Importance of Employee Relations in HRM Decision-Making

Human resource management

Table of Contents
Human resource management..........................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
Purpose and functions of HRM in planning and resourcing..................................................3
HRM in providing talent and skills to fulfil business objectives...........................................5
Strengths and weaknesses of approaches of recruitment and selection.................................5
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................7
Benefits of HRM practices for both employees and employers.............................................7
Effectiveness of HRM practices to raise profits and productivity in organisation.................7
HRM practices used in organisation.......................................................................................8
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................8
Importance of employee relations and their impact on HRM decision-making....................8
Key elements of employment legislation...............................................................................9
Impact of employee relations and employment legislation in HRM decision making in
organisation..........................................................................................................................10
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................10
Different types of HRM practices........................................................................................10
Rationale of adopting HRM practices within the organisation............................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is an important factor within the companies used for
managing personnel. There are different people who work within company and it is essential to
manage their effectiveness properly. When employee engagement is more, there are chances of
delivering high quality work and increased customer satisfaction. Workforce within an
organisation has to collaboratively work for managing various job responsibilities. Performance
of employees is increased by developing and enhancing their career growth opportunities. In the
following report, Tesco is considered for completing tasks related to HRM. This report will
discuss about different HRM practices of Tesco. Strength and weakness of Tesco's recruitment
process is discussed and key legislations are used for discussing various internal and external
factors that are affecting decision making process of management.
The mission statement of Tesco is “to provide quality products and goods to customer and
enhance their satisfaction level”.
Main purpose for conducting business operations at Tesco is to adopt new strategies and attain
organisational targets by providing quality products and services.
Core objective of Tesco is to maximise profits of the company and increase number of potential
customers.
LO1
Purpose and functions of HRM in planning and resourcing
Meaning of HRM
the department of human resource within an organisation helps to control and manage the
employees working in company. It is essential for companies to control and handle business
activities so that it is easy to manage behaviour of employees . The business strategies are
aligned in relation to the HR objectives. It is important for developing and controlling the
management activities effectively.
Significance and Purposes of HRM
The human resource management of Tesco is involved in providing strategies and plans
for employees which help in effective functioning of business. The purpose of HRM is basically
linked with benefits and welfare of employees. Purpose of HRM is mentioned below:
 To provide positive work environment and enhance employee engagement

 To implement safety and security measures within Tesco workplace To implement different legal regulations and manage ethical functioning of business.
Functions of HRM
Within Tesco, the human resource department has responsibility of managing employee
relation and management. It is concluded that HRM has the main role of managing functions
within company that are helpful in order to effective functioning of company. There are different
roles and responsibilities of the HR department which provides help in managing employees and
staff working in the company. Some of the HR functions of Tesco are discussed below -
Recruitment & selection: These are known as two important functions of HR
department which are helpful in hiring new talented and skilled employees. There is need to hire
and recruit talented employees who are able to work in the company. There are various job roles
and responsibilities of Tesco managers which has to be managed effectively. There are various
internal recruitment sources including promotion, transferring existing employee to another
place, referral candidates, etc. Role of HR manager – To recruit and hire talented and skilled employees for performing
different job roles.
 Responsibility of HR manager - To manage functions of HR manager effectively for
filling vacant position of company effectively by promoting the job advertisements.
Training & development: It is a function of human resource department which is
associated with managing and developing sessions for employees in order to improve skills and
abilities. Within Tesco, it is seen that different training are provided to employees for enhancing
their growth opportunities. Role of HR manager - To prepare effective training schedule for employees Responsibility of HR manager - To enhance the skill as well as knowledge of workers in
order to perform all the business functions in an appropriate manner.
Workforce Planning
This is defined as the procedure used for managing he employees working in the
company. It is important that all employees are able to work properly within workplace for
managing skills and abilities of employees. Tesco managers provide training to employees for
improving their skills, experience and knowledge.
Significance of Workforce Planning