A Comprehensive HRM Report: Rent-A-Car's Strategies and Challenges

This report provides a detailed analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within the context of a Rent-A-Car business. It begins with an introduction to the role of HRM in organizational success, covering functions such as recruitment, selection, and orientation. The report then delves into the strengths and weaknesses of different recruitment and selection approaches, differentiating between internal and external methods. Task 2 explores the benefits of HRM practices for both employers and employees, including retirement and healthcare benefits, background checks, and applicant tracking. The report also examines the effectiveness of HRM practices in raising profits and productivity, such as training, performance management, and conflict resolution. Finally, Task 3 emphasizes the importance of employment legislation and its influence on HRM decision-making, highlighting protections for both employees and employers. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and insights regarding the effective management of human resources within the Rent-A-Car business.

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Purposes and functions of HRM............................................................................................1
P2 Strength and weaknesses of different recruiting and selecting approaches in Rent a car......2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
P3 Benefits of HRM practices in the business for employer and employee...............................3
P4 Effectiveness of HRM practices for raising profits and productivity ...................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
P5 Importance of employment legislation that influence to HRM decisions making................5
P6 Key elements of employment legislation...............................................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P7 HRM application in work related context..............................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
HRM plays an important role in the success of organisation and its development. In this
regard, manager of the business continuous develop their operations and outcomes that helps to
considered several new things in enterprise. Recruitment, selection, performances appraisal, etc.
elements consist very important role that determines by the HR to enhance their business
activities (Geppert, Matten and Williams, 2016). In this context, present report is based on Rent-
A-Car business as per the given scenario which provides car on rent to tourists. They have
several kinds of functions and operations through they will easily deliver their objectives and
goals in new areas of the market. For gaining insight knowledge of the company, present report
will cover functions and purposes of its HRM. Furthermore, strengths and weaknesses of
different approaches of recruitment and selection in this firm will be discussed. Moreover, it
provides effective results to ascertain employment legislations that are important and carry for
decision making.
TASK 1
P1. Purposes and functions of HRM
In Rent-A-Car, there are different purposes and functions has been carry that assists to
make creative results at workplace. There are different kinds of goals also carry such as long
term short term, etc. hence, following are different functions carried by the business to make
effective functioning in the business unit (Shaw, Park and Kim, 2013).
Recruitment and selection: In this function, the chosen organisation has advantages to
recruit and select new candidates at workplace. With this regard, qualified candidates will be
develops at workplace that assists to meet with positive results of Rent-A-Car. In the selection
strategies, right member at right post will be determines that make effective functioning at
workplace.
Orientation: In the orientation program, new employees will be selected at workplace
which taking fundamental step to accomplish goals and objectives. Therefore, the selected
business will easily get more profits at workplace.
In addition to this, Rent-A-Car is also pursued several benefits to accomplish their
purposes in effective manner. Therefore, they are able to work effectively to make strong
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competitive results at workplace (Brunckhorst, 2013). Following are different purposes exists
that create more results at workplace:
 Maintain good conditions: HRM of the chosen organisation has several benefits to cope
up effective results at workplace. In this regard, several people exists that are encourages
towards the work and effective performances in business. With the help of good working
conditions, the chosen organisation able to deliver roles and responsibilities to each
person at workplace (Jensen, 2017).
 Enhance employee relations: HRM also taking important part for maintaining good
relations with different members. In this aspect, goals and objectives will be accomplish
at Rent-A-Car. It can be influence to the work performances of the business.
P2. Strengths and weaknesses of different recruiting and selecting approaches in Rent a car
There are several methods exists through the business can deliver their effective
performances in new areas (Schaufeli and Taris, 2014). There are several kinds of styles exists
that assists to make creative functions in the business.
Recruitment: Recruitment is the effective process in which goals and objectives will be
accomplish to deliver effective results at workplace. In Rent-A-Car there internal resources has
been used that assists to accomplish targets and effective results in systematic manner. Following
are some strength and weaknesses ascertain of this method in business:
Strengths:
 Rent-A-Car has effective advantages to create morale among existing employees so that
objectives and goals will be accomplish in systematic aspect.
