Human Resource Management Report: HRM Practices at Apple Inc.

This report provides a detailed analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices at Apple Inc. It begins with an introduction to HRM and its functions, emphasizing its role in workforce planning and resourcing. The report then delves into the strengths and weaknesses of different recruitment and selection approaches, including internal and external methods. It further explores the advantages of various HRM practices for both employers and employees, focusing on benefits such as training and development, information resources, and employee motivation. The report also examines how HRM practices can increase organizational profit and productivity. Additionally, it analyzes the importance of employee relations in influencing HRM decision-making and discusses the key elements of employment legislation and its impact. The report concludes with a summary of HRM practices in a work context, providing a comprehensive overview of HRM's role within Apple Inc.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning and resourcing..................................1
P2. Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of different recruitment and selection approaches.....3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P3. Advantages of different HRM practices for both the employer and employees...................5
P4. Different HRM practices to increase organisational profit and productivity........................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5. Analysing the importance of employee relations which influence HRM decision making. .8
P6. Key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has on HRM decision making 10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12
P7 Human Resource Management practices in a work context.................................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
HRM is refers to the crucial member of organisation that manage and maintain their
personnel in which include recruitment and direction of human resources. This renders the
information, essential techniques, management services, direction, legislative and administrative
suggestion as well as talent acquisition according to company requirement for operating the
entity (Renwick, Redman and Maguire, 2013). For undertaking these activities, HR manager
organises various programs such as training and development, selection and recruitment,
appraisals and promotions, etc.
Present report is based on given scenario of Apple. Inc. which is one of the largest
telecommunication and technological brands expanded worldwide that designs, produces and
supplies communication tools, mobile phones, portable digital music players and personal
computers along with software, technical accessories, applications, digital content and many
other services. This study will analyse the unitary and pluralistic frames concepts as well as
change in trade unionism. It will examine various purposes and functions of human resource
management along with the strengths and weaknesses of different recruitment and selection
approaches. This will also evaluate importance of employee relation management and its role in
decision making of HRM.
TASK 1
P1. Functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning and resourcing
Company's regulations and operational communication is determined by HRM of
organisation. To understand and manage the workplace issues and conflicts, human resource
management plays a crucial role in Apple. Inc. This is major reason of creativity, innovative
ideas or concepts of brand products which is rendered by employees of Apple. HR determines
the terms and conditions of the Apple Inc. to manage their affairs of company among workers
and employers.
Purpose of HRM
The major purpose of human resource management of Apple. Inc. is to implement
policies of organisation among workers to keep attract them by the work of respective company
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offering (Rees and Rumbles, 2010). They also aim to reward, compensate their employees in
order to satisfy the requirements of workers.
Functions of HRM
Staffing
It is the major function of human resource manager for maintaining employees by
locating them on right place. The allocation of specific worker on the accurate work profile can
maximize the outcome of operated activities in organisation (Noe and et. al., 2012). HR of
Apple. Inc. is responsible for the staffing the worker in appropriate way to enhance the skills of
the employees which will leads to the benefit. Staffing procedure go through by some of these
steps steps:
 Designing
 Examining the work
 Recruiting
 Assortment
 Arrangement
Appraisals
This function is run for improving the performance of employees or whole group by
reviewing overall work and rewarding. Apple Inc. form forms some targets which includes short
terms and long terms plans. For effective performance they provider them appraisals in form of
incentive, bonus, promotions, compensation as well as for retired workers, they provide retention
and pension of fixed money which stimulate and motivate their labours. This is done by every
successful organisation so as Apple which helps them to increase the gross profits.
Grooming and Training
To enhance the skills and abilities of worker to increase the overall performance of
organization, Apple. Inc. use the technique of training and development in their workplace
through utilizing various approaches including e- learning, classroom training, professional
conferences etc. AS well as they use development programmes in which work rotations,
directing, and mentoring activities is implied for raising morels and confidence of employee of
enterprise (Wright and McMahan, 2011). These activities are being coordinated y the Apple Inc.
in determined span of time.
