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Morrison Plc.................................................................................................................................1
University Name..........................................................................................................................1
Morrison Plc....................................................................................................................................2
Case Brief.....................................................................................................................................2
P1: HRM Functions.....................................................................................................................3
P2: Recruitment and selection Approaches.................................................................................5
P3: HRM practices.......................................................................................................................7
Performance Management:...................................................................................................7
Training and Development...................................................................................................8
Relationship Management....................................................................................................8
Higher Profitability...............................................................................................................9
Flexible practices..................................................................................................................9
P4: Profit and productivity...........................................................................................................9
Performance Appraisal.......................................................................................................10
Career Management............................................................................................................10
Training and Development.................................................................................................10
Termination and Recruitment.............................................................................................11
Reward System...................................................................................................................11
P5: Employee relations and decision-making............................................................................11
P6: Employment legislation.......................................................................................................13
P7: Application of HRM practices.............................................................................................14
Morrison Plc.
Case Brief
Human resources are the effective asset for any organization in terms of abilities and
skills. They are personnel, individual or workforce who are responsible for the management of
whole task for organization successfully. The tasks encompass selection, recruitment, vetting,
hiring of company, on boarding, promotion of the company, paying and the organization’s
administration. HRM is the organizational department that deals with the proper management
and the effective working practices in place at all levels. HRM is also deemed as the
management of human capital responsible for the implementation and development of policies
and strategies of the companies. HRM is the unique approach for managing employees which
aim at achieving competitive advantage via the strategic deployment of the highly capable and
committed workforce, utilizing the array of structural, cultural and personnel tools. The company
The companies such as the Morrison plc deems the employees as a unique and
competitive function playing for organization. All employees and employers of the organization
maintains effective employee engagement and democratic policies. Workforce planning is the
procedure where the business links the workforces with its effective results. It also determines
the knowledge, experiences and skills requirements and link up the right number of the people
For effective planning and resources workforce, the functions and purpose of HRM are discussed
as follow,
a. The primary objective of HRM is identification of the vacant positions for organization
and then hiring the staff members. Planning is the key functions for the human resources
determination of recruiting sources and job description (Kong and Thomson, 2006).
b. After establishing the developed plans and objectives, organizational structure should be
designed and developed to carry out different operations. This function encompasses
authority delegation.
c. Motivating employees is another key function for HRM. The objective of motivation is
encouraging people for working effectively and willingly to achieve organizational goals.
d. For assuring, the right people with the right skills are hired for the proper direction, right
job, monitoring and controlling should be ensured by employers. These are serving as the
key functions and the HRM purposes. This phase is also pertained to the comparisons and
observation of the results with corrections and planned standards for deviation can occur.
e. For good competency development, training is effective function for the human resources
management. Employees can be trained for performance of the jobs. Development and
training programs can support the effective sources which ensures that employees are
programs and policies for effective utilization of HR which is pertained to people at working.
Process of recruitment and selection is highly effective for the business establishment
such as Morrison. Recruitment process encompasses the identification of organization needs for
employing someone as per the criteria where the company collects the vacant position’
application. The selection process encompassing the selection of the suitable candidates from the
applicant’s pool. There are most of the sources of selection and recruitment such as external and
internal sources of job analysis, recruitment, person specification, job description, methods of
whereas the external process of recruitment is including the hunting of prospective employees
from outside organization. These two approaches have the key weaknesses and strengths.
Figure 02: Internal Vs. External recruitment: [Source: (Ordonez de Pablos, 2005)]
It is speedy as compared to the external process as this consists of the most of the stages
conducting most tests and trainings etc. The internal recruitment does not require higher
demands. Internal recruitment is cost effective as compared to the external. The internal
recruitment provides limited talent for internal recruitment. Process of Job analysis process
encompasses critical incidents, observations, checklist, diary, questionnaire and interview. These
methods also have some issues and problems. Observation supports first-hand verified
information but it demands skilled unbiased observer and process that is time consuming. The
Checklist and diary is less expensive but cannot include all effective parts of the tasks. In the
Job description supports concise information regarding specific job. This process also
attracts the competitive candidates but people with the abilities can be deprived in this process. It
is the effective agreement between the employer and recruitment agency for filling a particular
vacancy and the recruiters get paid if any candidate get selected for the organization. Although it
is easier and the faster procedure, it also bears the risk for the agency as there is no guarantee for
the payment if the additional competition is deprived from the job seekers.
