Unit 3 – Human Resource Management

Unit 3 – Human
Resource Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1. Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organisation......................................................................................................3
P2. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection.
................................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P3. Explain the benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for both the
employer and employee..........................................................................................................6
P4. Evaluate the effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational
profit and productivity............................................................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5. Analyse the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-
making....................................................................................................................................8
P6. Identify the key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has upon HRM
decision-making.....................................................................................................................9
TASK 4 .........................................................................................................................................10
P7. Illustrate the application of HRM practices in a work-related context, using specific
examples...............................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management elongated from HRM, is a functional units of an
organisation which is responsible for number of actions and duties that are concerned with the
workforce needs of the entity as well as to managing the existing and new employees (Khalik,
Asbar and Elihami, 2020). The respective report is developed over Holiday Inn a British owned
American hospitality brand which was founded in 1952 and headquartered in Buckinghamshire,
United Kingdom. The organisation deals in two major sectors of Hospitality that are
Accommodation and Food & Beverage. The report beneath is covering aspects of HRM such
as its purposes and functions, major approaches and practices of HRM performed and required
for effective management of human resource within the entity. Moving along the concept of
employee relations is examined with its benefits to employees, employers and company's
profitability and productivity. At last. Employment legislations are discussed with their impacts
over company's that is management and leaders decision-making.
TASK 1
P1. Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organisation.
HRM or Human Resource Management is a functional body of company and in this
case of Holiday Inn that is concentrated to accomplish the targeted number of human resource
entity needs for performing daily chores and completing long term responsibilities. Human
Resource Management basically works for the business aspect of Workforce Planning that
keeps up the aim of providing all the required staff members in different team in the company
and to make sure that people are managed properly and kept satisfied for the sake of quality
performance being served to the end goal. In more simpler context, HRM is link between the
company and workforce and which keeps them aligned for obtaining objectives of both the
parties the company as well as the personnels (Ekhsan and et. al., 2019).
In general as discussed HRM covers and focused over hiring, motivating and
management of workforce along with work in a manner to create synergy in people and
organisational agendas. To be more précised the HRM functions are divided into two that is
Operative and Managerial. These two functions cover the whole working portfolio of HRM.

Thus, both the functions and their respective purposes are elaborated below in context with
Holiday Inn Hotels. Managerial Function- One of the basic task of HRM team has for the support of
organisation and personnels is managing them and keeping them under their support.
This raises the first function of HRM in Holiday Inn is of managerial activities which
covers Planning, Organising, Directing and Controlling. Under this function the
management sets a number limit needed to perform tasks and duties and moves with
assigning jobs, employee engagement in entities and controlling all actions and
performance evaluation is made (Hong and Varghese, 2019).
◦ Purpose: The sole purpose of this function is offering management to Holiday Inn in
regards to its workforce present in the whole organisation. Operative Function- The next function is operative which cover all aspects other than
management such as Hiring employees for different vacant position in Holiday Inn.
Training Employees, Designing Jobs, Focusing on Salary Issues and Employee
Welfare. This is a supportive function for human resource.
◦ Purpose: The major purpose of this function is to serve the personnels and keep up
with all administrative actions for effective influences over morals and productivity
of staff.
P2. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection.
As discussed a basic operative function of HRM is to hire staff for the company and
complete the personnels needs of Holiday Inn. Thus, Recruitment and Selection is known as a
core responsibility and duty of HRM.
Recruitment is a process of creating a pool of capable and expert candidates for the
vacant job role. There two form of recruitment process that are Internal and External, where in
one existing employees are added to pool for the vacant post and in another outsiders are
considered for the job (El-Kassar and Singh, 2019). Different approaches of Internal and
External recruitment are presented underneath.
INTERNAL RECRUITMENT Promotions is one option in which existing team member or employee is being
considered for the higher position by effective performance evaluation.