Strategic HRM and Achieving Organizational Objectives - Unit 1 Report

This report explores the critical role of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) in enabling organizations to achieve their medium and long-term objectives, particularly within FP plc, a leading UK developer. It highlights the need for SHRM in recruiting qualified personnel, delegating responsibilities effectively, and maintaining an adequate workforce to align with corporate strategy. The report emphasizes SHRM's purpose in succession planning, employee development, and fostering collaboration between management and staff. Furthermore, it discusses HRM's contribution to staffing objectives, managing employee relations, and resolving workplace conflicts, using examples like Hilton's customer experience focus and Tesco's wage distribution issues. The report concludes by referencing academic sources that support the importance of SHRM in contemporary organizational management.

Strategic Human Resource Management

TASK 1
Understand how the strategic management of
human resources contributes in the
achievement of organisational objectives

(a) The need of strategic human resource management for medium terms and
long term
 The human resource are considered as an essential resource within the business
organization that generally renders services in accomplishing the medium and long
terms goals. FP plc is one of the leading developers and construction company in
the UK that uses land for domestic and business purposes.
 However, the business also focuses on developing the premium and luxurious flats
around UK in the exclusive location where company can easily get the raw
material. Furthermore, the company also target the prospective purchaser that
features high income.
 The long term goal of FP plc is to remain competitive and keep their major market
share within the UK property therefore, the need of strategic human resource
management is essential for the organization so that they can hire and recruit
qualified personnel for the organization.

Contd.
 SHRM supports the human resource manager in selecting the capable and
competent personnel that contribute in development of the FP plc. Furthermore, it
also support in ensuring that qualified candidate is being delegated adequate and
right responsibilities according to their experience.
 Furthermore the need of strategic HRM also helps the organization in maintaining
adequate human resource within the workplace as it contributes towards achieving
the corporate strategy of the organization. There is inter-relationship between the
corporate strategy and HRM function of the organization as it support in enhancing
the organizational productivity by maintaining the workforce within the workplace.

(b) Purpose of SHRM in an organization
 SHRM approaches is essential as it results in enabling
successful accomplishment of tasks and operations. The
main purpose of SHRM is to focus on the succession
planning within the organization so that management can
easily make effective utilization of available resources.
Therefore, it also plays significant role for the manager and
staff so that they can collaboratively work in accomplishing
the overall medium and long term objectives.

Contd.
 In addition to this, another purpose of strategic HRM is to focus on development of
workers and employees so that they can render quality services in the organization.
HR manager must focus on devising training and development session for their
employees and workers that support them in improving and amending the required
skills that result in achieving the medium and long term goal of the organization.

(c) The contribution made by human resource management in assisting organization to
achieve its objectives
The management of human resource within the organization is consider as key component that
assist organization in gaining success in the competitive environment. It is the main purpose of
HRM to manage workforce according to the goals and objective that assist the firm in gaining
global recognition. Human resource management basically focuses on ensuring staffing objectives
that is concern with ensuring that organization is properly managed by adequate and qualified
human resource that support in accomplishing the organizational objective. For example, the main
objective of Hilton hotel is to deliver quality experience to their guests and customers who visited
their hotel. For achieving this, HRM of Hilton hotel must focuses on devising effective
recruitment and selection policies for the organization so that they can recruit effective and
competent personnel that deliver exceptional experience to the guests through meeting their all
needs and wants. Through fair recruitment and selection structure it support in recruiting
competent employees that contribute their services in achieving the objectives.

Contd.
 Another contribution made by human resource management
is to manage and build employee relation by managing and
dealing with the issues and conflict that arises at the
workplace. For example, dispute or conflict arises within the
Tesco related with improper distribution of wages to the
same level of employees. Thus, it results in increasing the
situation of conflict among the employees and employers of
Tesco. To overcome this situation, HR management must
focus on different employment policies that support them in
devising wage structure in an effective manner.

References
 Claydon, T. and Beardwell, J., 2010. Human Resource Management: a
Contemporary Approach. 6th ed. London: Prentice Hall.
 Colbert, B., 2014. The Complex Resource-Based View: Implications
for Theory and Practice in Strategic Human Resource Management.
The Academy of Management Review. 23(4).pp. 341-358.
 Gavino, C. M., Wayne, J. S. and Erdogan, B., 2011. Discretionary and
transactional human resource practices and employee outcomes: The
role of perceived organizational support. Human Resource
Management. 51(5).pp. 665-686.

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