Morrison is successful in the industry as it is excellent practice of the HRM among all
organizations. For improving employee’s efficiency and productivity, they utilize the new
mobile app known as “My Team” that is including the 3000 employees through 250 line
managers. This is effective innovative practices for engagement of all employees and employers
in one frame and assuring employee interactions on the effective time. It is innovative practice
for the HRM benefits for both employees and employer (Jorgensen et al., 2008).
Performance Management:
This is one key practice of HRM operated by the effective organization like Morrison. They
utilize the mobile app through which the employer can direct and monitor the performance of the
subordinates. Employees can also receive the instant supervision from the employers.
Figure 03: Performance management system: [Source: (Boon et al., 2018)]
The most valuable assets of the organization are human as they operate the entire
business. So it is very crucial for employers to train the team for competency and the level of the
training. The training and development also enhances competency level and productivity.
Relationship Management
employees and employers. HRM develops the suitable working culture within the organization
which creates cordial relationships. This creates effective understanding between employee and
employer and can effectively ask for the help to each other in form of the problems (Boon et al.,
2018).
Higher Profitability
When most of the employees and employers work in the effective manner, it will be
easier for gaining competitive advantage and organizational objectives. By controlling, directing
and motivating the employees, it creates the high performance which enhances the business
profitability.
Flexible practices
It is one of the key practices of HRM for the organizations which enhances the job
rotation options and the flexible working hours for the employees. Employers and employees can
operate in the effective way as they can be able for managing their professional and personal
lives in the effective way. This also promotes employee loyalty and enhances the positive
One of the key goals for human resources management is enhancement of productivity
HRM practices can be varied as per the organizational culture and business type. Morrison is
also well known for the HR practices and innovative culture of organization. However, in the
form of the productivity and higher rate of the organizational profitability, the effectiveness of
attributes and outcomes. The objectives is the management of people for organization and goal
management (Wright and McMahan, 2011). Through this process, the supervisor can gain the
opportunity for specification of employees that the company is aimed at the development and
performance. This recognition can also be applied as the positive effect of motivation which
enhances the productivity of employees with the efficient results. It also enhances the employee
Career Management
Career is the process of lifelong nature. It shows the setting and selection of developing
strategies and personal goals for achievement of the goals. The well-established companies like
Morrison holds on-site workshops where both the employers and employees learn for the career
charging, starting with the interest assessment, value and ability assessment. Morrison also
provides the employee career management strategies and the individual learning accounts,
providing open business briefings, maintain the talent banks and internal job which enhances the
employee morale. It also has the key role in effect on the productivity. This generates the higher
It supports in the employee’s skill development. The trained employees have better
knowledge regarding job roles and performs effectively. It also supports employees in
performance of the current jobs efficiency and effectively and making them more aware for the
performance of their current jobs. Organization is also gaining benefits by the higher level of
profitability via superior performance resulting by employees (Chelladurai and Kerwin, 2018).
Termination and Recruitment
When there is the vacancy for the organization, the company recruits the talented
candidates from the internal or external people of organization. The valuable information for the
business can be delivered by the candidates from competitor businesses. Internal recruitment tis
the motivational factor for the employees to perform the best working and enhance the
productivity of organization. Through the sacking of an unproductive employee, the business can
Reward System
This is the practice of effective form for enhancing productivity and organizational
profitability. Employees receive the extrinsic and intrinsic rewards for their higher rate of the
performances. It can generate the job satisfaction and enhances the productivity of organizational
employees. Employees also gain the motivation for their willingly working to meet up the
standards. This system supports the sustainability in competitive business operation and gain the
According to the model of Charles handy, the company provides that there are mainly the
three forms of workers encompassing the permanent, flexible and the core workers. The
company will select the flexible workers for their performance enhancement and the cost cutting.
