to enhance the knowledge, skills and thinking capacity of the working
employees so that they will give their best(Albrecht and et. al., 2015).
 Recruitment and selection - It refers to an activity of identifying the vacant position and
requirements for the job holders, promoting the blank position and for this selecting and
hiring the suitable candidate for that job position within a organisation. It is a main
function that a HR Manager of a TESCO play to fill the position that is vacant and for
this select the appropriate one so that task can be done in effective manner. The purpose
of the Recruitment and selection is to identify the workforce and where the vacant
position is available fill with this the best and skilled candidates so that it will enhance
the productivity and smoothness in the working(Bailey and et. al., 2018).
P2 Strength and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection
In recruitment and selection there are various approaches that helps in organizing the workforce
and its working in the TESCO that can be described below.
Recruitment