Assignment Instructions/ Description
Assessment brief/activityYour CEO has asked each departmental head to undertake a critical review oftheir systems, processes and practices as part of a major organisationalchange agenda. You have been asked to review an area of HR/businesspractice and present a business report to key stakeholders withrecommendations for improving practice. To provide the basis for your report,you have been asked to conduct a critical review of information sourcesrelevant to the area of practice. You should:● Select an area of HR/business practice and give the reason for your choice● Undertake a critical review of different information sources (at least three)e.g. research digests, academic and professional literature, onlinedatabases, key texts relevant to the selected area of practice.● In your write up of the literature review you should explain why youselected that particular source and highlight some of the different researchapproaches adopted by the authors and comment on the advantages anddisadvantages of these different approaches.● Draw meaningful conclusions from the review of the different informationsources.● Make justified recommendations to named stakeholders for sustainingand/or improving practice.Your report structure should include:● Title page (report title and their name, submission date)● Executive summary (overview, methods of analysis, findings,recommendations)● Table of contents (list of numbered sections)● Introduction (terms of reference)● Main body (headings and sub-headings – these could be for eachinformation source reviewed). Candidates should use a mix of narrativeand diagrammatic formats to present their findings.● Conclusion (including major inferences and recommendations for change)● Reference list● Appendix if used i.e. information supporting their analysis but not essentialto its explanation.
Assessment Criteria
4.1
2.1
2.2
1.1
3.1
4.1
Evidence to be produced/requiredA written business report for stakeholders of approximately 2600 words. The title page, executivesummary, reference list and any appendices are excluded from the word count.You should relate academic concepts, theories and professional practice to the way organisationsoperate, in a critical and informed way, and with reference to key texts, articles and other publications andby using organisational examples for illustration.Assessment GuidanceUsing Information in Human Resources – LOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
To pass, candidates should provide a written business report for stakeholders of approximately 2600 wordswhich reflect the guidance given below.The title page, executive summary, reference list and any appendices are excluded from the word count.Candidates should relate academic concepts, theories and professional practice to the way organisationsoperate, in a critical and informed way, and with reference to key texts, articles and other publications and byusing organisational examples for illustration.All reference sources should be acknowledged correctly, and a bibliography provided where appropriate (theseshould be excluded from the word count).AC 2.1
AC 2.2, 1.1
AC 4.1, 3.1
Candidates should identify an area of HR/business practice for the focus of their literature reviewe.g. good practice in employee engagement, recruitment and selection, pay and reward, learningand development, they should explain why they have selected the particular area e.g. tobenchmark their own organisational practice against good practice reported in the literatureCandidates should then review different information sources relevant to the area of practice witha justification for the information sources chosen. They should show evidence of engagingcritically with each of the sources by:● Summarising the focus of the source● Examining the methodology used (quantitative or qualitative)● Evaluating the conclusions from each source based on the methodology used and evidencepresented.Candidates should write a business report for identified stakeholders e.g. CEO, executive team,shareholders. A typical structure would be:● Title page (report title and their name, submission date)● Executive summary (overview, methods of analysis, findings, recommendations)● Table of contents (list of numbered sections)● Introduction (terms of reference)● Main body (headings and sub-headings – these could be for each information sourcereviewed). Candidates should use a mix of narrative and diagrammatic formats whereappropriate to present their findings.● Conclusion (including major inferences and recommendations for change)● Reference list using appropriate scholarly convention● Bibliography if appropriate● Appendix if used i.e. information supporting their analysis but not essential to its explanation.
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