Effective Human Resource Management Principles - Assignment Guidelines

The learners are required to follow the strict deadline set by the College for submissions of assignments in accordance with the BTEC level submission guidelines and College policy on submissions. They should also refer to Merit and Distinction criteria that require evidence of meeting agreed timelines and ability to plan and organise time effectively without which the learner may not expect to receive a higher grade. On completion assessments should be uploaded to Canvas. You will receive a receipt to acknowledge your submission of evidence. This ensures that there is a clear audit trail for submission of assignments.

• The work you submit must be in your own words. If you use a quote or an illustration from somewhere you must give the source.
• Include a list of references at the end of your document. You must give allyour sources of information.
• Make sure your work is clearly presented and that you use readily understandable English.
• Wherever possible use a word processor and its “spell-checker”.
• The work you submit must be in your own words.
• Include a list of references at the end of your document. You must give all your sources of information (this must be in accordance with the Harvard referencing system).
• Make sure your work is clearly presented in chronological order and has a logical flow.

• English presented within the body of your assignment must show academic proficiency and comply with academic requirements. If an individual has additional learning needs these should be appropriately assessed and met Feedback In-class feedback will be available from draft submissions on a task-by-task basis in the form of formative feedback and also for initial submission (formative feedback will not include any indication of final grades, the process will focus upon supporting development).

The aim of this unit is to enable students to appreciate and apply principles of effective Human Resource Management (HRM). People are the lifeblood of any organisation and being able to attract, recruit and retain talented staff is at the core of all HRM activity. This unit will explore the tools and techniques used in HRM to maximise the employee contribution and how to use HR methods to gain competitive advantage.Students will explore the importance of training and development in building and extending the skills base of the organisation and ensuring it is relevant to the ever-changing business environment.

Students will also consider the growing importance of becoming a flexible organisation with an equally flexible labour force and become familiar with techniques of job design and with different reward systems. The unit investigates the importance of good employee relations and the ways in which employers engage with their staff and possibly with trade unions. Students will gain an understanding of the law governing HRM processes as well as the best practices which enable an employer to become an ‘employer of choice’ in their labour market. The knowledge, understanding and skill sets gained in this unit will help students to choose their own preferred areas of specialism in future studies and in their professional career.

This assignment/portfolio will be assessed according to the following grading criteria:
• To attain a ‘PASS‘ grade, learners need to achieve all the ‘PASS‘ criteria.
• To attain a ‘MERIT‘ grade, learners need to achieve all the ‘MERIT‘ criteria, along with all the ‘PASS’ criteria.
• To attain a ‘DISTINCTION‘ grade, learners need to achieve all the ‘DISTINCTION’ criteria, along with all the ‘MERIT’ and PASS criteria.

It is not accepted practice to submit assignments that present the grades, pass, merit and distinction as separate entities. A holistic integrated approach must be used whereby the criterion appears seamless within the body of the text.Any act of plagiarism and collusion will be seriously dealt with according to the City College Limited regulations. In this context the definition and scope of plagiarism are presented below:
• Using the work of others without acknowledging the source of information or inspiration. Even if the words are changed or sentences are put in a different order, the result is still plagiarism (Cortell 2003). Collusion is described as the submission of work produced as a result of the collaboration between two or more parties. Additionally, collaboration entails the sharing of one person‘s work with others who submit either all or part of their coursework ?as their own.