Human Resource Management Report: ASDA Workforce Planning & Practices

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within ASDA, a major supermarket retail company. It begins with an introduction to HRM, its purpose, and functions, specifically in the context of workforce planning and resourcing. The report then delves into the strengths and weaknesses of various recruitment and selection approaches, evaluating internal versus external methods and different selection techniques. The second task focuses on the benefits of HRM practices for both employers and employees, examining performance appraisals and training and development programs. Finally, the report assesses the effectiveness of these HRM practices in terms of raising organizational profit and productivity, including reward systems and their impact. The assignment highlights how HRM strategies contribute to ASDA's overall success and operational efficiency, making it a valuable case study for understanding HRM principles.

Unit 3: Human
Resource Management

Table of Contents
INTRODCUTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1. The purpose and functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and resourcing......3
P2 The strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection............5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P3. The benefits of different HRM practices for both employer and employees.......................7
P4 Describe the effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational
profit and productivity.................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................1

INTRODCUTION
Human resource department is the process of recruiting, selecting and provide training to
employees and maintain administrative services of the company. This approach is essential for
the company to skilled workforces and make use of resources effectively(Chen and et. al., 2016).
The department is responsible for designing plans and creating effective policies which help
organisation to expand the business. The assignment is based on ASDA which is an supermarket
retail company and its headquarter is in Leeds, west Yorkshire. Organisation was founded in year
1949 and began to expand company in last decade. This document discuss about the purpose and
function of HRM along with there strength and weakness. Along with this different legislation
and application are used in work related context.
TASK 1
P1. The purpose and functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and resourcing
Overview of the company: ADSA is an supermarket retail organisation which offers
daily needs utilities to users. The company has opened the store around 633 different places. The
company has become the second largest supermarket chain in British and there core rivals are
Tesco and Sainsbury.
Mission: The mission statement for ASDA is to create unique value for the customer by
facilitating them higher quality of product and service to user.
Vision: Company wants to expand the business by serving customer effectively and
increase shareholders in coming years.
Objective: The main purpose of ASDA is grow the operation by 5% within 2 years.
Along with this company wants to keep there pricing low as to serve every customer. Other
objective of the company is to avail maintain hygiene standard and provide healthy eating
products to consumer.
Meaning of HRM:
Human resource department manage the workforces and responsible for creating , putting
into effect and overseeing policies governing workers and the relationship of the organisation
with the employees. Along with department has duty to allocate the resources to every individual
in order to increase efficiency and productivity of the company.
Importance of HRM

HRM plays an crucial role for developing effective standard and productivity of the
company. There are different activities going in organisation as HR provide guidance and create
policies to improve efficiency and productivity of the company. In context of ASDA HR
manager have responsibility to track daily activities and implement changes for betterment and
growth. Along with this, department consult and take feedback from respective department and
resolve the issues to carry forward the operational activities and operation effectively. There are
different kind of training and development programmes falls under HRM as to improvise the
skills of individual.
Functions of Human resource management
Recruitment and selection: This is the process of captivating, screening and selecting
potential as well as qualified candidates based upon the objectives for the particular job
role(Cook and et. al., 2015). The objective of this process is to attract the qualified personnels
which aid ASDS to increase the sales and proficiency in a well define manner. This method is
essential for HR as it is the prime responsibility to manager employees ratio for smooth
functioning of the company.
Orientation: Many organisation do not provide a thorough orientation to new
employees. This is an initial step to help new employees to become more familiar with the other
department colleagues and with new job. ASDA manager must include objective and goals of
company in orientation programmes and show right path how employees can help to achieve the
long term and short term goals of the organisation.
Maintain employees relation: This is vital for the company to have create healthy
environment in the organisation as to increase the efficiency and productivity of the employees.
HR of ASDA have the prime responsibility to conduct internation sessions as become more
familiar with every department. If relation of employees are good then assist in maintaining a
healthy environment where employees can work with the full efficiency. Apart from this it also
improve the flow of communication and information effectively.
Workforce planning
This is an action method used by various organisation for determining, forecasting and
planning the workforces supply and demand, measuring gaps as well targeting talent for
intervention to ensure about the different organisation must have efficacious employees to

improve the productivity of the company. In regards of ASDA company has to focus on
identifying the employees skills and knowledge regarding there assign job roles.
P2 The strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection
Workforce planning is an activity which is useful in determining the future needs of
employees and company by analysing the number of workforce and their skills. It allows ASDA
to develop plan regarding themselves which is beneficial for them in meeting the requirements of
recruitment and selection.
 Recruitment
It is a suitable manner of hiring potential candidates within an organisation according to
the job description. It is the positive manner which is useful in opting suitable candidates
according to their skills, attitude and ability which defines that they can easily achieve targets
and objectives (De Massis and et. al., 2016). In ASDA, management of an organisation use two
suitable methods such as internal and external to recruit employees.
Internal:
It is the method which is useful in selecting candidates within an organisation as it
promote existing employees to acquire required position. For this, ASDA plan to fill vacant job
position by using internal talent. For hiring employees, they conduct internal management
programmes and on that grounds they select suitable employee and promote that talent.
Approaches:
Promotion: It is useful in promoting suitable candidate or employee in order to motivate them
and enhance their performance for better results.
Transfer: It describe that the place of work and environment changes but employee remains in
same organisation. Strengths: It is beneficial for company because it helps in saving time and cost and for
this, management does not need to training sessions and in terms of employees they are
already familiar with the policies and norms of company. Weaknesses: Its is weak because it can demotivate employees and develop jealously
among them and it also become barrier for the entry of fresh talent.
External:

It is a method which is used in hiring applicants from the external side of company by
using mails, advertisement, job search apps, official website of company and so on. ASDA offer
jobs through its own website and promote it by using newspaper and radio.
Approaches:
Advertisement: This method describe many ways to promote job such as radio, newspaper,
television and magazines but for this, huge amount of expenses are incurred.
Campus Recruitment: In this method, employees are hired from educational institutes, colleges,
universities and so on. Strengths: When company recruit employees by using external methods then it open
door for large number of candidates as it increases the possibility of recruiting right
person of candidate. This method of recruitment offer many options to hire fresh and new
talent in order to stay in competitive environment. Weaknesses: This method of recruitment consume more time and cost and also break
down the morale of existing employees because they feel that they are not capable. Selection: It is an approach of short listing candidates by conducting screening and
scrutinizing them as it is important to determine their knowledge and skills.
Approaches:
Aptitude test: It is useful for management of company in order to analyse the critical competence
of candidates so that company can hire suitable and skilled candidates. Strengths: It helps in analysing the skills and knowledge of employees concerning to the
particular job role so that company can determine the competence of individuals. Weaknesses: It is time consuming because tests does not able to provide desired result.
Interview: This method is useful in analysing and observing the personality of candidates and
also termed as face to face round. Strengths: Interview is also beneficial for providing accurate and suitable information to
candidates.
 Weaknesses: Interviews are time consuming and costly and problem occurs with this is
leakage of personal information of candidates.

TASK 2
P3. The benefits of different HRM practices for both employer and employees
HRM practises serves as the guidelines for many HR professional as they aid in
improvising new policies within the organisation and it help in achieving common goal in a well
define manner (Fuller, 2016). These assist in employer as well as employee to carry forward the
firm activities smoothly and also aid to minimise conflict and chaos present in the enterprise.
Here are some practices for employee and employer which are explained down below:
Performance appraisals: This is an activity which is used by organisation to encourage
and motivate employees to fulfil the needs and requirement of the company. In the case of
ASDA, the management of the company must figure out the efficient employees and provide
appraisal as gain trust of workforces.
Benefits for employee: The HRM practises is essential for the workers as this aid
employees to complete the task in the limited time period. Hence this develop a senses of
motivation and loyalty towards company. Along with this, ASDA management can improve
there productivity and profit.
Benefits for employers: In this employer can maintain the demand and supply for
company. If workers are motivates, in result they will perform effectively their assign task as per
the requirement of the company. Hence employer of ASDA will manage to achieve desire
outcomes constantly.
Training and development: This is the method in which employees skills are
improvised in order to meet the company standards. It is important for ADSA manager to
conduct training session for workforces as to improve there skills for completion of work in time.
Here are some benefits for employer and employees which are explained below:
Benefits for employees: This increase the skills and working capabilities which help in
expanding the business. Along with this, employees of ASDA can improve there knowledge
regarding there job role which help in there future growth.
Benefits for employers: It is beneficial for employer because when they lead the specific
project for the company as do not require to spend more time on training and development of
employees. Hence this reduces the extra cost for ASDA and increase the profitability of firm to a
larger extend.

P4 Describe the effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising organisational profit
and productivity
Training and development
Training and development is essential part of human resource management. Both training
and development is done to enhance the employee specific knowledge, skills and abilities which
eventually improve company performance. It help to improve their performance and gives lots of
learning opportunities to get better in current position and learning for future role and
responsibilities, it increase efficiency for specific tasks in organisation (Liu, T. and et. al., 2016).
A good training session for an individual or a group may improve productivity, quality,
profitability, motivation, leadership quality, time management, team spirit, positivity and
competency level. Example of ASDA, company is engage with business of retailing,
merchandise. In these company, training and development of employee is done to benefits the
business as well as team member. ASDA use on-the-job and off-the-job training for employee to
built qualities of leadership for leading the stores, seeking opportunities for business
development, coaching provided to other employee in absence of other so they can handle easily.
Reward system:
A system design by an organisation to motivate and enhance the performance of
employee individual or in team by giving them some reward so organisation get better result.
Reward to employee is given on the basis of their job performance, punctuality, behaviour
towards their work, colleges and organisation. Reward system is a structure designed to pay
other than salary to employee in monetary and non-monetary form. The monetary form are
perks, bonus, intensives, discount on several facilities, coupon, vacations and non-monetary form
are letter of appreciation, promotions and addition allowance. It attract and motivate employee
to complete their work effectively and efficiently in short time period. In ASDA company, star
points are rewarded for employee in achievements of particular goals and for great customer
services. Additional to these perks, incentives, vacation, compensation are also provided.
CONCLUSION
From the above report this has been conclude that human resources management plays an
vital role in the organisation. They have various responsibilities which include training and
selection of the company . Recruiting and selection of the employees are essential for the
organisation as it bring out skilled and best candidates within the workplace. Beside this, HRM

practises plays an vital role for both employer as well as for employees to gain profitability for
the company.

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