Description of Assessment Requirements
As a Human Resource Management Consultant, you have been invited by a company of your choice to advise them on the possibility of restructuring their HR practices in order to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. In particular the Board of Directors would like you to address the following:
Task 1
Drawing on HR models, critically explain the company’s approach to the management of its human capital and whether it is appropriate to current market requirements.
(10 marks)
Task 2
Critically discuss its recruitment and selection in relation to strategic human resource initiatives. Make relevant recommendations as to how it could improve this process.
(20 marks)
Task 3
Discuss its approach to HRD and explain how this could be improved.
(20 marks)
Task 4
Critically evaluate the classical theories of motivation and from your discussion of these theories propose a hybrid theory which may combine the most meaningful characteristics from a range of these theories and which you believe will have practical value in this organisation. (20 marks)
Task 5
Discuss the challenges of managing change in the context of restructuring the company’s approach to managing its human capital. (20 marks)
Presentation (10 marks)
(Each task should be approximately 800 words in length)
General guidelines:
1. Your analysis must be grounded in appropriate academic literature and must provide clear evidence of independent critical evaluation.
2. The coursework is an individual written assignment and worth 100%.
3. Your work can be submitted in either report or essay format.
4. All research must be referenced and a bibliography attached. Improper or lack of either of these constitutes plagiarism and this will result in a restriction of marks.
5. The application of theory to practice will be given good marks.
6. Maximum Words (4000)
Assessment Critieria
You will be assessed on the following criteria:
• Ability to identify strategic HR issues relevant to the overall performance of the organisation (10%)
• Coherence and depth of analysis of issues identified (20%)
• Ability to critically evaluate issues facing your chosen company in relation to relevant theoretical models covered in this module(20%)
• Use of relevant evidence based on personal research to support your analysis (20%)
• Ability to achieve a personal synthesis by drawing relevant conclusions or making recommendations from the analysis and evaluation of relevant facts(20%)
• Presentation in terms of appropriateness of referencing methodology, length, and quality and quantity of references used.(10%)
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Further Guidelines:
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The submission of your work assessment should be organized and clearly structured in a report or essay format.
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Maximum word length allowed is 4000 words, excluding words in charts & tables and in the appendixes section of your assignment.
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This assignment is worth 100% of the final assessment of the module.
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Student is required to submit a type-written document in Microsoft Word format with Times New Roman font type, size 12 and line spacing 1.5.
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Indicate the sources of information and literature review by including all the necessary citations and references adopting the Harvard Referencing System.
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Students who have been found to have committed acts of Plagiarism are automatically considered to have failed the entire module. If found to have breached the regulation for the second time, you will be asked to leave the course.
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Plagiarism involves taking someone else’s words, thoughts, ideas or essays from online essay banks and trying to pass them off as your own. It is a form of cheating which is taken very seriously.
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