Resource and Talent Planning Report: ASDA Case Study Analysis

This report provides a detailed analysis of resource and talent planning, focusing on the British supermarket retailer ASDA. It begins by highlighting the value and importance of employee relations, emphasizing their impact on business decisions, productivity, and the overall work environment. The report then delves into the fundamentals of employment law, including key acts such as the Minimum Wage Act, Anti-Discrimination Act, and Health and Safety Act. It explores the rights, obligations, and duties of both employers and employees, covering areas like fair compensation, a safe workplace, and the need for mutual respect and compliance. The report also includes a stakeholder analysis, examining the positive and negative impacts of employee relations on various stakeholders. Overall, the report emphasizes the crucial role of effective employee relations and adherence to employment law in achieving organizational success.

RESOURCE AND
TALENT
PLANNING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Value and importance of employee relations.........................................................................1
P2 Fundamentals of employment law.........................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P3 Various type of rights, obligations and duties of an employer and employee.......................4
P4 Advice related with duties, rights and obligations of employment relationship....................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
P5 Stakeholder analysis...............................................................................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P6 Positive and negative impact of employee relations on various stakeholders.......................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Workers play a significant role in success of a business organisation as these are the one
that perform various job roles at workplace. For satisfy the needs of customers and to satisfy the
needs of its customers it is very important for a business organisation to have a skilled workforce
(Armstrong and Taylor, 2014). Employer is the who remain responsible to develop and maintain
good relations with employees as this provide various long term benefits to a business
organisation. It is very important for both employer and employee to perform their duties at
workplace and they should have information related with their rights. ASDA, a British
supermarket retailer that deals in financial services, grocery and general merchandise is consider
in this report for study. Significance of employee relations for a business organisation and
fundamentals of employment law is all given in this report. Further, various type obligations,
rights and duties of both employee and employer is all included in this. In addition to this,
positive and negative impact of employee relations on stakeholders of entity is all mentioned in
this report.
TASK 1
P1 Value and importance of employee relations
Various individuals work in an enterprise share some values and certain relation with
other employees working there. Every person want and individuals to talk, share happiness and
discuss ideas. It is very essential for workers to share a healthy relation with each other working
in enterprise. Employer remain responsible to create and maintain good relations with employees
so they can perform better and issues can be resolved. Significance of employee relations for a
business organisation can be understood by following points: Help in take better business decision together: Every employee require some guidance
and advice in order to work well (Brunckhorst, 2013). Fellow workers are the one that
help an individual to achieve set goals. Before introduce any change at workplace or
before start working on a project opinions of every employee should be encouraged. Make the work more easy: Healthy and good relations with fellow members help in
increase productivity of employees. When responsibilities are divided among among
team members then it help in complete the project more easily. A good relations with
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other employees working in enterprise advice and individuals how he can perform better
and can attain its set goals. Develop and maintain healthy working environment: When an individual share a better
relation with other employees, discuss and share issues then it help in develop positive
environment at workplace. Healthy environment increase productivity of workers which
increase profits of entity. All this also results in employee satisfaction and help entity to
retain them for long time period. Motivate employee to work well: Positive work environment and good relations with
other employees working in enterprise encourage workers to perform well. All this
ensure completion of business operations in time and at the same time help entity in
satisfy the needs of its customers in better way (Dries, 2013). Overall good employee
relations improve productivity and profits of enterprise. Healthy relations reduce the grounds of rise conflicts: When workers working in an
organisation share a good relation with each other then it improve their understanding
which reduce the ground of rise conflicts at workplace and at the same time encourage
development and working of a team. For example: if workers working in ASDA share a
good relation then they can work effectively in team and through this entity can complete
complex business projects and at the same time generate more number of profits.
 Reduce absenteeism: Good relations with other employees help individual in enjoy their
job role and work and this reduce rate of absenteeism. This help entity in increase the
number of its profits and also serve a competitive benefit to enterprise.
All these points indicate the importance of employee relations for a business enterprise. It
is very important for employer to do all efforts to develop and maintain good relations with
employees. One of the main benefit of this is that it encourage staff members to perform their job
roles in better manner and this support entity in achieve its set goals and objectives. If workers
perform well then it help enterprise in satisfy the needs of its customers which also support in
retain them for a long time period (Hartmann, Feisel and Schober, 2010). It is very important
for manager of ASDA to develop and implement effective policies related with manage
employee's actions at workplace. With this company can generate more profits as compare to its
rivals.