 In this aspect, the chosen enterprise has benefit to take less cost in their operations and
functions (Boet, Bould and Tricco, 2014).
 Believe also maintains on the existing employees those are working in the business unit.
Weaknesses:
 However, this method create high competition at workplace which impact negatively on
the business outcomes.
 Lack of creative ideas and opinion
 Lack of motivation towards the existing work (Head and Alford, 2015).
Selection: It is another important element of the selected business unit for developing
functions and operations in new areas. With this regard, the selected business has adopted
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external source through they will easily enter in the new areas for delivering effective
functioning (Weekley and Ployhart, 2013). In this aspect, following are certain advantages and
disadvantages exists that create more profits and revenue at workplace:
Strengths:
 Rent-A-Car has advantages to identify fresh candidates who have creative opinion and
ideas towards the business.
 With this aspect, the selected business unit need to implement their operations and
functions from various alternative. Therefore, it is the best way to considered effective
information at workplace (Jennings and Stadler, 2015).
Weaknesses:
 High cost occurs at workplace which create major issue in the business enterprise.
 More quantity also create confusion to take decisions regarding selection of the people.
TASK 2
P3. Benefits of HRM practices in the business for employer and employee
With this aspect, Rent-A-Car has several advantages to implement different activities that
assists to accomplish goals and objectives at workplace. As results, the chosen business will
easily meet with goals and objectives that assists to take several targets elements in the business
(Klingner, Nalbandian and Llorens, 2015). HRM practices determines following benefits at
workplace that assists to meet with effective results at workplace:
Retirement benefits: In order to give proper support and outcomes, at workplace of
Rent-A-Car several benefits provided after retirement. Therefore, it creates positive impact on
the functions and operations to meet with different challenges and problems. It is also created the
best aspect because the company has opportunities to hire new skilled member at workplace who
possess opinion and ideas towards the work. It also reduces working hours of employees and
provide them several benefits (Manvi and Shyam, 2014).
Healthcare benefits: In this aspect, HRM require determine different ways in which
financial report will be assess. In addition to this, in Rent-A-Car health benefits assists to attract
people towards effective working environment. Therefore, it makes proper functions and
operations at workplace. Further, awareness and values also created at workplace that assist to
accomplish desire results at workplace (Griffin, 2013). Healthcare benefits also encourages take
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important part in the business objectives and goals. Therefore, it is important element for
ascertain more profit at workplace.
Background checks: In this way, HRM of Rent-A-Car require assess background
information of the people through they can easily develop their functions and operations in
systematic way. It is the best perspective that enhance participation of people in the business and
develops targets at workplace (Griffin, 2013). Manager of the organisation require to continuous
check background of their employees so that their objectives and goals will be accomplish in
systematic manner. It is the best way to encourages people towards the work performances.
Recruitment and applicant tracking: Further, HRM practices consist tracking of the
employee performance that assists to meet with goals and objectives in systematic manner. It is
the systematic process in which understanding will be develop among employees regarding
Rent-A-Car. In this way, the chosen organisation can develop their performances and objectives
that assists to accomplish systematic results. It makes proper functions and operations in the
business environment that create effective functioning at workplace (Peppard and Ward, 2016).
This is the crucial element which signifies to enhance performances and objectives.
P4. Effectiveness of HRM practices for raising profits and productivity
HRM practices defines different benefits and outcomes to develop more profit and
outcomes at workplace in systematic process. With this aspect, the chosen organisation will able
to increase their productivity and profitability that create some effectiveness at workplace
(Bennett, Cramer and Lebel, 2015). Therefore, following effectiveness will be develops at
workplace that assists to meet with targets and outcomes in systematic manner:
 HRM has effective to provide right training to their employees: In respect to
considered effective plan, HRM taking important part that assists to meet with effective
results at workplace. In this way, HR department also consist responsibilities that brings
right people for right work in Rent-A-Car. In this way, the organisation prepare job
description and specification for recruit and select new member at workplace. It is the
best way to encourages people at workplace for ascertain more profits and revenue at
workplace (Shaw, Park and Kim, 2013).
