Human Resource Management Report: British Petroleum Analysis

This report examines Human Resource Management (HRM) practices within the context of British Petroleum (BP). It begins by outlining the purpose and functions of HRM, particularly in resourcing and workforce planning, followed by an analysis of different recruitment and selection approaches, detailing their strengths and weaknesses. The report then explores the advantages of various HRM practices, such as training and development, and the importance of reward management, including intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, and flexible duty hours. Furthermore, it assesses the effectiveness of these practices in enhancing organizational profit and development, highlighting how HRM strategies can drive business success. The report also addresses the significance of employee relations and relevant employment legislation on HRM decision-making, concluding with an overview of the application of HRM practices within the work context.

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Purpose and Functions of HRM applicable to resourcing and workforce planning............1
P2 Weaknesses and Strengths of various approaches to recruitment and selection....................4
P3 Advantages of various HRM practices in an organisation....................................................5
P4 Effectiveness of various HRM practices in context of increasing organisational profit and
development................................................................................................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
P5 Importance of employee relations in order to influencing HRM decision-making..............7
P6 Elements of employment legislation and affect upon HRM decision-making......................7
P7 Application of HRM practices in Work Context..................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
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REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
There are various types of operations which are operated within company or outside of
organisation in decent manner (Cavusgil and et. al., 2014. ). These operation and activities which
are controlled and manage by the most important department of organisation that is human
resource department, this department plays a vital role in order to perform different types of
functions and operations of organisation in proper manner. This department controls various
activities of company. Human resource management controls various operations like conduct
training session for employee, increase effectiveness in performing different type of operations.
It aids to achieve goals and objectives of company in proper manner. It also arrange meeting to
discuss about the various agenda. Brititsh Petroleum is company which is one of six largest
company which provide different types of service which are related to provide petrol fuels and
other petroleum products. In this report it is explains about various roles and responsibilities of
HR manager various strength and weakness which are faced by company
TASK 1
P1 Purpose and Functions of HRM applicable to resourcing and workforce planning
Human Resource department is most important department which plays a crucial role in
to ascertain various functions of company (Watson, 2011). It monitor the performance of
various worker which are performing various activities within organisation. These functions are
selection of new applicants according to necessity made by company which perform their role in
accomplish of different operations of enterprises. Conduct new and advance training session for
worker of British Petroleum which aids to increase skills and capabilities to perform different
types of operations in effective way. HR manager also focus on performance of different
employee working in o0rganisation and give them appraisal to them. The main motive of this
department is to maximise the level of profit of company. There are various nature and scope of
HRM is explain in proper way.
Nature
 It is an continuous procedure.
 It mange various kind of methods which are related to finding gas and fuels which are
consumed by different clients. It also prepare an effective plan in order to select expert
employees from different mode according to requirement made by British Petroleum.
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 It also put focus on to create a dynamic environment for organisation. The major purpose of HRM is to make proper coordination with all department of
enterprises (Hewitt, 2014).
Scope
 In order to increase the knowledge and capabilities of different worker HR manager
conduct different levels of training session which to perform different types of task in
effective manner.
 HR manager of British Petroleum is to provide reward and compensation as per the
performance of employee.
There are five functions which are performed by HR manager of British Petroleum which are
explain below:
Provide training and development program. This function is deals with the conduction of
different types of new and advance tools and techniques which are implemented by HR manger
of British Petroleum to enhance skills and knowledge of employee working in organisation in
proper manner. It also plays an important role order to organisation induction program for new
worker who have join the organisation in effective manner.
Compensation and Benefits: The main objectives of British Petroleum is to perform various
operations which are concerned on to produce various petroleum products for consumer this aid
to increase productivity of company. The HR manger monitor performance and of different
worker and give them reward and compensation to them which boost morale of various worker
performing different activities within company. There are various reward and compensation
given to worker of enterprises:
 Implement strategies to implement flexible duty hour.
 Give paternal and maternal leaves. Extension of leaves according to condition explain by different worker.
Performance appraisal: The HR manager of British Petroleum focus on to maintain
effectiveness in performing different types of activities of organisation in effective manner. It
give appraisals to those worker which give their tremendous effort to accomplish task in proper
manner.
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Planning: it is responsibility of HR mange of company is to prepare a effective plan which
helps to perform different task in stipulated time. Before performing any operations the HR
manger needs to form a plan to execute the task (Disch, 2016).
There are different functions which are related to HRM are given :
 Hiring and selection of new candidate for company.
 Prepare effective plan and policies which are related to British Petroleum. Encourage worker to perform different function in stipulated time.
Best Fit approach vs. best practices
Best practice Best fit
It is concerned with giving appraisal to worker
according to their performance.
There are various practices which are
implemented to maintain effectiveness in
performing different types of work.
HR manager encourage their worker to achieve
goals and objective of enterprises.
