Unit 19 - Resource & Talent Planning: Labour Market & Skills Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the labour market and skills required for effective talent planning, using Morrisons Supermarket Plc as a case study. It examines current labour market trends, including globalization and technological changes, and their influence on workforce planning. The report also discusses essential employment legislation, such as the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Equality Act 2010, that organizations must consider. Furthermore, it critically analyzes current and anticipated skills, including emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, and tech-savviness, and compares Morrisons to Tesco, highlighting their respective approaches to skills development. The report concludes with recommendations for organizations to adapt to these changes effectively. Desklib provides students access to similar solved assignments and past papers.

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Unit Number and Title Unit 19 – Resource and Talent Planning
Project Title Labour Market and Skills Analysis (Part 1)
Recruitment and Selection Documentation (Part 2)
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Table of Content
Part 1: Business Report
1. An overview of the organisation and types of labour
requirements 3
2. An analysis of current labour market trends and the factors that
are influencing those trends 4
3. The different types of legislation that the organisation must take
into account when workforce planning 5
4. A critical analysis of current and anticipated skills requirements
for the organisation in terms of how current trends are directly
influencing the organisation 6
5. A comparison with other similar sized organisations with
examples given 7
6. Conclusions and recommendations on how the organisation
needs to respond to changes 8
References 10
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Introduction
Labour market analysis is defined as one of the most essential process taken
into consideration by the business organisation in order to analyse the requirement
of the skilled and talented workforce in the business organisation. Labour market
analysis leads to maintaining effective balance of demand and supply of labour in the
marketplace. The skill analysis helps in analysing the skills and capabilities required
for the particular job. For this report, Morrisons Supermarket Plc, is taken as the
base company. Morrisons is considered to be the fourth biggest chain of
supermarket in the UK, having strong brand image in the marketplace serving
around 11 million customers and also being part of the FTSE 250 index of the
company. The company was founded in 1899 by William Morrison (Wehl, 2019).
This report highlights the kinds of labour requirements along with the factors impacting
those trends. In addition to this various kinds of legislation required by the
organisation. Also the current and anticipated skills required by the organisation as
per how current trends impacting business are also highlighted, and the
recommendations on how organisation can deal with the changes effectively.
1. An overview of the organisation and types of labour
requirements
Morrison is one of the well-established and fourth biggest chain of
supermarket in UK, it was founded in 1899 by William Morrison headquartered in
England. The company has strong brand image in the marketplace continuously
satisfying their needs and wants of its customers. It was started as a small egg and
butter stall, till 2004 the company’s main target focus market was England. After
2016, company started expanding their business in the global market, now they have
around 494 supermarkets across England. Morrison employees around 110000
employees around the globe and serving more than 11 million customers effectively
(Ulceluse and Kahanec, 2018). The company is effectively dedicated to enhance the
performance of their employees, they are always looking for the skills and
capabilities in their employees and who can handle their customers effectively. In
addition to this, they also focus on enhancing the overall performance of the
employees through offering required training. Morrison has a specific criteria when
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selecting the labor, they mainly focus on skilled and quality labor also productive
labor which will effectively contribute in enhancing the overall performance of the
company.
2. An analysis of current labour market trends and the
factors that are influencing those trends
Workforce planning is defined as the process of effectively analysing and
managing the needs and wants of the workforce of the organisation and continuously
enhancing their performance. It helps the business organisation to achieve desired
goals and objectives effectively, also determining the needs of the workforce in
respect to the organisation and maintaining balance between the two effectively and
efficiently. In context to the Morrison, HR manager needs to hire right and skilled
person for the right job in order to reduce any kind of risk in relation to the
implementation of required strategy of the company.
