Human Resource Management Practices at Jaguar Land Rover: A Case Study

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Human Resource Management
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Table of Contents
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................13
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Task 1
Introduction
Human Resource Management is the part of an organisation, which can be related to strategies
and policies accepted by the organisation to manage the departments and the peoples of the
organisation (Bratton and Gold, 2017). The Human resource works for the organisation to gain
more revenues and profit for the organisation. The Human Resource Department helps in the
development of the performances of the employees and recruit desired employees according to
the company domain.
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1. Define HRM and explain the purpose of HRM in an organisation.
The organizational structure is based on the human resource Department, the Human Resource
Department, and the human resource department recruits check the monitoring of the employees
disciplines and decorum and hires employees and candidates according to the work domain of
the organizational infrastructures (Marchington et al., 2016). The Human Resource Department
is mainly the department where the employee’s performances are checked. There are many roles
and responsibilities that a Human Resource Department maintains. They are as possible as given
below
Hiring and Selection
The Hiring of the employees is the main thing that gets started with the monitoring of the Human
Resource Department the hiring processes deals with the process of hiring employees through
various screening steps and even analyses the correct employees suited for the organization
(Jamali et al., 2015)
Training of the newly recruited employees
The anther topmost major functions of the Human Resource Department are the training of the
employees so that they can cope up with the working structured of the organizational done and it
is necessary to bring development and organizational changes.
Maintaining healthy workplace environment
Maintenance of discipline and decorum within the organization and the maintenance of the
employee’s ethical behavior with each other and the higher authorities
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2. Identify and list from your reading about HRM, the various functions of HRM in an
organisation
According to the research done in regards to the Human resource management and the
Departmental Functions are segmented into Hiring and Selection, Training, Salaries and Wages
Performance Monitoring. The operations department is further divided into various departments
like
 Hiring and selection- The most important and the critical task done on the Human
Resource Department by the Human resource Manager is the Hiring and Selection. The
HR Manager has to look after the employee and the candidate available for the suitability
of the company-working sphere so that the company processes increases as the
employees work as the main resource of the company to pull up with the processes. The
Hiring selection of the Jaguar starts with the online selection of the candidates. The rest
part goes as the same like the Training and satisfying the employees with adequate
salaries and wages (Blackburn, 2016).
 Training- The adequate training of the employees is necessary to understand the work
pattern and be comfortable in the work place.
 Salaries and Wages- The HR Manager is responsible for solving the queries of the
employees according to the views and opinions of the employees
 Performance Monitoring- The performance monitoring is done by applying many
performance analysing models and the different sectors have different way of analysing
the performances of the employees so that further training can be given in to furthest
analyse the flaws of the employees and the need of training to make the processes of the
productive.
3. Select two from your above list and explain them in detail.
Recruitment and Selection
The operating functions relates to the hiring and section of various candidates of expertise and
make them work for the companies after they have been given adequate training so that they can
suit the company working domain. The operative department of the HRM also depends on the
query solving and the process of maintaining the employees work in a healthy environment.
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The Managerial functions include the planning of the organization strategies to get the goals and
objectives chalked out by the company. According to that, the employees are concerned to
achieve the goals and objectives. The operating functions are related to the Hiring and selection.
The Jaguar first starts with the online selecting of the candidates and then they choose the
candidates according to the desired expertise they need for their automobile companies
Training of the Employees
The training of the employees is very necessary to make the employees get used to the company-
working domain and the employees training in relation to the ethical behaviors and maintaining a
healthy relationship is very necessary for the employees to get used to the working environment.
The company Jaguar also focuses more of the training so that the productiveness in the work can
increase
4. Identify various approaches of recruitment and selection.
The various approaches in relation to the processes of the organization recruitment and the
selection is that the detailed description of the job to the employees by the medium of
advertisements and mails. There are two types of attitude, by which a company generally recruits
the employees one is reactive attitude and another one is proactive. The first approach to the
recruitment part is divided into two parts they are as follows:
Internal Recruitment –The internal recruitment relates to the hiring of the employees from
within the workplace environment.
External Recruitment- The external recruitment of the employee deals with the hiring of the
employees from outside of the workplace. The methods of the hiring from outside is the way of
hiring by social media, mails and advertisements or job vacancies.
The selection processes are related to the Jaguar is related to the
Panel Interview
The fresher’s or the candidates who come to give the interview are asked many questions to
analyses their qualities and expertise.
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Test of Personality
The personality test is very much necessary for the people to understand the adaptability among
the peoples and therefore they have the capability to work in the pressure and accustomed to the
company-working domain.
Skill test
The skills required in the Jaguar Company are checked so that they have knowledge about cars
and knowledge about the automobile industry.
Group Discussion
The group discussion reflects the candidate’s collaboration and communication style which is
very necessary for an automobile company.
5. Select two approaches among each of recruitment and selection and explain them in
detail highlighting the strengths and weaknesses.
Approaches Strengths Weaknesses
Panel Interview The patience and the
knowledge level is analyzed
by the interview processes
Many candidates become less
confident while answering
question to so many people.
Test of personality The work culture is necessity
of the organization as if Jaguar
and the personality test help
the understanding f the
candidate’s personality to fit
into the work culture.
