Resource and Talent Planning Report: Unit 19, Business HND, 2019

This report examines resource and talent planning within the context of a business, using John Lewis as a case study. It begins by analyzing current labour market trends influencing talent management and workforce planning, including an exploration of different labour types and the impact of factors like the aging population and technological advancements. The report then delves into the legal requirements organizations must adhere to during workforce planning, such as the Equal Pay Act and Health and Safety Act, alongside a discussion of anticipated skills requirements. Further, the report outlines effective recruitment and selection methods, including job descriptions and person specifications. Finally, the report explores the stages of the HR lifecycle and how these stages integrate with organizational HR strategy. The report concludes with a summary of the findings.

Unit 19 Resource and
Talent Planning

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Current labour market trend that influences talent management and workforce planning....1
Analysis of Current Labour Market Trends.................................................................................2
LO2..................................................................................................................................................3
P2 Different types of legal requirements which is taken by organisation at the time of
workforce planning......................................................................................................................3
P3 Current labour market trend and legal requirement by determining anticipated skills
requirement with examples..........................................................................................................4
LO3..................................................................................................................................................5
P4 Appropriate example of job description and person specification for recruitment and
selection.......................................................................................................................................5
P5 Different recruitment and selection methods for effective talent resource planning............7
LO4..................................................................................................................................................8
P6 Stages of HR life cycle that integrated to organisational HR Strategy..................................8
P7 How statges of HR Life cycle are integrated with organisational HR Strategy.....................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCE................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Resources are consider as tools and instrument of a business which are uses to perform the
activities and attaining the business goals. When people are running business then it is required
to have enough resources that can help to provide the better quality of products and services.
Talent planning is consider as skills and abilities of a person which are uses to accept the
challenges in business and get them competitive advantages (Ployhart, Weekley and Dalzell,
2018). It is important for business that employees should be motivate and satisfied then only they
can work effectively and maintain the good performance in competitive environment. This
project report is based on John Lewis that is department stores selling different types of products
at retail prices. This involves labour market trend and legal requirement, anticipated and current
skills, process that contributes in effective recruitment and selection and human resources life
cycle that uses in HR Strategy.
LO1
P1 Current labour market trend that influences talent management and workforce planning
Talent management – A process of collecting, recruiting and organising the skilled
people in organisation in order to completing the task and attaining the business goals is depicts
as talent management. Talented people are those individual who understand the goals of
organisation and give their efforts to complete the working by accepting challenges. Whereas,
labours are working for live their daily life by getting earnings. In John and Lewis, having
talented employees and labours who are working collecting by understanding their roles and
responsibilities so they can perform well and increase the organisational performance (Dalal and
Akdere, 2018).
Types of Labour Requirements
Labours are people workers who ready to work physically as they are not skilled and
talented. Such people are mainly working in factory as they work for completing the task and
giving profits to organisation. In John Lewis, labour are also working in different working that
help to complete the goals. The types of labour are as defined:
Unskilled Labour – This type of people are illiterate and not skilled who mainly works in
factory, mines and construction that helps to fill their requirement and earn some amount of
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money which helps to complete the assigned work. These type of people have talent to work
more and more as they have experience.
Semi-skilled Labour – This means people are not properly educated and ready to work in
organisation by showing their talent. They have abilities to understand what management wants
from them and how they can perform activities (Jiang, Li and Zhou, 2018). In John Lewis, semi
skilled workers are working as a cleaner, transportation, delivery and performing the task that
can help to complete task.
Wage Employees – In labour category, this is another type of employees who work on
daily wages basis. They works for organisation while running business and delivering the
products. The management of John Lewis are providing job opportunity to people as per their
skills that fill their requirement. They also get ready to work at low wages and helps to increase
the business performance.
Contract Labour – Such labour are working on the basis on contract for a fixed period
time. They work for wages and commission by managing activities. In John Lewis, statutory
employees are consider as contract labour.
Analysis of Current Labour Market Trends
In business environment, labour market is analysed by management who identify the needs
of labour in their organisation and recruit them to perform well. All organisation wants to solve
their problems and getting the work complete effectively so all activities can be perform easily.
The analysis of current labour market trend are as defined:
Ageing Population – Organisation should not provide employment below the age of 18
year as it is against of laws. No small ages of people should involves any dangerous and any
other activities otherwise it will be illegal. The management of John Lewis are focusing this
labour trend and recruit employees more than age of 18 years that can helps to perform the
activities and functions. In current marketing, aging population increasing as small child are
started to work in their small ages for filling their needs that has impacted badly. This are all
against of legal terms that can limits the business to operate successfully.
More Opportunities, Few Skills – This means organisation should provide opportunities
to skilled and other employees as per their trend that can help to perform all role and
responsibilities effectively and manage the work (Ambrosius, 2018).