Current labour trends: In order to effectively carry out their activities and
achieve desired goals and objectives, a business organisation requires large number
of skilled and qualified workforce. In context to Morrison, HR manager of the
company effectively determine the current labour market trends so as to select the right
candidate as per the requirement. Also employees who will effectively contribute to overall
growth and development of the company (Bazen and Waziri, 2019). The trends analysis
will also help chosen company to analyse the potential of the employees required in
order to effectively carry out their activities. Some of the current labour market trends
that directly influence the talent management and workforce planning are mentioned
below:
Globalisation: It is define as large number of companies moving towards the
international market to enhance their market size and gain competitive advantage in
the international marketplace. The international trading of the business are known as
the multinational companies, it is mainly used as the movement of goods and
services as well as technology. This growing enhancement in the globalisation trend
directly influence the working labour and workforce of the organisation as the they
have to work according to the new countries legislation. In addition to this companies
have to implement new strategies as per the requirement of the new counties.
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Technological changes: Another trend is the technological changes, with
growing use of the technology in each field, large number of companies are moving
towards the use of technology and various online platforms. Continuous change in
technologies will directly influence the workforce planning as, if the required training
is not given to the employees regarding the new technology then it will lead to
directly influencing the overall performance of the company. In context to Morrison,
to effectively manage the workforce of the organisation effective training needs to be
provided to employees. Also proper knowledge regarding the technology used in the
business organisation should be provided to the workforce so that they can smoothly
work on various technology (Devitt, 2018).
Assess current and anticipated skills requirement in relation to determine labor
market trends and legal requirement.
With the current changing labor market specially with the current global
pandemic which has directly impacted the growth and development of business
organization. And forced the business organization to start working remotely, this
has lead to creating situation of work from home for the employees. In order to
effectively work the skills like hybrid workplace will help in smoothly carrying the work
for the employees and enhance their productivity and profitability.
3. The different types of legislation that the organisation
must take into account when workforce planning
Employment legislation is defined as the various laws and rules implemented
in order to protect the rights of the employees and also to maintain effective and
positive relationship among the employer and employees. There are various
employees legislation implemented in the business organization in order to avoid any
kind of discrimination, promote equality and so on (Durazzi, 2019). In context to
Morrison, the various legislation that can be taken into consideration by the company
for effective workforce planning are mentioned below:
Employment Rights Act 1996: This is one of the most essential law that is
needed to be taken into consideration by the organization as this allows the business
to protect the rights of their employees and also protect them in case of any kind of
dismissal, paternity leaves, maternity leaves and unfair dismissal. In case of
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Morrison, this act will cover all the rights of the employees making them feel safe and
secure (Bagavo and Kourachanis, 2021).
The Equality Act 2010: The another essential law required by the business
organization in the effective workforce planning is the equality act, this act will allow
the company to avoid any kind of discrimination at the organization and treat each
and every individual equally. This will help the HR manager of the Morrison to be fair
during the recruitment process, hiring right and well deserving candidate also avoid
any kind of inequality in the organization (Grunow and Evertsson, 2019).
Employment Relations Act 1999: In order to manage and retain the
workforce for long period of time in the organization, maintaining effective
relationship with them is very essential. The employment relation act allows the
organization to create effective relationship with them through implementing various
rights related to the trade union recognition, any industrial actions and so on. In
context to Morrison, this act can help company to maintain and build effective
relationship with their employees and also manage them.
4. A critical analysis of current and anticipated skills
requirements for the organisation in terms of how current
trends are directly influencing the organisation
Skills are the ability or characteristics of a person which allow them to achieve
desired goals and objectives and motivate them towards enhancing towards overall
performance (Wehl, 2019. With the changing trends, it becomes very essential for
the business organization to enhance their skills and knowledge and also improve
the performance of their employees in order effectively deal with the changing
requirement and deal with the changing trends and gain competitive advantage in
the marketplace (O’Connell and McGinnity, 2019). In order to analyze the current
and anticipated skills needed for the organization to effectively deal with the
changing trends, the companies first need to analyses the skills needed in the labor
market and skills perceived by their workforce and accordingly training should be
provided to the employees. Various kinds of the business needs different types of
skills as per the changing business situation. In context to Morrison, to effectively
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deal with the changing trends some of the anticipated skills required by the company
are as follow:
Emotional Intelligence: One of the most essentials skills required by the
business organization and by its employees is the emotional intelligence skills,
specially when business is going through the tough time in terms of their
performance or financial status (Ulceluse and Kahanec, 2018). The emotional
intelligence allows the business and its workforce to effectively respond to their
emotions. In context to Morrison, this skill will allow the employees working in the
company to effectively maintain emotional stability at tough times and offer better
results.