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Source 1: Human Resource Management Full Notes, 2015)
Employee Management
This is one of the essential functions of human resource manager of Apple. Inc. to
alternate the terms and policies of Apple Inc. to suit the new trends of industry. This is done by
coordinating internal environments study on the factors that affects the workplace. In this, the
levels of statutory and limitation of them involve.
Management of ER
Employee relation management is compulsory for managing the disputes and conflicts
emerged in internal workplace that can restrain the growth of overall organization. For this, the
HR undertake various process such as policies determination, setting guidelines, monitoring
bargaining and negotiation procedure and implement various approaches at workforce (Makri,
Hitt and Lane, 2010). Apple's HR control and manage those relations by managing various
activities for betterment of company as well workers.
P2. Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of different recruitment and selection approaches
Recruitment and selection is seeking and sequencing procedure of employees for filling
the vacant job profile of organization. Each organisation adopts different hiring process in their
enterprise which helps them maximizing the benefits. Apple. Inc. uses a unique process of hiring
and selecting new candidates for the work profile of company as firm has a global recognition.
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Approaches of hiring includes internal and external recruitments which are used for optimizing
resources appropriately (Impact of Human Resource Management on Organizational
Performance, 2017). Selection approaches whereas includes the job description, skills inventor,
multi steps hiring, interviews etc. There are some positive as well as negative aspects of these
approaches that Apple. Inc. use which have explained as below:
Internal :- It is one of the most significant element of the every organisations. By the assistance
of the Apple Inc. can recruit the number of people. In this manner, the manager of the business
actually provides the various tools and techniques to their new candidates. In this promotion,
transfer and many more approaches are involves. There are some of the time in this approaches it
will responsible to create the misunderstandings in between the employees as well a employers.
Strengths Weaknesses
 Candidate already familiar with their
organisations
 It give them good chances for the
advertisement and promotion within
organisation.
 The moral of maximum number of
employees.
 There is very few number of the
applicants and other potential
candidates are available.
 The time wasted in their interviewing
the candidates with in the organisation
which is exactly not thoughtful.
 This component is not so creative ideas
which is introduced through the
external.
External :- It is the elements of the organisation which recruit at their best level along with the
deserving, talented as well as skilled one from the out source. Who actually possess with the
more experienced which is filed by them and also accomplish their long term as well as short
term goals in their particular span of time. The Apple Inc. use various approaches such as
publicity, advertisement and other tools and techniques which make the target audience aware
about their new and introduce new products. This factors also have various pros as well as cons
are as follows ;-
Strengths Weaknesses
 Adaptability of environment  Wrong procedure of selection
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 It is the excellent opportunity of
organisation for the selection
 Larger pool of the workers from which
they examine skilled candidates for
their company.
 It is quite longer one process
 It will be more expensive activity
because of their advertisements and
interviews.
TASK 2
P3. Advantages of different HRM practices for both the employer and employees
The practices of human resource management is organising, designing, coordinating,
controlling, implementing, and monitoring the activities of employee and employer of enterprise
for the administration of operations. This is the main duty of HR to create bridge between
employer and worker of Apple. Inc. for creating an impact over their labour for stimulating their
morals and values. Apple. Inc. believes in containing the diversity in their internal workforce for
the diverged concepts and ideas related to their work. Employee of every age, gender, religion
and culture have been hired by Apple Inc. to come up with the new planning and designs. The
company have recently launched iPhone X8 which is the most creative innovation is mobile
phones that have ever launched. This is the effective management of Apple .Inc. enterprise that
the employee have catered the company so far with their innovations or inventions. To make the
participation of worker in the decision making procedures and to enhance their performance
according to the market trends and new technologies, HR of company play crucial role within
Apple Inc. .
Employee’s Benefits
Training and Grooming
HRM coordinate new activities and programmes understanding the expectation and
requirements of employee to develop the skills and abilities of them suiting the work profile.
Workers are the major part of an Apple. Inc. who are responsible for the new and creative ideas
for which Apple facilities them training and development plans and programmes for enhancing
their qualities (Keep and James, 2010). Training and development is the major key of
introduction as the company has achieved the success heights in the technological area
internationally.
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Information Resources
HRM convey the subject matter of management Dept. of Apple. Inc. such as wage,
vacations, plans, strategies, programmes, new vents etc. As according to their proper flow of
operations functioning of enterprise and avoid disputes. HRM is the resource of information
which is responsible for the information of communication within the workplace.
