BTEC Assignment Brief 2 (RQF)

Qualification Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Business

Unit or Component number
Unit 03: Human Resource Management
and title
Assignment title Training and Development plan
Assessor Ngo The Nam
Hand out date
Hand in deadline

Format: This assignment is an Individual assignment in the form of an

HR Training and Development Plan. The recommended word limit is 1,500–
2,000 words.
You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages
and use multiple line spacing at 1.3. Margins must be: left:
1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom: 1 cm. The
reference follows Harvard referencing system. The
recommended word limit is 2.000-2.500 words. You will not
be penalized for exceeding the total word limit. The cover
Submission format
page of the report has to be the Assignment front sheet 2.
Submission Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date
and in a way requested by the Tutors. The form of submission
will be a soft copy posted on CMS.
Note: The Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or
from another student or from
books etc. If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books,
journals or other sources, you must reference your sources, using the Harvard
style. Make sure that you know how to reference properly, and that
understand the guidelines on plagiarism. If you do not, you definitely get fail

Vocational Scenario or
Context You are assigned to design a training package for a specific position in one
year. You can freely choose a position in a company. You are required to
present to the leadership team of the chosen company to get funds for the
training plan. Accordingly, the training plan should cover following contents:

1. Job specifications of the chosen position

- Design a job specification for a particular job role
- you will take part in an interview simulation for a job role advertised
by the lecturer. A CV for each student, tailored to apply for one of
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 the positions advertised by the lecturer.

2. Student must identify key aspects of employment legislation within

which the organisation must work.

3. In addition to this, you should produce an evaluation summary of

employee relations and employment legislation that relate to these
HR practices. This is to be presented to new applicants as a
document that outlines the guidelines of the organisation. Covering
the following:

- The approach to and effectiveness of employee relations and

employee engagement, with mention of the flexible organisation and
flexible working practices and ‘employer of choice’.

- An evaluation of how employee relations and employment

legislation inform decision making and meets business objectives.

4. A description of the proposed training which includes different

elements of your training design and evaluation. Critically provide
the rationale for your proposal and potential benefits that staff may
achieve after participating into your proposed training

LO3 Analyse internal and external factors that affect Human Resource
Task 1
Management decision-making, including employment legislation
Checklist of evidence required Individual Written report
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
Analyse the importance of employee relations in respect to influencing HRM decision-
P5
making.
Identify the key elements of employment legislation and the impact it has upon HRM
P6
decision-making.
Evaluate the key aspects of employee relations management and employment legislation
M4
that affect HRM decision-making in an organisational context.
Critically evaluate employee relations and the application of HRM practices that inform and
D3
influence decision-making in an organisational context.

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 LO4 Apply Human Resource Management practices in a work-related
Task 2
context
Checklist of evidence required Individual Written report
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
Illustrate the application of HRM practices in a work-related context, using specific
P7 examples.

Provide a rationale for the application of specific HRM practices in a work-related context.
M5
Critically evaluate employee relations and the application of HRM practices that inform and
D3
influence decision-making in an organisational context.

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