An Analytical Report on Human Resources at HSBC Group Plc.

Terms of reference:

This report is being produced to fulfil the criteria required for Unit

four of the Advance Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) course

in Business Studies. It will give a comprehensive overview of the

way's in which the human resources function(s)', within businesses are

organised and managed and how they operate, and an analytical insight

into the human resource management team, of the business that I' am

focusing on, which is HSBC Group Plc. The report will specifically

focus on the possible conflicts of interest between employees or

individuals, the way's which human resources planning procedures take

place, the recruitment and selection process, training and development

programmes and performance management at HSBC Group Plc, in view of

the current economic climate for retailing/banking.

An Introduction to the Report:

In this assignment, I have been asked to structure an analytical

approach, about human resources and its effects, on one business, and

to file all of my information in one simple, but sophisticatedly

structured report. The report will therefore contain the following

topics, as of mentioned in the first paragraph (terms of reference),

and are as follows:

Human Resources Planning:

This section involves information regarding human resources planning -

that would include information creating a strategic plan, in having

the right number of employees for a businesses specific needs, which

will also include information on the labour market and how they

operate, within HSBC, and the effects that the following factors will

have on the labour market:

* Employment trends;

* Any sort of skill shortages;

* If there is any forms of competition between employees;

* And the availability of labour (both internally and externally

which the business (HSBC) can use, as an additional resource.

In relation to this section of human resources planning, It would also

involve me gathering information on how HSBC organises its labour

duties, and several other factors of a wide range of information