COLLEGE OF BANKING AND FINANCIAL STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME

B.Sc. in Business Administration
ASSIGNMENT BRIEF/Individual
Weightage: 30%

Student Name & ST Number

Semester 4 February- June 2022

Assignment Title Issues and Trends in the Labour Market in Oman

Module UG067-IHRM Assessor: Mrs. Juhaina Al Mullahi

Start Date: 27.03.22 Internal Verifier Ms. Aisha Al Mandhari

Due Date: 19.04.22

Formative:
Summative: 10.05.22

Required Work, Format and Grading

You must submit the following by the assignment due date:
 Completed answers to each task, making sure that you fully address each of the outcome
criteria.
 Answer all questions separately.
 Assignments without TURNITIN report will not be accepted.

Resources:
You need to demonstrate a confident application of the theories to the assignment task. The theoretical
underpinning of your observations and deliberations should also demonstrate a good understanding of
the subject by the way that your analysis is structured.

You can access the Internet to research about the topic. You should demonstrate good academic
practice by the appropriate use of academic texts and journals that are properly referenced.
Guidelines and further information about assignment:
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Assignment must be submitted with the “Turnitin” report. If the report generated indicates a
similarity index percentage of 20% or more, a review of your assignment is necessary to
ensure the same is reduced to less than 20%.

Student declaration:
I certify that the work contained in this assignment was researched and prepared by
me:

Signature: ___________________________ Date: ___________________

The user ID and Password for submitting the soft copy of the report
through TURNITIN is as follows:

Class ID: 34102424 Enrolment Password: IHRM

Submission time and date

You should submit the assignment by the time and date mentioned otherwise a ‘NA’ will
be awarded. Fill in the form cover and staple it with your assignment. Make sure that all
the relevant details are complete. Assignments must be submitted by the due date. You
may include diagrams, figures etc without word penalty.

Plagiarism Writing

1. Plagiarism occurs if you use somebody else’s work in an assignment or exam

answer, but fail to state where you got the material from. You need to be also
very careful about the amount of words you are using from somebody else’s
work.
2. It can happen in any type of assessment where you are given the questions or
tasks in advance.
3. If another student uses your work in his/her answer(s), both you and he/she will
be punished when caught.
4. Punishments for committing plagiarism can be very severe.

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Details

Plagiarism is a form of cheating in which students use the work of others and present it
as their own. It may include all or any one of the following –

1. Copy extensively from the work of others (from sources such as books,
magazines, journal, web-sites etc) and submit the work as your own.
2. Copy another students’ work and submit it for assessment under your own
name.
3. Allow another student to copy your work and then submit it for assessment
under their own name.

What happens if you get caught?

The examining body of CBFS may punish offending students in any manner that they
deem fit. Typical punishments may range from reduction in grades, making students re-
sit modules and even failing students on a module or an entire award. The college
considers this form of cheating as a serious offence. Therefore be forewarned!

LO 2: Discuss how market changes influence HR functions

2.1 Understand the impact of market trends and changing workforce on HR practices

2.2 Recognize the challenges facing HRM due to external variables

2.3 Identify the significance of skills towards enhancing organization’s performance

Scenario or Task:

In recent years, how to be more inclusive of youth and their capabilities in the workforce
has been one of Oman’s primary challenges. The National Center for Statistics &
Information's census suggests that Omani youth between the ages of 18 to 29 represents
46.7% of the Sultanate’s population. As such, every year there is an influx of fresh
graduates met with an imbalance of available opportunities.

Fortunately, a series of reforms issued by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq has
ensured steady rotation in the workforce, specifically in the government sector. These
include a reduction in the retirement age and the introduction of a Job Security Fund with
a starting budget of $26 million.

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To bridge the skills gap between national workforce supply and industry demand, the
Omani government has also set up a nationwide training infrastructure and tasked the
Ministry of Labour with developing Omani talent for the jobs of today and opportunities
of tomorrow.

Omani companies keen to compete in the global marketplace will have to reinforce their
training commitments as job requirements evolve, particularly as working lives get
longer, and workers of all ages will need to regularly update existing skills and learn new
ones.