 HRM also take care for enhance performance management: With this activity, HRM
of the chosen enterprise need to enhance their performances management that assists to
accomplish goals and objectives. Further, it also creates loyalty among members in their
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life. It is the best way for encourage them towards the effective results at workplace.
When organisation take proper care and management of their employees, it creates
effective results to enhance their performances (Boet, Bould and Tricco, 2014). This
element creates proper management of the goals and objectives at workplace. As results,
it helps to encourage people towards the business environment.
 Building of values and culture: In this aspect, the Rent-A-Car able to deliver effective
results and functions that assists to build effective results at workplace. This is because, it
encourages towards the goals and performances in systematic manner. In addition to this,
values and culture also helps to make effective functioning in the business environment.
It is the crucial aspect that create more profits and revenue in the business unit.
Therefore, adopting of new culture assists to make proper functions and operations in
business environment (Klingner, Nalbandian and Llorens, 2015).
 Management of conflicts: With the help of HRM practices, at workplace of Rent-A-Car,
conflicts also manages effectively. This is because, it protect employee and employer
from different element that create negative impact on their outcomes. Therefore, it assists
to develop results in significant manner. Furthermore, it is the best way in which the
chosen business will easily develop their performances and outcomes to attract new
people at workplace (Abdelhak, Grostick and Hanken, 2014).
TASK 3
P5. Importance of employment legislation that influence HRM decision making
Employment law consist important role in the business for developing their operations in
systematic perspective. With this regard, workers can be protected from the wrong work in
business unit with caring effective results through superiors. At workplace of Rent-A-Car, there
are many issues also take place so that HR manager need to develop their performances that
assists to enhance performances in systematic aspect (Weekley and Ployhart, 2013). Therefore,
rules and regulations need to be follow so that proper working conditions will be determines in
systematic aspect at workplace. With this regard, following are certain importance also consist in
employment legislation that influence to the decision making system of the chosen business:
Protection of employees: In order to follow the different employment legislation, HRM
decisions highly influences. In this regard, Rent-A-Car protect their employees through follow
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different rules and regulations. In addition to this, it also creates effective functioning within the
business environment to make effective functioning at workplace. In addition to this, they are
also developed skills and ability to ascertain effective functioning in the business unit (Bennett,
Cramer and Lebel, 2015).
Protection to the employer: Further, sometimes all legislations also helps to protect
their employer that are work at workplace in significant manner. With this aspect, several
important activities need to be implemented at workplace that are related with manager of the
organisation. As results, it makes smooth functioning and outcomes in the business unit. In
addition to this, employer also support from different activities that are take place in the business
environment (Shaw, Park and Kim, 2013).
Dual protection: In this aspect, Rent-A-Car has benefits to protect from the both sides of
employer and employee. Therefore, they are able to deliver effective results at workplace. It is
the best way to ascertain more profits and revenue at workplace in systematic aspect. All
legislation determines important participation to work in significant manner which defines
effective results in the business unit. It is the best aspect for development of the goals and
objectives (Boet, Bould and Tricco, 2014).
Economic stability: Economic stability is another important aspect that assists to
develop profitable results. In this way, organisation gain more outcomes that make creative
results and outcomes in the business environment. In Rent-A-Car, this element ascertain for
growth of the positive results that are take place very important role in significant manner. It
makes significant results in the organisation (Abdelhak, Grostick and Hanken, 2014).
P6. Key elements of employment legislation
At workplace of Rent-A-Car, there are different kinds of employment legislation exists
that create positive impact on the business for their development. With this regard, enterprise
need to solve these issues and problems through follow employment legislation. It is the best
way to encourages them at workplace to accomplish their effective targets and outcomes at
workplace (Weekley and Ployhart, 2013). Therefore, following are certain key elements exists
that impact positively on the business:
The Employment Right Act: This act passed by the government to make proper support
and encouragement to each individual at workplace. With this regard, existing law on individual
rights are essentially provided as per the law of labour. In Rent A Car, there are several people
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work together so that manage r has duty to provide same right to all member and treat them as
per their qualifications and interest areas (Klingner, Nalbandian and Llorens, 2015).
