Evaluating HRM Practices and Their Impact on British Airways

This report provides an in-depth analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices at British Airways. It begins with an introduction to HRM and its significance, followed by an examination of various HRM practices, including employee strategy, promoting a positive attitude, employee development, establishing a flexible environment, and motivating workers. The report then evaluates the effectiveness of these practices in terms of raising British Airways' profit and productivity, covering aspects such as learning and development, and payment and reward management. Furthermore, it delves into different methods used in HRM practices, providing specific examples within an organizational context, and critically evaluates HRM practices and their application. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the crucial role of HRM in British Airways' success, referencing various books and journals to support its analysis.

Developing a Human Resource at
British Airways

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................1
P3. Benefits of different HRM practices within British Airways UK for both the employer and
employee.................................................................................................................................1
P4 Effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising British Airways UK profit
and productivity......................................................................................................................2
M3 different methods used in HRM practices, providing specific examples to support
evaluation within an organisational context...........................................................................3
D2 Critically evaluate HRM practices and application within an organisational context, using
a range of specific examples...................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is an approach to manage the whole HRM Department.
These are analysis the benefits for the business profit and it is new strategies for the development
of people with in working organization. Human resource planning is a process to understand the
needs of employees (Nickson, 2017). In this report, there will be explanation on the scope and
purpose of (HRM) human resource that would manage the British Airline by the Assistant
manager. British Airways is the largest airline company in UK. It will be maintain the HR
strategy and look out the workforce planning.
TASK 3
P3. Benefits of different HRM practices within British Airways UK for both the employer and
employee
Human resource management is to manage the recruiting process, managing the
employee and hiring process (Marler, 2018). They also maintain the whole organization
including their organizational culture and provide employee health and safety. HR. manager will
understand the requirement of employee and can be fulfil. There are many ways to manager will
handle their business process. Human resource management will manage the coordination
between the employer and employees that are very helpful for managing the goals of company.
According to the management it can be classified into different manner as following:
Employee Strategy: It is very important for organization to understand their internal and
external factors of firm (Stredwick, 2017). The HR manager will maintain coordination between
the company and employees. The strategies are very important for the business process because
the planning creating a new solution for the business operation.
Promoting Positive Attitude: A successful firm creates an effective and positive working
environment that are useful for the employee. The Human resource management is giving reward
on the basis of their behaviour. The employee will handle all the situations when they are
adopted the company culture.
Developing Employee: It will encourage their employees to contribute for the company
growth. The company's worker can be increased their skills and knowledge and that are
beneficial for the organization. Top organization can be positive effect on HRM because they

will help to employee and providing training. This organization provides the services for
employee education in which they provide the chance to share their knowledge and used them.
The HR management play an important role for the organizational culture. It can handle all the
situation related setting policies, company standard dictates, hiring process etc(Boella, 2017).
The organizational culture affect the people because the employee not handle the time schedule
and employee are not directly interact with the customer.
Establish a Flexible Environment: In this way, they are establishing a flexible
environment for the employees in British Airways (Shields, 2018). In this company, The older
workers and employee disabilities, part-time workers are doing job. The HRM provide the
flexible environment and this company want to talented worker, they provide flexible workplace
for the employee including some work assignments, work timing schedule, location,
communication format etc. employee can be customized their work according to their lifestyle.
Motivating Workers: The manager must maximize their employee’s performance and
according to talented people, they will hire manager who will manage all worker’s activities. An
effective manager can be help their employee so that they will increase their position and
generating good impact towards the company. It is a process when it identifies the qualified
employee, provide a training to weak employee and it also providing the effective incentive to
the qualified employee. HR. management provide the compensation when the organizational
getting success.
P4 Effectiveness of different HRM practices in terms of raising British Airways UK profit and
productivity
Every company is also increased their profit and productivity so that British Airways can
be improve the performance of employee. They are analysis and measure the performance of
employee.
Learning and development-Learning is a process to enhancing his efficiency and developing
their skills. It is the most important part of an employee to providing the effective services, they
increased their skill in specific areas (Knowles, 2018). Learning process is method to gain more
knowledge through training and the development workshop. This learning phase is completed by
British Airways provide the good activity and providing the special type of working

environment. In this way, the firm can be increased their productivity. It is technique to learn
new thing and then this are the factor used for the developmental growth. HR management can
be play an important role because they provide the best health and safety services at workplace
(Nel, 2017). It will arrange all the services to the employee For Example: Machinery in the office
so that they provide the warning sign and many danger poster are listed. In case, the emergency
is required to provide the doctor facility. There are less possibility that accident occur and they
will help to take any legal action.
Payment and reward management- payment and reward is that system when they are motivated
to employee and can be invest contribution for development (Kehoe, 2018). In this company,
they are encouraging to the authority to enhance the productivity and profitability. The employee
can do the best work and their experience increases so that the organization provide the reward,
special allowance, payment and other facility provided.
M3 different methods used in HRM practices, providing specific examples to support evaluation
within an organisational context.
There are many methods to providing the services to the employee and that beneficial for
the employee of British Airways. Human resource management can used to provide the
flexibility in customer service and they are fulfilled the need of company. The disadvantages of
HRM to feel de motivational because the employee are not doing extra work on time. This is the
fact of company growth. British Airways can support their employee and they provide the equal
rights for every employee (Cooke, 2017). In case, they face any kind of harassment can directly
informed to the British Airways. The main strength of this company to give a special kind of
services to their employee and satisfaction level of organization to contribute their role for the
development. In the company, All employee are highly educated and skill but at the point
training is required because the company can run in a different way. The training is provided
through the HR management and they are communicated to employee as on-boarding process.
D2 Critically evaluate HRM practices and application within an organisational context, using a
range of specific examples
The growing organization can be viewed as source of their competition level. These
companies always look out the talented and skilful people that adopted the British Airways

working culture. The business has to be change rapidly and many new technologies are
introduced in the market. Human resource management are helping to the company and they will
understand the requirement of customer. They are planning to understand the employee role in
the right picture of company(Baum, 2016). They are created a bridge between the different
department and their manager to control the critical condition. The change is required for any
organization because the technology are updated in market so that it is required for any company.
They can be increased their work culture and transferable resources as a instrument that are used
the companies. They are obtained a high quality workforce on the basis of their product and
services, innovation new ideas, technology. The human resources used a different strategic goal
and objective that would improve the performance of employee. The connection between HR
with the goal to improve the performance of business and development of their organization
culture (Bolman, 2017). It will help to achieve their goals and the target of company can be
completed. This application are used to develop the effective type of relationship between the
company need and their strategies. They always focused on their issues and can be solved the
person issues.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of this report, we determine the role and responsibility of human resource
management in British Airways. We have learned about the effectiveness of the key elements of
Human Resource Management in an organization. It also identifies the Benefits of different type
of HRM practices within British Airways UK that are both used for the employer and employee.
On this report, we conclude that the effectiveness of the human resource management are the key
point of British airways. This is overall based on the organization objective and what are the
objective and how can achieved. HRM is play an important role of organization that would help
to achieve their targets. As per the report, we identify the whole human resource management of
British Airways.

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