Employees are the key driving forces for the companies. Good relationship among the
employees is key for building the effective working environment. If all employees are working
together as the team so there will be effective results in the organizations. In the same way, the
decision will be more accurate and the effective if it has been taken in the collective manner
through the mutual agreement of the employees as they can share the ideas, views, thoughts and
the opinions. Effective relations can lead to the higher level of the employee engagement.
Organization must build the environment that encourages the communication among the team
personas and their working with one another. In the form of decision making, there are the
various stages which are also affected by the employee relations in the company. The following
The first stage for the HRM process of the decision making and analyzing and defining
the issues. Most of the decision making starts with the issues. God relations can provides the
employees an opportunity for easy and collective identification of the issues. After the
identification of the issues, the employees are in the need of the finding out the methods of
problem solving. Healthy relations of the employees in the workplaces can extract the best out of
the individuals. The individuals can be assigned the responsibilities as per the interests.
Involving the team members is necessary so that they can share the views and the thoughts for
development of the alternative solutions of the issues. The third stage is the evaluation of the
problems effectively (Jorgensen et al., 2008). There will be the team leader who will collect all
the alternatives and evaluate those alternatives as per the democracy for the employees.
After the completion of the evaluation of the solutions in the accurate ways, the
employees will select the effective solutions for the issues. The direct link exists between the
employee engagement and the employee’s sense of the value as well as ability for giving
feedbacks pertained to the best solutions. When there is the identification of the effective
solutions, the HRM provides the next stage of the decision implementation. Organizations whose
employees can believe strongly, creatively contribute and firmly belongs to the enhanced efforts
with the operational advantages when implementing the action plans or the decisions. The last
and the final stage of this process is pertained to the follow up whether the decisions are
implemented and working effectively or not. If there is no proper implementation for the
decision making, then the employee must follow up the collection of more information to
execute the exploration of additional alternatives or the decisions. Via the true engagement or the
effective sources of the communication, the employees for the HRM decision making can be
performed effectively which is effective for the companies like the Morrison.
All the businesses utilizes some form of the legislations and the employment laws. The
employment legislations is the expanded level of the information collection covering collective
bargaining and labor law. Mainly, it is the area of law that pertained to the duties and legal rights
for employees and employers. It also states the relationship of employee and employer. These
laws are also composed of the state laws and federal laws including most of the differences
subjective serving the common goal of the protecting rights of workers. In the Morrison, the
employment standards legislations offers the minimum level of the laws where employers
provide the opportunities for free development of the practices and the policies which also
increase the corporate cultures. The legal system has the effective role in the decision making as
it is pertained to the responsibilities and the rights of employees. The key perspectives of the
1. First one is the Equal pay act 1970. It also protects the rights for getting the equal
treatment and equal compensation for the females and male employees in the terms of
2. The second one is the Sex discrimination Act 1975. It is the act of protection in the UK
that also creates no discrimination for the women and men in the terms of their marital
status or gender. This act also provides protection against the rights in the other key areas
encompassing employment, training education, harassment, disposal of premises and
3. Third one is the disability discrimination Act 1995. If the employees are disable on the
basis of the diseases and any issue, they must not be discriminated as per this law.
Employers must develop the adjustments of reasonable forms for supporting disable
employees.
4. Fourth one is the race relation act 1976. It put off the differentiation on the basis of race
position etc.
5. Fifth one is the employment relation act 1999. This act also supports the employees for
6. The sixth one is the national minimum wage 1998. UK, in 1998 provides that the worker
must get the minimum level of wage. Workers age more than 25 should get a wage of
$7.50 per hour whereas the workers in the age range of 21 to 25 receive $7.05 per hour.
To gain this objective and organizational goals, the employers utilize various application
operating in the market as they have the excellent practices of the HRM applications in the
companies. The company will select the recruitment and the selection process through the calling
of the relevant changes and the correlation of the already existing standards with the new system
of the changes. The problems can also be managed through the hiring and the training of people
Profile Objective: To gain the competitive edge through selection of the right environment for
learning and the professional growth. The companies can also gain the benefits from me as the
changes through the concise and the effective results identification. There can be the more than
Education
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Worked as the Assistant manager marketing and information system for last five years.
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