Question: Formative Assessment for Managing and Co-coordinating the Human Resource Function In preparation for your summative assignment, write a short report with headings, sub headings and a Declaration sheet; You are a consultant advising a variety of organisations on how to set up their HR function. One of your clients was at a business dinner recently and was boasting about having a cutting-edge shared services HR function in response to which one of your other clients stated that...

Question: A decision has been made to merge two local businesses. They are both retail stores, one selling ladies' fashion and one selling men’s fashion. Both of them are small, and based in one location in the same town. They have been struggling to survive, and it is hoped that they will have more strength once they have merged. There will be around 50 employees when they have merged. You have been engaged as a consultant to help them plan the new merged business. You are meeting with...

Question: Answer both of the following questions. You should allow 500 words for each answer. 1.  You are writing a business paper for your line manager at work on effective Absence Management Methods and they have asked you to write a short literature review on the topic. Based on an industry that you work in or one that you know well, write a short literature review (of no more than 500 words) that reviews secondary data on effective Absence Management Methods. Your line manager...

Question: Unit Assessment: CIPD Level 3 Evaluating Learning and Development Activities (3ELD) Your task It is important to evaluate any training that is undertaken, so for this task you will need to evaluate actual/real data that has been collected from training sessions that have been run within your organisation. You should review the methods used to collect this data and then analyse it and draw conclusions.  Activity 1 Agree an opportunity to evaluate an L&D activit...

Question: Learning Outcomes This assignment is designed to assess the following learning outcomes. Understand the research process and different research approaches. Be able to conduct a critical review of information sources in an area of HR/business practice and analyse the findings. Be able to draw meaningful conclusions and evaluate options for change. Know how to deliver clear, business-focused reports on an HR issue. Evidence to be Produced A written business repor...

Question: Formative Assessment for Developing Professional Practice You are the HR Officer in a retail organisation. There are 500 employees in the organisation, many of them working on a part-time basis. There have been a number of people-related issues in recent times which has meant that you have been busy with the following tasks: Supporting an employee who was attacked by a customer Recruiting 40 extra employees for the Christmas rush Putting in place a new performance man...

Question: Your organisation (or one with which you are familiar) is going through a period of change, and you have been appointed as the project manager for a 12 month programme of Organisation Development (OD). You are asked to develop a short research paper (approximately 1000 words) on the main theories and principles of organisation development. This should: our organisation (or one with which you are familiar) is going through a period of change, and you have been appointed as the...

Question: Prepare a research project report based on a chosen area of study pertaining to any of the management functions like HR, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Logistics, etc. Research report can also be prepared on cross-functional domains or on any of the major contemporary issues of management. You will choose your own company or a company of your choice and actually carry out research based on collection of primary data, as well as secondary data pertaining to the area of your researc...

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.....................................................................................................................................

Question: Practitioner Corporate Award Assessment Code: PIN This assessment tests the learning outcomes and module content of the following Modules: Driving value through procurement and supplyManaging expendituresDeveloping contractsSourcing essentialsNegotiation in procurement and supply Task Select a category of spend from your organisation. Develop and discuss a plan using the knowledge gained from this programme which could form the basis of a formal commercial negotiati...