Stimulate Employee
This is the main benefit which employee get from the HRM activities of Apple. INC. the
main aim of those programmes are to motivate and inspire the employee to boost their
confidence get effective outcome of operated practices. For which Apple Inc. come up with wide
memo of workers documenting required leaves, reimbursements for education for entire class
routine that have been attended by workers, deployed programmes of donation, subsidized for
loans etc.
Employer’s Benefits
Culture Interaction
HRM communicate the company culture with the employee of organisation which helps
them understanding and controlling the activities accordingly. The human resource management
of Apple. Inc. explains the policies and terms of Apple Inc. and conduct the process of
bargaining and negotiation for monitoring and interacting the culture of enterprise for avoiding
the disputes and issues in upcoming time. Manager is assisted by these activities as they do not
have to interact and discuss whole thing to employee as the employee number of Apple
company is more than 99,000 in worldwide.
Decisions Making Assistance
Apple. Inc. HR Young Smith believes that diversity in workplace offers various creatives
concepts and ideas over a specific issues and that is the preference of them while recruiting
employee (Harzing and Pinnington eds., 2010). HR helps in increasing the involvement of
employee in decision making process which render more ideas while making any decisions
regarding issues or new innovation of products.
Retain and Recruiting Employee
This is very complicated procedure which is coordinated by the HR if Apple Inc.
organisation that helps the manager and leader to seek the talent from the whole ocean of
appliers. They manager few actions or programmes for retaining the worker to release the stress
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of them for committing a longer relationship with helps in development of organisation culture
and overall benefits.
P4. Different HRM practices to increase organisational profit and productivity
Human resource management of Apple. Inc. is greatly influencing the performance level
of employee or workers which is useful for organisation as it is beneficial indirectly for the
revenues gain, major purpose of human resource activities are to gain the satisfy the need of their
worker for maximizing the overall productivity and performance of organisational practices as
well as create more creative innovation. Through training and development programmes, apple
have come up with new recent technology of iPhone X8 with face director, water proof smart
phone technologies with many features which have increased the sakes of company productivity
in industry of communications. In the below explained the changes that HRM made through its
actions:
Develop skills and abilities of worker
HRM of Apple Inc. organise various activities for stimulating the worker of enterprise for
better performance and reliving their minds. For example, employee park with lot of
convenience facilities and games or employee provided by Apple. Inc. for their worker to
stimulate their activities. This indirectly affect the productivity of ideas and concepts in the
minds of workers.
Effective connection grouping personal and team
Apple. Inc. structure various groups in workplace which is being allotted various
assignments that is set by the manager or leader of enterprise. HR interact the message to the
team allotting them targets to achieving which helps them achieving the mission and vision of
organisation.
Execution & impressive direct Settings
This is very essential for the evolvement of Apple. Inc. which have led the company in
the heights of achievements and made it the most popular brand for smart pons and
communication. The leader of Apple Steve Jobs with his revolutionary ideas directed the
company culture, goals, vision and mission by shaping that in new designs for making a unique
recognition industry. This have increased the sales of products and process very greatly
(Gatewood, Feild and Barrick, 2015).
Appreciation to raise performance
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The awarding strategies including monetary and non- monetary helps in stimulating the
work performance of enterprise create a unique brand image in customers assists in enhancing
skills and abilities of workers. The worker create a better quality of work increasing the
creativity in them which is helping for the sales and profitability of overall revenues.
Developing skills of Workers
To manage productivity of services and manufacture better quality products it is required
to enhance the skills and abilities of employee which is done by HRM through coordinating the
training and development programmes that helps in attaining targets allocated by the manager.
This helps in competing the competitors in industry as well as increase the entire sales amount of
Apple Inc..
Cooperation & Sharing
To increase the amount of shares of company in global trade, increase in demands and
supply of products and services is required of Apple. Inc. which is set by the leaders of
enterprise. This directly incline to the raise in productivity and performance of services among
consumers and give a different identity and convenience by their commodity. HRM amend the
methods of sharing and cooperation formalities and conditions.
