Human Resource Management Report: UK Drone Delivery Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices, focusing on the context of UK F-Drone delivery organization. It begins by defining HRM and exploring its core functions, including recruitment, selection, performance management, and the crucial role of HR planning and resourcing. The report then delves into the strengths and weaknesses of different recruitment and selection approaches, such as direct advertising and selection tests, and examines how HRM functions contribute to talent acquisition and skill development. Furthermore, it discusses the importance of various HRM practices like training and development, and creating a healthy workplace for both employers and employees. Employee relations, including the impact of employment legislation on HRM decision-making, are also assessed. The report concludes by critically evaluating the application of HRM practices and their impact on decision-making within the organization.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Analyze the aim & functions of HRM suitable to HR planning & resourcing in an
business................................................................................................................................1
P2. Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment
and selection........................................................................................................................2
M1. Analyse how the functions of HRM can offer talent and skills suitable to
accomplish company’s objective.......................................................................................4
M2. Analyse the strength and weaknesses of various approaches to recruitment and
selection................................................................................................................................4
D1. Critically assess the strength and weaknesses of various approaches to
recruitment and selection with suitable example............................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
P3. Discuss the importnace of various HRM practices inside a business organisation
for both employer and workforce.......................................................................................5
P4. Discuss the effectiveness of various HRM practices inside an business
organisation for both employer and employee................................................................6
M3. Analyse various methods used in HRM practices, giving certain example to
support evaluation...............................................................................................................7
D2. Critically assess HRM practices and application inside an organisational context
with certain examples..........................................................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5. Assess the importance of employee relations which influences HRM decision
making...................................................................................................................................8
P6. Analyse the essential elements of the employment legislation and the various
impact it has upon the HRM decision making.................................................................9
M4. Assess the key aspects of employee relation management and employement
legislation that influence HRM decision making...........................................................10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10

P7. Analyse the application of HRM practices..............................................................10
M5. Assess the rationale for the application of HRM practices..................................12
D3. Critically assess the employee relations and the application of HRM practices
which impact decision making.........................................................................................12
Conclusion....................................................................................................................................12
References...................................................................................................................................13

Introduction
Human resource management is defined as one of the most effective strategic
process carried out by human resource manager in the organisation in order to
effectively and efficiently manage the human resource of the organisation. It includes
hiring the skilled and talented person for the right position. For this report UK F-Drone
delivery organisation is taken into consideration. The UK F-drone delivery organisation
is a multinational technological organisation committed towards offering mobile and
transportation delivery services. This report includes various functions and purpose of
the human resources with the strength and weakness of the various approaches
company can face while acquiring workforce also the different HRM practice are also
highlighted. In addition to this importance of employee relation and the element of
employment legislation and its impact on HRM decision also the application of HRM
practices are also explained.
TASK 1
P1. Analyze the aim & functions of HRM suitable to HR planning & resourcing in an
business
The term Human resource management is described as the process of managing
the workforce of the organisation and also hiring and retaining them effectively through
providing essential training, compensating them and motivating them towards achieving
desired goals and objectives (Bali, 2019). Human resource management work as the
main piller of the organisation creating cooperation between work force and the
organisation. The main functionl area includes recruiting, selection, compesation,
training, employee relation and so on. In contect to the F – Drones delivery organisation
which is planning to restructure their manpower requirement in order to bring efficiency
because of the current changes in the business environment. In order to do so
organisation needs to understand the various functions and the purpose of the human
resource management as discussed below:
Functions:
Recruitment and selection: one of the main function of the HRM is recruitment
and selection. Recruitment is the process of attracting large number of person’s to apply
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for a particular position whereas the selection is the prcocess of selecting the right and
most skilled person out of the recruited ones (Frangieh and Yaacoub, 2019) In context
to the chosen organisation this process will helps in hiring and selecting the right and
talented individual who will lead to enhancing the overall performance of the
organisation.
