Human Resource Management in Tesco

UNIT 3 - HUMAN
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Purpose and functions of human resource management (HRM)............................................3
P2 Strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to selection and recruitment.....................5
LO2..................................................................................................................................................6
P3 Benefit of HRM practices.......................................................................................................6
P4 Effectiveness of human resource management practices.......................................................7
LO3..................................................................................................................................................9
P5 Importance of employee relations in decision-making..........................................................9
P6 Key elements of employer legislation..................................................................................10
LO4................................................................................................................................................12
P7 Application of HRM practices..............................................................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management (HRM) is one of the key tasks or function to an
organisation right now, and there is no organisation or company can grow its business in market
place without considering this function. This is the main reason that, upper management within
most businesses takes different appropriate steps towards highly improving their function of
human resource management (Moore, 2017). Mainly HRM contributes in gaining an effective
workforce, in which when a business has an effective workforce, then it can simply gain very
higher competitive advantage in market place. This report discusses HRM function of Tesco.
The Tesco is highly reputed retail venture of the United Kingdom which currently operates in
over 13 countries. This report discusses different purposes of the human resource management
functions. There are strengths and weaknesses of approaches to recruitment and selection also
has been discussed in this report. There is contribution of HRM practices in high profit also has
been discussed in this report with importance employee relations and employment legislation.
MAIN BODY
LO1
P1 Purpose and functions of human resource management (HRM)
HRM always has many purposes and functions in an organisation, and there is no business
can run its venture in marker place without involving various functions and purpose of HRM in
its business plan. In this situation, upper management of Tesco also need to consider HRM’s role
in its daily operations. Currently this retail organisation has thousands of employees in its large
number of super markets and stores, in which human resource management is the only function
to Tesco for systemically managing these all employees or people within workplace. There are
some prime or major purpose and functions of HRM within Tesco has been discussed below;
Workforce Planning
Workforce planning is the most important and valuable function or purpose of HRM in
the workplace of Tesco, in which the HR manager prepare a specific for providing an effective

workforce to company with many talented and skilled employees (Hofäcker, Braun and Flynn,
2017). Workforce planning is very mandatory task to a business for gaining appropriate people
within workplace for completing various operations of business appropriately. There is no
business can boost its performance as well as productivity in market place without preparing an
effective plan for the workforce. This is the main reason that upper management of Tesco have
to aware about this function and purpose HR department.
Attracting and recruiting
This is another major function or purpose of human resource management, in which HR
department of company takes steps towards attracting and recruiting different new people as
employees within workplace. For attracting people or candidates, firstly it publishes an
advertisement to aware people within market about there is post or posts vacant in Tesco with
required qualification and eligibility. Then, after attracting people, the HR department has started
its practice of recruiting, in which this is the main practice where HR department fulfils the
needs of Tesco about new recruitment. Basically, attracting and recruiting functions of
department enables to business for gaining various talented and skilled employees within daily
operations.
Performance management
In this dynamic and modern world, there is no business can achieve better outcomes in
marketplace without managing performance of their employees in proper manner. In this
situation, performance management is also one of major functions of HRM within Tesco, and
due to this function, upper management of company is now able gain an effective workforce in
own workplace (Moore and Mahadevan, 2020). Basically, HR department has used KPI (key
performance indicator) tool within its daily operations for ensuring whose employees are
performing very well in workplace or who’s employees has not an effective performance. Then,
it takes steps towards providing proper training and development sessions to those employees
who has poor performance for the purpose of developing their performance
These all are major functions and purpose of HRM within Tesco, and these has enabled
to company for gaining huge competitive advantage within the UK’s retail market. When it takes