Posted: September 13th, 2017

Managing the Human Resources

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

 

As part of the formal assessment for ARUMBAMHR006 you are required

to submit a Managing the Human Resource assignment. Please refer to

your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment

scheme and general information on preparing and submitting

assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module you should be able to:

Upon completion of the whole assignment learners will be able to:

 Critically appraise the contribution people can make to an organisation.

 Analyse how factors concerning the management of the human

resource vary within an organisation and across situations.

 Identify and evaluate different human resource theories and practices

 Analyse a human resource problem and apply appropriate models to

develop solutions.

Word count: 3000 words (maximum)

Assignment Task

As part of the formal assessment for the Master of Business Administration you

are required to submit a Managing the Human Resource assignment. Please refer

to the Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme

and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

COMPLETE BOTH PARTS.

PART ONE:

There has been considerable debate about the impact that HRM has on the

success of an organisation. Choose an organisation of interest to you and

complete the following tasks:

Critically evaluate the way that TWO of the following are managed in the

organisation, assessing the impact that this has on the success of the

organisation: employee training and development, employee involvement and

participation and employee reward.

Then critically question whether it is possible to measure the impact that HR

practices have on organisational performance

There is a word limit of 2000 words for part onePage 3 of 4

PART TWO:

You are required to persuade the senior management team in your chosen

company of the importance of HRM. Create five slides in Powerpoint, with

accompanying notes, setting out the content that you would cover in your

presentation.

Please insert these into your assignment as images. Your notes should not

exceed 1000 words.

Marking Scheme

Answers will be marked in accordance with the following scheme (marks available

for each element are shown in brackets):

1. Underpinning knowledge – demonstrates understanding of relevant concepts,

approaches and theoretical frameworks in relation to HRM. Information gathered

and used is valid, relevant and of masters level quality. All sources have a HR

focus, with a strong academic underpinning. (30)

2. Application of knowledge – knowledge and evidence is applied to the

organisation in an appropriate way that demonstrates understanding of the

organisation and its context. Therefore, all knowledge will be integrated and not

presented in isolation to the case (20)

3. Critical analysis– shows capacity for objective review and critical evaluation.

Uses information and underpinning knowledge to provide a balanced critique of

relative strengths and weaknesses and to justify choices and decisions. Develops

coherent and justified arguments and conclusions. Information will not be

presented in a narrative or descriptive manner. (30)

4. Powerpoint presentation – clear and logical structure and presentation, with

focus on the key issues that need to be communicated. (20)

Your answer must be based around the information from an organisation but

discussions should be critical and underpinned by relevant referenced sources.

You should also ensure that your answer includes appropriate HRM academic

thinking and that this is also properly referenced.

Please include a front sheet that contains your full name, student number, course

title, module name and exact word count.

Guidelines:

You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with

appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is

referenced using the Harvard system. The My Study Skills Area contains the

following useful resources; Study Skills Guide (containing a Harvard Page 4 of 4

Referencing section) and a Harvard Referencing Interactive Tutorial. You

must use the Harvard Referencing method in your assignment.

Additional notes:

The word count excludes the title page, executive summary, reference list

and appendices. Where assessment questions have been reprinted from the

assessment brief these will also be excluded from the word count. ALL other

printed words ARE included in the word count. Printed words include

those contained within charts and tables. See ‘Word Count Policy’ on the

homepage of this module for more information.

Assignments submitted late will not be accepted and will be marked as a 0%

fail.

Your assessment should be submitted as a single word or pdf file. For more

information please see the “Guide to Submitting an Assignment” document

available on the module page on iLearn.

You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all

sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which show

evidence of academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is on the

homepage of your module and also in the Induction Area).