Analyzing Tesco's HR Practices and Employee Development

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Introduction of Organization
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
1.1....................................................................................................................................................4
1.2....................................................................................................................................................5
1.3....................................................................................................................................................6
2.1....................................................................................................................................................8
2.2...................................................................................................................................................9
2.3..................................................................................................................................................11
2.4..................................................................................................................................................12
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14
Recommendation...........................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................16
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Introduction
The report here will highlight about the various aspects of human resource practices so that the
personal as well as professional skills can be analyzed and determined. The initial part will
highlight about the various job skills based on their positions as it will enable in analyzing the
time management and personal skills of individuals. In order to determine the individual skills
SWOT analysis will also be conducted as through this the weak areas can be determined and
accordingly actions for improvement can be taken. The last part of report will evaluate the
contribution of employees within the Tesco Plc so as to gain competitive advantage. With this,
various suggestions to the firm has also been provided which will enable Tesco Plc to improve
their performance in the competitive market.
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1.1
A Tesco PLC is a public limited company of the UK. It is a retailer mechanise company trading
in the multinational groceries products. This company having its business headquarter in the city
Welwyn Garden City. The role of the HR of the Tesco PLC Company is to analysis business and
employee skills by set up various standards in front of the employee through which they pass in
order to fulfil the skill criteria so that HR of the company satisfy with their skills. The HR of the
concern company is work towards the employee to provide appreciation when they do their work
effectively and efficiently (Tescoplc, 2019). CPD ensure the HR maintain and use employee
knowledge and skills in the professional for delivering quality services to the customers, society
and other. In this way, HR also works towards the CPD for increasing efficiency of employees so
they can deliver their work efficiently.
Here it will be discussed on the skills and attributes of the production manager of the Tesco PLC
Company.
Quality manager: The function and role of a quality manager is to overlook the quality of the
product which is going to be delivering in the market. The reason is the customers of the Tesco
Company always prefer quality of the products which are manufactured by the company. The
other function of this manager is to understand the needs and demands of the customers for
developing an effective quality control over the production unit (Belcher, 2019). It also performs
the function to set and fulfil the requirement t of raw material on time so that production team
can manufacture products and meet the objectives of business of the company as well as their
customers.
Payroll manger: Payroll manager is the manger of the concern company which maintain
contained the entire unit information regarding payroll (Belcher, 2019). The function of this
manger is to maintain all the information of the company which regarding the cost related
because this manger is directly associated or connected to the cost and it possess business cost
related information whether the money investment in business and other business concern area.
A payroll manager has the ability and possesses capabilities to play two different functions at a
time simultaneously. He can play the role of managerial role and strategic role in business.
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Production manager: A production manager is the person who has the responsibilities of the
organization to fulfill and use the available resources in an optimum by getting more output with
full efficiency. There are various responsibilities of this manager in order to meet the basic
requirement of the company such as make planning and organising production related schedules.
A production must possess the knowledge and skills of related field so that he knows how to
manage and fulfil business requirement (Belcher, 2019).
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1.2
Personal SWOT Analysis
Strengths
1. Ability to learn new things and inculcate it in
the daily behavior.
2. Strong networking skills that will aid in
making new connections and help in growth
opportunities.
Weakness
1. Easily trusting everyone. It can create
negative impact in the long term.
2. Poor Listener, due to complete work in the
given deadline, sometimes important
information is let out.
Opportunities
1. Learning new skills not necessary related to
work, that will be beneficial in the long-run.
2. Job availability in any organization that will
help me grows personally as well as
professionally.
Threats
1. Not grabbing the right opportunity at the right
time.
2. Settling for less than what I deserve to have.
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Professional SWOT Analysis
Strengths
1. Very adaptable in doing the work that comes
in my way.
2. Ability to influence the subordinates to work
hard and as a team.
Weakness
1. Anger, sometimes the pressure builds up too
much and this causes unnecessary flow of
anger.
2. Not delegating work efficiently. It can cause
some issues in the team later.
Opportunities
1. Opportunity to being promoted on a higher
position.
2. Getting opportunity to teach subordinates new
things, and act as a mentor (Gürel and Tat,
2017).
Threats
1. Colleagues, who are currently juniors, but
have tremendous potential.
2. Manager who does not support me on
personal level.
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1.3
Short Term Goals for 6 Months
The goal for developing proper communication would be achieved by arranging a meeting
between all departments and developing process for effective communication
Proper training and development can be done for the new communication techniques for the
business
Learning cycle includes the areas of understanding the various new communication tools
available in the market and then deciding which tool is best suited for the company and finally
procuring such communication tool (Abyas & Uyargil, 2016).