Conflict Resolution: Increasing conflict at the workplace will directly
influence the performance and profitability of the business. Resolving conflict will
help business organization to maintain harmony in the organization. In context to the
Morrison company, resolving conflict will help the company to overcome challenging
situation and enhance their performance. (Oliver and Yu, 2018).
Tech Savviness: With increasing use of the technology as well as large
number of business are moving towards the use of online mediums it becomes
essential for the companies to have knowledge regarding the use of tech. Due to the
current pandemic when each and every is moving towards the use of technology to
effectively carry out their business and attract large number of customers, use of
advance technology will help the Morrison to attract large number of customers.
Morrison is using online services in order to satisfy the needs of their customers.
Focusing on hybrid workplace: With increasing changes in the workplace
environment one of the most essentials trends that needs to be focused includes the
focusing on hybrid workplace. It allows to focus on the offering effective and best
experience to the employees without compromising on the productivity, safety. It
helps the organization like Morrison to create a balance of productive work and
reduce stress leading to enhance the overall profitability of the business.
5. A comparison with other similar sized organisations
with examples given
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In order to compare the chosen organisation with the other similar sized
organisation Tesco, one of the biggest competitor of Morrison is taken into
consideration as mentioned below:
Morrison Tesco
 In order to deal with the changing
requirement, company is
effectively focusing skills such as
emotional intelligence or technical
skills and so on which will help
the company to effectively deal
with the changing requirement.
 In case of Morrison, the company
is mainly focusing on enhancing
the performance of their
employees and creating smooth
environment for their employees.
Leading them towards continuous
growth and development. (Powell,
2018)
 In order provide effective training
to their employees and enhance
their performance, Morrison uses
formal courses with the on the job
training or learning.
 whereas in case of Tesco which is
one of the top retain company and
biggest competitor of the
Morrison, to deal with the changes
the company is mainly focusing on
ensuring the safety and security of
their employees.
 Various strategies are
implemented by the company in
order to create and ensure the
safety and security of their
employees the company mainly
focus on create safe working
environment for their employees.
 In case of Tesco, both on the job
and off the job training method is
used to train their employees.
6. Recommendations on how the organisation needs to
respond to changes
Changes are the part of business organisation which directly influence the
functioning and profitability of the business. To grow and develop themselves, it
becomes essentials for the chosen business organisation to effectively deal with the
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changes and implement required strategies also (Svalund and Berglund, 2018).
The changes are also considered as a part of the business organisation dealing with
them effectively will lead the Morrison towards growth and success some of the
recommendation that can be taken into consideration by the chosen company in
order to effectively deal with the changes are as follow:
 Morrison needs to clearly define the change to the employees so that they
can understand the requirement for the change and why it is important to be
implemented in the organisation, after this company needs to link the change
with the business goals.
 Another recommendation that can be taken into consideration by the
Morrison, in order to effectively deal with the changes can be effectively
evaluating and determining the impact of the changes in the business
organisation and accordingly implementing strategies to deal with the
changes. Also effective training needs to be provided to the employees in
order to deal with the changes and its impact.
 Morrison can develop effective communication strategy in the organisation to
make their employees aware of the change and its requirement. The effective
flow of communication among the employees and top management will help
in avoiding any kind of misunderstanding, leading to achieve desired goals
and objectives. It will also help chosen organisation to communicate how
change will be implemented (Tran and Bui, 2021).
 In order to effectively deal with the change, there should be a support
structure implemented in Morrison, as this will help employees to adjust with
the changes emotionally and practically also building necessary behavioural
and technical skills to achieve desired goals and objectives.
