Unit 3 Human Resource Management at The Tesco (GC01913)

Table of Contents

Section 1.

1.0 Introduction.

2.0 An overview of the organization.

3.0 Explain the purpose and scope of Human Resource Management in terms of resourcing an organization with talent and skills appropriate to fulfill business objectives.

4.0 Evaluate the effectiveness of the key elements of Human Resource Management in an organization

5.0 Analyse internal and external factors that affect Human Resource Management decision-making, including employment legislation.

Section 2.

Apply Human Resource Management practices in a work-related context

1.0 Introduction.

2.0 The design of a job specification for one of a number of given positions in the organization.

3.0 A CV for each student, tailored to apply for one of the positions advertised by another team.

4.0 Documentation of preparatory notes for interviews, interview notes based on selection criteria and a justified decision of the candidate selected.

5.0 A job offer to the selected candidate.

6.0 An evaluation of the process and the rationale for conducting appropriate HR practices.

7.0 Conclusion.

References.

Section 1

1.0 Introduction

According to Henson (2018), Human resource management is defined as the functions of staffing, training, motivating and managing the performance of the employees and organization for achieving the organizational goals in a certain way. This report firstly selects Tesco for describing the HRM functions of this company. The purposes, scopes and objectives of Human Resource Management for a business firm including Tesco are explained in this paper. After that, the effectiveness of the key elements of HRM for an organization especially Tesco are also mentioned in the report. Finally, section 1 contains the explanation of internal as well as external forces affecting HRM decision-making and employment legislation for Tesco.

2.0 An overview of the organization

Due to explain the Importance of HRM, this report mostly focuses on a well-brand company that is considered as Tesco PLC. Tesco is a rapidly growing as well as the largest retailer in the United Kingdom and this company runs its business operations in 11 countries which headquarter in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (Tesco, 2020). The main products that the company offers include several groceries, foods, clothes and other necessary items. The main strength of this company is the high qualified employees that number is approximately 450000. This company serves more than 10 million customers in a week with the help of these staff. The profitability and growth of this company are very outstanding. It produces a net profit ‎of £1.320 billion in 2019 (Tesco Annual Report, 2019).

3.0 Explain the purpose and scope of Human Resource Management in terms of resourcing an organization with talent and skills appropriate to fulfill business objectives

3.1 Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and resourcing an organization

Purpose of the HR functions to Tesco

Human resource management is the process of recruiting and managing the personnel of an organization to increase the quality of the employees for meeting the expectation of the organization (Hatch, 2017). The goals of HRM contain two types including general and specific goals. Natter (2019) stated that the general goals include increase productivity, maintain legal compliance and ensure competitive advantage. The specific goals include attracting, retaining, and motivating the employees (Natter, 2019). In the case of Tesco, the main objectives of HRM are to recruit an exact number of employees at the right time and place; to support the workforce for increasing the personal and organizational performance and to ensure effective change and employment management in the workplace.

Key roles and responsibilities of the HR functions to Tesco

Five basic functions of HRM in Tesco

The HRM has 5 main functions that include planning, staffing, organizing, leading and controlling the human capital in the organization.

Functions of HRM at Tesco

In the case of HRM at Tesco, the HR managers perform several functions including effective recruitment, selection, motivation, productivity, trade union management, training, reward systems, employment legislation, discipline and development (Tesco, 2020).

HR aspects of a manager role

An HR manager performs different roles in the business HR capital management (Losey, 2018). Firstly, the manager conducts job analyses to find the features of the job and plan to the requirement of the manpower. Losey (2018) stated that the manager recruits and selects the potential candidates and provides them enough training for making them qualified. After that, the HR manager sets wages and salaries for the employees with additional incentives and benefits. The HR managers also appraise the performance through proper communicating and monitoring. Additionally, the HR managers create good relationships with the employee by maintaining employment laws and protecting the health and safety of the employees.

Responsibilities of R

HR manager at Tesco

The HR manager of Tesco has several responsibilities in the workplace to manage the line, coordinative and staffs functions (Tesco, 2020). In the case of line functions responsibility, the manager directs the employees in his own area or line. Then, the HR manager creates coordination among the personnel activities. The HR manager of Tesco also maintains the staff by providing them with adequate guidelines.

Responsibilities of line manager at Tesco R

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In the case of the line manager of Tesco, the main responsibilities include the placement of right person at the right time, make familiar the employees, train employees, improve performance level, create cooperation and create a good working environment, reduce cost and create a good relationship with the employee by maintaining employment laws and protecting the health and safety of the employees (Tesco, 2020).

Workforce planning and resourcing at Tesco

Dyer (2018) stated that Workforce planning indicates the management of the workforce and ensures enough supply of personnel in the workplace for maintaining a smooth flow of business operations. The main purposes of workforce planning ensure to ensure long-term growth in the business personnel area by recruiting an adequate amount of employees in the workplace. In the case of Tesco, workforce planning is maintained to meet the current and future personnel demands and run customers services smoothly (Tesco, 2020).

Strategic workforce planning

Schoonover (2015) stated that strategic workforce planning is a plan of finding the current and future personnel demands of the organization in advance. This planning helps the organization maintaining the stable position of the staffing levels in all the departments of the organization. The workforce planning process has some steps by which an organization can maintain its HR management. The following figure represents the steps of the workforce planning process of an organization…………………………………….

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