Analyzing Inter-Relationship Between Human Resource Planning and Strategic Organizational Planning

1. Analyse the inter-relationship between human resource planning and strategic organisational planning.
2. Critique the human capital concept in a peoplecentred workplace in relation to motivation and organisational effectiveness.
3. Develop reflective awareness and evaluate organisational behaviour in leadership and organisational culture concepts.

Analyse To study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it.

Critique To express an opinion of the correctness or merit of the factors through a discussion of the limitations, good points, or contributions of the factors, and to give the results of your own analysis.

Determine Make a decision based on rationales and facts

Develop To bring out or to advance the capabilities or possibilities of something.

Discuss Come to a conclusion about the issue, after examining it carefully and completely. Analyse a range of views, noting the arguments for and against them, and give reasons for the view you have reached yourself.

Evaluate Carefully assess advantages and limitations. Emphasise evidence and authoritative views

Support or Evident To state clearly what you believe about the issue and give reasons or evidence to support your belief. E.g., relevant concepts/theories/models, facts and/or rationale

Reflect To challenge the validity and appropriateness of our assumptions and beliefs within our present context. This involves a process to engage an individual in going beyond surface understanding of a situation to determine the value of a decision, experience, or theory.

1. To demonstrate your understanding of LOs 1, 2, and 3, you need to select a large or medium size organisation in New Zealand to conduct secondary research and answer ALL questions relevant to Managing People and Organisational Behaviour in this assessment. These questions are listed in:
   
   
2. This Individual Research Report consists of 3 main stages: Data collection, data analysis, and report writing.

Data Collection

1. Upon obtaining the approval from your lecturer the organisation in New Zealand for your study, you should collect secondary data relevant to this project.

2. Given limited time to conduct this research, you are advised to choose an organisation that has assessable secondary sources (e.g., company reports) for study. However, if primary data is needed to supplement your secondary data, you are required to obtain:

• the Research Ethics Approval and Research Concern Form and

• the Interview Request Letter from your lecturer to conduct an interview with a senior manager in your selected organisation.

In this case:

• You will need to present your Interview Request Letter to your interviewee(s) and let them sign the Research Concern Form prior to conducting the interview and attach the letter and signed form. This Research Concern Form will clearly show the contact details of the senior manager you have interviewed.

• This analysis will involve compiling an Interview Question Templateto use in your company of choice to assist you in the strategic analysis of the organisation. Refer to Interview Template provided by your lecturer for more details. It is very important to take note/record the interview (if possible) for your analysis.

• Your lecturer will supervise your primary data collection and analysis closely.

Data Analysis

1. You are expected to use the tools and techniques taught on the course as well as such readings that will showcase their knowledge and familiarity with the academic literature and course materials.

2. Based on the data collected from the following sources, your analysis of the company’s business operations and the inter-relationship of strategic organisational planning and human resource planning practices relevant to the requirements stated in this assessment:

• relevant change management models, tools, techniques, and strategies

• the findings from secondary resources. E.g.,
  • Company website
  • Annual reports

• Academic literature written on the specific industry sector of your company of choice / business organisation

• In-house publications from the organisation e.g. standard operation procedures, newsletters, policies

• journals

• editorials

• the findings and responses from your interviews (if any)

3. Based on the analysis of the strategic perspectives of your selected company, you are required to use the data collected to analyse the challenges in managing change, people and behaviors in your selected organisation and recommend ways to improve their practices.

Report Writing

1. This research report mustbe written as a paper, in the depth and style of a Human Resource Specialist aimed at the General Manager or Chief Executive Officer as the target audience.

2. It mustcontain an Executive Summary that outlines the structure of the research and the outcome/results of the research as well as recommendations. This Executive Summary is excluded from the word count of this assessment.

3. Students are expected to use the theories/ models, tools and techniques as well as such readings that will showcase their knowledge and familiarity with the academic literature and course materials.

4. It is understood that there will always be gaps or insufficiency in the amount of information made available to you in your research. Hence, an awareness of this research limitation would help you in analysing the data collected more critically.

5. Students are expected to make intelligent assumptions and theories to supplement the information they have to formulate for the research report.

6. The research report mustbe original i.e. your own work. Your own views, opinions and ideas are aspects of critical thinking, and these can be supported with relevant academic literature sources.

7. Ensure that any academic sources (websites included) that you used in your report are correctly referenced using the APA reference style (6th Edition) for in-text citation and reference list. Failure to reference sources indicates that you have plagiarised the work as your own, and this will result in a fail mark for this assessment. If you are ever unsure – then reference it.

8. Please complete the details on the cover page and ensure that attach this whole set of Assessment document to the front of your research report.