Performnace management: The another function of HRM is the performance
management, human resource manager continously work towards enhancing the
overall performance of its employees through providing required training and improving
their skills. In context to the chosen organisation, this function will help them to enhance
the performance of its employees so that they can work towards bringing efficiency and
deal with the changing business environrment.
Purpose
Development and Growth: The main purpose of the HRM is to develop and
implement essential strategies so that business organisation can achieve targted goals
and can move towards growth and development effectively. Human resource manager
ensure that overall performance of the employees and organisation is ensured moving
organisation towards growth. In context to F – Drones delivery organisation, HR
manager of the organisation needs to ensure that strategies are implmented which
leads organisation towards growth.
Enhancing productivity: The another purpose of the human resource
management is to enhance the overall productivity of the business, human resource
continously provide training to employees to improve the skills of employees. Skilled
employees will automatically provide better results and enhance overall productivity of
the organisation. In context to F – Drones delivery organisation, manager needs to
continously provide training to employees in order to enhance the overall productivity of
the business (Gürlek and Uygur, 2021).
P2. Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and
selection.
There are number approaches available which enables in recruiting and selecting
the skilled person for the righ position. Business organisation can use various
approaches in order to attract large number of person to apply for the available postion
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and select the suitable person out the recruited ones (Chadwick and Li, 2018). In
context to the chosen organisation, suitable approaches of recruitment and selection
can be taken into consideration along with its stregth and weakneeses as discussed
below:
Recruitment: The recruitment is one of the most essential element of the human
resource management, it is the process of identifying and attarcting large number of
suitable candidates to apply for the available position (Detnakarin and Rurkkhum,
2019). The main role of the human resource manager is to hire the required candidates
in the organisation. There are various approaches available to recruit candidates. In
context to the chosen organisation one of the most suitable approach that can be used
by the company is discussed below:
Direct advertising: It is one of the growing approach used by the organisation to
find and attarct large number of potential candidates through various online platforms,
various carrer platforms, job boards and so on. Organisation can use these methods to
directly post the job advertisement. In context to F – Drones delivery organisation,
company can use their company’s career site or various various social media platforms
such as Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter to identify and attract potential candidate.
Strength: This approach will allow organisation to easily identify and attract large
number of potential candidates.
Weakness: The weaknesses of direct advertising is that it will make it difficult for
the organisation to find the right candidate out of the large number of candidates applied
for the job (Kim, 2019).
Selection: The selection is defined as the process of selecting the most skilled and
suitable candidate out of all the candidates applied for the job, it involves screening of
candidates using various approaches. In context to the chosen organisation, one of the
approaches of selection along with the strength and weaknesses is discussed below:
Selection test: One of the most essential approach used by the HR manager in
order to select the right person is through selection test, it involves different test taken
such as aptitude test, personality test in order to understand the knowledge and
personality of the candidate. Individual needs to pass these test in order to get selected.
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In context to F – Drone delivery organisation, company can use selection test to select
right and suitable candidate.
Strength: This approach helps organisation to analyse the knowledge and
personality of the individual and select the right person for the available job.
Weakness: one of the weaknesses of this approach is that it is an time consuming
process.
M1. Analyse how the functions of HRM can offer talent and skills suitable to accomplish
company’s objective
The different functions of HRM can effectively offer ability and skills in order to
accomplish the company’s objective effectively. Functions such as providing the healthy
and safe environment to the employees will help them in enhancement and proper
utilisation of the skills and talent also creating strong and better employee relation will
also help them in motivating towards achieving desired goals and objectives. In addition
to this with the help of various functions like job designing, fair compensation and
training will help in enhancing the overall performance of the employees and improving
the skills of the workforce (Galli, 2018).