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Trend – This means a general direction in which something is changing, developing in
people lifestyle. In other terms fashion or craze that attracts customers and deliver trendy
products and services. Some business concerns are using social media to aware the people and
increase their selling activities. As needs and lifestyle of are changing so this can help to increase
the organisational productivity.
Current labour market in UK
Part time job – This state current labour market in which employees works for a fixed
period or part time that helps them to get earnings.
Flexible hours – This means workers who are working in organisation have
opportunities to work as they wants. There is no wokers bound to work in a fixed time period
they can work alter work day.
0 hours contracts – This is a type of contract between employer and workers where
employees are not legally bound to work at least minimum hours and also not bound to accept
the work offered.
Analysis of current labour market that influences TM&WF planning
Political – In UK, government and political system are stable in current labour market that
helps John Lewis to recruit labours from UK and other countries that can help to increase the
workings of organisation and fill labour needs.
Economical – In UK, after Brexit number of businesses established which have influenced
trend market and workforce planning as they get job opportunities which they wants to fill their
need that influences positively.
Social – The needs and wants in current labour market is different where organisation need
to focus on them and should be provided accordingly that can attracts employees make happy. In
UK, current labour market is facing this challenges that has influenced WF and TM as they are
not able to filling their needs by working because management is not properly managed that
make dissatisfied to employees.
Technological – Technology is growing faster where current labour market has taken a
place in current labour market. This impacts on workforce planning and trend market as most of
the works are started to work from machines that has reduced the demand of labours that has
impacted negatively.
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Trend is affecting Labour market as number of people who are uneducated and educated
who needs a job so they involve in all activities in order to getting earning. In current trend
labour market is affecting in tight ways as group of people are working collectively who
performs activities effectively. Workforce planning influenced John Lewis as they work in
marketing, selling, transporting and distribution etc. that helps to increase the organisational
productivity and profitability.
LO2
P2 Different types of legal requirements which is taken by organisation at the time of workforce
planning
Workforce planning – This means a process which is uses by people to source the
candidates with different skills and talent that helps to work accordingly and attain the business
goals. In John Lewis, work force planning is a effective strategy which is uses by people in order
to attracts customers and selling them products and services. At the time of working all business
firms are required to follow the legislations and rules are as defined:
Equal pay Act, 1970 – This legislation was given by labour government of UK for the
purpose of preventing rights of all employees. According to this act, management should treat all
employees equally by paying equal that motivates them and perform all activities effectively.
John Lewis is running business by following this legislation in which it pay salary and wages
eq1ually to all employees who are same position and working equally. This provide satisfaction
and motivate them to work more (D’Annunzio-Green, 2018).
Sex discrimination act 1975 –According to this act, a business organisation should not
discriminate between men and women as both are eligible to work. They perform their business
activities effectively after getting opportunities. This is following by management of John Lewis
as it provide equal opportunities to men and women by analysing their skills and talent. In this,
management should not discriminate on the basis of sex and marital status. In such organisation,
women are working by using their skills and talent that helps to run a business and increase
performance effectively.
Fair labour standard act, 1938 – This legislation is given by federal government for the
purpose of providing fair pays to employees who are working in organisation and factory. In this,
management are focusing on overtime, eligibility, record keeping and labour standard that make
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satisfied and happy to employees and work effectively. In John Lewis, fair labour standard are
focusing by managers who records time and pay extra for overtime that provide them satisfaction
and helps to perform well in organisation.
Health and safety act 1974 – According to this act, employer should arrange the
facilities and equipment that can help to provide safety to employees. The manager should also
provide family safety in case of any injury occurred at the time of working in organisation that
provide job security and safety. In John Lewis, managers are providing good health and safety to
their employees who are working that helps to complete the task and attain the business goals by
increasing selling activities as they work effectively.
P3 Current labour market trend and legal requirement by determining anticipated skills
requirement with examples
Skills - This means an ability and talent to perform the specific task by managing all
activities and function is considered as skills. People who are working in organisation needed to
have skills and talent so they can accept new challenges and attain the desired goals. In John
Lewis, employees are a skill who are performing well and helps to increase the performance. The
current and anticipated skills in John Lewis’s employees that are as defined:
Current Skills:- This means abilities, knowledge and experience that helps to perform a
job role effectively. In John Lewis, managers are having current skills that are as explained:
 Proper communication:- For running business and sharing information communication
is important that can help to manage the activities and perform functions effectively. the
method of communication are verbal, non verbal and written that are uses by employer
and employees in John Lewis firm for the purpose of sharing important activities and
completing the task effectively (Pauli and Pocztowski, 2019).
