HR Business Focus Report: Analyzing HR Issues at Sainsbury's, SHR007-1

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of HR issues and challenges faced by Sainsbury's, a major UK supermarket chain. The report identifies contemporary HR issues such as globalization, changing employee expectations, political and legal changes, recruitment difficulties, and technological advancements. It explores the role of various HR functions, including training and development, recruitment and selection, policy making, and group working practices, in addressing these challenges. The report also benchmarks Sainsbury's against Tesco, comparing their HR strategies using the Harvard HR model and the 5P model, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. The report concludes with recommendations for improving HR practices at Sainsbury's based on the findings. The report highlights the need for effective HR strategies to manage a diverse workforce, adapt to changing environments, and maintain a competitive edge in the retail industry.

Business focus report

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
Contemporary HR issues and challenges....................................................................................1
Role of HR functions and resolving the issues and challenges...................................................2
PART 2............................................................................................................................................4
Comparison on the basis of benchmarking one organisation to another organisation by linking
both with the HR theory and model.............................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCE..................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the process of screen an employ people, compensating them and
developing policies related to them and also developing strategies retain them. HRM has
undergone many challenges over the past few years and give it an even more important role in
today’s organisation.
this report will cover study of Sainsbury plc, Which is second largest chain of supermarket in
United Kingdom with 16% of share. The product list of the Sainsbury covered within the
hypermarket, forecourt shops, Superstores and convince stores.
This report will help to identify organisation with the contemporary HR issues and challenges
and it will also explain the responsibility of the relevant hrm functions and resolving the issues
and challenges. This report will also benchmark these organisation to another organisation by
undertaking research with links both at archery and models and it will also identify the possible a
hr issues or challenges solution. In the end of this report will provide recommendation and
provide summary on findings.
PART 1
Contemporary HR issues and challenges
There are various contemporary issues that are faced by the HR manager of the organisation, It is
affecting the working efficiency of the HR team and they are not able to work effectively
(Anderson, and Rose., 2019). Hr Team of the Sainsbury company also faced some challenges
and issues and it is necessary for them to overcome this is used by making the proper solution
and run their function effectively. here are this some challenges and issues faced by HR team
Globalisation
Sainsbury is multinational company who are operating their business all over the world. With the
globalisation people from different different country, lifestyle culture value and languages come
to work at same workplace. Employees from different culture and Countries are unaware of the
workplace ethics, laws and practises and this issues create challenges for the HR team to
maintain a good environment at their workplace.
changing employees expectations
To do increase your education level employees have become more aware, while traditionally
employees demanded for job security and military benefits nowadays but before it was not that
much difficult but now it has become more difficult. Employees expected environment where
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they get equal pay caordial relationship and fair treatment. At create challenges and issues for the
HR team cause they have to work on employees expectation and keep up with the changes to
satisfy them.
Changes in political and legal environment
It is necessary for the human resource manager team to keep up with the changing regulation and
rules of the current government. it is necessary for them to ensure that all the compliance is with
the government policies and procedures regarding trade unions, Labour laws and pay scales quite
ATC are meet. Sometimes it create challenge and issues for the human resource Department to
implement continuous new changes and laws.
Recruiting skilful employees
recruitment of the skilful employees become more difficult and challenging task for the human
resource team of the Sainsbury company. Lack of skilful Labour nd retail industry of United
Kingdom is affecting the work of human resource Department. They have to provide training
and development on the regular basis to make their unskilful implies to the skilful and it takes
huge time an investment on the price.
Technological issues
Technological issues become common challenges for the Sainsbury human resource Department.
continuously changing in the software and new trends related to the technology in the HR Field
is creating difficulties (Bemak and Chung., 2021). It is not possible for the human resource
Department team to adopt new software’s all the time because implementing a new technology
and making the employees aware about it can we are long process that can affect both profits an
companies work.