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P2 Fundamentals of employment law
Employment law is to describe all rules, regulations and laws that define the behaviour of
employer and employee at workplace. Before develop compensation packages and formulate
policies in order to manager employee's behaviour at workplace, it is very important for manager
of ASDA to study all major factors related with employment law (Kavanagh and Johnson,
2017). One of the one benefit of this is that it help in develop and maintain good relations with
workers which is very necessary for a business organisation to attain its set goals. With this
manager can create and offer healthy working environment to employees which improve their
productivity. Minimum wage act: This act of employment law state that an employer is responsible to
offer minimum wage to all employees so they can fulfil the basic needs and requirements
of their life such as cloth, shelter and food. Government is the one which determine the
rate of minimum wage as per the inflation and deflation exist in market. This help in
retain employees for long time period and help them in fulfil the basic needs of their
routine life. Anti Discrimination act: According to this act there should be no discrimination at
workplace. Manager remain responsible to treat all employees with same respect and
dignity. When employer does discrimination among employees on basis of their age,
gender, colour, culture, religion and on any other basis then this decrease their morale
and increase employee's turnover. So it is very important for employer to do not
discriminate among employees and treat all staff members with same respect and
dignity.
 Health and safety act: This act state that employer remain responsible to create ad offer
healthy work environment to workers as this increase their productivity and provide
various other benefits to entity. It come under the responsibility of manager to conduct
training programmes for employees so they can learn how to handle or operate risky
equipments at workplace (Khera and Gulati, 2012). This reduce the chances of rise
accidents at workplace and help in maintain the productivity of employees. It is very
important for manager of ASDA to conduct training programmes for employees so they
can learn how to work with new technology and can perform their job roles in effective
manner.
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 Sex discrimination act 1975: As per this act, there should be no discrimination at
workplace on basis of gender. Both men and women working at workplace should have
an equal opportunity to get promotion and equal treatment should be given to them. One
of the main benefit of this is that it helps in create and maintain a positive work
environment which improve employee’s productivity which increase company’s profits.
 Disability discrimination act 2005: This act state that disable employees who work in
enterprise should get fair and equal treatment just like other employees and should not be
discriminated not basis of their disability. Employer is the one who remain responsible to
provide them equal treatment and facilities.
 Equality act: According to this act, proper and equal treatment should offer to all
employees working in enterprise. Two employees having same kind of knowledge, job
responsibilities and perform same kind of job at workplace should get same wages. One
of the main benefit of this is that it helps in create and maintain a positive environment at
workplace which improve productivity and profits of company.
All these are the major acts that require to consider by manager of ASDA before
develop policies in order to manage employees and their actions at workplace. This also help in
create and maintain good relations between employer and employee and all this contribute in
success of organisation.
TASK 2
P3 Various type of rights, obligations and duties of an employer and employee
Employers are known as the individuals who remain responsible to ensure that employees
working in an enterprise are getting their all employment rights at workplace. Employee and
employer are the key personnel of an organisation who must share mutual trust and
understanding. There are few rights, duties and obligations of both employees and employers
which are needed to be fulfilled by both the parties.
Rights of employees:
All employees are protected from any kind of discrimination in workplace by employment and
federal laws, every employee is entitled of negotiating flexible work arrangements (Pilbeam and
Corbridge, 2010). Every employee is entitled to have basic rights such as fair compensation,
having safe and healthy workplace, freedom from any discrimination based on age, gender, race,
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religion etc. They have right to know about all hazards and dangers of the workplace, also has
right to refuse working in a hazardous and unsafe working environment.
Rights of employer:
Employers are the authorised personnel who has rights to appoint or dismiss any employee after
giving prior notice and with proper procedures, employers has right to be informed of every
function and activity performed by employees at workplace. They have right to restrict any
discriminative activity in the organisation which effects employees.
Duties of employees:
Every employee has a duty to corporate with their employer, they are responsible for
their own safety and health at workplace. All terms and conditions should be obeyed by
employees and no confidential information should be misused which is acquired at the
workplace. Employees are responsible to serve faithfully to the organisation and follow all the
safety measures and strictly avoid influence of alcohol or drugs at the workplace.
Duties of employer:
Employer has a vital duty to ensure a safe and healthy work environment where all
employees are free from any kind of discrimination and ensure that all employees receive their
basic employment rights which are governed by legislation (Schuler, Jackson and Tarique,
2011). It is a duty of employer to provide reasonable amount of work and compensate employees
with proper compensation against their work performed. Consider and fix the problems reported
by the employees, train the employees in accordance of their contract, ensures adequate safety
and health equipments in workplace.