Conclusions
From the above report, it has been concluded that proper analysis of the labor
market helps in analyzing the requirement of the workforce in the organization, it
helps in hiring the right and skilled candidate for the right position effectively. It is
considered to be one of the essential analysis which helps in creating an effective
balance between the demand for the labor and supply of the labor in the business
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effectively. This report helps in analyzing various labor market trends such as
globalization, technology changes also the factors influencing those trends. Various
kinds of legislation needed for effective workforce planning are also analyzed in this
report. In order to effectively carry out their activities and enhance their performance
and to effectively deal with the current trends various skills required by the
organization such as emotional intelligence skills , technical skills, communication
skills are also analyzed in this report.
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Table of Content
Part 2: Recruitment Portfolio
1. A recruitment and selection process flowchart 12
2. Job analysis 13
3.1 Job descriptions for first job 13
3.2 Job descriptions for second job 14
4.1 Person specification for first job 15
4.2 Person specification for second job 16
5. Reviewing and evaluating the most appropriate methods of
recruitment and selection to be applied for different roles 17
6. Making valid judgements and recommendations on how to
improve processes and documents for effective talent resourcing
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7.Explain the stages and processes from initial recruitment to exit
and transition. It must also consider relevant legal considerations
within the cycle and evaluate why the cycle is so important in
relation to the organisation and its talent management strategy. 19
8. Analyse each stage of the HR Lifecycle and provide specific
examples of HR practice within each stage and provide an
evaluation of how each stage can be applied separately and
integrated to support strategic talent management. 21
References 22
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Introduction
Recruitment and selection is an systematic process of the human resource
management which allows the business organisation to hire and select the right
candidate for the right job with required skills and capabilities. It involves analysing
the needs of workforce in the business organisation and accordingly hiring fulfilling
the needs. For this report, Morrison company is taken into consideration. Morrison is
the fourth largest supermarket chain in the UK, founded in 1899 by William Morrison
(Shree and Singh, 2019). The report highlights the detailed analysis of the
recruitment and selection to hire the right candidate along with the job analysis. In
addition to this various method of recruitment and selection along with the various
stages of the HR life cycle and also how these are integrated in the companies HR
strategy are also highlighted in this report (Brewster and Farndale, 2018).
1. A recruitment and selection process flowchart
(Recruitment and selection process flowchart, 2020)
Recruitment and selection are essential method carried out by the human
resource manager of the company. A flowchart of the recruitment and selection
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process in context to the chosen organization which is also known as the recruitment
workflow. It helps in analyzing the sequence of task carried out in the overall
recruitment process. It starts with the individual receiving the job offer and ends with
the candidates being on-board (Carbery and Cross, 2018). The recruitment and
selection flowchart makes it easy for the person to understand the recruitment
process. In case of Morrison company, recruitment workflow starts with candidate
receiving the job offer, then screening the potential candidate as per the
requirement, then conducting the interview process, checking necessary documents
of the selected candidate such as background check and then providing job offer
letter to the selected candidate and engaging the on-board process for them
effectively.
2. Job analysis
Job analysis is an systematic process which involves analysing and
evaluating the recruitment of the job in the business organisation and then
accordingly assembling all the required information about that particular job,
involving the skills and capabilities needed, roles, responsibilities and the task so as
to develop effective job description of a particular job. Job analysis also helps in
analysing the various qualities related to the Physical, emotional needed in order to
effectively carry out a particular job successfully. It is helps in enhancing overall
performance of the business organization through selecting the rights and skilled
candidate who will be effectively contributing achieving desired goals and objectives,
this analysis also helps in effective recruitment and selection, performance
management, selecting the right compensation and benefits for the employees
(Costa and Monteiro, 2018). In case of Morrison, the company has more than 24,000
employees, gaining competitive advantage through having the excellent trained staff.
Company is also considered to be the best employer in the food trade, through
effectively focusing on the job analysis process. The company ensures the
requirement of employees, kind of skill and knowledge required then only proceeds
with the further requirement process which leads them to get the skilled and qualified
employees.
