Waitrose | Human Resource Management
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HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3P1: Functions and purpose of HRM related to workforce planning and resourcing...................3P2: Analyses of different approaches of recruitment and selection through strengths andweakness.....................................................................................................................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6P3: Benefits of HRM practices related to employer and employee............................................6P4: Different HRM practices in context of profit and productivity of organisation...................8TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8P5: Importance of employees relations to influence decision-making of HRM.........................8P6: Essential elements of employee legislation and its impact on decision-making..................9TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10P7: Application of HRM practices related to work...................................................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
INTRODUCTIONHuman resource refers to people or workforce working in an organisation and by this itcan be said that human resource management refers to planning and organising of people so thatmaximum utilisation of resources would be attain (Abdullah and Zulkifli, 2015). In this report,Waitrose is taken for discussion. It is one of the largest supermarket chain in United kingdomand headquarter in Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. Various purposes and functions of HRM will beexplained with strengths and weakness of recruitment and selection approaches. Moreoverbenefits and effectiveness of HRM practices in terms of employee and employer in context ofproductivity and profit will be elaborated. Essential of employee relations and various rules andregulation which company should focus to improve their motivation will be explained and at last,application of HRM practices would be discussed. TASK 1P1: Functions and purpose of HRM related to workforce planning and resourcingHRM considers workforce as an asset for company instead of machinery and their mainaim is to improve their productivity and efficiency at work so that overall increase in profitabilitywould be seen by company. Aim of HRM Waitrose is to proper planning, organising, directingand controlling of workforce available in the company so that they can gain market leaderposition. Purpose of HRM in relation with workforce planning and resourcing of employees willbe discussed by taking Waitrose as company, Employee motivation: All the headcount working for company can only achieve itshighest potential if they are motivated enough to work harder (Bailey And et. al., 2018). So workof HRM is to reduce or remove any obstacle or hurdles which might affect their efficiency in anegative way. For instance, if Waitrose employees are facing demotivation due to low salaryoffers to them then HRM have to amend their work analysis and then make salary accordingly ashigh salary leads to higher motivation. It would assist Waitrose to reduce their cost onacquisition of employees which will turns profit for company. Suitable candidates: Employee can work with their best potential if they are equippedwith all the skills and capabilities which would help them to excel at their work. For instance, ifWaitrose HRM is hiring those employees whose skills and capabilities are align with the workwhich will assigned to them then they will able to perform with their best motivation which leads
to increase in overall profitability of company. Apart from this, Waitrose does not have to wastetime and money on workforce planning as retention rate would be increase then. It refers tomaking balance between the supply and demands of workforce so that there wont be anyshortage or excess headcount in the company.Functions of HRM Planning: It refers to planning of task assigned to manager by writing every actions andactivities which is required by individual to attain their pre set goals. For instance, at the time ofrecruiting, manager must find out the actual requirements of workforce according to their skillsand competencies.Organising: After planning, organising is an essential task in which manager have toimplement planning on the real scenarios. For instance, after recruiting potential candidates itsmanager responsibility to assigned them work according to their existing skills so that Waitrosecan survive in critical situations. Directing: After assigning its manager responsibility to direct their employees so thatrole ambiguity, hurdles etc would be removed. For instance, Waitrose manager should assisttheir subordinates while working as their responsibility is to guide the employees so that they canachieve their pre set goals of work.Controlling: After directing, manager role is to monitor the performance of employeesand guide them when they are deviating their work actions from pre decide actions. Forinstance, if employees are doing their work with full efficiency but still it is not in favour ofWaitrose, then its manager responsibility to guide them so that their work would be align tocompany's goals and mission. Hard and soft HRMHard approach are those in which company considered employees as an machinery. Forinstance, if Waitrose is giving less salary to their employees by assigning more work then theirmotivation level will become down which will leads to high retention and absenteeism rate.Company should try to opt this style at the workplace as avoidance of this approach givesfavourable environment to company and their employees. Soft approach refers to when employees are taken and considered as assets instead ofmachinery (Banfield, Kay and Royles, 2018). It includes various factors like high salary, better
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