Role of HR functions and resolving the issues and challenges
Human resource management of the company plays various role within the organisations that
include the function like recruitment selection, training and development of employees, planning
for workforce,! payroll functions, policy making and many more. this functions are helpful and
resolving the issues that are faced by the companies and HR Department of the Sainsbury can
also use at your functions to solve the issues they are facing and provide company a competitive
advantages and strong workforce.
Training and development
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training and development can be a Function that can be helpful for the hr Department of
Sainsbury to overcome the issue from the filling the skill gap within the market. There are lack
of employees and the retail industry and affecting the business of Salisbury company. It makes
necessary for the company to provide training and development an it is a function of human
resource Department. Companies hr manager can provide Training to the employees on the
basis of skills so employees will get chance to improve their skills and they will able to perform
better in their job.
Recruitment and selection
recruitment and selection is the function of human resource Department that can be helpful too
bring skilful employees for the company. It can be beneficial for Sainsbury to get strong
workforce who can help them to achieve their objectives and goals and they were able to take
competitive advantages within the market where their operating their business. HRM has
undergone many challenges over the past few years and give it an even more important role in
today’s organisation.
this report will cover study of Sainsbury plc, Which is second largest chain of supermarket in
United Kingdom with 16% of share (Chen., and et.al., 2019). The product list of the Sainsbury
covered within the hypermarket, forecourt shops, Superstores and convince stores.
Policy making an implementing
it is necessary for the hi team to implement the policies and also make new policies in the favour
of implies. it will not only benefit to the company and improving the employees performance and
motivation but it well be also helpful to remove the barrier or challenge that is legally faced by
the company. they can provide all benefits to the employees so they will be motivated and they
will give their best and it will also help to create a working environment where all employees
from different different countries can work together. job security and military benefits nowadays
but before it was not that much difficult but now it has become more difficult. Employees
expected environment where they get equal pay cordial relationship and fair treatment. At create
challenges and issues for the HR team cause they have to work on employees expectation and
keep up with the changes to satisfy them.
Group working practises
group working practises can be helpful in removing the cultural differences it is a function of
human resource Department of the company. Hr team of the Sainsbury Can use the group
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practises function improve there workplace diversity. Workplace diversity is the problem that is
mostly faced by the companies an through the group practises people who are working within the
company can understand each other and they get chance to work with each other and understand
their skills. it also increase the flow of communication within the workplace that could be
helpful to make the company successful. group practises make employers understand the
importance of each other and they can achieve the objectives of the company easily if they are
working in a team or helping each other in the task.
Fun activities
Fun activities they are also the function of the human resource Department and it is necessary for
the HR Department of Sainsbury to provide fun activity and fun time to their employees. it will
help them to create a good understanding between employees anti both and they were able to
understand the importance of working together and they will get some time to enjoy their life as
well. After the fund activate employees are more motivated and they also make the new friends
an environment of the company become more effective and better where their employees can
work together and help each other in the task.
PART 2
Comparison on the basis of benchmarking one organisation to another organisation by linking
both with the HR theory and model
Every hr team of the company have Different strategies that they are implement within Laragh
organisation. Tesco and Sainsbury are competitors of each other both are having strong
workplace. Department in both the organisation have different functions that plays where they
look for the issues faced by the people deal with the people and improve the performance by
using the different different strategies. here is the comparison between Tesco and Sainsbury on
the basis of their HR working strategies.
HR hardwood model by Sainsbury
One of the most important and significant influential model of the human resource management
is hard word model that was initially developed by the several export in 1984 who belong to the
hard word University (Bartram., 2020). Mitchell beer was the developer of this model and they
have operating with the five significant component within this model that covered this
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stakeholder interest. situational factors, hrm policies and I tell him outcomes and also the long
term consequences the organisations set out to the accomplish.
according to the a child framework the collaboration between the situational factor and
stakeholder interest strongly affect and help to shape the
HR policies of the Sainsbury. It has them to implemented lead them desire at our outcomes that
covers the commitment cost effectiveness etc. According to the creators of this model inspiring
and improve this four CS will lead the favourable consequences for individual well being within
the company and also provide social when being an organisational effectiveness. It also covered
the motivational practises that are provided by the HR Department of saylesbury and
empowering the general managers to get involved in the HR practises within the business. this
model is established by the a of hr Department of Sainsbury and it is helping them to get
significant competitive advantages within the market where they are operating their business.