It help to ascertain competitive advantages to
British Petroleum.
Soft and Hard models of HRM
Hard skills: There are various operation and activities which accomplish various
function in proper way. The main objectives of HR manager of British Petroleum is to hire and
select new worker for organisation. It also fulfil needs and desire of different worker.
Soft skills: HR manager of British Petroleum is to follow the instruction which given by superior
management of company. The main objectives of company is to increase capabilities of
employee.
Workforce Planning :
Types of organisation Types of labour power market
Independent primary Subordinate primary
Core It controls the different
regulation of worker,
expert professional and
the other members
Those worker which
are get unionised due
to competition with
the union of different
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labour.
Periphery Craft Secondary
Worker who have high
capabilities are comes
for union craft.
It is related with
worker who ascertain
low capabilities.
P2 Weaknesses and Strengths of various approaches to recruitment and selection
The HR manager of British Petroleum is conduct different interviews and online
examination to fill vacant post in organisation ( Benn, Edwards and Williams, 2014). There are
two method of recruitment which is ascertain by HR manager of organisation in order to recruit
new worker to perform different types of functions of organisation in proper manner. These two
methods are internal recruitment and external recruitment method.
Job analysis: It is concerned with various term and condition and description about the job,
perform roles and responsibilities by new worker.
Job descriptions: it is concerned with duties roles ad responsibilities which is to be performed
by new employee who wants to join the organisation.
Personal description: this is concerned about the qualification, eligibility criteria which makes
new employee eligible to apply for post. There are two process of recruit and hire new candidate
by internal medium and external medium. And also determine strength and weaknesses.
Internal recruitment and selection:
British petroleum select new candidate for enterprises. It is low time taking methods and
very cost effective. HR manager of Brtitish petroleum do not recruit new applicant from outside.
There are three main medium by which internal methods of recruitment are as follows:
Promotion: This methods is used by manger to give promotion to existing employee on
the new post.
Transfer: This method is concerned on to transfer employee from old department to new
department of company.
Employee referrals: this is method which is concerned with capabilities of worker to
company by giving post by the references of relatives and known person in order to fill vacat
post within company (Ross, 2017).
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Strengths:
 it is very cost effective and less time taking process.
 The HR manager of company already acknowledge about skills and knowledge of
existing employee (Kircher and Jain, 2013).
 They always focus on to promote different workers.
 It increase performance level of worker.
Weaknesses
 Lots of issues ad problems are arises between worker. There is no opportunity to choose the new applicant.
External recruitment and selection:
This is concerned about the hiring of new applicant from outside of organisation by
different medium like from institution, by campus placement by giving advertisement and many
others.
Strengths
 It is very costly process and also very time consuming.
 It is essential to provide effective training for newly joined worker.
Selection is the method tom choose new worker according to skills and their efficiency to
perform their roles and responsibility. After completion of this method HR manger of British
Petroleum organisation induction process to introduce new employee to existing employee.
On boarding: It is method to introduce new employee in enterprises. HR manger needs to
introduce new joiners to their department. New employee acknowledge with their aims and
objective.
Induction process: This process is utilise by HR manager to get them acknowldge about the
process and culture of organisation, vision of organisation and other important information. It is
organisation form very first day of joining. There are different problems and issues during
performing induction program.
 Capability of employee
 effect aims and objectives of employee.
P3 Advantages of various HRM practices in an organisation
There are various types of HRM practices which are implemented by British Petroleum
which are describe below:
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Learning, training and development: In order to increase effectiveness in skills and
knowledge of various workers this aids to maintain effectiveness in performing different types of
work in proper manner (hepherd, 2014).
Difference between Training and development
Training Development
It focus on to enhance skills and knowledge of
worker which are performing different types of
activities of organisation in proper manner.
It develop overall performance of worker in
effective manner.
The main objectives of HR manger is enhance
performance of worker of company.
Implement new methods to perform different
operations.
It is essential for manager to analyses about needs and want of different workers. There
are two kinds of training process which are implement to trained different worker.
On the job training: this process is implemented within company. It is cost effective there are
different types of methods like job rotation, coaching, internship, Apprenticeship and new
process.
Off the job training: This process is concerned with trained to different workers outside from
company. Brititsh Petroleum hire and expert trainer to different worker. Like seminars,
conferences and other process (hillips, 2012).
Reward management: HR manger give reward to employee on basis of their performance of
worker. There are tow types of reward systems which are as follows:
Intrinsic reward: This type of reward is given by the management as per the behaviour of
employee working in organisation in proper manner.
Extrinsic reward: This reward is given by the organisation on basis of performance of
employee.
Flexible duty hour: The HR manger of British Petroleum needs to maintain flexible duty hours
in order to perform different activities in effective manner. Company needs to implement 8-9
hour to perform work in company.