3.1 Job descriptions for first job
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Job description is a written document including the task, job related duties and
responsibilities needed to be carried out by the person. It also includes the effective
knowledge, skills and abilities needed by a particular person in order to effectively
carry out their job in the business organisation (Donnelly and Gamsu, 2019). In
context to the Morrison, in order to fulfil the requirement of marketing manager, the
job description for the marketing manager position is highlighted below:
Job Description
Job Title: Marketing manager
Location: Hilmore House, 71 Gain Ln, Bradford BD3 7DL, United Kingdom
Reporting to: HR manager
Responsible for: sales and marketing assistant
Purpose of the Job
 To develop and implement required marketing strategy
 To determine and coordinate all the required marketing information.
 To determine required suitable marketing collateral.
 Conduct necessary marketing events as per the requirement
Job profile and Qualification
 MBA in sales and marketing
 Excellent communication skills
 Good interpersonal and leadership skills
3.2 Job descriptions for second job
In context to Morrison in order to fulfil the requirement of the HR assistant the
job description is highlighted below:
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Job Description
Job Title: HR assistant
Location: Hilmore House, 71 Gain Ln, Bradford BD3 7DL, United Kingdom
Reporting to: HR manager
Purpose of the Job
 Responsible for posting of job vacancies, informing about vacant position.
 Collecting workers records from other units
 To explain company’s policies, benefits and procedure top the employees or
the job applicants.
 Review necessary documents of the applicants.
 To record the data for each employee such as addresses, weekly earnings,
absent, amount of sales and performance review.
Qualifications & Requirements
 Bachelor degree from reputed college
 MBA degree in sales and marketing
 Good communication skills
 Ability to manage work effectively
4.1 Person specification for first job
Persons specification is defined as the detailed description of person's skills,
qualification, experience, knowledge and any other quality required in order to
effectively carry out a particular job (Edrees and Wu, 2021). In context to the
Morrison, in order to fulfill the requirement of the marketing manager, the job
specification is highlighted below:
Job Specification
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Position: Marketing manager
Report to: Managing Director
Location: Hilmore House, 71 Gain Ln, Bradford BD3 7DL, United Kingdom
Responsibility
 To enhance the revenues of the company
 To carry out all the activities related to the marketing department
 Formulate and implement required strategy related to the marketing
department.
Skills
 Strong communication skills
 Strong interpersonal and interpersonal skills
 Excellent organizational and time management skills
Experience
 At least one-year experience in customer service and sales.
Education
 MBA in sales and marketing
4.2 Person specification for second job
In case of Morrisons to fulfil the position of HR assistant in the company, the
person specification is highlighted below:
Person Specification
Position: HR Assistant
Report to: HR manager
Location: Hilmore House, 71 Gain Ln, Bradford BD3 7DL, United Kingdom
Responsibility
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 Handle days to day activity of HR department effectively
 Report all the necessary documents as per the HR manager requirement.
 Collect and record all the necessary documents.
Skills
 Good interpersonal skills
 Excellent interpersonal skills
 Good time management skills
Experience
 At least one year of experience in HR field.
Education
 MBA degree in HR
5. Reviewing and evaluating the most appropriate methods
of recruitment and selection to be applied for different
roles
Recruitment is defined as the process of analysing and attracting large
number of candidates for a particular job using various mediums present, it helps
business organisation to identify of potential candidates for a particular position
(Grove and Gray, 2018). In context to Morrison, suitable methods of recruitment that
can be taken into consideration are highlighted below:
Internal recruitment
Promotion: It is one of the essential internal source of recruiting under which
the well deserving employee is promoted to higher position as per the requirement.
Under these kind of recruitment, the position is position is fulfilled through internal
employees.
Advantage:
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Hiring the employees from the internal sources reduces time and cost for the
Morrison organisation.
In case of Morrison, the use of internal sources will help the organisation to
easily retain skilled and capable employees and offer them great opportunities.
Disadvantage:
Choosing employees from the internal sources will to creating conflict and
sense of competition among the employees of Morrison.
External recruitment
Online job portals: One of the most commonly used external source of
recruiting is the online mediums. There are number of job portals available which
allows the business organisation to identify and attract large number of potential
candidate and make them for apply for the position available. In case of Morrison,
the company can use Indeed or jobseekers in order to identify potential candidate.
Advantage
 Using online platforms will make it easy for the company like Morrison to find
candidates.
