Human Resource Management Report: Tommy Hilfiger HR Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Human Resource Management (HRM) practices at Tommy Hilfiger. The report begins with an introduction to the company, including its mission, purpose, and business objectives. It then delves into the core functions of HRM, such as hiring, training and development, compensation, employee relations, and legal responsibilities. The report explores various approaches to workforce planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and reward systems, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, it examines different methods for evaluating HR practices, including employee security, selective hiring, self-managed teams, and performance-based compensation. The report also includes job specifications and interview notes, providing practical insights into the recruitment process. Finally, it discusses approaches to employee relations and relevant employment legislation. The analysis provides a clear understanding of the HR practices implemented by Tommy Hilfiger and their impact on the organization.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1. Introduction to the chosen organisation including mission statement, purpose along with
business objectives.................................................................................................................1
2. Explaining the purpose of HR function along with roles and responsibilities of the HR.. 2
3. Different approaches of planning, T&D, recruitment & selection etc...............................3
4 Explaining the different methods that examine the HR practices.......................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
1.Job Specification.................................................................................................................6
2. Interview Notes..................................................................................................................7
3. Job Offer letter ...................................................................................................................7
4. Rationale to conducting the appropriate HR practices. .....................................................8
5. Discussing the approaches to effectiveness of employee relation......................................9
6.Explaining the key concepts and legislation that organization has to adopt. .....................9
7. Explaining how employees relations and employment legislation inform decision making
and meets the business objectives........................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
HRM is the department that manage process of employee hiring, selection, management
and firing employee members. Mainly human resource department concern with the function of
people within the business that ensuring the best work opportunity for the staff employees.
Present study will base on HRM of Tommy Hilfiger which is formerly known as Tommy
Hilfiger corporation. It is an American premium clothing brand which is manufacture apparel,
clothing, auxiliary, aroma and the home furnishing. However further study explains about the
purpose and the functions of HRM and explains the workforce planning and resourcing an
organisation. However, the further study also explains about the advantage of different HRM
practices within an organization in the context of both employee and employer. However,
overall study explains about the concept bringing the HRM facilities to gain the company
productivity.
TASK 1
1. Introduction to the chosen organisation including mission statement, purpose along with
business objectives.
Tommy Hilfiger is the leading brand in clothing industry which is also known for its
premium quality and goals (Addicott and et.al., 2015). Hilfiger collection are frequently
influences by the fashion of music subcultures and marketed in connection with the music
industry.
Mission
Mission of Tommy Hilfiger is the brand that is internationally famous for knowing as a
classic American cool style. Tommy Hilfiger mission is to leading sustainable designer lifestyle
iconic brand or manage the connectivity with the stakeholders.
Purpose
Purpose of the brand is to establish the best developing results and growth. Along with
that it helps to make sure the work outcomes and goals. Tommy Hilfiger wants to become the
big brand on classic American cool style American Heritage. That also brings the lots of
opportunity that is the most influencing dealing and method to gain the market advantage.
The purpose of HRM is to explore the possibilities of employee development and
sustained the number of potential employees.
Core business objectives
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Core business objectives of the brand is to explore the new style of unique trend in
clothing sector and attract high growth retention (Cascio, 2015).
2. Explaining the purpose of HR function along with roles and responsibilities of the HR.
Purpose of HRM
The purpose of HR functions is to procurement, development and maintenance of
talented human resource talent within the company organizations. However, another purpose of
HR manager is to retain the employee satisfaction and high commitments towards the company
development. Purpose of HRM is to enhance the skills and knowledge of existing employees by
make them learn new current methods or approaches to understand the current client
requirements. Besides, another purpose of HRM is to develop the new policies for employee
enhancement.
Human Resource Functions
Hiring and Recruiting : Hiring and recruiting potential employees is the core function
of the HR manager to hire people and recruiting within an organization. HR perform or conduct
the interview, screens and selection process for open position for Tommy Hilfiger. This is why
HR manager is the most significant player for the company that helps in maintaining the
effective team building.
