FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES

UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAMME

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020, 2nd Semester
July - 2020
WRIT 1
Programme Title: BM&S
Module Title: People Resourcing and Development
Module Code:GHL6017
Assessment Method: Coursework
Level: 6 Block: 2
Module Credits: 20 Weighting: 50%
Due Date:10-May-2020, 11:59 PM Word Count: 3,000
Examiner(s):Mrs. Suzan; Dr. Agustin and Dr. Romeo

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 Gulf College – Faculty of Business and Management Studies – In academic

Affiliation with CARDIFF SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

A. Written work

➢ A signed declaration that the work is your own (apart from otherwise referenced
acknowledgements) must be included after the reference page of your assignment
➢ Each page must be numbered.
➢ Where appropriate, a contents page, a list of tables/figures and a list of abbreviations should
precede your work.
➢ All referencing must adhere to School/Institutional requirements.
➢ A word count must be stated at the end of your work.
➢ Appendices should be kept to the minimum and be of direct relevance to the content of your
work.
➢ All tables and figures must be correctly numbered and labelled.

B. Other types of coursework/assignments

➢ Where coursework involves oral presentations, discussions, poster presentations, etc.,

specific instructions will be provided by your module leader/team.

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Rewrite below part just after the References of your assignment.

WORK DECLARATION

I,[Name of Student],hereby declare that the uploaded Coursework through Turnitin is my own work. I
affirm that this has been researched and completed in accordance with the college rules and
regulations on plagiarism.

I acknowledge the advice given by the module tutors on proper referencing to avoid plagiarism and
the rules on the academic unfair practice.

I acknowledge that I read and understand the plagiarism guide written at the end of this assessment.
Any academic misconduct will be handled according to the rules and regulations of the university.

[Name of Student]

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General instructions

Coursework must be submitted online through Turnitin before due date. An acknowledgement
will be given to you by your teacher upon presentation of the finance clearance. This is your
receipt, keep it.

The only circumstance in which assignments can be uploaded late via Turnitin is if a Mitigating
Circumstances (MC) form is submitted at the same time. In these circumstances work may be
submitted within five (5) working days. Make sure to secure MC form and submit the same to
the concerned staff.

Write the number of words used, excluding references, at the end of your assignment. Provide
the list of sources you used at the last page of your assignment with proper label ‘References’.
You may include diagrams, figures etc. without word penalty. The number of words will be + or
– 10% of the total words allowed.

A work declaration must be included just after the reference page of your assignment. This
ensures that you prepare your work in good faith. Any form of collusion and/or academic unfair
practice will be dealt with according to the pertinent rules and regulations of the partner
university. Please read carefully the plagiarism guide.

Assessment Details

This Coursework comprises 50% of the total assessment’s marks. This will develop the following
Finance related skills:

1. Research skills: students have to collect information from various source

2. Critical and analytical writing skills: Students have to present the answers in critical and
analytical style

In addition, the assessment will test the following learning outcomes:

• Examine the scope and objective of people resourcing strategies within the wider legal, ethical,
procedural and competitive environment amid current debates on the nature of work and
contemporary labour market trends.

• Analyse the role and effectiveness of HR strategies on attracting, selecting, developing,

retaining and motivating people within the organisation.

• Compare and contrast a range of approaches to, and models or theories on HRD.

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 • Evaluate contemporary developments in HRD activities, interventions and practice with regard
to difference categories of employees and a range of different contexts

Assessment Task
COMPANY CASE REPORT (3,000 words)

This assessment requires the student to choose ONE company in Oman that they are familiar
with and prepare a company case report on Employment Life Cycle of an employee. Each student
should prepare a 3,000-word report on the people resourcing strategy used by a company in
Oman. This report should contain your critical review of the existing strategy and supported by
literature review. Use the following guidelines in the preparation of your report. Use secondary
data only.

The following information should be the contents of the Company Case report.

