Unit 2 - Business Resources Merit/Distcinction
Merit/Distinction
Analyse how the management of human, physical and technological resources can improve the short and long term performance of an organisation.
Human resources
An organisation needs human resources (HR) as its essential due to the fact its covers recruitment and retention. The reason why recruitment is so important is that businesses such as Tesco need the people with the right skills to do their jobs. If Tesco let’s say are recruiting a new floor manager they will only employ individuals with specific skills and criteria this may also be based upon experience, so they will test people applying with unique strategies. It may be hard for Tesco to acquire this member of staff so they advertise the job role using promotion such as newspapers, in store, posters and online. It is critical for any business to find suitable staff to work within the organisation as without the right individuals its unlikely good business decisions will be made. Most of the recruitment processes these days are based online there are many advantages gained when businesses use this, as a business will receive the information from an applicant instantly. Another advantage would be that the business can also collect data from the website based upon how many people are actually clicking on the website to view the job, thus meaning they can assess whether or not the recruitment methods used have been effective and whether they as a company should continue.
Recruitment and Retention
Tesco is the biggest private sector employer in the UK. The company has more than 360,000 Employees worldwide. In the UK, Tesco stores range from small local Tesco Express sites to
Larger Extra establishments, around 86% of all sales are from the UK. Because Tesco is constantly growing and becoming a much more popular franchise they need to employ people on a regular basis and there are always going to need employees. In stores, it needs checkout staff, stock handlers, supervisors as well as
Analyse how the management of human, physical and technological resources can improve the short and long term performance of an organisation.
Human resources
An organisation needs human resources (HR) as its essential due to the fact its covers recruitment and retention. The reason why recruitment is so important is that businesses such as Tesco need the people with the right skills to do their jobs. If Tesco let’s say are recruiting a new floor manager they will only employ individuals with specific skills and criteria this may also be based upon experience, so they will test people applying with unique strategies. It may be hard for Tesco to acquire this member of staff so they advertise the job role using promotion such as newspapers, in store, posters and online. It is critical for any business to find suitable staff to work within the organisation as without the right individuals its unlikely good business decisions will be made. Most of the recruitment processes these days are based online there are many advantages gained when businesses use this, as a business will receive the information from an applicant instantly. Another advantage would be that the business can also collect data from the website based upon how many people are actually clicking on the website to view the job, thus meaning they can assess whether or not the recruitment methods used have been effective and whether they as a company should continue.
Recruitment and Retention
Tesco is the biggest private sector employer in the UK. The company has more than 360,000 Employees worldwide. In the UK, Tesco stores range from small local Tesco Express sites to
Larger Extra establishments, around 86% of all sales are from the UK. Because Tesco is constantly growing and becoming a much more popular franchise they need to employ people on a regular basis and there are always going to need employees. In stores, it needs checkout staff, stock handlers, supervisors as well as