Training and Development : The human resource department handles the training and
development of staff within an organisation. The basic function of the HR practices is to resolve
the doubts of the employees and give training (Collings, Wood and Szamosi, 2018). This is one
another important role that played by the HR manager. This is the significant function that HR
manager performed for the company goals.
Handling Compensation : HRM department is also responsible to manage the employee
compensation in different aspects. The human resource department is responsible for various
aspects of employees compensation. This is the another significant ways to manage the work
accordingly. The HR department typically manage the employee payroll along with ensuring
employee which is paid accurately on time.
Employee Relations : The human resource department manage the employee relation
that also sustain the effective working outcomes and goals. To manage the employee relation is
the another productive and effective function that HR manager is performed within the
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organisation. This is the crucial function handled by the HR manager to get the best productive
outcomes for the company organization.
Legal Responsibilities : in this function HR manager role is to ensure the all legal
requirement that company performed within the organization. This is the most significant task
that company could adopt into proper manner (Edelstein, 2017).
3. Different approaches of planning, T&D, recruitment & selection etc.
Approaches to Workforce planning
 The best approach for the workforce planning is to develop a system integrated with the
business.
 In order to make the workforce planning it can be done by four steps that is Demand
analysis, Supply analysis , Gap Analysis and Solution Analysis so such steps can helps to
produce the effective workforce planning and results for the company development goals.
 Also Tommy Hilfiger can forecasting future conditions and environment within the
company culture based on the repeating trends.
Strength
 Working planning enable to meet company aims and objectives into more productive
manner.
Weaknesses
 Due to lack of motivation and confidence it restricts organization to gain business
opportunity.
Approaches to Recruitment & selection
 There are different approaches of Recruitment and selection that sustained the business
profit and objectives as long in the market.
 Recruitment can be done by different approaches or methods such as review resumes,
Pre-hire testing, Pre-hire testing.
 While selection process it can be done by different ways such as like to take face to face
interview, qualitative and quantitative tests etc.
 Recruitment approaches that company also can adopt such as promotions, Transfers,
Recruiting former Employees, Employee referral all such approaches are belongs to
personal sources of recruitment (Hakim, 2016).
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 External recruitment approaches are direct recruitment, employee Exchange, employee
agencies, Advertisement, Professional associations.
Strength
 Recruitment & selection helps to recruit the best employee for the organization.
Weaknesses
 Due to lack of effective HR approaches this reduces the work opportunity and lack of
uncertainties.
Approaches to Development and training
 Approaches to development and training is to stretch assignment and projects.
 Job enrichments is the another approach for better training & Development that gives
internally benefit.
 Mentoring or Coaching is the another formal approach to make the process more clearly
and effective leading development task.
 Job rotation is the another approach of training and development which rotate employee
position for employee development.
 Promotions is the another right plan for the company that adopted by the organization.
Strength
 Training & Development make employees more productive that can helpful to company
solving issues.
Weaknesses
 Lack of T&D less motivate to other employees within the organization.
Approaches to Performance management
 Along with that it helps to generate the best dealing and influencing machine that works
better for the company development.
 Management by objective is the best approach to performance management in which
employees work according to their roles and responsibilities.
 Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scale this HR approach that help to manage the appraisal
methods and brings the best dealing resources.
 Another method or approach that company manage that helps to employer or manager
that helps to evaluate the basic of certain events.
Strength
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 Performance management approaches gain the new talent for the organization
Weaknesses
 It occurred organization high cost and time-consuming.
Approaches to Reward system
 Reward system can be done by the help of differentiating goals and results.
 Company can adopt Variable Pay in order to meet out the best result and goals.
 Bonuses programs have also used in American business for some time. Also it helps to
deal with long lasting results and goals.
 Profit sharing with employees is the another approach to reward system that gain
employee better performance.
Strength
 Reward management increases the employee sustainability and confident level
Weaknesses
 Reward management approaches also consume huge investment and funds which
sometimes company cannot afford.