 It will also allow the management of Morrison to easily find the candidate
effectively.
Disadvantage
 The main disadvantage of using online platform as external source of
recruitment is that it is time consuming process.
From the above discussion, it is analysed that Morrison company uses both
internal and external recruitment process in order to identify right candidates for the
available position. In case of internal, methods like transfer and promotion is used by
Morrison where in case of external, various job portals and social media platforms
are used by chosen company.
Selection: Once the employees are recruited then comes the selection
process, it allows the business organisation to select right, skilled and qualified
candidate out the recruited ones (Jolicoeur and Grant, 2018). In context to Morrison,
most suitable method of selection process is highlighted below:
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Selection test: One of the most suitable method that is taken into
consideration by the business organisation to select the right candidate is through
conducting test, there are various kind of test such as aptitude test, personality test,
IQ test and so on. The personality test helps the recruiter to analyse the personality
of the candidate, similarly the IQ test helps in analysing the knowledge of person.
These test helps in selecting the right candidate for the right job.
Advantage
 Helps will help Morrison to selecting right and skilled candidate as per the
requirement also helps in evaluating the personality and knowledge of a
candidate
Disadvantage
 It is considered to be most time consuming and long process, recruiter of
Morrison has to wait long to get the response from the candidates.
In case of Morrison, the company follows systematic selection process
including the online test and then getting interview call. And then face to face
interview with the HR asking question depending on the job role. The company
follows simple but systematic selection process.
6. Making valid judgements and recommendations on how
to improve processes and documents for effective talent
resourcing
The talent resourcing plays an essential role in the business organization, it
helps in fulling the vacant position with skilled and talented employees. In order to
continue to fulfill the vacant position, it is very essential for the company like
Morrison to implement necessary strategy like offering necessary information about
the available role and using clear and precise job titles. In context to the chosen
organization, in order to enhance their talent resourcing, one of the recommendation
that can be taken into consideration by the company can be the selecting right and
appropriate recruitment like internal or external and selection approach like selection
test or reference checking (Landay and DeArmond, 2018). In addition to this,
another recommendation can be to implement effective business goals and
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objectives which will lead to attracting potential candidates and also should use
effective data driven approach to ensure the growth and success. In addition to this
enhancing the employers brand value as well as effective use of various social
media approaches to make consumer aware of the company and attract them
effectively. In addition to this enhancing the recruitment and selection process will
help in attracting large number of candidates. For example, use of social media
platform will help in attracting and identifying large number of candidate. As
increasing use of technology makes it easy for the recruiters to finds suitable
candidate.
7.Explain the stages and processes from initial recruitment
to exit and transition. It must also consider relevant legal
considerations within the cycle and evaluate why the cycle
is so important in relation to the organisation and its talent
management strategy.
HR life cycle is one of the most essential concept in the human resource
management which helps in analyzing the various stages of an employee time with a
particular business organization and also the role that human resource manager
plays at each stages (Ma Zhang, Q. and Yin, 2020). This model mainly includes five
stages, in context to the chosen company all five stages of this model are discussed
below:
Recruitment: In order to enhance performance of the business and continue
to grow in the competitive environment, recruiting the right person for the right job
plays an very essential role. In context to Morrison company, in order to be
successful at the recruitment stage company needs to ensure that they are
implementing effective strategic staffing plan which will helps in properly analyzing
the position that is needed to be filled, and skilled and qualities required for that
position. Morrison uses both internal and external recruitment process, the main
focus of the company is on online job portals and social media platforms to identify
suitable candidates.
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Selection: The another stage is selection, under this out of the recruited
individual the most suitable and skilled candidate is hired for the available position in
order to enhance the overall performance of the company. In context to Morrison
company, to effectively carry out this process the company needs to use effective
medium of selection which will help them to analyses behavior and characteristics of
the candidate.
Induction: Under this stage the proper induction is given to the new joined
employees. This includes making the employees aware of their duties and task
making it easy for them to understand their roles and responsibilities effectively. It is
basically the introduction of new job role to the new employees,
Orientation: It comes after the induction and the new candidate has joined
the organization, this process includes making them aware of the business
environment and making them familiar with their supervisor and colleagues. So as to
make them familiar of the their position and the workplace environment.