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975: According to this act, Rent-A-Car need to protect their
employees from sex discrimination. Therefore, HR manager has duty to protected men and
women from the discrimination on the ground of sex. This Act is connected and concerned with
several elements of the organisation such as employment, training, education, harassment, etc. It
is the best way to encourages people towards the work and create significant results at
workplace. In addition to this, people also require protect from work performances with
comparison so that it create effective results at workplace (Abdelhak, Grostick and Hanken,
2014).
The equal pay act 1970: According to this act, Rent-A-Car has duty to provide same
payment to all people who are work together in the business and pursue same qualities and roles.
Therefore, it helps to develop skills and abilities at workplace that are related to the business
operations and functions. When manager set same payment of wages to their employees, they are
able to encourage all people to give their efforts at workplace. Therefore, it impacts positively on
the functions and operations. In addition to this, it also helps to motivate people on the ground of
work performances (Boet, Bould and Tricco, 2014).
The Race retaliation act 1976: This act signifies equality among several people who
pursue different religion, caste, colour, etc. With this act, Rent-A-Car unable to create difference
among their several members on the basis of race. Therefore, they have to protect their employee
to create effective functioning at workplace. In addition to this, employee treat same however
they belong to different nation, education facilities, etc. Therefore, it assists to develop effective
functioning in the business environment (Bennett, Cramer and Lebel, 2015).
The Disability Act 1995: In this aspect, the chosen organisation has responsibilities to
encourages their employees through providing them extra benefits at workplace in the systematic
manner. With this aspect, they have responsibilities to provide same right and outcomes to each
member at workplace who disable to work. Therefore, they are able to deliver effective results
and outcomes in the business environment (Shaw, Park and Kim, 2013).
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TASK 4
P7. HRM application in work related context
In respect to deliver effective results and outcomes, in Rent-A-Car HR assistant post is
vacant so that they can promote in the following aspect:
Job description
In this way, the organisation require describes knowledge, skills and abilities of workers
performance in which they are performs duties and responsibilities. Therefore, following
requirement essential for the HR assistant:
Job description
HR assistant
Rent A Car
Academic classifications
 Management course masters and BBA MBA in HRM.
Personal attributes
 Good communication skills
 Leadership skills
 Depth knowledge about HRM
 Interpersonal skills
Experience
 3 Years’ experience in the assistant post of HR
Physical fitness
 Handsome, smart and good working age between 21 to 33 years
Curriculum vitae
William john
Email: [e-mail]
Mobile no. +211194
Personal profile
I have experience of 3 years of HR assistant. I am hard worker and stand with motivator as well.
In addition to this, I pursue qualities to learn many things in effective aspect. With the help of
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these qualities, organisation able to deliver their performances in different areas so that I think
my capabilities match with your job requirement.
Education qualifications
BBA: HRM from Harvard university 2012
MBA HRM Cambridge university 2014
Associate experience
 Three years of experience in Sainsbury
IT skills
 Microsoft office package and knowledge of SPSS
Personal details
 like to travelling, reading and photography
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that HRM plays an important role in order to
gain effective results at workplace. In this regard, business develops their operations and
functions in several areas through ascertain more profits and revenue. In addition to this, Rent-A-
Car enterprise has been selected that works with effective HR people in the business. It is an
effective aspect that make proper functions and outcomes for gaining more profits and revenue at
workplace. Furthermore, report summarized about strengths and weaknesses of recruiting and
selecting employees at workplace. It is the best way to encourages people in significant manner.
Moreover, it also concluded that employment legislation which develops effective results and
outcomes at workplace. In addition to this, importance of the employment legislation also
develops that are essentially develops for understand different activities in the business unit.
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