The personality test is very
time consuming and tedious.
Table 1: Strengths and Weaknesses Selection approaches
(Source: Created by the learner)
Approaches Strengths Weaknesses
Internal Recruitment  The internally
recruited candidates
are not necessarily
trained in the Jaguar
 The organization
Jaguar generally opts
for the internal
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automobile companies
as they know the
operational structure of
the organization
 Not much time
consuming (Hepple,
2015)
recruitment
 The internal
recruitment does not
make the working
authority jaguar to
explore more qualifies
candidates as it is
limited within the
organization
External Recruitment  The chances of the
new candidates get
more possible and the
input in the
organization increases.
 The newly recruited
employees within the
organization relate the
competition of the
automobile industry to
the market place
increases.
 Time consuming and
needs lot of patience
and time
 Lack of adaptability in
the workplace
environment
Table 2: Strengths and Weaknesses Selection approaches
(Source: Created by the learner)
6. You are to select an organisation and identify various HRM practices in that
organisation and list them.
The various HRM Practices done by the Jaguar Automobile company are the
 Working with immense flexibility and productivity
 Maintaining relationship with the employees
 Rigorous training and always focusing on learning and Development
7. Select more than one practice and explain the benefits for both the employer and
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employee providing appropriate examples for each type within an organisational context.
The Jaguar has many to other managers and expertise hired from other companies, which can
make the organization understand the other company’s way of managing their marketing
department. The sudden changes may cause a problem among the employees, as they will have
to be given training and the employees but they will also get prepared to changes. As Jaguar is a
famous car manufacturing company giving away the most luxurious and catering to the elite
peoples
Jaguar benefits-
 Working with immense flexibility and productivity- it stops the inflexibility among the
employees and also the productiveness increases in a vast way
 Rigorous training and always focusing on learning and Development-employees are
much more motivated and they are confident when they are accustomed with the work
profile (Farndale et al.,2018)
Benefits the employees get
Working with immense flexibility and productivity-, they have control. Over the work structure
and can sassing their task easily to reach their goals and objectives
Rigorous training and always focusing on learning and Development- the career opportunities
get more classified with constant training, learning, and development. Jaguar have maintained
their L&D department to keep their employees and working authority’s knowledgable and
informed.
8. Now give details of how your selected practices will benefit your selected organisation in
terms of profit and productivity. Justify your answers with examples
The company adapts these practices because:
 It brings the adaptation among the employees
 The change management is necessary for making the company develop and get adapted
to the vulnerable changes of the market
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Conclusion
The various organization structures and the Human Resource Management department role in
maintaining the organizational structures are given in the report or the study. The company in
relation to the Human resource management given is Jaguar a multinational car manufacturing
company.
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Task 2
1. What are employee relations?
The employee relation is the respect and communication system among the employees to work in
the organizational in a collaborative manner. The ethical behavior and the Code of conducts is
necessary for the organization employees to build up their relationship and maintain the
productiveness of the organizational processes (Dipboye, 2017).
2. In detail, explain with examples its importance in HRM decision making.
The employee relation affects the discipline and decorum of the company there are no disputes
created therefore the following of the Code of Conducts is necessary to make the employees
understand the decision-making. The Sales and profit is increased by the good work of the
employees, which is only created by the good relation among the employees. For example, when
there are disputes among the employees the human resource department are the ones, which look
over to the healthy environment of the workplace. Therefore, they have to work according to
that. These can affect the decision-making, the employees will be uncomfortable in working,
which will lead to less productiveness in work. The good collaboration can increase the
employees efficiency and productiveness.
3. Identify and list various employment legislations that are key for an organization.
Explain how these will have an impact on HRM decision making. Discuss the pros and cons
of each of the above discussed legislations
The Minimum Wage Act
This is one of the employee legislation advents that has been providing the employees with the
securities of the basic pay. The minimum wage law has been implemented in the UK parliament
in the year of 1998 (Blackburn, 2016). The aspects of the workers who cater to the working age
group of 25 years is equivalent to £7.83 per hour, the employees belonging to the age group of
the 18-20 years amounts to £5.93. The law is applied to the any employees who share a working
contract that is designated to the employer or an institution. The aspects of the national minimum
wage have been defined by the work types and include the timework, unmeasured work and
salaried work. The organisation of Jaguar has to assert on the means of providing proper wages
and strictly adhere to the basic pay stipulated by Minimum Wage Act.
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Equality Act 2010
The rationale based on the features of the integrating the intricate and diverse array of
Regulations that defines the anti discrimination law. The Act ensures the protection of the
employees on the regards of discrimination, harassment based on the disability, gender, civil
allocations and religion (Bryson, 2017). The organisation of Jaguar has to strictly adhere to the
codes and fundamentals to eradicate any means of maltreatment.
Advantages of Equality Act
 The laws influences the employees to develop on the organisational behaviour and
maintain the employee relations
 It alleviates the acts of benevolence of the employees
Disadvantages of Equality Act
 It imparts the fear of malpractices in terms of acute subjugation
Advantages of National minimum wages Act
 This provide assurance to the wage security of the employees
Disadvantages of National minimum wages Act
 The fluctuations in basic pay proves to be a challenge for the organisation
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