Training & Development: The another stage is the training, under this
appropriate training should be given to the employees in order to enhance their skills
and knowledge as per the requirement. In case of the chosen company, the proper
decisions regarding the kind of training whether on the job training or off the job
training needs to be taken into consideration by the employer in order to enhance the
performance of the employees. Development includes overall growth and
development of the employees so that they can perform better and effectively.
Appraisal: In order to enhance the performance of the organization and gain
competitive advantage in the marketplace retaining employees for long period of
time plays an very essentials role. In case of chosen company, to motivate
employees towards achieving desired goals and retaining them for long period of
time proper appraisal and extra benefits should be given to them to enhance their
performance.
Succession planning: In the growths and success of the organization,
having desired satisfaction level among employees plays an essential role. In case
of Morrison, to satisfy their employees and enhance their motivation level equal
opportunities should be provided to them also they should be included in the
decision making process in order. Employer should ensure that employees are
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provided with required resources and should be part of every discussion (Ollivier-
Yaniv, 2018).
Leaving: It includes the stage where the employees finally leaves the
organization due to certain reason. It can be the stage where the employees finally
complete their work cycle and leave the organization.
In addition to this, with the effective use of various stages of the HR life cycle,
various legal consideration also needs to be taken into consideration by the
Morrison, such as selecting the right structure which helps in the effective
recruitment and hiring process as everyone will be aware of their roles and
responsibilities. Having proper knowledge of the legal and political factors will also
help company to accordingly use the required recruitment and selection policy and
strategy. This stages will help in enhancing the overall profitability and productivity of
the business and leading to the growth of the business. Whereas not following the
these stages will lead to directly influencing the performance of the business.
8. Analyse each stage of the HR Lifecycle and provide
specific examples of HR practice within each stage and
provide an evaluation of how each stage can be applied
separately and integrated to support strategic talent
management.
Human resource strategy is defined as the business organization plan to
manage its human resource effectively. It provide clear direction for the human
resource manager to effectively carry out their activity such as recruiting, hiring,
compensation and training. It is an effective future oriented plan implemented in
order to analyses and develop essential HR programs and achieve desired goals
and objectives. The various stages of the HR life cycle are directly associated with
the HR strategy in the business organization. For example in case of recruiting
stage, having proper knowledge of the requirement will help the employer to
implement necessary strategy accordingly. Similarly in case of training stage, in case
of understanding the requirement of the training will help employer to use
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appropriate strategy regarding the use of training programs so that effective training
can be given to the employees to enhance their performance and skills. In case of
Morrison effective use of each stages will help the company to effectively implement
the strategy so that skilled candidates can be hired. However, in case of appraisal
stage, according to the performance of the employees in the organization required
rewards and benefits will help in motivating them towards achieving desired goals
and objectives. As per the performance, the organization can also how the rewards
needs to be given. In case of Morrison, in case of succession stage understanding
the needs of the employees and satisfying them helps the company to create smooth
working environment which leads to formulating essential strategy (Legler, 2018).
The life-cycle are directly associated with the human resource strategy as the human
resource is directly involved with effectively carrying out the process of life cycle
such as recruiting, selecting, training and development ensuring retaining of
employees for long. Also the strategies of the life-cycle directly fit the talent
management strategies as properly recruiting right employees will help them
enhancing the productivity and profitability of the business.
Conclusions
From the above discussion, it has been concluded that effective recruitment
and selection process helps in hiring the right candidate for particular job with proper
skills and capabilities which leads to enhancing the overall performance of the
company. This report helps in analyzing the effective use of job analysis. Also the
the job description and job specification for the position of marketing manager and
HR assistant is also analyzed in this report. And various methods of recruitment and
selection in order to effectively fulfill the requirement of workforce in the organization.
Suitable recommendation to enhance the processes for talent resourcing is also
analyzed. This report also helps in analyzing the various stages of the HR life-cycle
and how they can be applied within organizational HR strategy.
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