People are the most valuable resource to any organisation or business and in order to obtain the greatest value from them, they need to be managed and supported. It is the human resources (HR) function in a business that has a significant role in ensuring this happens.
The human resources function will work with other key functions to ensure the success of the business.
In this unit, you will gain an overview of the HR function and learn about factors affecting human resources planning. You will understand the importance of motivating and training employees to achieve their potential and be able to assess the effectiveness of training and development. You will learn how to measure employee performance. You will also understand how and why confidentiality is important for the HR function.
Assignment for learners
Unit 8: Introduction to Human Resources
Scenario: Tesco PLC
(This task should take between 2 and 3 hours.)
Learning Outcome 3: Understand how and why businesses motivate employees, is assessed in this task.
Your task is to produce an information pack that the personnel manager can use to explain the importance of employee motivation to the other shareholders of Tesco.
Pass
P5: Explain why and how a business motivates employees with reference to motivational theories
P6: Explain how a business measures the success of employee motivation.
Merit
M2: Assess the benefits and drawbacks of the methods of employee motivation used by a specific business.
Evidence
Your information pack must include;
An explanation of how Tesco currently tries to motivate employees with reference to ways in which these methods link to motivational theories.
An explanation of why it is important for employees at Tesco to be motivated in their work.
An explanation of how Tesco measures the success of employee motivation within that business.
• An assessment of the benefits and drawbacks of the methods of employee motivation currently used by Tesco.