Function of Human Resource Management | Sainsbury

TASK 1

P1: Explain the purpose and the functions of HRM, applicable to workforce planning and resourcing an organisation.

Overview about the company: Sainsbury's  which is 3^rd largest supermarket in the UK, found by John James Sainsbury in the 1869. It has  share of 15.30% of the supermarket sector.  John Sainsbury opens a shop in London which become largest retailer of groceries stores in the market. Tesco and Asda become  first and second leader in the groceries market after then Sainbury came third largest supermarket in the environment . The holding company Sainsbury b plc, split into three division such as Sainsbury's supermarket,Sainsbury 's bank and Sainbury 's Argos. This reports provide that Sainbury's  uses HR policies for the development of the organisation by improving the customer services and increasing sales for the organisation. Under HRM, various strategies are taken care from recruitment, selection, training and development of the human resource in the organisation. This company has various branches located at different areas of the country selling many product. Here top management team makes important decision regarding the policy of the human resource management. 

Purpose of HRM: The aim purpose of human resource management is to help the organisation  to achieve the goals and objective by providing competent employees in the organisation. The HR manager make sure that available human resources are utilize to the fullest of their capacity by increasing the job satisfaction and  self actualisation in the workplace. Another purpose of HRM is to have a ethical policies and behaviour inside the organisation so that there is a formal way of communication in the company. It also concentrates on the internal sources of competitive advantages as people of the organisation are considered as a important asset. HR leads the cycle of employment from hiring the right employees to reviewing the performance of the employee in the given task. They are proactive in their relationship with its people and believes in enhances the organisation performance from time to time.  

Functions of HRM:

Their are  three types of function such as operative, advisory and managerial which are discussed as follows in the context of Sainbury's :

Operative function: it includes functions like recruitment, training and development,compensation and benefits and performance appraisal. The HR team of Sainsbury's   perform this function with due diligence as their have to recruit the right candidate for the organisation and make sure the such employees go thought the training and development programs for improving the performance and get various appraisal for giving their best outcomes in the workplace.

Managerial function: This function includes planning, organizing , directing and controlling in the organisation. The Sainbury's sets clear goals and objectives which are to be achieved by following the  policies and procedures in the organisation. Here HR team develop and design the organisation structure which helps in completing given tasks in proper ways. Directing and controlling are the functions where HR manager have a predetermined standards  for performing the tasks to achieve the goals and objective in standard forms.

Advisory functions: This functions include  top management advice and departmental head advice in the workplace. Here HR team of Sainbury's  gives their advise to the top management in formulating policies and procedures. They also provide advise regarding any appraisal given to employees for its performance in the projects. Whereas in the departmental head , HR manager give advise on the policies such as job design, description, recruitment and selection process to the top management people in the org