4 Explaining the different methods that examine the HR practices.
Providing the security to employees : there are different methods of HR practices that
company could adopt to beet company aims and objectives. It also helps to determine the best
developing result goals to make the employees performance more valuable or effective (Jamali,
El Dirani and Harwood, 2015). This is the foremost practice of the company is employment
security. Life is unpredictable and work is stable that is very important to meet the customer
satisfaction level and growth. However, this also helps to deliver the long lasting effective
outcomes and growth in order to meet out the employees goals and objectives. For that Tommy
Hilfiger required to secure employee safety by offering life insurance. Employability security
also benefits organizations because it helps them retain their people.
Selective Hiring : hiring the right people : HR manager also responsible to hire right
people on right time. It helps to minimize the company cost in terms of hiring process. This HR
practices also very helpful to manage the company competitive position in terms of work
performance. Bringing the right people on the job role is the key to competitive advantage. This
practices can helpful for the company to bring ability, value and commitments in employees.
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Self Managed and effective teams : Effective team has always providing the most
productive outcomes which manages the effective learning outcomes. Effective team in an
organization has always proved efficient and make according to the best organisational outcomes
To make employees self managed and build up the positive working environment within the
company is the most signifi9cant way in within the organization goals.
Fair Performance based compensation : This is the another fair practice that HR
manager handles in order to manage the work accordingly. However this also helps to make the
work more effective and learning effectiveness (Kavanagh and Johnson, eds., 2017).
TASK 2
1.Job Specification
Job Specification
Tommy Hilfiger
Report to:
HR Manager
Responsibilities :
 HR Assistant liable to support internal and external HR related issues and feedbacks.
 Should have to maintained the digital and electronic records of employees.
 Assistance recruitment process by identifying candidates.
 HR Assistant also need to manage performance management system.
 Develop a report and resolve any payroll errors.
 Keep up to date with the HR trends and best practice.
Requirements
 Bachelor's degree in human resource or related filed.
 Exposure to payroll practices
 Should have understand the HR functions and the best practices.
Experience Required
 Minimum 1 year experience in HR Filed
 Authenticated well certified certificate in HR management.
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2. Interview Notes
In order to conduct the interview HR manger should have need to prepare some notes in
order to select the best employee for right place. Such as Research, prepare the question structure
make practices of the set questions, plan the selection criteria. However, HR manager also need
to stay focused and calm while the interview session is running. All such things manager kept to
conduct the interview which is considered as a interview notes.
In other words, HR manager also kept the plus or minus point of the candidate in order to
select the best candidate and goals (McIver, Lengnick-Hall and Lengnick-Hall, 2018).
Selection criteria of employees
Selection criteria always been based on the company policies. Such as Tommy Hilfiger
where they approach to hire HR assistant. So they look for an candidate which is good at general
skills and knowledge of HR filed. Having Characteristics and traits to manage employee and
work pressure. There are different form of selection criteria such as desirable,Prohibited Criteria
etc. also sometimes selects employees on the basis of high qualifications, Experiences skills.
Criteria Rating Comments
Qualification /5
Attitude /5
Communication /5
Knowe ledge /5
Above is the format of employee scorecard in which HR manager give rating to
employees as per their interview session along with the justification in comments.
3. Job Offer letter
Job Offer Letter
Dear Mr. John
We are pleased to inform you that Tommy Hilfiger appoint you as a HR Assistant. Your skills
and experience exactly match the requirements of this position. Another the skills and
experience will be an ideal fit for your customer service department. However, your starting
date will be July 1, 2019 which is in ideal fit for your customer service department. Please find
the attachment with these terms and accept this offer by signing and dating this agreements on
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or before.
You have time to review the details of this job and talk about an offer.
Sincerely,
HR Manager
4. Rationale to conducting the appropriate HR practices.
The reasons for conducting HR practices within the organization are to maintained the
ethical working environment within the Tommy Hilfiger (Noe and et.al., 2017). However, HR
practices also helpful to build up the strategic management which also brings the management
aims and objectives in an proper manner. In other words there are many several reason that prove
that for what reasons HR practices are needed within organizations. Such as to build the strategic
management that helps to improve company performance along with knowledge and human
capital effects organizational success.
