HR planning HR planning is basically developing strategies in order to match the size and skills of theemployees to meet the companys

needs. The HR planning processes assists companies torecruit, keep and optimize the employment of the personnel needed to match the organizationsobjectives and to meet the changes in the external environment.This process include carrying out a skills analysis of existing staff, also carrying out a forecast of the manpower, and finally taking actions to make sure that the supply meets the demand. Andalso we may incorporate the development and the training and retaining strategies thatcompanies have to use.In this case we will take McDonalds and the ASDA .McDonalds and the ASDA are two of the largest and famous companies in the UK and theworld, this is why daily planning is very important especially human resource planning.Concerning those two organizations (McDonalds and ASDA) the HR planning will give the startfor a personal management action program expected at merging differences between thesupply and demand, by which it offers a structure in which actions can be undertaken toovercoming staffing difficulties facing both organizations.The human resource planning is a continual procedure by which it looks to guarantee flexibleresourcing related to interior and exterior environmental influences. An effective HumanResource planning can help those two companies anticipating possible expected difficulties.Forward planning will enable the two companies developing and implementing successfulapproaches in relation with: Recruitment Selection Induction Training Retraining Career progression Developmen

A good plan will help McDonalds: Evaluate future recruitments needed as McDonalds is increasingly expanding(franchise) and actually have more than 30,000 restaurants in more than 120 countriesaround the world. Creating training programs for the staff as the staff for example in the till need to servecustomer fast 1 to 3 customers a minute also they need to have a good customer service. Build up promotion and career development strategies which will benefit both the staff and the organization Avoid redundancy as this can affect the other workers they will be de-motivated and itwill give a bad image to the organization Build a flexible workforce to meet up with the changing requirement and environment Controlling the staff wages and salaries while in the mean times guaranteeing thecompetitiveness of the salaries Evaluating future necessities from equipments, knowledge, technology and premises

ASDA: Evaluate future recruitment needed because ASDA needs staff that know the productsthat the company is selling and know how to put those products and make great offers inorder to catch the customers attention and interest so they can buy them despite theactual economic situation Creating training programs for the employees as for example the store staff needs tohave good communication skills, they need to put the products in the right place andalways be updated Building up promotion and careers development to motivate the staff and offer them abetter place to work so they can perform well. Avoid redundancy as it can have a bad effect on the other employees Evaluating future needed equipments, technology and premises. Controlling the staff wages and salaries while keeping the competitiveness of thesalaries

Recruitment and selection process within McDonalds The recruitment process of McDonalds for example crew members consist of two stepsapplication.1.Online application which consist of filling in the information that the candidate isasked to do online which include personal details, previous work experiences,qualifications, and plus a questionnaire that put the candidate in real life situationfor example if the customer complain about something what will be the reaction.2.Is the candidate have successfully passed the first online step, he or she will beinvited to the restaurant for an OJE (On Job Evaluation) and a face to faceinterview.With the OJE which only last 15 minutes the manager will give the applicants tasks to doso he or she can see how the candidate perform in real life situation and the manager evaluate the candidate customer service and skills and then he or she reflected againstwhat they are looking for in a candidate. And then after that the candidate will have aninterview with the business manager. Recruitment and selection process within ASDA. The recruitment processes within ASDA consist of 2 steps: 1. Online application by which the applicant needs to fill in the information requiredin the application which may include some verbal, numerical and personalitytests, which will enable the company gathering all the information that it need.And this will let ASDA decide whether the candidate is suitable or not.2.If the candidate succeed, the next step will depend on the role that the candidateapplied for, the applicant will may be asked to attend interviews, or to a groupassessment centre which the applicants will be asked to perform tasks designedto highlights the skills.In comparing the two processes we can see that ASDA spend much more on recruiting andselecting than McDonalds by using the assessment centers but despite it is costly, it is veryeffective as it shows and highlights if the candidate is the right person for the right job

The media used to recruit and selection: Amongst potential sources that we can consider are the job centers, agencies, personalintroductions, employment agencies, internet recruitment and application forms which caninclude standard application forms or informal interviews.Both McDonalds and ASDA share approximately the same media used to recruit from onlineapplication from the official website or the personal introduction or word of mouth. Thisrecruitment methods can be beneficial or non beneficial.Concerning the selection, McDonalds use online questions as mentioned above to see how theapplicant will perform in different situations at work also they use the OJE or as it is famous by INTRAY OR IN BASKET EXERCISES to see how the applicant perform in the real life situationand then the interview that will help the manager some up and take the right decisionconcerning if this person will be selected for the job he or she applied for it, and this is a goodselection media as it give the applicant the chance to be in a work in a team and with other which put him or her in the real life situation even if it is for 15

minutes.ASDA use assessment centers by which the candidates are asked to perform tasks under supervision so the manager will see how this person perform and using this assessment centersit highlights the skills or particular skills that the manager is looking for and that the future worker will be facing in the future if he or she is accepted by ASDA, and there is some applicants thatwill be encouraged by this. The exit procedures Concerning McDonalds and ASDA the exit procedures that this company follow is similar toother companies as it undertake an exit interview with the person who is leaving the job, so thestaff will have the opportunity to explain their reasons for leaving the job, or in the case of thestaff choosing another employer, or to air their grievance, all this helped McDonalds to what it isnow as those criticism helped the company to take decisions to change their policies, especiallyif this employee is leaving for a competitor.What McDonalds and ASDA do is that despite the interview that make the manager listen to thestaff and know the reason of leaving (challenging work environment, salary, discrimination,promotion). If the employee is a good performer they try to keep him or she in the organization,as he or she is beneficial to the company and the organization doesnt want to loose of their staff because he may contribute more with the competitors and they can use the staff knowledge and what this staff has gained of expertise against the previous company. And this isincluding the resignation of the staff.In the case of redundancy McDonaldss transfer staff to other restaurants that are in need of workforce because as we know that McDonalds in one of the fastest growing companies in theworld and every day it opens a new branch in the world, so in redundancy situation thecompany offers alternative job and all this is with consultation with the worker.The same thing applies to ASDA because this outplacement can keep this staff working andperforming in the same level and improve morale of the other employees and also it gives agood image about the two companies

By using those procedures the two companies can improve in the domain knowing if it comes tokeeping good employees working for them, and those solution that were mentioned above areconsidered as the best and the commonly used by professional and leading organizationsaround the world