MARKETING/MANAGEMENT

Human Resource Management



Human Resource Management

Introduction

Human Resource Management (HRM, or HR) is the administration of an organization's labour force, or workers. It is accountable for the desirability, assortment, guidance, evaluation, and awarding of labour force, at the same time as also controlling and managing managerial headship and customs, and making sure observance with service and labor rules.Pret a Manger is a ready meals chain based in the United Kingdom. The company stresses the usage of innate elements and promotes all sandwiches are made on the day of acquisition in a kitchen at every site. This paper will address the company and some aspects of managing Human Resources. Human Resource Management will also offer its services as the company's main connection with the worker's unions.

Discussion

Resourcing

HR is about getting the right people in the right place at the right time with the right qualification, level of motivation, personality, experience and other relevant factor (Armstrong, 2012). One of the most important functions of HR is recruitment and selection. A key element of Pret a Manger's resourcing is their recruitment, which is divided on three steps:

Online Application: Pert have good jobs for good people making great foodstuff. The first step to get job at 'Pret a Manger' is to apply online. Generally, it can reach a wider range of possible applicants and it is quicker and cheaper than traditional methods of marketing. More details of jobs and firms can be supplied on the site and CV's can be matched and application can be submitted electronically. One on the disadvantages of online application is that it may produce too many irrelevant or poor applications and it is still not the first choice of many job seekers. Also the websites are very expensive and still need other media to traffic to the site. According to their website, (pret.co.uk) had divided his online recruitment in four sections:

Working as team member

As manager

Hudson Place (their office)

Current vacancies

All the data are centralized, 'Pret a Manger' can start to make choice more easily. When you finish your online application if you are successful with their criteria, the company will contact the candidates for a second step.

Interview

The 'classic trio' model intends to the conventional set of actions employed by companies to pick new workers. It involves steps of: application form, interview and reference-checking. Here, in the chosen company Pret take actions against the traditional model. The interview which is a face to face discussion is the most involved method of selection. This method will help the recruiter to get more detailed information about candidates and a prediction about how they will do the job and a selection decision. By using this method, Preta Manger can obtain more information than the online application, they can assess the applicant's job knowledge, and they can allow the applicant to ask questions that may reveal additional information useful for making selection decision. Interviews provide opportunity to describe the job “a realistic job preview” (Pret.co.uk) and the organization in more detail, providing some indication of the terms ...