Unit 3: Human Resource Management

Assignment Brief
Student Name/ID Number

Unit Number and Title Unit 3: Human Resource Management

Academic Year 2022 - 2023

Unit Tutor Faryal Imran

Assignment Title Improving Organisational Performance – Exploratory Report

Issue Date 24th October 2022

Submission Date 10th December 2022

Submission Format

The submission format is in the form of an Exploratory Report with sectioned parts that
includes an evaluation account, a renewed employee legislation and a sample portfolio.
You are required to make effective use of headings, bullet points and sub-sections as
appropriate. All work must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard
referencing system (or an alternative system). You will need to provide a bibliography using
the Harvard referencing system (or an alternative system). Inaccurate use of referencing
may lead to issues of plagiarism if not applied correctly.

The recommended word limit is 3500-4000 words, although you will not be penalized for
exceeding the total word limit.

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Explain the impact of the role of HRM in creating sustainable organisational
performance and contributing to business success.
LO2 Assess the contribution of HRM in recruiting and retaining talent and skills to achieve
business objectives.
LO3 Examine how external and internal factors can affect HRM decision making in relation
to organisational development.
LO4 Apply HRM practices in a work-related context for improving sustainable
organisational performance.

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Transferable skills and competencies developed
• Communication skills; the ability to produce clear, structured business
communications.
• Creative thinking, encouraging the skill to produce innovative solutions to changing
environment.
• Development and delivery of HR solutions to the business, appropriate to the
organizational context.
• Critical Thinking and Writing, including tailoring of business-centred advice on the
interpretation and application of HR policies and practices.
• Research Skills to understand and find different perspectives for holistic learning.

Vocational scenario

According to GlobeScan Human Resource Sustainability Report 2021, employees in the last
three years have established a wider sense of self development and now have more
awareness of their rights. They are putting greater importance on their mental wellbeing
and are demanding changes in working policies to allow for more flexibility, autonomy and
growth to achieve organisational excellence. Current research says that many workers now
value a good work-life balance over working longer hours to earn extra monetary
compensation. Employees are also looking for employers who invest in the development
of “emergent skills” to enhance their level of employability to remain attractive in the
current labour market.

Companies also understand that to achieve organisational success, they need to work
further on employee motivation, engagement, and commitment if they want to avoid cases
of labour turnover and retain their workforce in these unprecedented times when people
are now returning to fulltime work from working remotely during COVID 19.

Role:

You are a qualified Human Resource (HR) Assistant of a company of your choice. You have
been tasked to assist your manager with leading the restructuring of the department as
part of managerial change to enhance organisational sustainability. You are to review and
evaluate the effectiveness of the HR department within the organisation, researching the
role and scope of HR while assessing the main HR functions within to incorporate a plan to
achieve excellence in the form of an exploratory report to be submitted for approval from
your manager.

The exploratory report will also include a renewal of the employee legislation keeping in
view the changing environment. Employees are now valuing freedom, security, flexibility
and growth more than monetary benefits. Most companies are aiming to be more
responsible with the management of their employees for greater wellbeing and increased
optimal performance- The new change in legislation will act as a statement from the
company that will showcase the company’s moral, legal and ethical duty towards its
employees to maximise stakeholder value.

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To ensure effective HR practices, a Personal Portfolio Document should be submitted as a
part of this report which will act as a sample for employees to follow when creating their
own portfolios and improve their understanding of the organizations HR policies.

Assignment activity and guidance

LO1 and LO2

Task 1:
a) What are the main elements of strategic HR for your organization? Analyse the current
HR strategic plan in line with the company’s corporate strategy to justify its sustainable
advantage.

b) Examine the purpose and functions of HRM applicable to workforce planning, resourcing
and maintaining of employees in your organization to fulfil its strategic vision- Critically
evaluate the different ways through which you can increase organizational performance of
your company through its HR functions to create sustainable change.