M2. Analyse the strength and weaknesses of various approaches to recruitment and
selection
In case of the recruitment the direct approach of recruitment is taken into
consideration, this approach helps in identifying and attracting candidates directly using
social platforms, it is one of the easiest form of recruitment however the weaknesses of
the this approach is that because of the large number of candidates applying for job it
create problem for manager to select the right candidate. In addition to this to analyse
the knowledge and personality the selection test is used as the approach, it helps in
selecting the best candidate based on their excellent knowledge and skills and
personality but it is an time consuming process as manager has to wait for the response
of the candidates (Kim, 2020).
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D1. Critically assess the strength and weaknesses of various approaches to recruitment
and selection with suitable example
The various strength and weaknesses of various approaches to recruitment and
selection helps in analysing and evaluating the effectiveness of the particular
approaches and then accordingly the human resource can take effective decision and
implement strategy, for example in case of selection the approach used was selection
test, after analysis it is known that selection test helps in understanding the personality
and knowledge of the candidate however it is very time consuming process which work
as its weakness. So after analysing this manager can decide whether he needs to use
this approach or not.
TASK 2
P3. Discuss the importnace of various HRM practices inside a business organisation for
both employer and workforce
The HRM practices are the various activities and functions carried out by the
human resource manager of the organisation in order to retain its employees and
continously motivate them towards achieving desired golas and objectives also
enhancing their performance (Kooij and Boon, 2018). The HRM practices plays an
important role for both employer and employee as in context to F drone delivery
company discussed below:
Training and development: One of the most essential practice of human resource
manager is to provide essential training to the employees in order to improve their skills
and work towards achieving desired goas and objectives. Improving their skills will also
help in enhancing the overall performance of the organisation. In context to the chosen
organisation, company can effectively use their training program to enahnce their
employees skills so that they work effectively in the changing business environement
also increase their overall efficiency (Kundu and Gahlawat, 2018).
Benefits for employees: Proper training and development will help employees
to improve their skills and knowledge. However, skilled employees will provide better
result which lead to enhancing the overall profitability and productivity of the business.
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Benefits for employers: It will be easier for the employer to chose the trained
and skilled employees to perform and doen’t have to spend more time on training them
more.
Creating healthy workplace: Aother essential practice of human resource mangement
is creating healthy workplace, in order to work effectively and retain employees it is very
essential for the oragnisation to create an healthy workplace, this will also employees
and employer to be motivated towards achieving targeted goals. In context to F –
Drones delivery organisation, manager needs to ensure that there is healthy
environment for the workforce to work effectively towards their goals.
Benefits for employees: Creating healthy workplace will allow employees to
feel safe and be motivated towards working harder.
Benefits for employer: By creating the healthy environment will help employer to
retain employees in the organisation and also enable them to work more effectively and
efficiently.
P4. Discuss the effectiveness of various HRM practices inside an business
organisation for both employer and employee.
Huamn resource management is one of the most important strategy followed in
the organisation which helps in managing and controlling the human resource of the
oragnisation and also retaining them for longer period of time through motivating and
providing essential training to them. In context to F- drones, company needs to ensure
that effective human resource practice is carried out by the company to enhance their
effectiveness. The effectiveness of various HRM practices in respect to the chosen
company is discussed below:
HRM practices for employees:
Enhancing performance: The effective use of HRM practices will allow
employees to enhance their performance such as practice like training and development
will helps employees to improve their skills and skilled employees will automatically
perform better. In respect to the chosen organization, employees needs to be trained so
that overall performance and efficiency can be improved (Luu, 2019).
Motivating employees: The effective use of the human resource management
practices also help in motivating employees towards achieving their goals and
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objectives. Various rewards and benefits can be given to employees according to their
performance by the F- Drone delivery organisation in order to motivate their employees.
HRM practices for employer:
Creating healthy work environment: The use of various human resource
management practices will allow employer to create healthy and safe environement,
working in healthy and safe environement will help employer of the chosen organisation
to bring efficiency and develop themselves.
Clarity of job roles: The effective use of various human resource management
practices will also help employees to have clarity of job, this will help employer of the
chosen business organisation to work effectively and effectively, contributing towards
the development and growth of the oragnisation.
