Question
Assessment Task 1:
Based on the Article: Managing human resources remains challenge to growth (thenational.ae, 2015)
As the region’s economies exit the financial crisis and shift gears towards more inclusive and sustainable growth, the challenge of creating adequate knowledge and talent resources – and managing them – is becoming more obvious.……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Read the following questions and prepare a Report.
- Explain the importance of SHRM in any organisation by justifying with an example. (AC: 1.1 Explain the importance of strategic human resource management in organizations).
- Based on the Article given above, it states explicitly that “There is widespread acknowledgement that finding the right framework to recruit, retain and manage human capital resources remains one of the toughest challenges to growth and continuity for organisations and governments in the GCC”.
- Choose an organization of your choice, preferably the organization where you are working (or) worked (or) familiar with in the GCC region. Understand the chosen organization’s objectives and understand the working procedures of the organizations related to the HR management. Give out clearly the chosen organisation’s goals and objectives.
- State the SHRM activities pertaining to recruitment, retention and management of important human capital resources in the chosen organisation and assess the purpose of such SHRM activities in the organisation.
(c) Finally, evaluate the contribution of SHRM of the organisation, towards achieving and meeting the chosen organisational objectives and goals.
(AC 1.2: Assess the purpose of strategic human resource management activities in an organization) and
(AC: 1.3 Evaluate the contribution of strategic human resource management to the achievement of an organization’s objectives).
Assessment Task 2 (Scenario)
Answer the following questions given below relating to your chosen organisation in the Task 1.
1. Analyse the business factors that underpin human resource planning in terms of recruitment, retention, training and development in your chosen organisation.
2. Based on the objectives of the chosen organisation, develop a human resource plan for recruitment, retention, training and development in your chosen organisation.
3. Explain the purpose of having human resource management policies in your chosen organisation (you can concentrate on recruitment policy, selection policy, retention policy, training and development policy, leave policy, career growth and promotion policy, compensation and benefits policy). (A.C 3.1 Explain the purpose of human resource management policies in organizations).
4. Choose a minimum of three or more major regulatory requirements which are influencing your chosen organisation’s HR policies, and analyse the impact of these regulatory requirements on your organisation’s human resource policies. (A.C 3.2 Analyse the impact of regulatory requirements on human resource policies in an organization).
5. Organisational culture has a major impact on management of human resources in an organisation.
6. How would you like to improve the effectiveness of human resources management in your chosen organisation? Make few recommendations with justification. (A.C. 4.4 Make justified recommendations to improve the effectiveness of human resources management in an organization)
Assessment Task 3 (Case Study)
To fulfil its mission effectively, a business needs to operate within a structure best suited to its purposes. Traditionally large businesses divide the organisation up into functional areas. Syngenta’s functions include research and development, global supply (including manufacturing), human resources (HR), sales and marketing, finance, and Information Systems (IS).…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
1. Analyse organisational structure impact on management of human resources in Syngenta. (A.C 4.1 Analyse the impact of an organizational structure on the management of human resources)
2. Examine how the effectiveness of human resources management can be monitored in a company like Syngenta. (A.C. 4.3 Examine how the effectiveness of human resources management is monitored in an organization).
Answer/Solution:
Table of Contents
1.1 Explain the importance of strategic human resource management in organisations. 3
1.2 Assess the purpose of strategic human resource management activities in an organisation. 5
Assignment Task 2: Scenario. 9
2.1 Analyse the Business Factors That Underpin Human Resource Planning in an Organisation. 9
2.2 Assess the human resource requirements in a given situation. 10
2.3 Develop a human resources plan for an organisation. 11
3.1 Explain the purpose of human resource management policies in organisations. 12
3.2 Analyse the impact of regulatory requirements on human resource policies in an organisation. 13
4.2 Analyse the impact of an organizational culture on the management of human resources. 14
Assignment Task 3 (Syngenta) 15
4.1 Analyse the impact of an organizational structure on the management of human resources. 15
4.3 Examine how the effectiveness of human resources management is monitored in an organisation 18
Introduction
In the contemporary business environment, the role of Human Resources (HR) is critical as it enhances the functioning and progress of a business or an entity in the attainment of their set objectives. In light of this, Wright and McMahan (2011) have noted that HR plays an instrumental role in the long-term success of an entity for it does not only lead to the objectives attainable but also provide long-term success of any entity. Also, in an event the HR plays their instrumental roles in their organizations, they end up leveraging from a competitive advantage. In order to enhance harmonious operations of all the HR team, the strategic human resource management plays an instrumental role. This involves the formulation of long-term plans, implementation of ideas in the business and results evaluation to ensure an entity is tracking all operations for attaining all laid down objectives. As a modern practice, the SHRM provides that there is a human capital development through identification, assessment, acquisition, development, deploying and retaining of employees who are all critical to an entity success. The evaluation in the current study would focus on the Dubai Islamic Bank to evaluate their roles of the SHRM and how their functions are integrated successfully in their organization.
Assessment Task 1:
1.1 Explain the importance of strategic human resource management in organisations
As aforementioned, in any modern organization, the Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) is characterized by tremendous gains as part of overall strategic management within an entity. As observed by Çalişkan (2010), a…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...Please contact us to receive guidance on the entire assessment
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