Human Resource Management Report: Dyson Company Analysis and Practices

This report offers a comprehensive analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within the Dyson company. It begins by defining HRM and its core functions, emphasizing workforce planning and the importance of employee selection. The report then delves into various recruitment and selection methods, comparing their strengths and weaknesses. A significant portion is dedicated to the benefits of HRM practices for both employees and the employer, encompassing training, performance management, and reward systems. The report also explores the effectiveness of different HRM practices, highlighting the importance of employee relations in influencing HRM decision-making, including the impact of employee relations on achieving goals, establishing strategies, and reducing conflicts. Furthermore, the report touches upon key components of employment legislation and their influence on HRM decisions. The report provides an overview of HRM within Dyson, offering insights into how the company manages its workforce to achieve its goals.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Functions and purpose of HRM and application of workforce planning...............................1
P2 Strength and weakness of different methods to selection and recruitment............................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P3 Benefits of HRM practices for both the employee and employer .........................................4
P4 Effectiveness of different human resource management practices.........................................5
TASK 3. ..........................................................................................................................................5
P5 Importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision making.............5
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................7
P7.Application of Human resource management practices in work-related context:..................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Human Resource Management is defined as a process of hiring and selecting employees as per
their skills so that they become more valuable for the organisation. It is a practice of recruiting,
developing as well as managing the persons working in a company. This includes conducting job
analysis and planning personnel needs for the user. It ensures that right people are appointed for
accurate jobs based on their ability.
It is required to maximize the productivity and performance of an organisation by
recruiting efficient employees. The primary objective is concerned with taking out best work
from an individual by staff training. HRM ensures that employees are motivated which will
provide the company with effective output. This department is present in every company whether
it's large or small. The organisation which is selected is Dyson. It is a private company
established in UK. The company was founded on 8 July, 1991, 27 years ago by James Dyson.
TASK 1
P1 Functions and purpose of HRM and application of workforce planning
The major asset for company is it's employee as they work together with a common
objective for welfare of an organisation. Human resource management department ensures that
efficient employees are appointed which carry an understanding of products they will be working
on. It is a recruitment and selection process that occur in a company (Jones, 2014).
Purpose of Human Resource Management: The purpose of HRM is to maximise a
company's performance by selecting right people for the job. Those who have proper skill, talent
as well as knowledge in the field. It includes employee compensation, training, selection etc.
Dyson has a variety of products for which it needs well efficient staff hired by it's HR team.
Listed below is the understanding & purpose of HR management in making of Dyson's products.
Internal customer management: For a company to grow, it requires good quality staff
that can work effectively. The employees must have a good knowledge of the products as they
are the one who will present them in front of customers. In relation to human resource
management, Dyson select best candidates who can work productively and train them with actual
goods so that they get familiar with the concept and stabilize their position.
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Staffing: It is a process which involves filling up positions with competent personnel of
an organisation. Dyson ensures that right staff is allocated at the right counter of products. It
selects candidates with appropriate experience.
Functions of Human Resource Management: Recruiting the right employee, dealing
with conflicts and legal issues is one of the main role of HRM. Dyson functions in all it's product
variants with the help of HR team. Some of the functions of human resource management are
listed below:
Recruitment & selection: It is one of the most important function of HRM. This
involves selecting those candidates which are appropriate for the job. With the use of this
process, right employee is allocated to accurate unit. Dyson appoints people that have skill,
knowledge as well as aims to maximise growth.
Performance appraisal & incentives: Dyson provides benefits to it's employees which
keep them motivated in giving effective as well as efficient result. It chooses the right candidate
for appraising their position as per the performance.
P2 Strength and weakness of different methods to selection and recruitment
HR manager uses this method in recruitment and selection to appoint best candidates for
the job. It involves a process wherein the HR team attracts different people via sources such as,
posting on LinkedIn, portal sites, giving ads in newspaper or magazine etc. When applications
are received they are categorized on basis of qualification, experience, requirement etc. Finally
managers go through those and select appropriate candidates by conducting interviews. Different
methods for selection as well as recruitment are stated below:
Walk-in interviews: It is the most common method used by organisations to appoint
people. This involves candidate visiting the company directly for the interview. Dyson conducts
walk-in rounds for hiring employees which includes a certain exam about the products used,
testing their knowledge related to entity etc.