1. Introduction. Write an overview of the company and the people resourcing

strategies used in the employment life cycle in the chosen company.
2. Objectives of the Study
3. Literature Review
4. Issues and challenges in the Employment life cycle in the company
5. Critical analysis on the roles of People Resourcing strategies used by the
company in the employment life cycle. The people resourcing strategies
include:
5.1 recruitment, selection and induction of new staff;
5.2 monitoring the performance and rewarding of existing staff;
5.3 retaining staff and managing their absence;
5.4 releasing staff through redundancy, retirement or dismissal; and
5.5 workplace equality, diversity and well-being.
6. Conclusion/Recommendation
7. References

The company case report should be a maximum of 3,000 words.

Guidelines on writing a Company Case Report

1. The company to be chosen should be a company existing in Oman.

2. The literature review should include literature and studies related to People Resourcing
strategies. References should be from 2010 onwards.
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 3. Provide critical evaluation on the issues and challenges in the company’s employment
life cycle.
4. Provide critical analysis on the roles of People resourcing strategies and activities in the
employment life cycle in the chosen company.

Assessment Learning Outcomes:

• Analyse the role and effectiveness of HR strategies on attracting, selecting, developing,

retaining and motivating people within the organisation.
• Compare and contrast a range of approaches to, and models or theories on HRD and
national VET systems.
• Evaluate contemporary developments in HRD activities, interventions and practice with
regard to difference categories of employees and a range of different contexts.

***END OF ASSIGNMENT TASK***

Guidelines to students:
• There should be at least 15 references preferably referred journals, books or e-books and
newspapers among others.
• Use Harvard referencing style.
• Use proper headings and sub-headings. Label properly any tables or figures used in the
study.

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Marking Scheme
Question Description Marks

No. Allocated

• Brief background of the company (5

marks)
Introduction • Overview of the people resourcing
strategies used by the company (5
marks) 15 marks
• Objectives of the Study (5 marks)
• Critical review of the conceptual and
research literature
Literature Review 15 marks

• Critical review on the issues and 20 marks

Content and Analysis
• Critical analysis on the roles of the
challenges in the Employment cycle
in the company (20 marks)
following people resourcing
strategies and activities in the
company’s employment life cycle 30 marks
✓ recruitment, selection and
induction of new staff;
✓ monitoring the performance
of and rewarding existing
staff;
✓ retaining staff and managing
their absence;
✓ releasing staff through
redundancy, retirement or
dismissal; and
✓ workplace equality, diversity
and well-being.

• Summary of the key points of the

company case report
Conclusion/Recommendation 10 marks

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 • Use of 10 varied sources following
the Harvard referencing system.
References 10 marks

TOTAL
100 marks

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Plagiarism

1. Plagiarism, which can be defined as using without acknowledgement another person’s words or
ideas and submitting them for assessment as though it were one’s own work, for instance by
copying, translating from one language to another or unacknowledged paraphrasing. Further
examples of plagiarism are given below:

Use of any quotation(s) from the published or unpublished work of other persons, whether
published in textbooks, articles, the Web, or in any other format, which quotations have not been
clearly identified as such by being placed in quotation marks and acknowledged.

Use of another person’s words or ideas that have been slightly changed or paraphrased to make
it look differentfrom the original.

Summarising another person’s ideas, judgments, diagrams, figures, or computer programmes

without reference to that person in the text and the source in a bibliography or reference list.

Use of services of essay banks and/or any other agencies.

Use of unacknowledged material downloaded from the Internet.

Re-use of one’s own material except as authorised by the department.

2. Collusion, which can be defined as when work that has been undertaken by or with others is
submitted and passed off as solely as the work of one person. This also applies where the work of
one candidate is submitted in the name of another. Where this is done with the knowledge of the
originator both parties can be considered to be at fault.

3. Fabrication of data, making false claims to have carried out experiments, observations, interviews
or other forms of data collection and analysis, or acting dishonestly in any other way.

Plagiarism Detection Software (PDS)

As part of its commitment to quality and the maintenance of academic standards, the University reserves
the right to use Plagiarism Detection Software (PDS), including Turnitin. Such software makes no judgment
as to whether a piece of work has been plagiarised; it simply highlights sections of text that have been
found in other sources.

The use of plagiarism detection software fulfills two functions. The first is to enhance student learning
(i.e. as a developmental tool); the second is to guard against and identify unfair practice in assessment.

Further information and guidance can be found in the University’s policy on the Use of Plagiarism
Detection Software.

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