Obligations of employee:
Every employee is obliged to be honest with their employer and the organisation and to
do the work assigned to them in agreed upon working hours. They should follow all the
management rules, instructions and obligations and keep the confidential information safe.
Employees are needed to be follow all reasonable orders of the employer with proper care and
skill, submit a prior notice of leaving the organisation and be ready for all job challenges and
changes.
Obligations of employer:
Every employer is obliged to pay remuneration to employees against their work
performed, and maintain all safety necessities at the work place, provide employees reasonable
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opportunities to grow and provide proper information about their rights and responsibilities.
Maintain discipline at the workplace and comply all the necessary legislations.
From the aforesaid rights, duties and obligations of employer and employees, it can be
concluded that employer employee relationship plays a significant role in the success of any
organisation and by proper accordance employees and employer can enjoy their rights by
performing their duties and obligations.
P4 Advice related with duties, rights and obligations of employment relationship
Both employer and employee have various rights, duties and obligations at workplace. It
is very important for both to have knowledge about their duties and rights at workplace.
Employer perform various duties at workplace as this help enterprise in execute all business
operations in effective manner and this also support in crate good relations with all employees
working in organisation (Silzer and Dowell, 2010). For get support and commitment of workers,
it is very important for employer to maintain good relation with them. This also support in retain
workers for a long time period that offer long term advantages to company and help in sustain in
market for long run. It is very important for employer to offer healthy and safe working
environment as this motivate employees to perform well and this increase their productivity.
Training should be offer to employees on continuous basis so they can work with new and
updated technology and company can satisfy the needs of its customers. As employees interact
with consumers so they should be encourage to take part in decision making process so manager
can take right decision and company can offer better products to its customers.
It is also important for an employee to perform all duties in effective manner. Various job
roles perform by workers contribute in success of company and if any employee fail to perform
his job role then it increase unnecessary delays in business activities and increase cost of
business activity. It is right of an employee to get healthy working conditions and fair
compensation for the job role he perform in an organisation. It is very important for both
employer and employee of ASDA to perform their duties at workplace. With this company can
work well in market and at the same time can satisfy the needs of its customers. This also help in
create and maintain good relations with employees. When both employer and employee perform
their duties and get all their rights then this help in satisfy their needs and at the same time
reduce employee's turnover.
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TASK 3
P5 Stakeholder analysis
Stakeholder analysis is known as the process of identify impact of business decision on
the parties that get affected by the growth and success of entity. One of the main benefit of this
analysis is that it help manager in analyse the attitudes and behaviour of stakeholders about the
potential changes. Various steps are there involve in stakeholder analysis which can use utilise
by manager of ASDA in order to carry out stakeholder analysis. Identify your stakeholders: This is the first which is start by brainstorming in order to
identify who are the stakeholders (Bethke-Langenegger, Mahler and Staffelbach, 2011).
In this those people are identify who get affected by decisions taken by entity or who
have the power to change the decision. Prioritize stakeholders: After the first step, entity get a list of large number of people
who get affected by operations carry out by entity. Some individuals are interested what
company do and some not even care about it. So entity require to prioritize the
stakeholder. These are divided into four categories given as follows:
1. High power, high interested people: These stakeholders are require to encourage to take
part in decision making process and maximum efforts are require to be done by entity to
satisfy them.
2. High power, less interested people: Entity require to do various efforts to satisfy them
but not so much as they easily get bored.
3. Low power and highly interested: Entity require to communicate with these stakeholders
on continuous basis as these stakeholders are very helpful in execute projects.
4. Low power, less interested individuals: Actions of these individuals are require to
monitor on continue basis but do not bore them with excessive communication.
 Understand key stakeholders: In this step, entity require to analyse what stakeholders
feel about firm's project. Manager require to identify how to interact with them to make
them inform about actions and decision of entity.
Key stakeholders of ASDA Customers: Just like every other entity, ASDA is depend on its consumers in order to
generate large amount of profit. For this, firm require to offer them featured products.
