Human Resource Management: Functions and Vodafone Company Analysis

This report provides an in-depth analysis of Human Resource Management (HRM) functions, with a specific focus on recruitment, selection, training, and development within the context of Vodafone, a multinational telecommunications company. The report begins with an introduction to HRM, emphasizing its role in enhancing organizational performance through effective people management. It then provides a company overview of Vodafone, highlighting its global presence and service offerings. A literature review explores key HRM functions, including recruitment and selection, detailing the processes involved in sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates. The report also examines training and development, emphasizing their importance in enhancing employee skills and career growth. A critical discussion and analysis section evaluates the effectiveness of Vodafone's HRM strategies, particularly in recruitment, selection, training, and development. It analyzes how the company manages and develops its employees, comparing different talent management approaches and utilizing relevant theories. The report concludes with recommendations for Vodafone to further improve its HRM practices, such as leveraging digital training and enhancing employee onboarding processes. References to academic sources are provided to support the analysis.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
Company overview..........................................................................................................................1
Literature Review.............................................................................................................................1
Functions of human resource department :.................................................................................1
Recruitment and Selection:.........................................................................................................2
Training and Development:.........................................................................................................2
Critical Discussion and analysis......................................................................................................3
Evaluation of the effectiveness of recruitment , selection, training and development strategies
in Vodafone company.................................................................................................................3
Analysis of how business manages, development of its employees and use relevant theory to
compare different talent management approaches......................................................................4
Solution and Recommendation........................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the process of managing the people at workplace in most
effective manner so that they can help organisation to achievement higher level of performance.
This department of the company helps in better understanding of how they can effectively
manage people at workplace so that it can improve their performance for the better growth and
achievement of goals and objectives (Armstrong, and Taylor, 2020). The main purpose of the
report is to understand about the tow main function of human resource management. This
functions of organisation is requirement and selection and training and development. In this the
detail explanation of requirement and selection in order to understand about the various aspect of
this function. It also explain training and development function of human resource department
that helps in better understanding about importance of this function and also how company
manage this function in most effective way so that it can helps in better achievement
organisational goals and objectives.
Company overview
This report is based on multinational British company Vodafone, company is
telecommunication brand and its headquarter is in London United Kingdom. Vodafone is global
enterprise division enterprise that provide telecommunication services to the customers and IT
services as well. The company has 150 corporate clients in 150 countries. It was listing in
London stock exchange and also company has secondary listing on Nasdaq. Company is
multinational telecommunication dealer that provide best network and IT services to its
customers so that they can increase the level of customers base by provide them high quality
services.
Literature Review
Functions of human resource department :
As per the viewpoint of Ruth Mayhew, 2021, an effective processing of human resource
department of the business can help them in better growth and success. Human resource
department helps company to manage business's most effective resources in most effective
manner so that it can increase the level of business effectiveness and better growth. The most
valuable resource of business is employees and proper management of these employees can lead
company to the growth and high profitability (Armstrong, 2019). There are various functions of
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human resource department that helps increase the level of effectiveness of the company.
Recruiting right candidates for the right job is one of the most important function of the human
resource management.
Recruitment and Selection:
As per the viewpoint of Ruth Mayew, 2020, recruitment and selection process refers to
organisation's hiring processes and the requirements of candidates ion the organisation and
selection of various candidates. The requirement and selection process can define individually, in
this process the first step of requirement is sourcing the human resource department of the
recruiter is focused on selecting the appropriate resources for identify the suitable quality
application of candidates. Use of accurate sources helps in better fulfilment of the needs and
wants of the organisation form the candidates. In the first stage of recruitment recruiter select the
resume of the candidates where the details about candidates profile is acceptable. For this they
can identify the right person for right job, this process of Recruitment helps in understanding
about the candidates skills and abilities. The next step of recruitment is screening, this involve
comparing employment applications and the various resume for the job description and job
positioning to know which candidate meet the requirements of job description. After the
screening of the various application the next step of requirement is interviews, many candidates
are selected for interview process that helps interviewer to select most appropriate employee for
the business. After the interview process the last step is to select the best candidates according
the job description. Thus the requirement and selection of process of the company helps in
selecting the best candidates for the job so that they can give effective performance in the
organisation. This process of human resources department is one of the most important and
difficult for the human resource manager. This assist company to address most effective process
of HRM so that company can have talented and skilled employees in the company.
Training and Development:
As per the viewpoint of Kathy Irish, 2019, creating training and development program is
one of the most difficult task for the human resource department. But when the company
complete this session in most effective manner its ensure the growth and success of the
organisation. The employee training and development program is used by the human resource
managers for the better development of employee ability to work in most effective manner.
Training and development is tow different aspect of the human resource, employee development
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refers to when the employer provide help to their employee to enhance their skills, acquire new
knowledge, and process growth in their over all career. Whereas employee training refers to the
all the programs that company develop in order to provide employee understanding about
technical skills and knowledge, development in their personal growth within an organisation.
Each training class support the growth of employee in the organisation, employment training and
development programs helps in better growth and motivation of the employee in the
organisation. These programs are conduct by the human resource manager. There should be an
appropriate plan for the training and development program in the company.