Strengths Weaknesses
It involves direct interaction with the
candidates. With help of this, Dyson
communicates with people and
appoint the right person.
This lacks in testing of concepts
and knowledge. Usually people get
enough details with use of internet
which makes it difficult for the
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company to identify potential
candidate.
This makes the person comfortable
with surroundings. In relation to this,
company ensures that the candidate
coming for interview gets familiar
with workforce.
Dyson has complex products. It
lacks in providing demo for them
which makes it difficult for the
candidate to understand it's
working.
Video interviewing: This is a method which is used by companies in situations where
the candidate cannot appear for interview. It involves questioning the person on a social
platform. In selecting people, Dyson also provides the feature of video interviewing. This include
asking questions on Skype (Kay and Alder, 2017).
Strengths Weaknesses
It is a time consuming process of
selecting the candidate.
This may result in quality issues
which can arise due to internet
connection.
This implies less pressure on the
person appearing for interview.
It limits the response time for the
person in giving answer to the
questions.
Telephonic Interview: It is a process which involves presence of two people i.e. one that
is conducting and the other who is appearing. For some minor parts of product, Dyson conducts
telephonic rounds for recruiting.
Strengths Weaknesses
It results in a stepping stone as it
covers wide geographic areas and
can be performed at any location or
time.
Visual display of become difficult
which can lead in low
understanding of people regarding
the products.
This is a cost effective method of A limited number of questions can
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selecting the people for job. be asked which makes it easy for
user but difficult for the company to
recruit.
TASK 2
P3 Benefits of HRM practices for both the employee and employer
This practice involves selecting best candidate for the job having appropriate skills and
knowledge. HR manager ensures that both organisation's as well as employee's objective meet in
achieving quality output. The main aim of HRM in relation with Dyson lies in generating
revenue and overall growth. Following are the benefits explained for both the employee as well
as employer:
Types of HRM practices Benefits to employees Benefits to employer
Training & Development This programme will help the
employee in increasing their
skill as well as knowledge. It
will develop them to handle
customers confidently which is
required by HR team.
By training of employees, the
firm will get good quality as
well as efficient staff carrying
an understanding of products.
Employee performance and
monitoring
Employee performance is the
key to growth of the company
as they act like an asset which
gives economic benefits.
The employer only focuses on
the important areas which
require guidance. Rest of the
small projects are done in
presence of team leaders.
Reward and incentives Rewards given to employees
can be both in cash or kind.
They benefit by keeping the
staff motivated. HRM
measures individual
performance and then allocate
The employers use this tool to
assess skills and knowledge of
an individual in achieving
organisation targets. HR
department makes sure that
every employee receives
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incentives (Smith, 2016). benefits.
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P4 Effectiveness of different human resource management practices.
The human resource management practices are very useful in the context of different
kind of organisation. It is helpful for both to the employees and employers. Herein, below HRM
practices are mentioned below:
Training & development- It is one of the important HRM practice which is very useful
for the employees as well as for companies. This consists effective training of employees so that
they can perform their task effectively. In the aspect of Dyson company, it is essential for their
employees to provide appropriate training so that they can be able to work with full of efficiency.
Herein, below some advantages of training and development is mentioned below: Employee performance management and monitoring- Under this practice, employees
performance is measured for the purpose of managing the performance. In this employees
get able to improve their performance as per the guidance of their employer. Such as in
the Dyson company, their employees performance is evaluated by the managers for the
purpose of improving the performance (Dubin, 2017). Payment and reward management- It is essential for the employers to provide reward as
per the performance of their employees. For this purpose the reward and payment system
should be effective. Herein, the context of Dyson company, they pay their employees
according to their work as well as reward to those employees who perform over the
standards.
 Flexible working option- It means employees should be given the option to work as per
their suitability in working hours. Such as in the Dyson company, they provide option to
their employees to work in flexible working shifts.
TASK 3.
