Role of HR in Acquiring Talent for Business Objectives

Human Resource
Management
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Contents
Assessment Part 1: Employee Induction Manual..................................................................................2
1.0 Introduction....................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Key roles and responsibilities of the HR function..........................................................................2
2.2 Role of HR in acquiring talent to meet business............................................................................4
3.0 An assessment of the approach to:................................................................................................4
3.1 Workforce planning...............................................................................................................4
3.2 Recruitment and selection...................................................................................................4
3.3 Development and training....................................................................................................5
3.4 Performance management...................................................................................................6
4.0 Different methods used in HR practices.........................................................................................6
References............................................................................................................................................8
Assessment Part 2: Recruitment and selection documentations portfolio............................................9
1.0 Job description for the position of marketing manager.................................................................9
2.0 Specification for the position of marketing manager.....................................................................9
3.0 A job offer letter for the selected candidate..................................................................................9
4.0 An evaluation of the process appropriate HR practices.................................................................9
An evaluation summary of employee relations and employment legislation that relate to HR
practices..............................................................................................................................................10
5.0 Flexible working practices............................................................................................................10
6.0 Aspects of employment legislation within the organisation.......................................................10
7.0 Employment legislation inform decision making and meets business objectives.......................11
References..........................................................................................................................................11
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Assessment Part 1: Employee Induction Manual
1.0 Introduction
An introduction to the chosen organisation including mission statement, purpose and core
business objectives.
Unilever is British multinational company. It is a consumer goods company. Headquartered
in London, England (Sidibe, 2020).
Statement
The company mission is to fulfil the needs of the consumers and it is done by the
providing the consumer with brands for their nutritional needs, personal care as well as
hygiene care so that the consumer will feel good, look good and get more from life.
Purpose
Unilever is providing consumers with the branded products as well as services, along
with offering customers with good price and quality products. The products are safe to use
for their particular usage and the products and services are purposefully labelled and
advertised.
Business objectives
The company’s objective is to bring commonplace sustainable living and finding more ways
so as to help in the development for the long term.
2.1 Key roles and responsibilities of the HR function
The HR at Unilever performs many functions and managing the staff for the organisation is
a difficult task. This requires skills and time to expertise it. The HR play important functions
that are necessary for the development of the company and for the employees working
there. The functions are:
Staffing
The HR recruit employees for the organisation like the part-time and the full-time
workers, along with that the HR also terminate the employees when in need. The HR
identifies the needs of the company and hire the talent needed for the progress. This is done
by the recruiting and the primarily processes. Recruitment are done by various technological
platforms to attract the talents in huge amounts and filter out the people who have the
potential to work (De Stefano, Bagdadli and Camuffo, 2018). The HR assigns the employees
work according to their skills and experiences. The HR can terminate the employees
according to the needs of the organisation. HR maintains the hiring in ethical ways and align
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then according to the company’s needs. Decides the salaries and benefits for the
employees.
Development
The HR is responsible for on boarding new employees and providing them with the tools
so as to increase the efficiency of the development of the company. HR is also responsible
of the investments they make for the development of the company. The development
activities can include:
 Training and development of the employees for their job.
 Keeping the employees up to date with the technologies and providing then
with the training opportunities like educational programs, conferences as well
as internal training.
 They prepare strategies and provide feedbacks to the employees and the
managers.
Compensation
HR decides the salaries as well as the benefits of the employees on the basis of the role,
performance and the legal requirements. This includes:
 The compensation are matched to the market level by using the industry standards
as the benchmark for the job role.
 Third party providers are included for the negotiation of the health care plans,
retirement plans and the insurances (Indriyani, 2017).
 Discussion for the increase of the decrease rates of compensation with the
employees.
 Aligning the compensation with the legal and the cultural expectations.
Safety and Health
The safety and health of the employees are also the responsibilities of the HR
department that includes:
 Aligning the legal requirements of safety measures for the functioning of the job.
 Providing with new safety measures when the laws of industries are changed.
 Discuss safety measures with different departments of government.
 Discuss safety measures with the unions.
Employee and Labour Relations
The activities that involve employee and labour are included:
 The HR shares the disagreement between the employees and the employers.
 Shares disagreements between the employees.
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