Question: You work for an organisation that is considering implementing Ulrich’s Business Partner model (1997) to structure its HR department. You have been tasked by the HR Director (your line manager) to critically review its usefulness and relevance for contemporary HR practitioners before the organisation can consider adopting it. Create five slides in PowerPoint, with accompanying notes, setting out the content that you would cover in your presentation. Your slides and notes must be app...

Question: As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Managing the Human Resource assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments. Learning Outcomes: After completing the module you should be able to: Have a clear understanding of, and an ability to critically evaluate HRM and its role within the organisation and the wider the g...

Question: Activity 3.5 is completed at the end of the course and a separate deadline is set for this. Evidence to be produced:Activity 1: Presentation visual aids, with accompanying notes (approximately 1,000 words)Activity 2: A Service Level Agreement (approximately 500 words)Activity 3:a. Information from, and confirming that, self-assessment has taken place.b. A CPD plan and record which includes: Identified needs Options to address these needs If required, revisions to the plan Perfo...

Question: A recent CIPD survey, Outlook: Views of the profession, Winter 2016-17 asked HR professionals about their organisation’s priorities, both now and in three years’ time, and in particular how aligned they considered their HR activities were in achieving them.  The top three priorities identified were: Cost ManagementTalent ManagementIncreasing Organisational agility and productivity Select any TWO of the above priorities and Critically evaluate the extent to which ...

Question: Learning Outcomes: (2 & 5)  the following will be fully or partially achieved. Plan effective performance management policies and practices to improve organisational and employee performance.Critically evaluate the effectiveness of performance management. TASK The role of the line manager in managing an organisation’s performance management system has been subject to much discussion and debate.  According to Hendry (1997) “The architects of strategic perform...

Question: Students will be asked to submit an individual reflective summary of the key skills considered in this module.  This will cover 7 key areas – however students will only need to submit 5 and can therefore decide which 5 of the 7 skill areas they would like to be assessed from the following:- TeamworkPostgraduate Study SkillsDecision MakingInterpreting Financial InformationManaging BudgetsPresentation SkillsIT Proficiency Questions to be addressed TeamworkWhat role do y...

Question: Basic elements of a good Math Studies Project or Math SL/HL Portfolio piece:· Correct answers throughout.· All questions answered in a logical order.· Audience is the teacher.· Identify and address the principal goal of the assignment.· Written explanations of difficult or less­obvious steps in work.· Word­processed including use of technology for graphs and equations. Solution: 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Aim of the Project: The strategic aim of this Math’s IA project is explo...

Question: Part C (A.C.3.2 & 3.3) (Approximately 250 words for self-assessment summary and about 500 words for CPD Plan and Record) You are required to apply the techniques of Continuous Professional Development. You need to: 1.Provide a summary of your ‘My CPD’ self-assessment in approximately 250 words in the box below – for example, key development identified, any surprises, how useful you found the exercise (approx 250 words) 2. Produce a CPD Plan to meet personal developme...

Question: Part A (AC1.1) (950 words) In this part of the report you are required to do two things. You are required to conduct research and produce a report on the role and contribution of the HR professional within organisations and how the CIPD’s Profession Map helps to define this.  You should then produce a report of approximately 750 words to cover the following points: 1.       An evaluation of what it means to be an HR professional in th...

Question: Write a report on the approach taken to termination of employment in your own organisation. You should briefly explain: The differences between fair and unfair dismissals with examples for eachThe importance of exit interviews to both partiesThe key stages to be followed in managing redundancies. Solution: Fair and Unfair Dismissals Basically, an employee can be removed from their employment position through retirement, individual decision to resign and retrenchment (AC...