Importance Of Human Resource Management

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Introduction
In this assignment is explaining ASDA’s Human resource management (HRM). ASDA is one of the largest supermarkets in UK. There are 180 stores and 180,000 employees across the UK. ASDA is thinking employee are the “most valuable assert”. ASDA’s HR mission is Employee (people) means everything, Because “If we take care of our colleagues they will look after our customers” (ASDA,2014). For this reason ASDA human resource department called as people team. Based on ASDA this report is explaining about personnel management, importance of HRM, recruitment and selection process, motivation and rewards and termination.
TASK 1
Personnel Management (PM) and Human Resource Management (HRM)
Human resource management is a management function concentrated on hiring, motivation and maintaining people in the organization (Aswathappa,2007).In ASDA human resource management is known as people team. Personnel management means an administrative discipline of recruiting and developing staffs by the organization.
Importance of HRM
Employees are the important assert in ASDA. HRM is helps to planning personnel needs and recruit the employees, staff development, staff benefits, employee medical and health, provide safety environment to work, staff discipline and termination and etc.

Difference between PM and HRM
Following table is showing difference between personnel management and human resource management.
Dimension Personnel Management Human Resource Management
Strategic Nature Involved with day to day activity

Short term strategic view Involved with day to day activity and integrated with other management function
Long term strategic view
Job Design Taylorist Team/ group based
Organizational structure Hierarchical Flexible with co...

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...n procedure will take place based on sex discrimination act 1965
• Call the investigation
• Direct line manage will deal that investigation
• Based on the combating harassment policy ASDA will protect the victim and will carry out the termination perpetration
Retirement: Retirement age in the UK is 65. A retirement procedure is explained in Employment equality regulation 2011.
Redundancy: Employee may get redundancy payment. It is explaining in redundancy payment act.

Conclusion:
Human resource management is the important to each and every organization. People are valuable assert in the organization. Human resource department is dealing with HR planning, recruitment and selection, motivation, monitoring and evaluation, rewards, employee termination and employees welfare. In this assignment is described how human resource is playing an important role in ASDA.

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