UNDERGRADUATE ASSIGNMENT MAIN ASSESSMENT
MODULE TITLE: – Human Resources Management PROGRAMME: BABS
SEMESTER:
LEVEL:
ACADEMIC YEAR PERIOD: April – May 2024
DATE ASSESSMENT SET AND LOADED ON TO STUDENT PORTAL:
DATE ASSESSMENT TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTTED: – 14th June 2024 SUBMISSION METHOD/MODE: – Online via Turnitin (Student portal) ————————————————————————————————————–
Assessment Type: An Academic Report (3000 words) and an Individual Presentation Paper (Power Point Slides withnotes)
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Indicative Assessment Requirements for the Module: –
Scenario:
You are an organizational development consultant and you have been appointed to provide guidance to an organization of your choice. Your task is to analyze the situation and provide recommendations to improve the recruitment process, the performance management process and the training and career development methods within this organization.
You are required to complete the following Task 1 and Task 2 with reference to this assignment question:
Task 1 – Academic Report – 3000 words (60% Weight) (+/- 10% variation in word length accepted)
Prepare a report to senior management starting with a brief description of your chosen organization. In your report, make sure you address the following questions:
Question 1: Evaluate the current recruitment and selection process at your chosen organization and suggest improvements for attracting and selecting top talent.
1. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the current recruitment and selection process within your chosen organization.
2. Propose alternative recruitment and selection methods that can be employed to attract a diverse pool of qualified candidates.
Question 2: Since there is no structure in place, develop a performance management process for your chosen organization.
1. Discuss the importance of having a Performance Management Process in place.
2. Write a detailed description outlining 3 different performance appraisal methods with their relevant advantages and disadvantages, ultimately choosing 1 of them giving reasons for your answer. Your final choice could also be a combination of performance appraisal methods. In this description include factors like timelines, details of a reward system (if any) etc.
Question 3: You have also been asked to evaluate the current training and career development processes and to suggest further improvements.
1. Discuss the importance of training and development in modern organizations.
2. Mention 3 barriers to learning. For each one, mention 2 solutions to overcome such barriers.
3. Give 3 different examples of training methods, outlining the advantages and disadvantages of each one.
Include the following sub-titles in your report:
* A title page
* A Table of Contents
* An introduction
* Conclusion
* References
Task 2 – Power Point Slides Presentation with notes – (40% Weight)
Based on the information provided in Task 1 you are required to prepare a maximum of 12 Power Point Slides with supporting notes for presentation to senior management.
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* All assignments must be word processed – handwritten assignments will attract an automatic FAIL grade.
* The assignment should be in a report format.
* Assignments will be graded on the basis of research done, analysis of the facts collated,
stand taken and the justification of the stand.
* All research must be referenced using the Harvard Style of Referencing and a Reference
and References list attached. Improper or lack of either of these constitutes plagiarism and students will be awarded a Zero.
* Students found copying from other students will also be charged with collusion and awarded a Zero.
* Assignments which are created with any AI software (such as ChatGPT) will be awarded a Zero.
GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF TASKS
NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five common assessment criteria above.
1. Research-informed Literature
Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s) set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed a wide range of sources, which may be academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles, textbooks, current news articles, organisational documents, and websites. You should consider the credibility of your sources; academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites require careful consideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be current and up-to- date, mostly published within the last five years or so, though seminal/important works in the field may be older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your work, usingin-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list that is alphabetical at the end of your work. Please use the Harvard referencing system.
2. Knowledge and Understanding of Subject
Your work must demonstrate the growing extent of your knowledge and understanding of concepts and underlying principles associated with the subject area. Knowledge relates to the facts, information and skills you have acquired through your learning. You demonstrate your understanding by interpreting the meaning of the facts and information (knowledge). This means that you need to select and include in your work the concepts, techniques, models, theories, etc. appropriate to the task(s) set. You should be able to explain the theories, concepts, etc. meaningfully to show your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend upon the extent to which you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding; ideally each should be complete and detailed, with comprehensive coverage.
3. Analysis
Your work must contain evidence of logical, analytical thinking, evaluation and synthesis. For example, to examine and break information down into parts, make inferences, compile, compare and contrast information. This means not just describing What! but also justifying: Why? How? When? Who? Where? At all times, you must provide justification for your arguments and judgements. Evidence that you have reflected upon the ideas of others within the subject area is crucial to you providing a reasoned and informed debate within your work. Furthermore, you should provide evidence that you are able to make sound judgements and convincing arguments using data and concepts. Sound, valid conclusions are necessary and must be derived from the content of your work. There should be no new information presented within your conclusion. Where relevant, alternative solutions and recommendations may be proposed.
4. Practical Application and Deployment
You should be able to demonstrate how the subject-related concepts and ideas relate to real world situations or a particular context. How do they work in practice? You will deploy models, methods, techniques, and/or theories, in that context, to assess current situations, perhaps to formulate plans or solutions to solve problems, some of which may be innovative and creative. This is likely to involve, for instance, the use of real world examples and cases, the application of a model within an organisation and/or benchmarking one organisation against others based on stated criteria. You should show awareness of the limitations of concepts and theories when applied in particular contexts.
5. Skills for Professional Practice
Your work must provide evidence of the attributes expected in professional practice. This includes demonstrating your individual initiative and/or collaborative working. You must communicate effectively in a suitable format, which may be written and/or oral, for example, essay, management report, presentation. Work should be coherent and well-structured in presentation and organisation.
Assessment Criteria
Knowledge and Understanding of the subject (10 marks maximum)
✓ Weak knowledge with little or no justification: 1-3 ✓ Satisfactory knowledge with some justification: 4-7 ✓ Good knowledge with good justification: 8-10
Research-informed Literature -Collection of data from a range of sources (15 marks maximum)
✓ Little or no evidence of data: 1-5
✓ Satisfactory range of sources: 6-10 ✓ Excellent range of sources: 11-15
Analysis and evaluation (15 marks maximum)
✓ Weak analysis with little or no evaluation: 1-5
✓ Satisfactory analysis with some evaluation: 6-10 ✓ Good analysis with good evaluation: 11-15
Practical Application and Deployment (15 marks)
✓ Poor recommendations to management with little or no justification: 1-5
✓ Satisfactory recommendations to management with some justification: 6-10 ✓ Good recommendations to management with good justification: 11-15
Skills for Professional Practice (5 marks)
✓ Poor presentation of report: 1-2
✓ Satisfactory presentation of report: 3 ✓ Good presentation of report: 4-5
PPT Presentation and structure (40 marks maximum)
✓ Poor PPT presentation; poorly structured argument: 1-15
✓ Satisfactory PPT presentation; logically structured argument: 16-25 ✓ Good PPT presentation; logically structured argument: 26-40
TOTAL MARK: 100 %
