Human Resource Management Practices in Morrison’s Supermarkets plc

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................7
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
Reference.......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
This report is including a brief discussion of the different practices of human resource
management practices that is applicable in any organization to achieve its organizational goals
and profits. However, the report also focuses on the entire factors associated with the HRM
practices in the UK based retail company Morrison’s Supermarkets plc that help them to enhance
their productivity. At the same time, different types of strategies that are applied in order to
improve the HRM practices is also accounted in this report that it helps to understand the
functions of HRM in an organization. On the other hand, the report also describes different types
of approaches that influence the decision-making process of human resource management.
Task 1
P3 Different types of benefits of HRM practices in Morrison’s Supermarkets plc for both
employer and employees
The success of any organization is depending on the suitable practices of Human resource
management as it provides different types benefits such as the selection and recruitment of
employees, manage the work balance, development and training, compensation and facilities that
are required in the organization in order to establish its profitability and goals. The HRM of
Morrison’s Supermarkets plc is also following the same trend. However, the HRM practices help
the management authority of Morrison’s to select suitable staffs or employees that help the
organization to mitigate their mission. At the same time, it is also required to maintain the
appropriate working culture that affects the productivity of the organization (Noe et al. 2017).
On the other hand, the employees are also helpful by these HRM practices as it guides them to
maintain the diverse culture of the organization. Similarly, the HRM practices can help both the
employees and employers to build up the balance among the entire functions and activities in the

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organization. The employer can build up an appropriate schedule for their employees and can
enhance the flexibility in the entire task of the organization. Here employees also helpful as this
schedule help them to understand their job role and timing. However, the employer of
Morrison’s has been followed HRM practices in their organization that they can train their
employees and develop their productivity. Employees of the organization also helpful as
appropriate training can develop the individual skills of employees and they can grow their
career. Morrison’s apply these HRM practices as it helps them to segment the entire facilities and
compensation that they have to provide to their employees. However, it is significant in order to
develop the growth of their organization, as it is a key factor that they can develop their
employee relation (Delery and Gupta, 2016).
P4 Effectiveness of HRM practices that raise profits and productivity for the organization
The HRM of Morrison’s understands the effectiveness of the human resource practices and that
is the reason they focus on to develop them appropriately in the organization. HRM practices are
the key factor that is affecting the growth of the organization. First of all the HRM of
Morrison’s focus on those of practices in their organization as it helps them to raise the
empowerment of their employees and that play a significant role behind the success of the
organization. For example, the Morrison’s pay great attention to select skilled employees in their
organization. At the same time, they also pay crucial attention that they can provide good
training to their employees (Noe et al. 2017). However, the management of Morrison’s well
knowing that the profitability of their organization depends on the performance of their
employees and that can never come if they do not provide the right training to their employees.
However, the reputation of the company is related to the productivity of the organization and that
cannot come without the effective role of their employees. At the same time, the management of

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Morrison’s also focuses on the compensation and benefits factors as these practices are very
effective. However, the organization can enhance the satisfactory factors by the HRM practices
that required maintaining the working culture in the organization. It helps the organization to
enhance the desirable profit that they secure as the goal of the organization. The overall
performance of the organization is also helping them to lead over their competition. However,
Morrison’s also develop their HRM practices that they can achieve their organizational profits
and productivity.
M3 Different types of the strategy used in HRM practices in Morrison’s Supermarkets Plc
Morrison’s Supermarkets plc has adopted different types of strategy to develop their HRM
practices. However, the management of the organization pays great attention to manage the high
level of performance that affects the productivity of the organization. At the same time, this
strategy helps Morrison’s Supermarkets plc to maintain their quality services and customers
demand. However, the high performance is required, skilled employees. This is the reason the
managers of Morrison’s focus on the recruitment and selection process of their employees.
Similarly, they use this high-level performance net strategy in their HRM practices that they can
motivate their employees. However, it helps the collaboration level on the organization that they
required in the organization (Haleem and Jehangir, 2017).
At the same time, the management of Morrison’s has developed the management of a high level
of commitment in their HRM practices that they can achieve the organizational profit for them.
They used this method in their practices as it helps them to regulate the entire task of the
organization by self-motivation. The management is applying this strategy to their employees
and controls their working behaviour. On the other hand, they can develop their employee
relations in a good manner of enhancing this strategy.

