Tesco HRM Practices: Workforce Planning and Resourcing

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
TESCO

Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................................................2
LO1....................................................................................................................................3
P1...................................................................................................................................3
Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM that applicable to workforce planning
and resourcing an organization...................................................................................3
P2...................................................................................................................................5
Strength and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection.........5
P3...................................................................................................................................7
Explain the Benefits of different HRM practices within an organization for both the
employer and employee.............................................................................................7
P4.................................................................................................................................10
evaluate the effectiveness of HRM practices in terms of raising profit and productivity
of the organization....................................................................................................10
LO3...................................................................................................................................11
P5 ANALYZING THE USEFULNESS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYEES IN THE
RELATION WITH DECISION-MAKING OF HRM................................................................11
M4 EVALUATE THE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF EMPLOYEE RELATION MANAGEMENT AND
EMPLOYEE LEGISLATION THE AFFECT HRM DECISION-MAKING.....................................12
Effect of employee legislation which impacts the decision-making process of HRM. .13
P6 IDENTIFYING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION AND THE ITS
EFFECT OF DECISION MAKING OF HRM.........................................................................13
LO4...................................................................................................................................15
P7 THE USE OF DIFFERENT PRACTICES RELATED TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
IN A WORK-RELATED CONTEXT BY USING SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.....................................15
M5 THE APPLICATION OF HRM IS PRESENTED WITH THE HELP OF A RATIONALE...........18
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................20
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REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................21
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Introduction
Human resource management plays an important role in the success of an organization. it
deals with the management of the employees at work and maintains their efficiency and
performance in their work (Bailey, et.al, 2018). Tesco PLC is a British multinational company
is general merchandise and groceries retailer with its headquarters in England UK. It is
considered as the third largest retailer in terms of its gross revenue. The management of
Tesco PLC is focusing on efficient human resource management in its work environment.
This report is going to describe the purpose and scope of human resource management in
terms of workforce planning in the organization and also the effectiveness of human
resource practice will be analyzed to know its importance for both employee and employer.
Further, it will include the discussion on internal and external factors that affects the
decision making of human resource management and application of human resource
practice in the work environment of Tesco organization will be discussed in that report.
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LO1
P1
Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM that applicable to workforce planning and
resourcing an organization.
Human resource management
It is a strategic approach used in an organisation to fulfill staffing needs, maintain employee
satisfaction and making coordination between employees to achieve specific business
objectives. This approach uses specific processes, people and technology to accomplish its
functions and focuses on the internal part of the organisation (Banfield, et.al, 2018).
Purpose of human resource management
● It deals with the alignment of human resource with the business goals
● Fulfills staffing and training needs
● HRM focuses on increasing performance of the organisation by establishing a
relationship with the employees (Noe, et.al, 2017)
● It manages motivation, communication, and leadership between people in the
organization
● It provides high job satisfaction level to the employees
Functions of human resource management
Human resource management helps in planning for skilled talent in the organisation. there
are various functions performed by the human resource department of the Tesco
organisation for workforce planning in its organisation.
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Human resource planning
This includes a process in which the human resource department identifies the current and
future need of the employees in the organization to achieve business objectives and
determines the number and type of people are needed in the Tesco organization
Design of organization and job
The HR department is responsible for defining the organizational structure and also
describes the job roles and responsibility of the employees (Cascio, 2015)
Selection and staffing
The HR department plays an important role in selecting the right candidate for the right job
and fulfills the staffing needs in the organization. The HR department of Tesco is responsible
for the selection and staffing decision
Training and development
The HR department also provides training to the new employee to aware them about their
roles and responsibility and organizes development programs for the development and
growth of the employees.
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Organizational development
HR department focuses on the overall effectiveness of the organization through managing
the behavior of the employees at the work and that results in organizational development
Compensation and benefit
The HR department of Tesco takes responsibility for providing remuneration and other
benefits to the employees which increase their job involvement and job satisfaction.
Labor relations
It establishes a harmonious relationship between the employees through proper
coordination and communication and creates a positive work environment in the Tesco
organization.
Personal research and information system
It is conducted by the HR department of Tesco to collect the information from the
employees about the work environment, working condition, performance, etc. that helps an
organization to make improvements.
Employee assistant
HRM provides assistant to the employees in their day to day activity and communicates
policies and procedure of the Tesco organization with them
P2
Strength and weaknesses of different approaches to recruitment and selection
Recruitment is the process in which candidates are encouraged to apply for the particular
job openings. Selection relates to the selection of the right candidate for the right job.
Internal recruitment approach
Internal recruitment includes the process of finding out the suitable candidate from the
organization itself like through promotion and transfer. It provides strength to the company
because it eliminates the cost of the recruitment process and boost the morale of the
employee but it also has a negative impact because this approach doesn't give chance to
new talent and focuses on retaining the old one.
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External recruitment approach
External recruitment relates to finding out the candidates using external sources like
advertisement on social media, hiring through consultancies, ads in local newspaper and
television. This approach is more time consuming and requires a higher cost for publishing
the advertisement. This approach also provides strength to the company by collecting a
number of applications of qualified candidates and helps in to select the best employee
through wide coverage.
Face to face interview approach of selection
The skills and performance of the employee during the interview process helps in selecting
the best candidate but it might be possible during an interview process an employee is
presenting himself as a qualified candidate for a particular job but after the employment, he
is not able to perform his roles and responsibilities.