Critical Discussion and analysis
Evaluation of the effectiveness of recruitment , selection, training and development strategies in
Vodafone company.
In human resource department there are various functions that help organisation in better
growth and effective management of people at work place. In the context of Vodafone, there are
various human resource functions that assist company in better growth and effective
management of resources (Boella, and Goss-Turner, 2019). Below are various functions of
human resources management that helps in effectiveness of Vodafone company.
Recruitment: This one of the most important aspect of human resource department,
recruitment refers to the process attracting new and talented candidates into the organisation in
order to fulfil the needs and want of employees within an organisation. Recruitment is an long
process that involve attracting candidates, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and on boarding of
employees. In the context of Vodafone, the company use various sources to identify the needs
and wants of the employee and analyse how which resources company can use in order to select
the candidates for the organisation. Company recruit employee from the internal and external
recruitment, in internal requirement company hire employee from the pre existing staff so that it
can increase efficiency of organisational performance and in external requirement company hire
employee from outside the organisation.
Selection: This process of human resource management select the most qualified person
who can perform their job in most effective manner. The selection system of company is depend
on job analyse, human resource management ensure that selection criteria of job should be
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related and provide meaningful organisation value. The purpose of selection process is to
fulfilment of vacant positions in the company. In context of Vodafone, company select
employees from the long requirement process that helps them in better selection of candidates
and effective management selection process.
Training: This refers to the all the programs that company organise in order to
development of professional skills and ability of the employees so that they can give effective
performance within an organisation. Training program assist organisation to provide employees
an insight about how they could perform in the respective job and how it increase the level of
effectiveness in their performance (Boon, Den Hartog, and Lepak, 2019). In context of
Vodafone, company organize various training session for the employee in order to make them
understand about the all IT functions of the company and the role employee play in order to
make organisation more stronger in the market.
Development: This function of human resource department involve the development of
skills and capabilities of employees so that they can provide performance management and
development of session planning in order to make better growth and success. Development
usually refers to the educational performance so that it can increase the level of effective
performance in the company.
Thus, all the function of Vodafone provide better strategic planning about the growth and
achievement of goals and objectives of the company by the workforce management.
Analysis of how business manages, development of its employees and use relevant theory to
compare different talent management approaches.
In business there are various strategies that human resource department use in order to
develop improved performance of the employees (Chams, and García-Blandón, 2019). Human
resource department use various functions for the efficiency and effectiveness in the performance
and growth. In the context of Vodafone, company use various strategies for the improvement in
the employee performance and development in their capabilities. Below are some strategies that
company use in order to maintain better performance in organisation.
Training: This method company Vodafone, use to increase the performance of
employees in the organisation so that they can provide better productivity and outcomes to the
company. In training session of Vodafone, the managers of the company guide employees about
how to perform their jobs and how can they increase the level of effectiveness in the company.
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Manager make various videos, podcast, individual and group based assignments, so that they can
helps employee in effectiveness of their performance and growth.
Job rotation: Vodafone use this strategies to make employee understand about the new
skills and the jobs within the company. The different job role perform by the employee makes
them more capable for job rotation and also increase their personal skills.
Couching: Managers of Vodafone company, helps and guide employee so that they can
effectively performance their task and activities of business. This also helps the organisation to
increase the level of employee motivation in the company(Crawshaw, Budhwar, and Davis, eds.,
2020). It helps in better understanding of the work employee is doing and how can they perform
the task in the organisation.
Mentoring: After couching and training session managers of Vodafone ensure that they
monitor the performance (Morgeson, Brannick, and Levine, 2019)(Stewart, and Brown,
2019)of every employee in the organisation and give them feedback about the work they have to
perform.
Thus, from the various strategies Vodafone ensure the effectiveness in the performance of the
employee and growth of the company.
Solution and Recommendation
From the above information it can be recommended to the organisation that they are
using most effective strategies for the development of employee and make them more capable
for the organisation. Vodafone can enhance their development programs by use of digital
training to the employees and increase the level of effectiveness in the company. They can
introduce employee to the organisation with more effective manner so that it can help in better
growth of the employee in the company and increase the level of effectiveness. From the digital
learning company can improve the performance and productivity of the employees in order to
make organisation more stronger and successful. Vodafone can hire most tented employee in the
organisation so that they can help in effective performance and growth of the company.
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CONCLUSION
From the above information it can be conclude that human resource management of the
business helps in effective management of people at work place so that they can provide
organisation effective performance and profitability. This function of organisation helps in
management of all the different department and the people working in those department, so that
it could enhance the performance of the company and the people working in the business. In this
literature review about the various functions of human resource department and viewpoint of
different authors that assist better understanding about those functions and their process. The
requirement and selection process of company helps in selecting the best candidates for the
company so that they can fulfil the expectation of employers. In training and development
program helps company in better growth of employees within an organisation.
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REFERENCES
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Online references.
Ruth Mayew, 2020,Recruitment and Selection Available through
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Kathy Irish, 2019, Training and Development, Available
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program>
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