 Building relationship :- In organisation number of people are working collectively as
they have skills to work as team and attaining the common goals. This is important skills
which is required to have employer and employee so they work collectively and solve the
problem of each others. In John Lewis, employees and labour are having such skills
which help to build good relationship with employer and getting the work complete. As
employer maintain the coordination with marketing, HRM, finance and other department
in order to getting the work complete.
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Anticipated Skills:- This means skills and talent which is required in future for
completing task and avoiding the potential mismatches and increasing the organisational
performance by improving capabilities effectively. In John Lewis, managers are focusing on
their performance and improving labour market providing training and development programme
to employees so they will work good in future and complete the task. Such anticipated skills in
chosen organisation are important that provide growth opportunities and stability in relation to
global market that are as defined:
 Technical skills :- In global market, continuously changes are happening where
organisation needs to adopt the new technology, innovation, software and automation that
helps to improve the business productivity and profitability. By using technical skills
manager can bring automation and better improvement by delivering best quality of
products. In John Lewis, managers are using technical skills for the purpose of delivering
best quality of products and services with the help of best delivery system that can
attracts customers and improve business profitability.
 Critical thinking :- For organisation it is required to think critically and rationally so
they cn work effectively. Such skills are important John Lewis who analysis the needs of
their employees and started to think critically. In John Lewis, employees and manager are
required to think strategically and critically that helps to perform well and increase the
business performance. Manager are bringing innovation and strategic thinking that helps
to make right business decisions (Ali and Mehreen, 2019).
 Coordination skills – In Labour market, Coordination is important where labour needs
to coordinate for task can be complete and attain the business goals. In John Lewis,
labour market is affected as they share and communicate the information with all
department that helps to attain the business goals.
For example, employees in John Lewis are working who analysis the current trend and
labour market as they have communication, technical, coordinate and critical thinking etc.
that helps to perform well and increase the organisational profitability.
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LO3
P4 Appropriate example of job description and person specification for recruitment and selection
Job analysis :- This depicts company’s jobs in job family that uses to gathering and
information about human resources for the purpose of filling requirements. This process is
performed by management of organisation after analysing the needs of job that help to find out a
job and fill all requirements.
Job Description :- The job description is a text designed to provide job seekers with an
overview of the key roles and obligations of the position to which they are applying. The
definition is typically drawn up by the person in the firm where managers are responsible for
coordinating the job selection process, mostly with the aid of the HR department of the
corporation and/or an external recruiter. In John Lewis, a vacancy is found for the profile of HR
advisor that can help to perform well and increase performance are as explained:
Company is as follows:-
Job Description
Job Title:- HR advisor
Company Name – John Lewis
Working Hours:- 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Job Overview:-
 The person should be responsible to attracts the highly talented people who can
recruit employees for each department by analysing needs and wants.
 Able to coordinate with all employees who are working organisation.
 Should have understanding about labour and current market trend.
 Follow all legislations which are related to welfare of employees and better
performance.
 Knowledge about pay slip and wages to labours
 Able to understand and solve the employees problems.
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Qualification:-
 Graduated in the field of B.COM, BCA.
 Higher Graduation is required in the field of Management
 MBA in HRM
 Experiences at least 3 years
 Good English conversation.
Duties and Responsibilities:-
 Proper making plans and strategies to increase sale
 A person who can identify the needs of employees in all department.
 Focusing on planning, organising and directing the employees for comple4ting task.
 Understand the requirement of training and should provide.
 Able to maintain the good relationship with all department and customers.
 Able to solve customer problems and give them appropriate solution.
Person Specification :- It is a document which is prepared by candidates for the purpose
of getting job and filling their requirement . This consider all details of candidate such as
qualification, responsibilities and talent that helps to understand what they can perform. A person
specification is designed for HR advisor profile such as:
Person Specification
Name – Rowling shaw
Email- [e-mail]
Criteria Essential Desirable
Skills  Communication
skills
 Management skills
 Time management
 Motivation
 Pay scale skills
 Coordination
 Computer skills
 Critical thinking
Qualification Under graduation from Management knowledge is
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Oxford University.
Post graduation in HRM
from recognised university
required
Knowledge  People management
skills
 Resource allocator
 Able to perform job
role effectively.
 Punctuality
 Employee
relationship
management
Experience 3 Year experience in Mark
and spencer as an HR
assistance
Job Description
Job Details
Post : Marketing manager
Company : John Lewis
Job Purpose
For marketing manager's job role energetic and creative participants are requested. The
applicant must have good and effective interpersonal skills and be well trained in all aspects of
marketing. The candidate should also have experience of planning training sessions and
workshops in order to support the organization so customer can understand and show interest
to buy products.
Roles & Responsibilities
 The marketing manager is responsible to attracts the customers by providing
information and uses that increases sales.
 Participation in increasing sales of products and services.
 Initiating different programs and trainings in order to increase employee engagement
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