5p model of HR
On the other side Tesco you will be five piece model which is the form of strategic human
resource development and it was introduced in 1992 by the Randall S. Secular. the developer has
dedicated two matter of global human resource management and function of hrm in the
organisation and interface of business strategy and human resource management. it is helpful for
the company HR team 2 overcome from the issues they are facing and they are able to take
competitive advantages.
purpose
Purpose explain the company's vision mission and primary objectives , Tesco has provided this
work to the human resource Department of the company where they are involved with the
leaders of the company to create the vision mission an objectives to make employees understand
what they need to achieve an wear company want to go in the future.
Principle
Principles are the find as the operational protocols set to lead and achieve a purpose, it is
necessary for the human resource Department to look at their protocols are being followed by the
employees. they create the that should be followed by the employees and provide rights to them.
Sainsbury is multinational company who are operating their business all over the world. With the
globalisation people from different different country, lifestyle culture value and languages come
to work at same workplace (Kebritchi, Lipschuetz and Santiague., 2017). Employees from
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different culture and Countries are unaware of the workplace ethics, laws and practises and this
issues create challenges for the HR team to maintain a good environment at their workplace.
Process
Process can include the organisational systems methods and operations. Human resource
Department of the company has implemented the various functions and systems in their payroll
that makes it easy for the employees to get details about their salaries and they will be getting
proper salaries according to their time they are spending for work.
people
people are the virtual HR resource performing task in line with the appoint principles and the
process is. Tesco human resource Department provides training and development to the
employees and motivate employed through the financial benefits. Lack of skilful Labour nd retail
industry of United Kingdom is affecting the work of human resource Department. They have to
provide training and development on the regular basis to make their unskilful implies to the
skilful and it takes huge time an investment on the price.
Performance
To improve the performance of the employees HR Department of the Tesco company provide
training based on skills that help them to improve their skills and also make them motivated.
training is based on the monthly which means that every month employees get training but on the
other side Sainsbury has different training period where they provide training in three months of
period.
summarising and recommendation
Human resource Department is valuable Department for the company how can plan your
workplace and create environment very place can be motivated and work effectively and provide
competitive advantages to the company (Pawar and Thomas., 2017). It is necessary for the
company to identify the challenges faced by the human resource Department trade can be
elemental add human resource Department of the company can be made more stronger. There
are some changes in policies are needed within the Sainsbury company it is necessary for the
human resource Department of the company to focus toward new policies so they can provide
better facilities and meet the demand of employees. hr Department of the company Can also
provide financial profits by making the policies related to the reward management. it is necessary
for the company to motivate their employees an it can be possible if there are some reward and
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benefits to the employees. It is responsibility of the HR Department or HR manager to provide
rewards to the employees who are working hard for the company and making them effective in
their work and helping them to achieve their objectives. Grow practises can be a good strategy
that can be used by the HR Department of Sainsbury it will help companies to increase the flow
of communication an employee available to create a good relationship with each other and help
each other in the task. employees who work in the team are more effective as compared to the
individual imply becausr individual employee take more time to complete any task but if the
same task is done by the group of employees than they are more effective.
CONCLUSION
As per the report has been helping to identify organisation with the contemporary HR issues and
challenges and it also has been explained the responsibility of the relevant hrm functions and
resolving the issues and challenges. This report has been benchmark these organisation to
another organisation by undertaking research with links both at archery and models and it also
has been identified the possible a hr issues or challenges solution. In the end of this report has
been provide recommendation and provide summary on findings.
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