The online testing approach of selection
The application tracking system and other tools are used by the HR department of Tesco for
recruiting and selecting the most suitable candidates. This approach will help in collecting
application from the candidates and the selection procedure applies higher accuracy and
speed. Which gives strength to an organization to perform its HR related functions
effectively but sometimes it is not reliable and may include many barriers.
Assessment centers
Assessment centers develop multiple testing methods for selecting the best employees
which includes group discussion, aptitude test, logical or reasoning test. Assessment centers
focus on assessing a candidate in a more effective way but the unreliability of some tests
results in a negative impact on the selection process.
CV’s and references
CV’s and references of the candidates also helps in recruiting and selecting a qualified
candidate because it represents useful information about the candidate like personal
details, experience, background details. On the basis of this information, the HR manager
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can take a decision on recruitment and selection but the presentation of untruthful
information may create problem in selecting an appropriate candidate.
P3
Explain the Benefits of different HRM practices within an organization for both the
employer and employee.
Human resource management is an essential part of any organization. The objectives of
HRM is to drive success and increase the performance of the organization by increasing the
performance of the employees (Albrecht, et.al, 2015). Effective HRM practices are adopted
in the organization to achieve its business objectives by managing the performance of its
employees. The HRM practices in Tesco organization provide benefits to both employer and
employee to achieve their personal and business goals. Some of the benefits are presented
below:
Benefits for the organization
Staffing and training of the employees
The HR department takes staffing related decision and establishes recruitment and selection
process to select a skilled candidate for the organization and also takes responsibility of
conducting a training program to inform their employees about the job roles and
responsibilities.
New idea and innovation
By hiring new talent in the organization the company will be able to generate new ideas and
innovation through the active participation of the new employee in the decision making of
Tesco organization (Boxall and Purcell, 2011)
Planning for change
The effective HRM practices enable the employees to adopt the market changes and a
company can make changes in its work process through collecting the information from the
employees.
Development and retention of the employees
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The HR department is responsible for providing compensation and other benefits to the
employees and also organizes developing programs for them that result in continuous
development and retention of the workers of the Tesco organization
Performance management
The HRM department encourages the employees to increase their performance level by
providing time to time assistant and that results in to increase in the overall performance of
the organization
Attainment of the business goals and success
The HRM department focuses on employee management in the organization and increases
their performance as well as productivity level that results in the attainment of business
goals effectively and leads the Tesco organization towards great success (DeCenzo, et.al,
2016).
benefits for the employees
Training and development
The best HRM practices result in the effective training of the employees. the HR department
of Tesco is responsible for organizing training and development programs which helps an
employee to understand his job roles and encourages for his personal and professional
development (Ng and Dastmalchian, 2011)
Health and safety services
The HR department formulates work-related health and safety policies and procedure for
the employees. they also provide a facility of life insurance and medicals to ensure their
satisfaction level in the organization. the HR department of Tesco provides various health
and safety related services to its employees.
Increases the productivity level of the employees
HRM practices increase the satisfaction level of the employees by providing them several
benefits the HRM department review the performance of the employee and enables them
to take necessary action which increases their productivity level (Guest, 2011). The HRM
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practices in Tesco helps in increasing the productivity level of the employees as well as
achieving organizational goals.
Management of conflict
Conflict may arise between employee and employer or employee and employee due to their
disagreement on a particular decision and this may result in serious disputes in the
organization. The HRM practices help in resolving disputes in the organization and ensure
the efficient working of the organization. conflict resolution will help In establishing a
harmonious relationship between the employees of Tesco.
Developing good relations
The HRM department of Tesco is responsible for holding meetings and all official gathering
on the behalf of its management and HRM department also concentrated on building a
relationship with the employees, clients, suppliers, and others (Bratton and Gold, 2017).
Career and promotion opportunity
HRM department of the Tesco is responsible for providing career development opportunity
for its employees so that they can get a clear direction towards the achievement of their
career goals and can focus on their personal as well as professional development to gain
promotion and other opportunities
active participation in decision making
HRM practices provide an opportunity to an employee to give his active participation
managerial decision making so that an employee can feel like a part of the organization
which will increase his job involvement and performance level (Jose, et.al, 2011)
Remuneration and other benefits
money is the best motivation source for an employee which increases his productivity and
performance level in the organization. the HR department of Tesco decides remuneration,
incentives and bonuses plan for the employees
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P4
evaluate the effectiveness of HRM practices in terms of raising profit and productivity of
the organization
the main aim of every organization is to raise the profitability and productivity level of the
organization and this could be achieved by applying the best HRM practices in the
organization. effective human resource planning and development will help in increasing the
performance level of the employees. the productivity level of employees can be termed as
total output/ total input (Alfes, et.al, 2013). the training and development will help and
employee to learn about his roles and responsibility as well as continuous development
increases the performance of an employee. the effective compensation and performance
management practices increase job satisfaction of the employees that enables them to work
more productively. if the productivity level of the employee will increase than the
productivity level of the overall organization will also get increased. Effective HRM practices
not only result in raising profit and productivity but also builds a company's reputation in
the market (Tangthong, et.al, 2014).
Some HRM practices should be adopted by the Tesco organization
● practice transparent and participative management style
● provide rewards to good performers to increase their morale and confidence
● provide effective working conditions and safe work environment
● make the evaluation of the employees according to their performance
Hence, the effective HRM practices results in job satisfaction, job involvement, increase in
performance and productivity level of the employees which will lead an organization
towards great success. the Tesco organization is applying the effective HRM practices to
increase the performance of an overall organization by managing the performance of its
employee at the workplace (Chuang, et.al, 2013).
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