P5 Importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision making.
It is essential for the success of any kind of organisation that employees relation with
their managers. If employees relation is better with others the there would be a positive
environment and everyone will work with full of efficiency. On the other hand, if relation is not
good then there can be different kind of conflicts. Like in the Dyson company, the relation of
their employees with managers is better.
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Importance of employee relations:
 Better relation among employees minimise the possibility of conflicts.
 Employees work with full of efficiency.
 Better relation between employees and managers helps to the organisations in earning
more profits.
 Employees start to show interest in their given tasks (Beare, Caldwell and Millikan,
2018).
Employee relation influence on human resource management decision making: In the Dyson
company, employee relation helps in decision-making in such manner:
 Accomplish goals and objectives- Better relation between employees and managers in
achieving the goals and objectives in less time with available resources. For this purpose
human resource manager facilitate training and development of their employees to
achieve the goals and objectives.
 Establish strategies and policies- If relation is better between employees and managers
then it can be beneficial for the companies in preparing effective strategies. Same as in
the Dyson company, they make effective and competitive policies with the help of proper
coordination between employees and managers (Borja and Castells, 2013).
 Reduce conflicts and misunderstanding- Due to positive relation among employees, there
will be lower possibility conflicts and misunderstanding. This is why because can resolve
their issues by mutual understanding. Like in the Dyson company, there is positive
environment due to lack of conflicts.
P6: Key components of employment legislation and its impact on HRM decision making.
There are different kind of laws and legislations which are helpful in protecting the rights
of employees. Herein, below some laws are mentioned which are being implemented by the
Dyson company:
 Equality act, 2010- As per this act, organisations should consider all the employees in an
equal manner. This is why because in the absence of it, employees will not satisfy. So
companies should not discriminate with the employees in the terms of age, colour etc.
(Page, 2014)
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 Working time regulation act, 1998- According to this act, companies should provide the
work to the employees as per the fix time period. Like standard time hour for the
employees to do the task is of 8 hours. So companies can not force the employees to work
over these hours. Such as in the Dyson company, they follow this act for satisfying the
need and demand of their employees.
 Minimum wages act, 1998- As per this act, employees should be given wages as per their
task and performance. Otherwise in the absence of this, it will be difficult for the
employees to perform with full of efficiency because everyone works to earn the wages.
Like in the Dyson company, they enacted this act to provide equal revenue to their
employees (Beare, Caldwell and Millikan, 2018).
TASK 4
P7.Application of Human resource management practices in work-related context:
In any organisation like Dyson Plc, human resource management is critical and important
process because human resources of such company is ultimately responsible for its survival and
profitability in long run. Therefore, it is required for a company to apply in practices its human
resources. A HR manager in a company shall monitor and evaluate the performances of its
employees for betterment of its business functioning (Post and Preston, 2012).
JOB SPECIFICATION
Company: Dyson Plc
Job title: Assistants Manager of Human Resources Management
Qualification: - Certified courses in Human resource
Essential Criteria:
Experiences of working in an organisation in HR department.
Abilities to communicate and problem solving attitude.
Quick response to any issue and should have analytical skills.
Desirable Criteria:
 2.5 years experience or skill in manufacturing industry.
 Soft skills such as positive attitude, requisite computer knowledge.
 Administrative skills.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Organisation: - Dyson Plc
Department: Human-resource management
Job Title: - Personal assistant to Human resource manager
Job location: United Kingdom
Job summary
Dyson Ltd is a British technology based company established in UK which operated in
manufacturing of household appliances. It required those candidates which have abilities to
achieve the company targets in given time periods, excellent soft skills skill to handle the
customers and work easily in adverse situations.
Role: -
 Emphasis on the requisite training and enhancement programmes so the numbers of
employees improve their skills.
 Use Efficient mode of motivation to enhances the moral level of employees.
 Achieve the goals or objectives.
Person Specification
Name: Mr. Mitchael Johanson
Contact no.: 36563867352
Email: [e-mail]
Qualification:
MBA University of Warwick 89.00%
Graduation University of Warwick 85.00%
High education London Covent school 92.67%
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