M3. Analyse various methods used in HRM practices, giving certain example to support
evaluation
There are various methods used in the HRM practices, such as the training and
dcevelopment and creating healthy and fair work environment, these practices helps in
creating effective environement in the organisation and user of these practices helps
both employer and employee. Such as the creating healthy environemengt will help
employees to work effectively and will motivate them towards achieving targeted goals
and objectives similarly it will help employer to effectively work towards achieving
overall performance of the organisation and have clarity of the work. Such as the
effective use of the HRM practices helps employees to enhance motivation and
enhance their profitability also it will help employer to create healthy workinng
environment and clarity of the work (Patky and Pandey, 2020). For example
implementing effective training and development in the F- Drones delivery company will
allow them to enhance the performance of their employees and increase their skills and
knowledge.
D2. Critically assess HRM practices and application inside an organisational context
with certain examples
There are various human resource practices and application followed within the
organisation in order to enhance the overall performance of the organisation, various
practices that are followed in the organisation are training and developemnt, building
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healthy and fair workplace and giving rewards and benefits the employees. This
practices directly influence the employer and employees of the organization (PB, 2019).
For example if the chosen company is following reward management HRM practices in
the organisation it will help them to motivate their employees through providing rewards
and benefits according their performance which will automatically lead to enhancing the
overall performance of the organisation, this will also help employer to perform well and
lead organisation towards growth and success.
TASK 3
P5. Assess the importance of employee relations which influences HRM decision
making
The employee relation is defined as the process of maintaining positive and
healthy relation with the employees. Building and maintaining positive relation with the
employees will help business organisation to retain them for longer period of time. For a
business to grow and be successful in the cometitive environement one of the essential
key is to maintain positive and healthy relation with their employees. Employees relation
also helps in increasing the productivity and profitability of the business. Organisation
needs to continously work towards building positive relation with their employees. In
context to the chosen organisation some of the benefits of employee relations which
has direct impact of HRM decision making are discussed below:
Increased motivation: The one of the essential benefit of the employee relation is
that it helps in increasing the motivational level of the workforce in the organisation. As
healthy and safe workplace relations helps in motivating employees to work harder and
give their best. This will allow human resource manager to have a strong team of
motivated team members (Singh and El-Kassar, 2019).
Less workplace conflict: The another benefit of building effective employee
relation is that it leads to craeting less workplace conflict. One of the main reason
behind the unsuccessful business is the conflict in the workplace, in order to grow
organisation needs to ensure that there is healthy environment and all kind of conflicts
should be avoided.
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Leads to better workplace culture: An healthy and fair employee rewlation in
the organisation also leads to creating better working culture in the organisation. Having
better working culture will help human resource manager to attract large number of
potential talent to apply for the available postion and retain existing employees.
From the above it is analyzed that effective and healthy employee relation helps in
enhancing the overall productivity and profitability of the business and also help human
resource manager to take corrective decision regarding implementing right strategy for
the welfare of employees (Sun and Bunchapattanasakda, 2019).
P6. Analyse the essential elements of the employment legislation and the various
impact it has upon the HRM decision making
The employement legislation is defined as the laws and regulations followed in an
organisation in order to protect the rights of the works and also protect them from any
kind of unfair and unhealthy practices done against them. For F- Drones delivery to
retain their employees and healthy working environement they should have
employement legislation, rights of the employees should be protected and any kind of
unfair practices against them shoyuld be avaoided by the organisation. Some of the
employement legislation that can be followed by the organisation are discussed below:
Descrimination law: The descrimination law state that each and every employee
in the organisation should be treated fairly any kind of descrimination against them
should be avoided in the organisation. This law helps employees to be protected from
any kind of descrimination against them on the basis of their gender, skin colour,
cultural background and so on (Tabiu, 2019). In context to the F- Drones felivery
organisation, company needs to ensure that no employee is discriminated also human
resource manager is following this law to bring hormony in the company.
