Human Resource Management Report: Sainsbury's Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within Sainsbury's, a major supermarket chain. It explores the core functions of HRM, including recruitment, selection, training and development, and performance management, with a focus on how these functions contribute to achieving business objectives. The report delves into the strengths and weaknesses of various recruitment and selection approaches, such as internal and external methods, and evaluates their effectiveness. It also examines the benefits of different HRM practices, including conflict management and employee security, for both employers and employees, and how these practices contribute to organizational profits and productivity. Furthermore, the report investigates the importance of employee relations in influencing decision-making processes, key elements of employment legislation, and the application of HRM practices in a work-related context. The report provides a critical evaluation of the effectiveness of HRM practices and concludes with recommendations for improving HRM strategies within Sainsbury's. It also mentions the application of theories such as reinforcement theory and goal setting theory in the context of HRM.

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
The purpose and function of HRM.............................................................................................3
Strength and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selection............................4
HR functions for achieve business objectives.............................................................................6
Evaluate the strength and weakness of approaches of recruitment and selection.......................6
Critical evaluation of strength and weakness of recruitment and selection................................6
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................7
Benefits of different HRM practices for both employer and employees. ..................................7
Effectiveness of different HRM practices for raising organizational profits and productivity...8
Different methods used in HRM practices..................................................................................8
Evaluate HRM practices and their application............................................................................9
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................9
Importance of employee relations in respect influencing decision making process...................9
Key element of employment legislation...................................................................................10
Key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislation.........................11
Critically evaluate employee relation and the application of HRM practices..........................11
LO 4...............................................................................................................................................12
Application of HRM practices into work related context.........................................................12
Provide relational for application of HRM...............................................................................16
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is a practices of managing people to achieve goals and
objectives of company in effective manner. There are five important areas of human resources
which are staffing, development, compensation, health and safety and employee retention within
the each of these core functions, Hr conduct a wide variety of activities. The present report is
based on the Sainsbury which is biggest supermarket chain established at United Kingdom.
Presently the Sainsbury have 1428 number of location with 116400 number of employee. Its key
people are Lord, Martin and Simon Sainsbury. The report will explain the purpose and scope of
human resources management, applicable to workforce planning. This will explain the strength
and weakness of different approaches of recruitment as well as selection process. This will also
explain benefits of various HRM practices into organization for both employer as well as
employees. This will evaluate effectiveness of various HRM practices in order to raise
organizational profit as well as productivity with the help of theories. The report will shows
importance of employee relations for influencing HRM decision making as well as the Unitarist
theory of employee relation. Report will identify key elements of employment legislations as
well as the impact on HRM practices and decision making. At the end of the report will
application the different types of HRM practices into the work related context.
MAIN BODY
LO 1
The purpose and function of HRM.
HRM is process of recruiting, hiring and training employees. This is very important and
effective aspects where business have need to manage things in effective manner in order to
communicate messages in effective manner. The main purpose of HRM is to prevent the issue in
first phases as well as maximize the company performance through the better investment into the
right people in effective manner (Purpose of HRM practices, 2019). This creates more
effectiveness for business field have work the skills, knowledge and tools which have need find
the employ the top talent which are help to the employees for getting success in their roles and
ensure about the good and effective working conditions. There are various functions of HRM
which are as follows:
Recruitment as well as selection:

Recruitment and selection is important and effective function of Human resource
management. This create more effectiveness for the company in proper and respective manner.
With the help of this, Sainsbury is able to hire the best and talented employees for the team in
order to achieve common goals and objectives of company. In this company have best chance to
gathered talented employees for work in effective manner.
Training and development:
Training and development is the another important aspect where company have need to
work in effective manner. Through that Sainsbury can able to increase and improve the skills and
add extra knowledge of working process in effective manner. In respect to that management need
to manage complete work and its experience in effective manner with the help of reinforment
theory of training and development (Ahammad, Glaister and Gomes, 2020). This is the important
and effective function of HRM practices where employer is organized training and development
session for improving skills of employees.
Performance management:
Performance management is effective and corporate management tool which is help to
manager to monitor employee work. This creates more effectiveness for business to evaluate the
performance of employee as well as for improve that in proper manner. Through that business
have great opportunity where business have need to manage thinks in effective manner
(Functions of HRM, 2020). goal setting theory is help to manage the performance of employees
in effective manner. With the help of this employees are able to give their performance in
effective by understanding goals of company in effective manner.
Those are the most important functions of human resource management where employer
can hire the best candidate, tract performance and improve skills by organizing training and
development sessions in effective manner. Through that business have great opportunity to done
business and gathered profits in effective manner.
Strength and weakness of different approaches of recruitment and selection.
Recruitment is refers to the process of analysis potential applicants are highly bucked up
for the business as well as to apply for an actual or anticipated vacancy. selection is the process
where employer hire employees are shortlisted candidates as well as supply them a job in
organization in effective manner. There are two types of recruitment process which are internal
and external methods of recruitment explanation are as follows:

Internal process: In this process, Sainsbury fill the vacant post from internal recruitment like
promotion and transfer of employees.
Promotion: This is the internal method of recruitment at there company is able to fill the vacant
position by promoting junior at the senior level post (Boon, Den Hartog and Lepak, 2019).
Strengths and weaknesses are as follows:
Strength Weakness
Through that, Sainsbury is able to reduce
training cost because employee already have
knowledge of working in better manner.
On the other side, this can create issue between
the employees because another employee are
feel they are not capable for work with another
one selected for promotion.
Transfer: In this process employees placed on job position from place to another place on other
branch offices. Its strengths and weakness are as follows:
Strength Weaknesses
With the help of this, employer is able to
increase morale of employees as well as create
best feeling of their importance at the
workplace in effective and valuable manner
(Boon and et.al., 2018).
On the other side, this fill vacant post but again
create the vacant post office with same position
because one is transfer from one place to
another one.
External recruitment:
Social media advertisement: In that employer give advert about vacant post on the social media
from there candidate see and approach to company. Through that candidates are approach to
company and company select best one from them (Brewster, 2017). The strengths and weakness
of this are as follows:
Strength Weaknesses
company get better growth and addition
competitory advantage.
This comes with disadvantage which is time
consuming process.
Selection method:

Interview: Face to face interview method is best method for selecting employees by employer
able to select the best candidates for the work and for vacant post in effective manner. This have
strength and weaknesses which are describe are as follows:
Strength Weaknesses
With the help of this, employer of Sainsbury
get the idea of skill, knowledge and ability of
candidate. Through that management is highly
able to select best one employee for work in
effective manner.
On the other side, weakness is that employer
get the fear when employer asked any question
which is not related to the field the they are
not able to qualify interview (Guest, 2017).
HR functions for achieve business objectives.
There are various kinds of HR functions that are helpful for provide talent and skill to
employees. The primary functions HRM is training as well as development that is help to train
employees for achieving goals and objectives of company in effective manner (John and Taylor,
2016). Staffing is process where employer hire best candidates for company.
Evaluate the strength and weakness of approaches of recruitment and selection.
There are two type of recruitment process which are external and internal. Internal
recruitment process is help to hire knowledgable candidate for company from their existing
employees. Through that business have opportunity to select best candidate for team. On the
other side, with the help of external recruitment process company have advantage to attract new
talented employees for work. Ability test is method of selection which is helpful for checking
abilities in employees in effective manner.
Critical evaluation of strength and weakness of recruitment and selection.
Internal recruitment is help to hire employees who is known about company culture and
norms. In contradict manner, this is removing a member of an existing team may disrupt the
group overall performance.
Campus interview is the external recruitment approach in this employer hire candidate
from out side which is best but it is more cost taking approach.