Also, HR practices also very significant for maintaining the helps to sustained the
company wages along with different areas. However, this HRM practices are also crucial for
managing the equity and fairness among the business environment in different context and
manner. HRM practices promotes workplace equity and fairness among the all employees within
the organization. That affect the business practices and goals.
Another reason is to sustained the competitive edge within the environment. Good
practices of HR manager has always bring positive work culture. That brings the high advantage
goals for the effective management task (Reason, 2016). HR policy for surprising competitive
might be more effectively done in an proper way.
Goof business environment has always depends on the HR compliances that makes the
company environment free from the legal implications. HR practices acquire the all laws and
regulations within the company that helps to sustained the good business environment and
support to the business goals.
5. Discussing the approaches to effectiveness of employee relation.
There are different approaches that Tommy Hilfiger can adopt into their business practices
gaining the employee good relation. Some approaches are given below:
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Equality : Equality within the company is always contributed the best organizational goals and
matter, this approach can help to maintain the employee relation good with the company. It
generates the enthusiasm among the employees towards the company aims and objectives.
Effective Open Communication : Let all employees free to ask any question to the seniors in
order to solve the conflicts or any issues with the management. It would help to continue the
work objectives and goals of the effective employee retention and relation. Tommy Hilfiger
should arrange formal or informal meetings to get the bad or good reviews from the employees.
This HR practices is most significant in order to maintain the employee relation growth within
the business objectives.
Motivate Employees : this approach can be use by the company in order to maintain the good
working employee performance (Rees and et.al., 2018). This helps to be the best company in the
industry. Motivation to employees is helpful to encourage them towards the productivity work.
However, this approach is helpful to contribute the best practices and work.
6.Explaining the key concepts and legislation that organization has to adopt.
Work Compensation : Work compensation act should be followed by the company in order to
give the fair result to the company organization. Under this act company should provides for
payment of compensation to workmen and their dependants. The purpose of this act is to grant
compensation to injured persons or their surviving dependants in connections. This legal
implications impact HRM decision-making process if company fails to abide such rules and
regulations.
Labour Relations : Labour law explains how much labour relation and collective bargaining in
the private sector is important and necessary. Under this act government outline the labour
relation rights and responsibilities of employers, trade union. If in case company found with
minor employees. Then company will be charged with punishment. It will direct impact the
company reputation.
Family and medical leave : Family and medical leave is the another regulations that company
needs to adopt. Family and Medical Leave act should be adopted by the company to maintain the
working opportunities and goals. The negative impact of this legislation on HRM decisions is
lack of participation of employees, demotivation culture within the organisation.
Employee income security act : Employee benefits act should also need to adopted by the
company in which Company has to provide fair income to the employees.
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Employee Health & Safety act : Employee Health & Safety act is the must for the organisations
that helps to protect the company environment and goals.
7. Explaining how employees relations and employment legislation inform decision making and
meets the business objectives.
In order to maintained the good and positive employee relations and employment
legislation. Company has to focus on the employee relations in order to meet out out company
aims and objectives. Maintaining the healthy employee relation in an organization is a pre
requisite for organizational success (Thompson, 2017). Employee Relations helps to resolving
the employee issues and conflicts that continue to break the employer and employee relations.
situations. By acquiring the employment legislation this can help organization to acquire the
positive working outcomes and goals.
Employee relation and employment legislation make the process easier for HR manager,
where they get the positive response from employees. However, such implication can also helps
to reduce the employee stress and conflicts within the environment.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report it has been concluded that, how much HRM is significant within
the organisation in order to compete with the organisation goals and objectives. However, the
present report has explained about the HRM practices and its effectiveness within the company
positive culture. Also it explained the different approaches to recruitment * selection, Training &
development or performance management. It also explained about the HRM purpose or its
function such as hiring people, manage the employee behaviour, provide them training and
development and manage their compensation report. However, the effective management goals
also explained the different opportunity gain in different context. Further In the next segment,
study explained the different applications of HRM such as job specification, Job offer letter,
Interview notes etc.
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