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The management of Morrison’s Supermarkets plc is also focused to increase the high level of
involving management that they can set up a balance in the organization. However, the
management of the organization can access a suitable decision associated with its employees by
involving them directly to the production of the organization. At the same time, they used this
strategy in their practices as it helps them to provide suitable knowledge they require to secure
the business profitability in the organization (Dobson et al. 2016).
D2 Critical evaluation of HRM practices and its application in Morrison’s Supermarkets
Plc
The Morrison’s Supermarkets plc has been applied to different types of HRM practices in its
organization in order to develop the organizational goals and to develop the productivity of the
organization. The HRM practices are playing a crucial role in the productivity of Morrison’s
Supermarkets Plc. However, the organization can focus on the overall performance by
developing these practices into the organization. The success of the organization all depends on
the performance of the organization and that does not come without the skilled performance of
the organization. However, the management should develop its selection procedure with
efficiency. Similarly, proper training also plays a crucial role in the organization as it denotes the
way of success for the organization. Therefore, it becomes the prior responsibility for the
organization that they develop suitable HRM practices in their organization that they can develop
their organizational profits and can mitigate the mission of the organization. At the same time
compensation and benefits, practices enhancing by Morrison’s Supermarkets plc is also
significant as it helps them to seek out the specific way that they can satisfy their employees.
However, it is very necessary in order to build up a good relation to their employees (Haleem
and Jehangir, 2017). The working culture of the organization also depends on the good

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environment on the working place and that cannot synthesize without applying the effective
HRM practices. Apart from this, the HRM practice is very important in the growth of the
organization as it helps the management of the organization to maintain the balance of the entire
task that affects the progress of the task in the organization. However, the progress of the entire
work of the organization is the key element for organizational success and it never can come
without the HRM practice. Morrison’s Supermarkets plc thus applies the entire HRM practices to
secure their progress.
Task 2
P5 Analysis of the importance of employee relations that influencing the decision-making
process of HRM in Morrison’s Supermarkets Plc
The Human resource management Morrison’s Supermarkets plc is paying greater attention to
build up a good relationship with their employees. They have a depth of knowledge that a good
relationship with employees is the necessity for the success of the organization. At the same
time, it also helps the management to enhance the satisfaction of human. The employees are
playing a crucial role to develop the level of productivity in the organization and that can only
come through a good interaction between the management and employees. However, the
management of Morrison’s Supermarkets plc is focusing this fact as it also helps them to take
their decision associated with their employees (Christy, 2015). They can understand the basic
issue of their employees while they communicate with their employees and that help them to
resolve the entire hazards and individual problems of their employees. At the same time, it helps
them to take proper strategy for their employee's betterment. Apart from this, the HRM of
Morrison’s Supermarkets plc know the key factor that a healthy working culture can only affect
the overall performance and thus they pay greater attention to develop the satisfaction level

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among their employees. At the same time, they build up a commitment to facilitate them in a
good manner. They provide several benefits to their employers that help them to build up a good
relationship with their employees.
P6 Identification of the key elements of the legislation of employment and its impact on
HRM decision-making process
The human resource management of Morrison’s also identifies the key elements of employee
legislation that help them to build up a good relationship with their employees. At the same time,
the management of the organization focuses on to regulate the entire law that is related to the
right of their employees. They follow the equal payment activity that is regulated by the act of
this. At the same time, they pay salary to their employees following the employment right act.
Similarly, they also focus on the factor that there is no discrimination of sex among employees
while they pay their salary (Taylor et al.2015). However, the HRM off the organization is also
following the regulation of minimum wages act that they can abide by the legislation of the
employees in their organization. They maintain the working time of their employees and that
helps them to develop goodwill among their employees. The working condition is also accounted
for by the legislative of employees and that affect the performance of the organization. However,
the HRM of Morrison’s is also focused on reducing sexual harassment from their organization
that helps them to maintain the working culture in their organization. This employee legislation
helps the HRM to balance the employee's behaviour and they can build up a good relation to
their employees. However, healthy and satisfied employees can enhance the desired success of
the business.

