Human Resource Management Report: Analysis of Tesco Plc Practices

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within Tesco Plc. It begins with an introduction to HRM, outlining its purpose and functions within an organization. The report then delves into Task 1, which explores different approaches to recruitment and selection, discussing their strengths and weaknesses. Task 2 examines the benefits of various HRM practices for both employers and employees, as well as their effectiveness in raising organizational profit and productivity. Finally, Task 3 focuses on the importance of employee relations in decision-making, key elements of employee legislation, and the practical application of HRM in the workplace. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and implications of HRM practices within the context of Tesco Plc.

Human Resource
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
P1) The purpose and functions of Human Resource Management.............................................3
P2) Strength and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection...................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P3) Benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for both employer and
employee......................................................................................................................................6
P4) The effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising
organisational profit and productivity.........................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5) Importance of employee relation in decision making...........................................................8
P6) Key elements of legislation act of employees.......................................................................9
P7) Human Resource practices in work related context............................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Human resource can be considered s the combination of various activities which are
associated by the human resource management as to managing, controlling, staffing and
direction organisational all activities in effective and efficient manner. In this modern and
competitive each business organisation is concern on implementing management operations and
function as to enhancing the skills and knowledge of learners in respect to attaining
organisational goals and objectives in appropriate manner (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014). Human
resource management is refers as the process of various elements in which recruiting, finding,
decreeing and training is involved. In the resent report Tesco Plc is a chosen organisation, it is s
British multination retail company. Tesco Plc deals in variety of products and services at market
place as to satisfying the needs and wants of people. This report contents the study about the
role and responsibility of Human Resource Manager, their purpose, function, the benefits of
HRM practices, Effectiveness of HRM in enhancing organisational performance, various key
elements of legislation acts of employees and various applications of HRM will be discussed in
detailed manner.
TASK 1
P1) The purpose and functions of Human Resource Management
Human resource management is the most essential element of each business organisation
as all firms are concern on hiring a skilled and knowledgeable manager who is having various
skills to manage organisational operations at work place. Manager performs various key role and
responsibility that are essential in maximizing employees ability and knowledge about the
activities which are conducted at work place. In an organisation manager is the fundamental key
of firm who is responsible for managing each and every task and activity at work place. The
major purpose of HRM is to retain employees for long time as to aching organisational desired
goals and objectives in effective way. Human resource refers as the most effective part of firm as
employees and workers are contributing their vast efforts in growth and development of firm
through putting their strength and knowledge at right place (Bloom and Van Reenen, 2011).
Human Resource managers are concern on motivation employees through providing them right

direction as their encouragement creates various positive effects on an individual performance
which may lead the firm towards growth and success. the another essential purpose of HR is to
hire more educated and skilled applicant for the vacant profile within the firm as to utilizing their
skills in attaining organisational activities (Wright and McMahan, 2011). There are various
functions which are performed by Human Resource management in which some are described as
under:
Orientation: This is also known as introduction stage in which manager of an organisation is
providing appropriate information to their new and existing employees about the roles and
responsibilities which are needs to be performed by them at work place. In this managers are
seeks to describing all the roles and policies which are required for an individual to follow up at
work place. As a large retailer company Tesco Plc is concern on providing proper information to
their employees about the work so that they can work with more passion and encouragement.
Training and development: This is also an another essential function of firm which is performed
by managers as to providing a clear direction to their employees as to moving forward towards
right direction. Management of firm needs to provide training session to their each employees as
to developing their personality and working ability at work place. It is essential for Tesco Plc to
provide training session to their new as well as existing employees in order to attaining high
growth and success.
Maintain employee’s relation: Employees are the key element of firm and it is the fundamental
need of manager is to establish an effective relationship among organisational employees in
respect to implementing all operations and function with coordination. Tesco Plc and its
management is concern on implementing a good and friendly relation with among employees so
that the chances of conflicts are reduced.
P2) Strength and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection
Recruitment and selection is considered as the most essential process of each business
organisation as it plays vast role in hiring skilled and suitable candidate for the job profile.
Recruitment is consisting to be a process of identifying various job applicants who are having
some specific skills and knowledge for the job profile (Boxall and Purcell, 2011). In this section
manager plays vast role in identifying the most skilled and knowledgeable candidate among all