Constant reskilling to add to an individual’s pre-existing area of expertise and life-long

learning are challenging the traditional reliance on solely school-based learning. The
digital age has made continued learning easy with tools including e-learning platforms.
Acquiring and honing new skills that are relevant to the need of the hour is beneficial;
predicting and meeting the skill needs of the future is critical to make our economies
shatter-proof.

Task 1: Answer the following questions in an essay format. The word count is 2500 (+ or
-) 10%. Your answer should demonstrate your critical writing skills while answering the
questions (25 Marks).

Based on the above scenario, answer the following questions.

1) Discuss the challenges facing the Omani labour market and their impact on HRM
functions.

2) Suggest different HRM strategies to help organizations to accommodate the changes

in the labour market focusing on:

 Technology
 Training & development
 Upskilling

Task 2: Presentation (5 Marks)

You will have to prepare a presentation based on your essay.

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Marking criteria’s
- Knowledge acquisition
- Analytical skills
- Subject awareness
- Problem solving
- Writing skills
- Structural format

College of Banking and Financial Studies

UG Studies Program
Standard Valued Rubrics for Assignment
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Level 6- Semester 3 and 4

Marks/Grades 90-100 85-89 74-84 56-73 50-55 0-49

Criterion A A- B C D F
Knowledge Shows Sound Major Shows Minimal No
40% well- understandi facts are understan understandi understandi
coordinate ng of understoo ding of ng of basic ng of the
d subject d basic issues/topic topic/subje
understan matter issues/the ct area
ding of ory
subject
Analysis Touches Detailed Reasoned Shows Fails to No or
30% upon all coverage of argument evidence identify minimal
relevant basic and of subtle understandi
issues/the concepts/th sequencin understan issues/theor ng of the
ory. eory. g ding of y. Captures key
Concise Reasonable concepts. obvious theories/to
analysis coverage of Coverage ideas. pic
subtle of obvious
issues/theor ideas.
y
Research Excellent Use of up- Appropria Adequate Weak Poor
10% referencin to-date te referencin reading and referencing
g and resources. referencin g and referencing . Shows
reading in Well g reading. lack of
all areas informed reading/ref
and erences out
generally of date
accurate
information
provided.
Relevance All Material Discussio Some Some No
10% material used is n shows material repetitive relevance
used is of relevant relationshi repetitive matter. to subject
relevance p to theory Irrelevant matter
Conclusion Excellent Intelligent Methods Conclusio Weak Poor
10% conclusion conclusion. incorporat n in place conclusion conclusion.
. Brings Good e but key and Poor
together application modificati points content. knowledge
all of ons used missing. Satisfactor application.
concepts knowledge Reasonabl y
and adds e application
an original applicatio of
perspectiv n of ideas/theor
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 e knowledg y
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Standard Valued Rubrics for Presentation

Levels 5, 6, 7 and 8

Marks/Grades 90-100 85-89 74-84 56-73 55-55 0-49

Criterion A A- B C D F
Delivery Shows Sound Some Basic Minimal No
25% well- coordinated evidence coordinate coordinated evidence of
coordinate delivery of d delivery delivery coordinate
d delivery with coordinate with with d delivery
with confidence d delivery average limited with low
confidenc with confidenc confidence confidence
e confidenc e
e
Methods Creative Sound Some Shows Minimal No
25% quality of quality of evidence basic evidence of evidence of
PPT slides PPT slides of quality quality of quality of quality of
of PPT PPT slides PPT slides PPT slides
slides
Structure Shows Sound Evidence Shows Minimal No
25% well- logical of logical basic logical evidence of
coordinate structure & structure logical structure & logical
d logical flow & flow structure flow structure &
structure & flow flow
& flow
Content Shows Sound Some Shows Minimal No
25% well- evidence of evidence basic evidence of evidence of
coordinate coherent, of coherent, coherent, coherent,
d evidence insightful coherent, insightful insightful insightful
of & insightful & & &
coherent, explicitly & explicitly explicitly explicitly
insightful relevant explicitly relevant relevant relevant
& answer to relevant answer to answer to answer to
explicitly the answer to the the the
relevant question the question question question
answer to question
the
question

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