Human Resources Management in ASDA

UNIT-3 HUMAN
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1 ...........................................................................................................................................1
Purpose, function and applicable to workforce planning and resourcing of ASDA..............1
Importance of HRM in retaining and acquiring talented employees.....................................2
Strength and weaknesses of various approaches of recruitment and selection......................2
Benefits of different HRM practices to employees and employer.........................................4
Effectiveness of HRM practices in relation to enhancing overall organisation profitability and
productivity.............................................................................................................................5
PART- 2...........................................................................................................................................6
Importance of employees relationship and its influence on HRM decision-making.............6
Key elements of employment legislation and its impact on HR decision-making.................7
Application of HR practice related to work...........................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management can be stated as management function in which manager is
highly concerned with hiring, selecting, recruiting and motivating employees to work hard so
that company can gain and retained its market share. Moreover, HR manager is responsible for
resolving disputes arising among employees by understanding several problems faced by them
thus coordinating them to work as team for achievement of end goals. This report is based on
ASDA which is an British supermarket chain operating in retail industry of United Kingdom that
was founded on 19 February 1949. Mission and vision of ASDA is “ To be Britain best-value
retailers exceeding customer's need always” and its purpose is “ to make products and services
more affordable for everyone”. The report has highlighted points related to purpose of HR key
roles and responsibilities, its function and importance in hiring talented employees. Also include
points related to several approaches of recruitment and selection, benefits of HRM practices for
both employees and employer. At last contain detailed regarding key elements of employment
legislation and its impact on HRM decision-making.
PART 1
Purpose, function and applicable to workforce planning and resourcing of ASDA
Human resources management of ADSA plays important purpose in organisation by
recruiting right individuals at right place so that various task can be completed simultaneously
and end objectives of company can bet meet. Furthermore, it coordinates diverse individuals to
work in an team rather than individuals that helps firm in retaining maximum market share.
Thereby the main purpose of HR is to manage effectively communication, motivation and
leadership among people so that they are ready to put their best for benefits of organization
(Itani, House and Lane, 2017). There are various function that are performed by HR manager of
ASDA in content of workforce planning and resourcing which can be illustrated as follows:
Staffing needs: It is the first and foremost function performed by HR manager of company as it
understand or estimate type and number of employees required by organisation to complete
particular task. Thereby manager of ASDA by taking interview or conducting preliminary
screening find talented employees that can be recruited for specific post so that better outcome
can be achieved.
Compensation: Another function accomplish by manager is deciding appropriate compensation
needs to be provided to specific individual so that it can be motivated to make the best use of its
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existing capabilities and skills. Therefore, ASDA manager has set accurate compensation or
wages need to be provided to employees that contributed in retaining and having talented
individual in the firm (Hasan, Islam and Chowdhury, 2020).
Labour relationship: It is can be stated that HR manager of company also perform function
related to building strong relationship with employees. Likewise ASDA manager by deciding
appropriate roles and responsibilities which needs to be performed by employees, resolving
conflict and dispute when arise is able to develop better relationship and enhance overall
profitability of company.
Importance of HRM in retaining and acquiring talented employees
From the above study, it can be illustrated that HR plays important role in retaining and
acquiring talented employees in the firm. Such as manager by taking various test, interview or
effectively scrutinizing each individual find right or talented employee can be hired within
organizations. Moreover, the manager by focusing on providing safe and secure working
environment to employees is able to motivated highly talented to work for growth and expansion
of business (Rothenberg, Hull and Tang, 2017). So, all these several steps and functions
undertaken by ASDA manager has helped company in enjoying maximum benefits.
Strength and weaknesses of various approaches of recruitment and selection
Recruitment is an positive process that include various activities such as attracting,
engaging and on-boarding talented employees in the organization. In another words, it is an
process that involves identification and retention of potential individual for filling up of vacant
position and promote smooth operation of business in external environment (Renkema,
Meijerink and Bondarouk, 2017). There are two common method or approaches that are used by
HR manager to recruit talented employees which can be illustrated as follows:
Internal recruitment: It is method in which HR manager of company focus on recruitment of
individual through internal sources that is by promoting employees to higher level. So, that they
can make effective use of their capabilities and skills in order to complete task in most effective
manner.
Strength Weaknesses
 One of the advantage of making use of
internal recruitment is it reduce overall
time to hire talented employees. As
 On the other hand there are some of
the disadvantages of internal
recruitment create conflict among
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