Formative Assessment 4 7MER Managing Grievances, Disciplinary, Policies and Practices

Solution Executive Summary This report explores ways through which an organisation can promote its grievances management system. The report is centred on the consultancy for an organisation that has reported opportunities for employees to raise a tribunal or grievance, but the business is not interested. Also, the employees are working more hours per week than required. This report proposes a tighter grievance approach that comprises of six stages. These include attempting the informal process...
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Formative Assessment 3 7MER Relationship between good employee relations and organisational performance

Solution Executive Summary This report examines the relationship between employee relations and organisational performance. Also, the impacts of employee relations on staff engagement and commitment are explored. Drawing from the analysis, it is apparent that employee relations, which entail the relationship between the employee and employer, transcend the simple link to include other factors such as performance management and employee engagement. These factors are crucial in establishing a su...
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Formative Assessment 2 7MER International Considerations and the Role of Diverse Groups

Solution Global organisations are tasked with understanding how the employment laws differ across jurisdictions. This demonstrates the global human resources practices. In an international environment, the human resources management (HRM) concepts, including staffing and employment relations, should demonstrate an understanding of the role of diversity in the workforce. According to CIPD (2020), the term employee relations replaced industrial relations in promoting the interaction between the...
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Formative Assessment 1 (40572/21) 7MER Different theories and perspectives on employee relations

Solution The workforce is a critical part of the organisation. Notably, employees require a supportive working environment that is characterised by profound communication and relationship with leadership and management. This ensures the individual is motivated and satisfied with the job. Employers, therefore, need to manage workplace relationships to ensure smooth running of the firm’s functions. Employee relations entail the organisational endeavours on managing the relationships between emp...
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HRM2SPR 5RST Part C

Solution 5RST Part C 2.1 Principles of Effective Workforce Planning and the Tools Used in the Process Workforce planning is defined by CIPD (2019a) as an initiative intended to ensure an appropriate number of people possessing the right skills are engaged in the right positioning and at the right time. This is intending to deliver set short and long-term organisation objectives (see figure 1). Figure 1: Workforce Planning Phases The principles of workforce planning include; A...
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HRM2SPR 5RST Part B Resource and Talent Planning

Solution Labour Market Trends making it hard for a company in recruiting and retaining staff needed and developments changing the situation According to CIPD (2019a), the labour market trends are identified as the indicators of labour market activities which are applied to shape the scope of the extent in which organisations practice recruitment, retaining and individual development. For instance, taking into account the UK labour market, there exist a gradual increase in the qualified s...
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HRM2SPR 5ODTB Organisation Development Part C

Solution 1.0 Project Approach 2.1 Project Purpose and Summary This project is a 12-month program in an organisation in Saudi Arabia that intend to change their information technology and communication systems that have been in place since the early 1990s. The objectives would include the need to use data and information to implement a high-performance in the organisation. This project would also minimise the dissatisfaction in the organisation and communication failures leading to chall...
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HRM2SPR 5ODTB Part B Organisation Development

Solution Origins of OD, leading towards contemporary definitions, learning theory ideas, psychological and behavioural science, social and organization learning, and organizational systems theory Organisation development (OD) is a multifaceted concept with multiple definitions sharing common features despite of the varied meanings. Irrespective of the definition used, the OD has developed over the years to be identified as a critical practice that can be adopted in an entity for the sake...
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Historical and theoretical perspectives of organization design

Solution Historical and theoretical perspectives of organization design, and explanation and comparison of organization design models Historical and Theoretical Perspectives According to CIPD (2019), organization design is a critical segment of what makes an organization successful, the HR’s capacity of influencing the activities and shaping the outcomes. This is a critical role of being an effective practitioner. According to Magalhães and Proper (2017), organization design has been ...
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HRM2SPR 5ODG Organisational Design Part B

Solution 1.2 Current Internal Organisational Context in terms of Key Influences on Business Strategy, and Measures of Organisational Performance Organisation Type As noted in CIPD (2019), the organization type is critical in establishing what makes an organization successful, the HR’s capability of influencing the activities and shaping the outcomes of services delivery. The different types of organisations is as shown in figure 1;   Figure 1: Types of Organisations and influ...
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