the applicants for the vacant profile of firm. This is the most effective function of HRM which
creates value in maximizing the employees strength within the organisation through hiring
people at work place. As a large business enterprises It is important for Tesco Plc to hire most
talented crowd at work place as to increasing the wealth of firm. The company set some criteria
for job applicants which are needs to be performed by people as to getting the opportunity in
appropriate manner (Vörösmarty and et. al., 2010). There are various ways to recruiting people at
work place in which some are associated as below:
Internal Sources: This is the most popular and traditional approach of recruiting people at work
place. Under this approach management of firm provide higher job opportunity to the
organisational people who are performing any kind of activity within the working environment.
In this process people within organisation are eligible for job profile. In this people are selected
as per their unique skills and knowledge criteria and an another way of hiring people is to
promote them towards the good opportunity as to developing their career goals. This approach
has various merit and demerit in which some are described as below:
Merit Demerit
This provides various opportunities to the people
who are having significant skills within the work
place.
This helps in saving time and cost of firm as in this
people recruit through promotion and unique skills.
The major demerit of this method is that it reduces
the better job opportunities for fresher and skilled
people.
External source: In this process of recruitment people are hired through external source. This is
also an effective approach of recruiting well educated and talented people at work pace. In this
process various tools are applied by Tesco Plc such as Advertising, newspaper, trade publication,
online advertisement and official page or website in order to creating awareness among people
about the vacant profile of firm. In this process applicants are selected through universities,
institutions and colleges. This approach has various advantages and disadvantages in which some
are described as below:
Merit Demerit
This helps in providing various opportunities to the The major demerit of this method is that it is cost

skilled and people from outside of the firm. consuming in nature as in this organisation needs to
spend a huge amount in creating awareness about
the vacant job profile.
TASK 2
P3) Benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for both employer and employee
Human resource management is the most essential function of each small as well as large
business organisation. The major focused area of firm is to managing, controlling and handling
organisation operations and resource in appropriate manner (CHUANG and Liao, 2010). HRM
plays crucial role in attaining high growth and success of firm through implementing appropriate
source in right manner. As a largest retail organization it is essential for Tesco Plc to incur
various HRM practices in respect to attaining goals and objectives of firm. There are various
practices of HRM in which some are evaluated as under:
Developing Employees Ability: Workers consist as the key assets of firm as the growth and
success of firm are based on employee’s contribution. It is essential for employer to provide
training program in respect to enhancing the ability of employees at work place through
improving their knowledge criteria. The higher authority and management of Tesco Plc is
focused on enhancing the skills and ability of employees at work place through providing them
appropriate training session at work place.
Building a flexible work place: It is also an another essential practice of HRM which helps in
implementing an effective and flexible working environment in which it is easy for firm to
establish appropriate changes in effective manner. A friendly and health environment helps in
motivating employees to work with more coordination and collaboration. This creates value in
developing organisational productivity and performance (Farndale, Scullion and Sparrow, 2010).
Tesco Plc conduct its various business operations in different sectors so it is essential for firm to
establish an appropriate friendly and flexible working environment in which employees are able
to perform various task and duties.
Benefits for employer:

 The major benefit of HRM practices for employees is that management of firm are able
to developing their performance and productivity of firm through enhancing the skills and
knowledge criteria of people at work place.
 Training is also effective in retaining employees for long run of business activities as
appropriate training session helps in increasing the chance of building trust between
organisation or its employees.
Benefits for employees:
 It is essential for employees to attend training session as to determining their strength and
weakness which are needs to be overcome by them as to performing carious activities at
work place. This provides various opportunities to the employees for attaining growth in
future.
 Employees feel motivated through getting proper direction through the management of
firm.
P4) The effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising
organisational profit and productivity.
The major purpose of each small and large business organisation is to enhancing their
performance and productivity through developing employees potential and skills at work place.
As employees are effective for developing organisational performance through implementing
their significant efforts within the working environment (Guest, 2011) Planning is considered to
be the most essential element for firm so every business organizations are concern on
implementing plans and policies in order to better utilization of resources for attaining high
growth and success at market place. As a biggest retailer company Tesco Plc apply various HRM
practices as to enhancing the productivity and performance of firm at market place in which
some factors are described as under:
Information System: This is the most important practice of HRM as it plays vast role in
establishing an effective and friendly environment at work place through providing appropriate
data and information to each department of firm. This is an effective system which helps in
transferring the data and information from one area to another as per the command of higher
authority. Tesco Plc deals in wide range of products and services and divide their business

