Unit 3: Human Resource Management

Unit 3: Human Resource
Managemen

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................4
Purpose and functions of HRM...................................................................................................4
Strengths and weaknesses of approaches of recruitment and selection.......................................5
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................7
Different practices of HRM.........................................................................................................7
Effectiveness of HRM practices..................................................................................................8
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................9
Significance of Employee Relations............................................................................................9
Elements of Employee Legislations and its impacts on decision-making of HRM..................10
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................10
Implementation of HRM practices............................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management also referred to as HRM is basically the practice of managing
the people for achieving better performance. The people involved in HRM contribute to the
organisation greatly as they also make up the workforce of the company. HRM is mainly
responsible for practices like Recruitment and Selection, Learning and Development,
Performance Management, Compensation and benefits, HR data and analytics etc.
The below report will shed light on the HRM department and the practices in Apple which is
multinational technology company headquartered in California. The company deals in
developing, designing and selling the consumer electronics, online services and computer
software. The company is considered as one of the Big Five companies in the information
technology industry in US (Apple Inc., 2021).
The report will highlight the purpose of HRM and its functions along with mentioning the
different approaches to recruitment and selection along with its merits and demerits. This will be
followed by highlighting the different practices of HRM in context with Apple Company. The
significance of employee relations and the legislations will be highlighted. The practices of HRM
will be applied in context of Apple.
LO 1
P1 Purpose and functions of HRM
Workforce planning:
It is the main function of human resource to plan for workforce requirement of the
organization. HR of apple ensure that they hire right candidate for right position. HR evaluate
candidate by seeing their knowledge and skills which matched with the position or not.
Training and development:
HR of apple provide training and development to their employees. Training is necessary
so that employees learn skills to perform their job. Training is also essential so that advanced
knowledge can be taken.
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