Human Resource Management Practices at Sainsbury's

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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Table of Contents
ASSIGNMENT 1........................................................................................................................................................... 3
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................... 3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................................................. 11
ASSIGNMENT 2........................................................................................................................................................ 12
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................... 12
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
1.1.............................................................................................................................................................................. 13
1.2.............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Task 2........................................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.1.............................................................................................................................................................................. 18
2.2.............................................................................................................................................................................. 21
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................................... 24
3.1.............................................................................................................................................................................. 24
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................................................. 28
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................................ 29
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ASSIGNMENT 1
INTRODUCTION
Human resource management (HRM) is one of the key department of the business
organization. Human resource (HR) department is responsible for the hiring and selection
of the effective employees that serve the cause of the business and achieve aims and
objectives (Foster, 2014). HRM is the process in which HR manager try and manage the
human resource as well as increase work efficiency of human resource through various
training and developing programs, motivation, communication, monitoring, administration,
etc. the main role and responsibility of HRM is to seek and recruit suitable person for the
desired place within the business organization.
The assignment chooses Sainsbury’s business organization as it is the third biggest
supermarket chain in the UK country with approx. 17% share of the supermarket.
Sainsbury's provides various ranges of products to their customers. Having more than
1400 retail stores in the UK and 186900 employees working for the Sainsbury’s business
organization makes it the perfect organization to understand the functions and roles as
well as the purpose of human resource management effectively. The assignment report
also focuses on the various recruitment and selection process that was used in the
Sainsbury’s retail stores and strengths and weaknesses of the process.
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TASK 1
1.1
The main purpose of HRM within Sainsbury’s is to find appropriate individuals for the job
role and managing and increase the efficiency of the human force within the organization
by using various methods such as training and development, motivation, etc. training and
development is very crucial in order to manage and increase the productivity of the
workforce. Also, the various functions of the HRM maintain the interest of employees for
their job. Following are the purpose and functions of HRM within Sainsbury’s (Foster,
2014).
Main Purpose of Sainsbury’s HRM
Internal Customer Management
HRM of Sainsbury’s determined and implements the method and rules and policies that
needed within the organization. HRM effectively manages the internal activity that affects
the business organization. HR effectively communicates with the employees of all the
departments and levels and understands their needs with respect to HR (Azeem et al.,
2015).
Laws
HRM is responsible for all the laws and acts related to human resource of the Sainsbury's.
The HR manager is responsible for the negotiation process and protects the rights of the
employees as well as respect all the rules made in order to protect the rights of employees
within Sainsbury's (Barrick et al., 2015).
Metrics
The HR department is the soul of the business organization as its main work hiring and
selection and management of the human resource is done for all the departments of the
Sainsbury's (Becker and Smidt, 2016). If the finance department needs extra hands they
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need to contact the HR department. That shows how the HRM department is closely
connected with all the other departments of the organizations.
Cultural Sensitivity
HRM of Sainsbury’s maintains the level of cultural awareness within the business
organization. HR understands and responds to the needs of all the divisions (Foster, 2014).
HRM is often called to manage cultural awareness within the organization.
Following are some functions of HRM within Sainsbury's retail business chain:
Functions of HRM
Planning
One of the main functions of HRM is to identify the needs of Human resource for the
business organization. HRM of Sainsbury's effectively considers the staff turnover factor
and plan according in order to satisfy the workforce demand of the Sainsbury’s (Fu et al.,
2015).
Staffing
After identifying the needs and requirement of human resource in Sainsbury’s the next task
of the HRM department is adopt effective and suitable recruitment and selection process
for hire staff (Fu et al., 2015).
Developing
One of the important tasks of the HRM is to successfully develop employees in order to
increase their work efficiency. HR managers often conduct various training and developing
sessions in order to improve the abilities of employees (Guerci et al., 2015).
Motivating
Motivating employees is a very important activity conducted by HR managers of
Sainsbury's in order to maintain the interest of work amongst employees as well as
increase job satisfaction for them.
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Figure 1: Functions of HRM
Source: Guerci et al., 2015
Managing Change
HRM is responsible for manage the change within the Sainsbury's. HRM can provide
effective training to the employees in order to adapt the change within a business
organization.
Maintaining Relationships
HRM department links to every department of the Sainsbury’s, for every problem with
respect to the human resource within the organization all the departments seek the help of
the HR department (Bratton and Gold, 2017). The HR department of Sainsbury's effectively
manages the relationship between all the employees as HR manager effectively
communicate with all that makes the work easy for them.