TASK 3
P5. Analysing the importance of employee relations which influence HRM decision making
Employee relation management is very crucial part which engine the whole organisation
bodies as well as implement many plans or strategies within the enterprise. They help in
deploying business as well as increase the revenues of enterprise. The new term industrial
democracy have catered some liberty to express their views and thoughts in the decision making
process of enterprise which is being managed by the human resource manager of Apple. Inc.
employee are the major parts in the progress and development of Apple Company which is why
the maintaining employee relation is helpful for inc4reasing the revenues (Farndale, Scullion and
Sparrow, 2010). Here are some of the importance of ER briefed as followed:
Work Sharing
In regard of rendering convenience in attaining the mission of Apple. Inc., managers
assigns the whole activities in little tasks which aid sin accomplishing the competitive objectives
of enterprise as soon as possible. Employee is the main key to open the door of achievements of
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Apple Inc. as they keep making efforts for the innovative ideas and other management practices.
This is the human resource manager of Apple Inc. Smith who believes in sharing of work that
can ease vision to meet.
Avoid Workplace Conflicts
Effective reactions with employee can modification the entire insights of sales as well as
shares rates through gratifying consumers as well as the worker itself. This helps in building
better and positive working environment which is the duty of HR of Apple Inc. to crate so that
the worker can be relieved while working in the company. Steve Jobs accept that the worker
potential have took them so far that company is able to build a unique recognition in industry.
For this they coordinate those activities which can inspire their performance.
Earn the Loyalty
Flexible and impressive environment renders communicative workforce within the
internal environment. That have created the curiosity related to the work profile. Loyalty aid in
retaining worker for that the R make those decisions which c an help them in increasing their
credibility of enterprise before the workers. For that the provide various programmes such as
reimbursements for education, leave and many others. HR of Apple give preference to their
expectation of their employee.
Effectively Interact to Ensuring Worker Legislation
This is managed by the government that their organisation is complying the laws and
rights of employee in their policies and terms (Daley, 2012). To provide the protection, HR
undertakes entire legislation of employee under the policies terms while building the agreements.
Also it affect various strategies and approaches if HRM is creating any campaigns or events
among the worker of enterprise.
Therefore, the employee relation influence the activities of human resource while making
any decision making process. Major purpose of human resource management id to satisfy the
employee needs as well as control and monitor the affairs related to them including conflicts and
influences of enterprise.
P6. Key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has on HRM decision making
Trade unions as well as EU have carried out dome laws through dealing with government
of state for protecting the fundamental rights of an employee and defending them from
exploitation at workforce. The organisations along with Apple. Inc. have to include these laws
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while documenting their terms and condition for betterment of worker. In case of situation of
discrimination or not compelling them, the enterprise will have to suffer a judiciary process of
worse situation of issues.
Equal Pay Act
This legalisation was established by the Britain parliament in order to facilitate justice
and equality to women in the matter of assigning pay in 1970. This law states that men and
women should be given the same wage amount while working on the same positions (Barney,
Ketchen Jr and Wright, 2011). No discrimination should be done on the basics of gender,age,
race or other factors. This acts is being modify by the government with the time and trends.
Minimum Wage Right
In 1998, the government of UK have passed this act which render the facility to worker
of having the minimum wage amount that is right of every worker to have. This have set the
terms eliminated on the basis of age demographics according which more than 25 years worker
should be paid, under 18 or above 18 should provide minimum 5.60 Euros and between 21-25
should be getting 7.05 Euros as on day pay. This is the minimum amount of pay which s
followed by each enterprise.
(Source: ' Brexit' – the impact on employment rights and benefits, 2016)
Rights of Employee Law
As per the worker rights act, every employee have provided few laws and rights by the
state which organisation have to render them that includes health and security laws, minimum
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wages and vacations, fakir rewarding activities etc. this act was introduced by the parliament in
1996 that is being modify by the government according to the different consequences
(Chelladurai and Kerwin, 2017).
Equality of Employee Act
This was amended on the place of Race Relation law, 1976 in 2010 that states that each
worker have rights to have proper chance to develop as per the fellow employee. They should be
not distinguished on their race, gender, religion or age. In case, it will be considered as the victim
and they can claim against company in county.