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M4 Evaluate the key aspects of the management of employee relations and employment
legislation that affect the decision-making process of HRM
The HRM of Morrison’s focuses on to build up a good relationship with their employees as well
as also maintains the entire legislative act in their organization. However, it helps them to take
the right decision about their employee. The human resource management of the organization
has depth knowledge that these are the many aspects that secure the organizational growth of the
organization. The employees are nowadays very conscious about their right and thus the
management of the organization should maintain the entire fact of working rights in their
organization. It is significant to enhance the success and profit of the organization. The
organization should maintain the entire act that relates the welfare of the employees otherwise it
can gain severals of dissatisfaction factors in the environment of the organization (Noe et
al.2017). However, it affects the overall production of the organization. Employees can be
violent if the legislation of them is not applied in the organization and in that case the
organization can never mitigate their organizational profits. At the same time, employee relation
is also accounted as an important aspect by the HRM in Morrison’s as they know the
significance of employee relationships in the organization. Human relation is important in the
success of the organization. Healthy and skilled employees are the key points behind the success
of the organization and that comes by a build up a good relationship with employees in the
organization. However, employee legislation and employee relation help the HRM to take the
proper decision. The legislative act helps them to determine a positive approach in the
organization and that is the reason they can proceed for different types of strategy associated
with employees. At the same time to build up a good relationship with employees to help them to
access, the entire disputes that affect the working culture in the organization. The HRM can

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resolve the entire disabilities of their employees and can recognize the requirements of their
employees. Apart from this, they can determine the proper training after accessing the entire
factor in the capability of employees.
D3 Critical evaluation of employee relations and the application of HRM practices that
provide information and influence the process of decision-making
In the decision-making process of HRM, the employee relation and HRM practices play a crucial
role as it provides different types of information that they can ensure the success of the
organization. When the employees are provided with suitable training then HRM can obtain the
entire factor that should be developed in order to set up a suitable training. The management can
find out the entire source of information that can include new ideas of training. At the same time,
the recruitment HRM practice also provides different types of criteria that are required in the
organization to enhance its betterment. At the same time while the organization provides the
benefits and compensation to their employees then they can access the entire demands of their
employees and that help the HRM of Morrison’s to take their decision (Bratton and Gold, 2017.).
In the other hand, employees relation provides them with definite information relate to the
productivity of the organization. When HRM communicate with their employees then they can
obtain the depth of knowledge about the entire disputes that affected the working culture.
However, it helps them to take a proper strategy to resolve the hazard situation from the
organization. At the same time employees, relation provides the entire information that helps
them to determine the gaps of skill assessment among their employees that is required to enhance
the organizational profit. However, it helps the Human resource management to develop such a
strategy that they can design such of developing programs for their employees that the gap can
be reduced. At the same time, the HRM can develop their business policy within a good manner.

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Task 3
P7 preparation of job description and specification of a person for a team leader in
Morrison’s Supermarkets Plc
The team leaders of Morrison’s have played a greater role in the success of the organization by
their working experience. However, they play a different role in order to develop the
performance of the organization. The HRM of Morrison’s recruits experienced and skilled team
leaders in their organization. However, the prior object of them is to introduce the mission of the
organization to their team members. At the same time, they motivate their team member that
they can meet up their deadlines of the task and the progress of the performance can be
maintained in a good manner. On the other hand, the team leaders of the organization monitor
and regulate the daily based performance of their team members that they can resolve the
disputes of the certain project with their effective skills of communication (Wheelen et al.2017).
At the same time, the leader of the team motivates their team members that they can perform
their best. However, it is the job of team leaders that they can maintain the training sessions of
their team members. Similarly, they have to search out the basic requirements of training for
their team members. On the other hand, team leaders play a crucial role to resolve the entire
conflicts into the team members.
M5 Rationality of job description and person specification in the process of recruitment in
Morrison’s Supermarkets Plc
The job of team leaders is rational in term of HRM practices in the organization. The team
leaders of Morrison’s have paled a greater role to maintain the overall performance of the
organization by their working experience and skills. Their role is rational as it can enhance the
overall performance of the organization. At the same time, in the recruitment and selection

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procedure of the organization team leaders can provide sufficient and suitable information to
their higher authority to select the right person for the desired post. Team leads can access the
regular performance of their team members and thus the can recognize the skilled person for the
post they hired for the project. However, team leaders can suggest the higher authority to the
entire attributes that are required for the designation however; it helps the entire HRM to take
their decision about the selection and recruitment procedure. Apart from this, the team leaders
can recognize the right person after regulate the individual performance of their team members
(White, 2017). The team leaders of Morrison’s have sufficient person specification attributes that
help them to recruit suitable employees in the organization.
Conclusion
It is concluded that HRM practices are playing a crucial role in the success of the organization.
The management can develop profitability for its organization by applying these practices.
However, these practice helping them to secure their success. The employee relation is well
maintained by the management as they focus on to build up a good relationship with their
employees. However, with the help of these types of HRM practices the management can resolve
hazards from the working place and can set up a schedule for the entire employees.