Assignment Guide: Critique and Debate Key and Contemporary Arguments about HRM Theory and Practice

Requirements of the Assignment

Critique and debate key and contemporary arguments about the theory and practice of HRM and how ethical expectations are met in practice whilst assessing its contribution to the organisation.

Evaluate and analyze workplace scenarios relating to relevant business strategies for professional, ethical, effective, and efficient HRM within current organizational contexts.

What am I required to do in this assignment?

Choose a contemporary United Kingdom (UK) organization, identify a HR problem impacting on the organization and address the following questions in your report:

1) What are the current HRM trends and problems the organization face, and how does this impact on them?

2) How might the HRM team start to plan ahead and think about long-term workforce planning, what theories and practices will you consider?

3) What considerations can the HRM team take to ensure ethical practices are used in their recruitment/selection process?

4) Looking at the problems you have identified, what recommendations can the HRM take to resolve the problems.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

• Investigate current and relevant literature around the organisation you have chosen, undertaking secondary research, using credible academic and practitioner sources, with citation, to resolve the problems you have identified.
• Prepare a business report to a basic professional level, with the key aspects of your secondary research and demonstrating in-depth knowledge of HR theory and/or practice with references.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

A business report at a professional level that focuses

• On current HR trends/problems in the context of a UK organization.
• Use relevance contemporary academic theory, frameworks, models and debate around the week one to week four topics.
• Integration of theory and practice.
• Critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis.
• Directly address the Learning Outcomes and threshold expectations (see above).
• Provide recommendations to overcome the identified problems.
• Understand how your work will be evaluated (See Marking Criteria and Feedback below)

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

The aim of this assessment is to increase your critical thinking around HRM in organizations and how it is impacted regularly by environmental changes as well as developing your skills in in writing a practical business report.

The focus of this assignment on investigating current and emerging HR issues within a UK organization post Covid-19. You will take into consideration the external and internal environment and how it impacts on HR activities such as workforce planning through work design, change and development as well as recruitment and selection. The first four teaching weeks as indicated in the guided learning folder on BREO establishes the context of HRM with the pursuant weeks paying specific attention to key people management areas which you may wish to highlight more specifically in your discussion. The seminar sessions will help to consolidate your understanding of each of those areas in relation to the assignment.

Successful completion of the unit will give you a comprehensive and detailed overview of how you as a business management graduate with specialized knowledge of HR are able to make a greater impact in the organization, increasing your contribution and effectiveness in working through and with your organizational colleagues to increase the well-being of the business for sustained competitive advantage.

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.