Disability Discrimination Act
To provide the respect the of the disables of country and protect them from defame it the
workplace, the British government introduce is the divisibility discrimination act according to
whir the enterprise should treat entire disable respect and they should be provided the
opportunities, wage or chance to grow ion equal level as the normal person. It was carrier out in
1995, in which the defame or harm of dignity of disable at workplace will be considered as crime
(Apple unveils new perks to attract talent, 2014).
Working Time Act
In the year of 1997, the British parliaments enacted this laws in which they have
determined the minimum working hours for the employee for defending them from being
exploited by the industries. The employee can perform for the organise for maximum 48 hours
after the exceeding of this time, either the enterprise have to pay for extra time or worker can
claim against the company in court.
The legislation and acts aid the enterprise indirectly in maintaining then employee
relation which is the main key of success of Apple Inc. as well as essential to comply the
industries in UK after the industrial democracy (Brewster and Hegewisch, eds., 2017). There is
great impact of human resource manager's decisions making procedures by these laws which is
required to be followed Human resources management of organisation for sustaining in the
competitive market. They undertook them while constructing the policies or guidelines of
company.
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TASK 4
P7. HRM practices in a work related context
Apple. Inc.
San Francisco, United States
Date: 2nd October, 2017
Time: 10:00Am
Work Profile: Software Engineer
Place: San Francisco
Wage: £44,000-£145,160
Summary of Jobs
The company seeking for engineering who are skilled in software skills and able to make
innovative changes while required. To crate a new and revolutionary future with creative
invention of Apple deployed worldwide.
Main Qualifications
Post graduation is required for the post
 Certification and Training in C++ & JAVA .
 Modified with very current software progression.
 Excellency in programming of computers.
 Preference to experienced minimum 4 years (Boxall and Purcell, 201).
Description of Job
Applier must be specialize in field improving applications and programming of computers.
They candidates should have fluency in several coding and languages of computers with
informed varies integrated. Individual should have professional experiences of 4 years
minimum of maturely performing in same work and should bring the ability for same skills.
Name: Ms. Rosily Wilson
Address:21 Royal Street, Birmingham street, UK
Mobile Number: ….......
Email:
Carrier Goals: To become the part of a developed company that render same opportunities to
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evolve my basic skills and my potential (Beardwell and Thompson, 2014).
Qualification of Academics:
 Bachelor in engineering
 Post graduation in software improvement
Experience:
 Internship with AOL with 6 motnths
Competencies:
 Expert in Java C++
 Acquainted with Microsoft ASP, Java script ,NET.
 Excellency in communication skills
 Disciplined in software evolvement
 Management of time
 Innovation
 Skills of leading
Declaration:
I solemnly announce that entire data rendered are verified and real to my knowledge.
Signature
Apple Inc.
San Francisco, United States
Ms. Rosily Wilson
21 Royal Street, Birmingham lane,
UK
Greetings,
This is the privilege that candidates as like you is interested in working with careerer oriented
company. The company is glad to offer you the job profile of software engineer. The
competencies and knowledge will be valued by the Apple. Inc. After the discussion, the date of
joining is determined which is 25 September, 2017 and wage will be 550,000 euros every year.
that will be compensable on every month.
Selected candidate will be awarded with health insurance from the joining date.
There is attached document containing all necessary info. Along with this email (Alfes and et.
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al., 2013).
If accepting the same make sure you communicate me to the earliest possible.
Truly
Will William
director, HR
Apple Inc.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that human resource management is having a
significant role in the administration of organisation’s functions. Their functions include staffing,
compensation, developing, training and promotion of human resources of entity. Employee
relation put a huge impact on the productivity and profitability of enterprise which influence
decision making process of HRM. HR manager of company determines the terms and policies by
undertaking all important aspects such as organisational culture, employment laws, etc. To
protect the rights of worker state that carried out some employment laws which is compulsory to
comply which they keep amending according to the time and trends. This is the responsibility of
them to reduce issues at workplace for which they organise various activities, programs or team
work practices to increase the interaction which create effective, positive and flexible work
surroundings. It has been assessed that organisations should manage the human resource
department effectually for keeping employees happy and satisfied.
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