On the other side, face to face interview is help to maintain the qualities of candidates.
This create negative impact on employee when employer asked question which is not related
with study.
LO 2
Benefits of different HRM practices for both employer and employees.
Explanation of different HRM practices are as follows:
Management of conflict:
Conflict management is process of confining negative aspects of conflicts while
increasing the positive aspects within the company in effective manner. The main main of
conflict management is to enhance the learning by including effectiveness or performance in an
organizational settings. There are five strategies which are help to employer for avoiding
conflicts from workplace avoiding, collaborating, accommodating, compromising and defeating.
This creates various benefits for employer and employees at Sainsbury. This will effectively
beneficial for employee at the time of employer solve all the problems which are faced by
employees (7 Human resources best practices, 2018). Through that conflict remove from that
and create positive work culture where employees are working in better manner. On the other
side, beneficial for employer of Sainsbury when employees not to face any problem then they are
ready to give hard contribution in order to achieving goals and objectives of company in
effective manner. For that management can use traditional theory of conflict management
which is help solve problems which are faced by employees at workplace by making proper
soluation after understanding the problems.
Providing security to employees:
Providing security to employees are main and effective aspect where company easily get
the trust of employees in effective manner. This is effective and valuable elements where
employer can achieve good and effective benefits at the workplace (Kianto, Sáenz and
Aramburu, 2017). This creates benefits for employer ad employees of Sainsbury. This creates
benefits for employer because when employer provide safety and security to their employees
then they are feel safe from their job and any accidents then employees are give hard
contribution for achieve goals as well as objectives of company. On the other side, this creates

benefits for employees any kind of accidents they are have security benefits from company.
Through that this creates benefits for employer and employees of Sainsbury.
Effectiveness of different HRM practices for raising organizational profits and productivity.
There are different kinds of HRM practices which are help to increase profits and
productivity of company in effective manner. Explanation of those are as follows:
Fair as well as performance based compensation:
Fair as well as performance based compensation is the effective and valuable aspects
where company have need to provide that for better work performance of employees in effective
manner. This help to build trust of employees in effective manner. For example: if two employee
of Sainsbury perform same and their outcome are same then employer need to provide same
appraisal to both. If company not provide same then employee disagreed and not able to give
hard contribution (Michael, 2019). On the other side, if employer give same and performance
based compensation. Through that profits and productivity of company in increasing in positive
manner. management have chance to get employee trust. For that company can use equity
theory of compensation. This theory said that pay fair compensation to employees as per their
performance.
Training and development:
Training and development is the main aspects where employer give best training to their
employees for achieve ther goals as well as objective of organization in effective manner.
Through that training and development session employees have complete knowledge of work
process and style and ready to give better contribution for achieve goals and objectives of
company in effective manner. Training and development session help to increase learning ability
of employees as well as work learning process (Mondy and Martocchio, 2016). for that
management can use learning type of theory which is best training and development theory. This
helpful for learn in better manner with the help of intellectual skill, verbal skills, attitudes and
cognitive strategies.
Those are the effective practices which are help to increase profit and productivity of
company in effective manner.
Different methods used in HRM practices.
Training and development is the best aspects where employee get proper knowledge of
work in effective manner. Like if employer of Sainsbury organized training session then

employee have complete knowledge of work which is help to increase profits and productivity of
company (Nankervis and Shields, 2019). On the other side, fair and performance based
compensation is aspect where employees are highly motivated for achieve goals and objectives
of company then productivity in increased in positive manner.
Evaluate HRM practices and their application.
Providing security is best HRM practices where employees get complete trust of
employees towards work because through that employees have chance to get accidental benefits
from company in effective manner (Papa and et.al., 2018). On the other side, conflict
management is another aspect where employer solve all the problems of employees in effective
manner which is helpful for employers and employees in order to create better working
environment. Through that business have chance to create effectiveness for company in effective
manner.
LO 3
Importance of employee relations in respect influencing decision making process.
Employee relation is very important and effective part of organization at there employees
can maintain work in effective manner. This create the positive as well as great employee
relations is help to make positive working environment in effective manner.
Negotiation:
Company use that strategy, where company helpful for creating effective relations with
people working within the organization as well as develop trust of employees. In order to that
company is create effective relations with employee working ion the Sainsbury is working into
the two way communication as well as that is help to develop the strong bounding with the
employees (Peccei and Van De Voorde, 2019).
Communication:
on the other side, communication is important part where employees are communicate
with employees in effective manner. This help to create better employee relation by using better
communication ways and style. Simple and easy communication technique is help to create
better relationship between the employees (Ren, Tang and Jackson, 2018). this will be helpful for
motivate employee in effective manner.
Recognition:

Employee dissatisfaction may recognition the negative impact on the growth of
Sainsbury as employees will not work properly. Low motivation rate is create the negative
impact on the business of Sainsbury. In respect to that management need to motivate employees
for working in better manner help to building better relationship with employees. The better
relationship with employees are help to create effective and valuable aspects for business. This
can affect to the decision making process of the HR because if employees are motivated then
they are always ready for giving effective work performance for achieve goals of company
(Soltis, Brass and Lepak, 2018).
Unitarist theory is the employee relation theory which is highlight the employees and
employer relations at the workplace. This help to make better relation between them in effective
manner. In that management try to make positive working environment at the workplace with
proper collaboration in effective manner.
With the help of this, HR practices decision making affect in negative manner. This
creates the effective as well as more effective achievement for the business.
Key element of employment legislation.
Employment legislation refers with all the employment laws that are follow by company
to proof their business legally. This help to provide specific legal guidance to Sainsbury for work
buy follow legal process. There are some legislations which are describe below:
Employment right act 1996:
Employment right act is refers with the job and company right to employees. In that HR
manager need to give all the rights to employees on their they have rights. For example: if
employees have their family function in that they required paid leave then HR manager need to
give and allow paid leave to them because this is the right of employee (Stewart and Brown,
2019). As per that, employment right act affect to the decision process of HR process.
Equal pay act:
Equal pay act is refer with pay remuneration to employees equally not in unfair manner.
For example: if employee of Sainsbury perform same task with same result then employer have
need to give same payment. Like if company not pay same then employees take action and that is
negative impact on company.
Sex discrimination:

In this company not perform unfair treatment as per the gender of employees. Like
company give more chance to male employees then company is affected with this act. On the
other side, if company pay same treatment to both male and female than company is affected in
positive manner.
Healthy and safety act 1974:
This act covers the complete safety is very important and effective for employees into the
company like working culture and flexibility working condition. This can affect the decision
making process of HR management if company is not provide complete safety measurement to
employees. The safety measurement are insurance benefits, accidental compensation and other
things. For example: if employees injured at workplace then management need to provide
accidental compensation to them if company is not provide then employee have right to make
sue on company. In respect to that management need to give better opportunity for business.
Through that this legislation is affect to decision making process of HRM.
Workers compensation act 1906:
Workers compensation act is refers with all the compensation which are important to give
employees at workplace like reward, compensation, benefits and overtime. For example: if
employees of Sainsbury done the overtime at workplace (Tang and Jia, 2018). In that HR need to
provide overtime compensation to employees if company not offers then employee have right to
take action against of them as per the worker compensation act. As per that workers
compensation act is affect to the decision-making process of Sainsbury HR in effective manner.
Those are the legislation which are effect the decision-making process of HR manager in
effective manner.
Key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislation.
Employee relationship management is affect to the making of decision process of the
company. management have to keep some message hide from employees. On the other side,
legislation also effect the decision making process of HR because of in that management take
decision as per that.
Critically evaluate employee relation and the application of HRM practices.
Employees relation play and important role in organization in term of managiong better
working culture at working place. But most of the time manager of Sainsbury convey their
message to one employee expect that not send to another one and employee best relation then he

said to them then it impact negative. Like if company follow all the legislation then company not
face any issues with that but when company not follow that then company affected by laws and
their regulations.
LO 4
Application of HRM practices into work related context.
The job description and person specification is most important and effective part of the
company through that business management can able to recruit and select the best candidate for
company as well as for vacant position. This creates more effectiveness for business Sainsbury.
job description is internal process and written document which clearly states the essential job
requirements. This includes the job roles and responsibilities of employees. On the other side,
person specification is proper description of the skills, qualification, experience and other
attributes which a candidates must process to perform the job duties in effective manner.
Here is select the vacant post is Human Resources Assistant.
Job description for human resources assistant:
Job Title Human Resource Assistant
Report to Head of Sainsbury
Responsibilities Scheduling appointments, Administering tests, conducting orientation,
information as well as maintaining records.
Qualification Master's and Becholser's in Human resource management.
Associate degree of computers.
Employment
contract
Full time job
Salary 50000 to 60000 pound yearly
Expected start
date
1 January 2021
Interview date 23 December 2020
Interview process Telephonic round and face to face interview