Equality law: The another law is the equality law, according to this law each and
every individual in the organization should be treated and paid equally, implementing
this law will helps the chosen organization to build positive and effective relationship
with their employees, organization needs to ensure that employees are treated equally
at all levels in order to enhance their productivity (Traeger and Alfes, 2019).
Employement and labour law: The another law is the employment and labour
law, this law state that each and every employee’s basic rights shuld be protected such
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as proper working hours. In case of chosen organisation, manager needs to ensure that
they are effectively following this rule in order to build employees loyalty and protect
their rights.
M4. Assess the key aspects of employee relation management and employement
legislation that influence HRM decision making
The employee relation management plays an essential role in building employee
trust and loayalty in the organisation and it also helps in motivating employees towards
working more harder. Employee relation is the key element in leading business
organisation towards success and growth, so it is important for organisation to build
positive relation with their employees. In addition to this various rules and regulation
such as discrimination law, equality law should be implemented in the organization to
protect the rights of employees (Wang, 2018).
TASK 4
P7. Analyse the application of HRM practices
The application of HRM practices followed by the human resource manager will
lead to identifying and selecting the right person for the right position. There are
different application of HRM practices followed by the management in order to ensure
that there is effective workforce working towards the overall profitability and productivity
of the business. some of the application of the human resource management practices
are discussed below:
Job Specification: One of the most essential application of the HRM practices is the
job specification, it is an strategic HR tool used by the HR manager to specify the skills,
qualification and ability required by person to apply for the specific job. The job
specification includes all the necessary information required to be known by the person
to apply for the available position.
Job Specification
Organisation: F- Drones delivery organisation
Job Designation: HR Manager
Job purpose: A Human resource manager is responsible for managing and retaining
human resource in the organisation and also ensuring the availability of skilled human
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resource at the right position.
Roles and responsibilities:
 Should carry out all human resource related activities.
 Should be able to manage and train employees.
 Able to efefctively motivate employees.
Required skills and experiences:
 Bachelor in business administration.
 MBA in human resource
 Should have good communication skills
 Should have good interpersonal skills
Job offer letter: The another application of HRM practice created by the human
resource manager is the job offer letter, it includes all the required details about the job
and position employee needs to know. The job offer letter is offered to the employees
after they are being selected for the position. It includes roles and responsibility, timing
of the job, joining date and so on (Werner, 2021). An example of the job offer letter for
the position of HR manager is highlighted below:
Job offer letter
Company Name F- Drones delivery organisation
Job position HR manager
Location UK
Reporting person HR manager
Roles & Responsibility  Should be able to carry out all the
human resource activities effectively.
 Should be able manage and control
employees and motivate them.
 Should be able to retain employees
and provide effective training.
Joining date 10 july 2021
Working time 9 am to 6 pm
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M5. Assess the rationale for the application of HRM practices
There are number of applications of HRM practices used by the human resource
manager in order to attract and identify the right and skilled employees for the right
position. The application of human resource management can be Job description, job
specification, job offer letter and so on. These application helps in job planning and
giving detailed clarity about the particular job. In order to attract right candidate the
chosen organisation needs to ensure that application of HRM practices is effectively
used.
D3. Critically assess the employee relations and the application of HRM practices which
impact decision making
The employee relation and application of HRM practices directly influence the
decision making in the organisation, the effective and positive relation with the
employees allow business organisation to have healthy environment and loyalty with the
employees which makes it easy for the organisation to take decision. Similarly applying
correct application will allow company to attract potential candidates (Zheng and Smith,
2019).
Conclusion
From the above discussion it is concluded that HRM plays an essential role in the
managing the workforce of the organisation also retaining the employees. This report
helps in analysing the importance of human in an organisation along with it purpose and
function also various strength and weaknesses of various approaches of the staffing. In
addition to this benefits of HRM practices and its effectiveness is also analysed in this
report. Employee relation plays an essential role in the enhancing the overall
productivity of the business as explained in report with the elements employment
legislation and application of HRM practices.
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