Evaluating
Another important function of HRM department of Sainsbury’s is monitoring the working
process or activity of employees within the organization and assess the performance time
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to time as Assessment and monitoring benefits employees as well as business. It shows
the areas of concerns for the employees through which employees improve themselves
according to assessment (Becker and Smidt, 2016).
Appraising
HRM department of Sainsbury's appreciates the good work done by the employees and
give them rewards and incentives in the form of an appraisal. Appreciation boosts the
morale of the employees within the organization and motivates them more for better work.
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1.2
Recruitment and selection process is one of the key responsibilities of the HRM department
of Sainsbury's. Finding and selecting the best individual for the work totally depends on the
effectiveness of the selection and recruitment process. The human resource considers as
the most valuable assets of the business organization as an effective and productive human
resource can guide the business towards success (Becker and Smidt, 2016). The success
and failure of the company are most of the time caused by the human force of the business
organization. The HRM department of Sainsbury's uses various selection and recruitment
process in order to find the right person for the job role as hiring a suitable employee
ultimately increase the productivity of the business organization.
Recruitment is the basic step of the HRM department after the selection process is initiated
in order to find a skilled employee for the job. The correct recruitment approach benefits
Sainsbury's to achieve business goals and objectives effectively (Cascio, 2018). Basically,
there is 3 Recruitment and Selection process adopted by the Sainsbury’s retail stores:
Internal sourcing
Internal sourcing is finding a suitable employee for the vacant job post within the
organization. It is a very effective recruitment process and usually follows in order to hire
existing employees (Farouk et al., 2016). These sourcing benefits the most to the
Sainsbury's as existing employees understand the working culture of the business
organization that helps the employee to adjust in the new job role easily.
Strengths:
 Internal sourcing saves lots of time for the HRM department of the Sainsbury’s as
hiring is done internally.
 As existing employee already understand the environment of the Sainsbury’s it is for
the employee to adjust in the job role as employee already familiar with working
culture.
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Weaknesses:
 Hiring existing employee for the different job role eventually left a hole in the
business as HR manager needs to find someone to replace him
 Hiring internally limit the options of the HRM of Sainsbury’s as they don’t seek
outside.
External sourcing
External sourcing refers to as hiring a candidate by the HRM of Sainsbury's outside of the
business organization. For external sourcing HR managers need to advertisement their
vacant job roles through various means of advertisement such as newspaper etc. external
sourcing hiring conduct on a big level as the advertisement can attract anyone from
anywhere (Bull et al., 2016).
Strengths:
 Extend the reach limit for selecting the perfect employee.
 External sourcing is an effective way to find skilled employees.
Weaknesses:
 External sourcing costs very much as a business have to pay for the advertisement.
 Employees need time to adjust to the working culture of the organization.
Third party sourcing
Third party sourcing refers to the process in which hiring and recruitment are made
through third-party companies such as counselors, recruitment company's, etc. third-party
companies find the suitable person matches with the job description and send to the
business organization for further process (Bratton and Gold, 2017). Third party companies
also advertise along with the Sainsbury’s.
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Strengths:
 Troubles of finding a suitable person and matches the requirement can be done by
third-party companies.
 Double advertisement as both companies advertises for the job role.
Weaknesses:
 Third party sourcing is very time consuming as an individual have to go through the
double process.
 Company has to pay to the third party companies.
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CONCLUSION
The report throws light on the significance of HRM within Sainsbury’s as how effectively
the HR department of the business organization effectively manages the employees that
work within the entire Sainsbury's. The report shows the purpose and various functions of
HRM within Sainsbury's that help the business to effectively manage the workforce
(Bratton and Gold, 2017). Along with it, the reports also presents the effective recruitment
and selection approaches used within the business organization to ensure for the vacant
position the right person is selected. Also, to shows the effectiveness of the recruitment and
selection process the report also shows the strengths and weaknesses of the Recruitment &
Selection process.
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ASSIGNMENT 2
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the impact of internal and external factors that
impacts the decision making of the human resource department at Sainsbury. It also
highlights the importance of employee relationships as well as throws light on aspects of
employment legislation. Besides the assignment also provide insight on incorporating
different HRM practices in the Sainsbury and evaluate the effectiveness in terms of raising
organizational profit (Phillips, 2012).
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