operations in different segments so it is essential for organisational manager to manage the
proper flow of information as to developing the wealth of firm through producing more and more
products as to satisfying the needs and wants of customers (Tarique and Schuler, 2010). An
effective communication channel helps in reducing the chance of issue which has a huge impact
on growth and development of firm.
Managing Talent: This is also an another essential practice of HRM as employer are concern on
hiring well educated and talented people at work place as fresh mind helps in generating new
ideas as per the recent trend which create benefits for firm. Tesco Plc and its management
department are concern on retaining customers for long time through providing them various
kind of benefits and advantages.
TASK 3
P5) Importance of employee relation in decision making.
In today's modern era organisations are concern on developing organisational
performance through establishing good and effective relationship among organisational
employees. It create benefits for making appropriate decision for organisational growth and
success. Effective relationship of employees plays vast role in developing their efficiency of
work at work place through implementing collaboration among workers (Jiang, K and et. al.,
2012). As a large public limited company its is essential for Tesco Plc to establish friendly and
healthy relationship among higher authority or employees as a good relation helps in conducting
all business operations and function in smooth and effective manner which create various
benefits for firm or its growth. Organisational employees of Tesco Plc share some sort of
relationship in respect to fulfilling the basic desires of organisation or employees. A healthy and
familiar relationship create various benefits for firm as it create higher growth and profitability.
Tesco Plc is There are numerous importance of employees relationship in which some are
describe as under:
 The major benefit of employees relationship is the it helps in creating an appropriate
decision through the collaboration of employees at work place. Tesco Plc provide chance
to their employees to taking effective participation in the decision making process.

 Friendly relationship also helps in resolving the issues and conflicts at work place
through the collaboration of employees within the working environment (Shen, 'Netto
and Tang, 2010).
 Effective relationship among employees provide satisfaction to people as with this
organisation and its authority are able to implementing various business operations in
effective manner through implementing appropriate collaboration of employees.
 Through appropriate collaboration among higher authority and subordinates helps in
motivating employees at work place. The management department of Tesco Plc is
concern on encouraging workers at work place in order to enhancing their working ability
to developing productivity and performance.
 Good relationship helps in making collaboration within the business environment for
effective utilisation of resources. It is essential process for each business organisation as
the its is significantly effective in the process of decision making and a proper
collaboration helps in making appropriate decision for organisational growth and success.
P6) Key elements of legislation act of employees
Laws and legislations plays vast role in providing a significant direction to the researcher
to carry out all research activities in systematic manner. Each business organisation create some
laws and legislations as to resolving the issues and conflicts in effective manner. Employment
legislations includes laws, rules and policies which are implemented by government in order to
protect the interest of employees and provide various benefits to them. The employees are
considered to be the most essential element as their contribution is effective for organisational
growth and success (Kehoe and Wright, 2013). As a large business organisation Tesco Plc is
concern on adopting government laws and policies in respect to attaining high growth and
benefits for firm without facing any kind of issue or conflicts. The management department of
firm plays vast role in making familiar to the organisational employees with the laws and
legislations that are adopted by firm as to providing benefits and advantage to their employees.
There are various laws and legislations that are adopted by firm in which some are described as
under:

Minimum Wages: This can be considered as the most effective law which provide significant
help in influencing the process of decision making within the organisation. The national
minimum wage act of 1999 helps in providing support to the workers in order to getting wages
and high salary as per their effective performance. This law is applied within the organisations
which are having more than 20 employees within the work place.
Health and Safety Act: This is also an another essential law which has a huge influence on the
growth of employees. It has a huge impact on the decisions making process of firm. As per its
law it is essential for HR managers is to ensure their employees about the safety and security at
work place (Lengnick-Hall and et. al., 2011). Safety and security is considered as the
fundamental need of people as they are concern on working in a safe and healthy working
environment. This act is established by the government of UK as a health and safety Act 1974.
the most essential responsibility of manager is to adopting most suitable and appropriate
measures of providing safety to their employees.
P7) Human Resource practices in work related context.
Human resource practices are the most essential element of firm as HRM practices are
helps in providing a significant direction to the firm or its employees as to conducting all
business operations in appropriate manner. As a large business enterprises Tesco Plc apply
various practices as to creating an appropriate decision for attaining high growth an success at
market place (London and Hall, 2011). Proper implementation of practices are essential for firm
as to enhancing the productivity and profitability of firm. There are various practices which are
applied Tesco Plc in which some are described as below:
Work Force Planning: Planning is considered as the primary activity which is needs to be
attempted by firm or its managers as to maintaining the flow of various operations and functions.
Proper planning helps in reducing the work force from employees as in this task are assigned to
the employees as per the criteria of their skills and knowledge.
Analyzing the design of work: The outline of work depend on various criteria and nature of
products and services which are offered by company to their significant customers. The for the
most part business firms are centered around breaking down the diverse needs and wants of
clients in regard to fulfilling them in proficient way. It is essential for organisational employees

to analyze the structure of firm in order to implementing all business operations and activities in
effective and efficient manner.
Recruitment and Selection: This consists to be the most essential practice which is performed by
HR manager as to developing their strength of employees within the working environment
(Ployhart and Moliterno, 2011). In this employer are concern on hiring most talented and skilled
people at work place in respect to developing the productivity and performance of firm.
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report it has been concluded that it is necessary for an
organisation to hire well skilled people at work place in order to utilizing their skills in
enhancing growth or firm. Small as well as large business enterprises are concerned on providing
various benefits to their new as well as existing employees in order to sustain them for long run
of business activities.

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