Task 2:
Assess how your team can ensure responsibility to provide talent and skills appropriate to
fulfil the changing needs of the business in terms of human capital. (Choose a job position
in your company to explain this answer)

LO3

Task 3:
Discuss the different internal and external factors that influence Human Resource
Management for your chosen organization. Prepare a new legislation that will be useful for
the department to enhance its organizational success by maximising stakeholder value.

LO4

Task 4:
Illustrate the application of HRM practices in your chosen organization by compiling the
document portfolio of the following:

a) Design a job specification for a particular job role;

b) A CV tailored to apply for the same position;
c) Documentation of preparatory notes for interviews, interview notes based on
selection criteria;
d) A job offer to (selected) candidate;
e) A performance evaluation document of the process and the rationale for
conducting appraisals within the company. Link the evaluation note to your
organisation i.e., provide the rationale in relation to a specific job role position.

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Recommended Resources

Please note that the resources listed are examples for you to use as a starting point
in your research – the list is not definitive.

Textbooks

ARMSTRONG, M. and TAYLOR, S. (2020) Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource

Management Practice. 15th Ed. London: Kogan Page.

BRATTON, J. and GOLD, J. (2017) Human Resource Management: Theory and

Practice. 6th Ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

TORRINGTON, D. et al. (2018) Human Resource Management. 10th Ed. London:

Pearson.

LEATHERBARROW, C. and FLETCHER, J. (2018) Introduction to Human Resource

Management. 4th Ed. Kogan Page

CHAFFEY, D. (2022) Higher Nationals in Business Core Textbook. 1st Ed. Custom
Publishing.

Weblinks
Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development. Available at: www.cipd.co.uk

HR Guides. Available at: www.hr-guide.com

Personnel Today Topics and webinars. Available at: www.personneltoday.com

Society for Human Resource Management. Available at: www.shrm.org

Business Case Studies. Available at: https://businesscasestudies.co.uk/recruitment-

selection-and-training/

HN Global

HN Global (2021) Reading Lists. Available at:

https://hnglobal.highernationals.com/learningzone/reading-lists

HN Global (2021) Student Resource Library. Available at:

https://hnglobal.highernationals.com/subjects/resource-libraries

HN Global (2021) Textbooks. Available at:

https://hnglobal.highernationals.com/textbooks

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Explain the impact of the role of HRM in creating

sustainable organisational performance and contributing
to business success

P1 Explain the main M1 Compare areas

areas of HRM in their of HRM to create
contribution to creating sustainable organisational LO1 and LO2
sustainable performance. performance.
D1 Critically evaluate
P2 Review the effects of M2 Examine HRM in the strengths and
the changing nature of relation to the changing weaknesses of HRM
organisations on human nature of the modern in relation to creating
resources skills and business organisation. sustainable organisational
knowledge. performance and achieving
business objectives.
LO2 Assess the contribution of HRM in recruiting and
retaining talent and skills to achieve business objectives

P3 Review relevant HRM M3 Evaluate the use

practices in relation to of HRM practices in
recruitment and retention recruitment and retention
of employees for the in relation to the
achievement of business importance of the labour
objectives. market.
LO3 Examine how external and internal factors can
affect HRM decision making in relation to organisational
development
D2 Evaluate key factors
P4 Investigate the M4 Discuss the key external affecting HRM decision
external and internal and internal factors that making to make valid
factors that affect HRM affect HRM decision making, recommendations.
decision making to using relevant organisational
support organisational examples to illustrate how
development. they support organisational
development.
LO4 Apply HRM practices in a work-related context for D3 Determine strengths
improving sustainable organisational performance and weaknesses of
HRM practices to make
P5 Apply HRM practices M5 Illustrate how the
recommendations for
in a work-related application of specific HRM
improving sustainable
context, using specific practices in a work-related
organisational
examples to demonstrate context can improve
performance.
improvement to sustainable organisational
sustainable organisational performance.
performance

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