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P4 Effectiveness of various HRM practices in context of increasing organisational profit and
development
The main motive of British Petroleum is to increase profit level of company and also
remuneration to worker. Due to implementation of different types of HR practice implemented
by company in order to motivate their employee to perform different types of task in proper
manner (Shafritz, Ott and Jang, 2015). It also aids to capture large number of shares if market.
On the basis of these HRM practices aids to enhance productivity of different types of work
which are performed by organisation in proper manner. So manager of company encourage their
worker in order to attain goals and objectives of organisation and also attract large number of
customer in short period of time. Apart from this there are different factors that benefited to the
employees of British petroleum which describe below:-
 Talent management:- It is utmost responsibilities of HR manager to get knowledge
regarding all the skilled and talented employees in organisation on the basis of which
they utilised it in their decision-making which help in increasing profits of company.
 Information system:- This term also known as knowledge administration under which HR
manager of British petroleum need to maintain all the data and information of workers
who worked for organisation and apart from it maintain effective communication
strategies in which important decision communicate to workforce at adequate manner
which leads to accomplishment of daily targets.
 Logical thinking:- Under this whatever the rules and standard made by organisation must
be strictly adhere to whole management and respective deadline given to workforce for
accomplishment of particular task which increase productivity also.
Therefore, these factor need to be address by British petroleum in order to increase the profits
and productivity of business.
TASK 2
P5 Importance of employee relations in order to influencing HRM decision-making
Meaning of employee relation:- This term describe as way in which HR manager use such tools
and mechanism through which he or she able to maintain peaceful relation between employer
and employees.
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As employees are main assets of company so it is very important to build strong
relationship with their employee. So HR manager of British Petroleum needs to focus on to
acquire information about the different issues and problems of employee working in company.
There are different medium by which company can build strong relationship with workers which
are performing different types of work in proper manner (Alarcon, 2011).
Effective communication: HR manger needs to focus on to maintain healthy relationship
between workers which are performing their work in various department of organisation. So HR
manager needs to implement modern communication system which aids to deliver different
operations in proper manner.
Sharing of vision. It is responsibility of HR manger is to share aims and objective of
organisation in order to perform different types of work in effective manner. There are various
types of strategies and policies which are made by company in order to achieve aims ad
objectives of organisation in proper manner.
Apart from different point that allow British petroleum organisation to maintain good employee
relation and benefits they gained are discuss below:-
 If good relation has been maintain between superior and their subordinate then they both
easily understand each other ideas and opinion at the time of solving complex situations.
 Good relation among whole workforce allow the organisation to establish team spirit and
they are able to complete mutual task in better manner.
 Both superior and their team members works without conflicts and disputes then this will
facilitates better coordination and cooperation among business.
 Good relation facilitates implementation of changes in their organisation structure which
allow them to beat all the challenges of rivalry.
P6 Elements of employment legislation and affect upon HRM decision-making
There are different types of rules and regulation which are imposed by company in order
give protection to various employee working in organisation. This rules and regulation made by
government to maintain balance between management of organisation and its employee. The
management of company needs to follow the various types of activities of organisation in proper
way. These rules and regulations plays a important roles in order to manage different types of
different types of company in proper manner (Ten Brummelhuis and Bakker, 2012).
Various objectives of Employment legislation
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 it give chance to different worker in order to show their talent.
 Give protection to different children to abuse.
 Create effective environment for workers of company.
 Monitor the issues of different workers
There are different legislation of workers which are mentioned below:
Equality Act, 2010: This legislation is related with to maintain equality between different
employee from the side of management of company. As per this act HR manager do not able to
create differences on the basis of cast, sex, religion , colour and many others (Helmreich and
Merritt, 2017).
Health and Safety Act: According to this rule the manager of company is responsible to
ascertain safety measures to their employee and also put their effort in order to handle health
issues of organisation in proper manner.
Data protection: it is responsibility of company is to collect and gather different types of
information about the number of employee working in organisation in proper manner. British
Petroleum needs to accomplish all documentation process which aids to smooth running of
business in proper way. Manager needs to collect personal information about different employee
working in organisation. The main objectives of laws are maintain collaboration and and
coordination between different worker who are performing different types of work in effective
manner.
Minimum wages act:- This law states that every employee must get minimum wages through
which they satisfy their basic needs and desire and if the employees not getting that minimum
amount then the person who suffer has right to sue against company and compensate all the
losses which incurred to them.
Anti discrimination act:- This law says that no employee can be discriminated on the basis of
caste, creed, religion and colour and if individual is not treated equally in organisation then he or
she has full right to file case against company. This law is applicable to all organisation which
comprises of at-least 15 employees.
Therefore it is important for British petroleum to consider all the mandatory law that enforced on
company otherwise they have to face huge penalty and effect negatively on their brand image.
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