This help in retain them for a long time period. Customers may conflict with suppliers as
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they want featured good at affordable prices. If suppliers refuse to provide raw material at
lower prices then consumers my switch to another brand. This decrease the profits of
entity (Guerci and Solari, 2012). All this indicate that customers of ASDA has a large
influence on its decisions. It is very essential for firm to take part in some activities of
social development. Sometimes ASDA do coupons that are usable for schools. These
coupons are utilise by schools to bring resources in school for children which increase the
effectiveness of teaching. Employees: Workers are known as one of the most valuable assets of every enterprise. As
employees interact with customers so it is very important to encourage them to take part
in decision making process. This increase effectiveness of decision making process and
help in retain customers for long time period. When entity provide training to its workers
and encourage them to work well then it improve their efficiencies and help them in
provide better services to consumers of organisation. It is very important for manager of
ASDA to give some power to employees so they can take decisions at workplace. This
increase their responsibilities and enhance profitability of organisation. Suppliers: Various type of products and services are provide by ASDA to its customers.
Suppliers are the one that have a big influences on decisions of entity. These are the one
who provide raw material to entity which company use to manufacture final products.
Suppliers affect the profits of company every year. Owners: These have big influence on how firm influence all its stakeholders that support
in generate a profit. Owners can influence ASDA in a positive manner by do efforts to
make some specific products. In this way, entity can increase the sale of its products and
can generate more number of profits. Trade unions: These are the one that are developed and run by organisations for their
own interest. It is very important for a union to not totally depend on employer in order to
get facilities and financial services for the organisation. Employee association: These are the one who represent employer's interest in some
specific industries. They have the power to influence the behaviour of employers to stop
trade unions for doing strikes which largely affect the business and its activities.
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 Local community: These are known as the internal stakeholders of ASDA. These affect
the firm due to open up of new stores that create various jobs and decrease rate of
unemployment.
 Government: Each country in which ASDA operate have a affect on its operations as
company require to take permission before develop their plans and building (Iles, Preece
and Chuai, 2010). Both national and local government of ASDA are interested in develop
stores as this help in reduce the rate of unemployment.
TASK 4
P6 Positive and negative impact of employee relations on various stakeholders
Develop and maintain good relations with employees is known as one of the most
important role of employer. Employee relations can either make or break you business. There is
no doubt that happy workers are perform well and are more productive. These provide their full
support to entity so it can achieve its set goal and objectives. Good relationship between
employees and manager leads to high employee motivation and engagement in business
activities. Various entities are their ignore employee relations but this require to consider by
manager as this help in retain customers for a long time period. Good employee relation support
entity in achieve its set goals and objectives and this also provide competitive benefit to
company (Khasawneh, 2011). One of the main reason why employer should encourage to
develop and maintain good employees relations is that it affect various stakeholder in both
positive and negative manner. This can be understood by the following points:
Positive impact of employee relations on various stakeholders
 Good employee relations help entity in achieve its set goals and objectives which
increase the profits of company and help stakeholders in get return on their investment.
 When workers have a positive relationship with other workers working in enterprise then
they give their best so entity can complete complex business projects. All this increase
productivity and help entity to achieve success.
 Good relations with employees help in retain skilled workers for a long time period
which help in manufacture and offer better products to its customers.
 Enhanced motivation: Improve motivation level and increased morale of workers are
known as major benefits of good employee relation.
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 Increase profits: Good relations with employees impact on success and growth of
enterprise in positive manner. Individuals engaged in enterprise perform their job roles in
effective manner.
Negative impact of employee relations on various stakeholders Lower morale: Workplace with stress and conflicts decrease morale of employees and
create unnecessary obstacles in company's growth and success (Schweyer, 2010). Due to
this stakeholders doe not get expected returns on their investment. Reduce workers productivity: When individuals fail to create and develop good relations
with employees and they have no one to discuss their ideas and opinions then this affect
their productivity in negative way and entity face a decrease in number of its profits and
due to this stakeholders also suffer from loss.
 Suppressed innovation: Lack of good employee relation decrease the communication
take place among employees. When workers do not communicate with each other then it
does not bring any innovation at workplace.
CONCLUSION
From the above given project report, it can be concluded that employee relations largely
affect the success and growth of entity. As action and performance of employees affect the
profitability of entity so all efforts should be done by employer in order to develop good relations
with them. When an individual maintain good relations with other workers working in an entity
then it encourage overall productivity of entity and also improve the number of its profits. It is
very essential for both employer and employees to have knowledge about their rights and duties
at workplace as this ensure effective execution of business operations and also provide
competitive benefit to enterprise. Employees relations affect employee relations in both positive
and negative manner.
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