There are various barriers for learning and implementing communication process as it needs a
proper understanding and willingness to adapt new technology which might not be possible for
all employees.
Medium Term Goals for 12 months
These goals can be achieved by analyzing the needs of employees and providing employees with
the production based incentives to motivate the employees. Also by adapting the proper
technology and training sessions for employees can help in increasing productivity of employees.
Employees can join various online training classes which help in improving the performance
(Abyas & Uyargil, 2016).
Various training sessions and trial runs on the new technology should be done with the help of
employees which makes the employees use to such new technology thus helping in increasing
efficiency.
There are various barriers in increasing employee performance which includes increase in the
cost of the technology and processes. Also there will a change in the environment to which
employee has to adapt.
Long Term Goals for 2 Years
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These goals can be achieved by proper research and implementing strict policies relating to
wastage in the production process. Also implementing various negotiation techniques would help
in achievement of goals.
Proper training of employees of production department and specially employees who are
involved in procuring of material should be done which would reduce cost in long term
The process of reduction of cost would take time and all the departments will have to make
changes in the policies and process to reduce the cost of the organization.
Continuous increase in the inflation and the price of raw material is a barrier in the reduction of
cost of production of the company (Abyas & Uyargil, 2016).
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2.1
To achieve the desired success, the organization has to take every employee on the same page.
This will not only benefit the organization, but will also benefit the employees professionally, as
well as personally.
Tesco has certain methods that it applies for the Continuous Professional Development of the
employees. This leads to ensuring certain standards across the company which are high and
constant among the employees (Fullan, et.al., 2015).This also promotes greater work engagement
in the firm and lets to enhancement of the personality of the employees. It also ensures
employees commitment to the work and they are satisfied with their performance. They are
eligible for monetary gains for the respective work performed as well.
Through CPD, Tesco aims at utilizing maximum staff potential and this also helps in improving
the morale of the staff. This is also used as a useful benchmark that can be applied in the
appraisal period. The methods used by Tesco to implement CPD are:
 Training and Development of Staff
 Meetings in regular time frame.
 Promotions to enhance their capacities.
This report is about the various personal and professional aspects of a product manager. It
involves how the manager performs a SWOT Analysis to evaluate his current situation and what
measures can he take to enhance his skills. The report also involves the importance of CPD in
Tesco and how the company is implementing it to boost the morale of the employees to increase
the productivity of the employees as well as the company.
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2.2
Continuing Development Plan
As a production manager, there are some skills and qualifications required. Following are the
skills which are required to be a professional production manager:
Planning Skills- Production manager should be able to manage and plan all the activities related
to the production of any goods, services and products (Oduaran, 2015).
Technical Skills- A production manager should have a good knowledge about the technical
machines and equipment used in the production.
Problem-solving skills- This is basic form of the skills which every production manager should
have. A production manager should able to handle problematic situations and should proper
solutions to resolve them(Oduaran, 2015).
Leadership skills- A good leader will help in effective and efficient planning of the target. Also,
the target will be achieved smoothly, if the leader is able to handle its team. As a production
manager, it is his duty to meet the deadlines and the target.
Communication Skills- A production manager should have good communication skills. The
communication skills will help him clarify his actions and plans to the employees, thus avoiding
confusion(Oduaran, 2015).
 Skills required by Tesco PLC
While working with the Tesco, a production manager should have following skills and
qualifications for the better functioning:
1. Tesco requires a Graduation degree certificate and 8 years of working experience in QA.
2. The candidate should have an experience in factory operations, assessments, audit and approval
processes.
3. Experience in delivering the training the internal teams and suppliers.
4. Excellent communication skills, organization skills, influencing and negotiation skills
5. Fluency in English and Mandarin (Tescoplc. 2019)
6. Comfortable in Mac and Windows environment
7. Good knowledge about SEDEX and EQOS
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8. Good knowledge about LEAN, SIX SIGMA and Industrial Engineering (Not necessary)
(Tescoplc. 2019).
Tesco requires these above mentioned skills in those candidates who are applying for the post of
production manager.
 Importance of CPD
Continuing Professional Development is a type of self-analysis. The CPD is done when the
person analyse himself to know the skills and qualifications they perceive. CPD is important as it
helps a person to know what skills they have and on what segment they need to improve.CPD is
also important because it helps the business to run effectively and efficiently. This is because
once a person knows about his skill; he will be able to handle the task and operations (Oduaran,
2015). Also, the CPD helps is giving a meaningful contribution to the organization. CPD also
helps in moving the person forward. Once a person knows his skills, he will be able to improve
which will help in achieving new positions and new management. CPD also leads to increased
and better public confidence in the profession as a whole. CPD also helps in a deeper
understanding about the profession (Oduaran, 2015).
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