5035: Human resource management
Assessment Brief 2
Student Name/ID
Number
Unit Number and Title 5035: Human Resource Management
Academic Year 2021 - 2022
Unit Tutor HOANG Lan Anh
Assignment Title Talent management strategy
Issue Date August 2021
Submission Date
IV Name & Date
Submission Format
Format:
This assignment is an Individual assignment. The word limit is 2.500 words +/- 10%.
You must use font Open Sans size 12, set number of the pages and use 1.5 spacing.
Margins must be: left: 2 cm; right: 2 cm; top: 2 cm and bottom: 2 cm. The reference
follows Harvard referencing system. The recommended word limit is 2.000 - 2.500
words. The cover page of the report has to be the Assignment front sheet 1.
Submission
Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date and in a way
requested by the Tutors. The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on
http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/
Note:
The Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another student
or from books etc. If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books,
journals or other sources, you must reference your sources, using the Harvard style.
Make sure that you know how to reference properly, and that understand the
guidelines on plagiarism. Otherwise, you definitely get fail
Unit Learning Outcomes
LO3 Examine how external and internal factors can influence HRM decision making in
relation to organisational development
LO4 Apply HRM practices in a work-related context for improving sustainable organisational
performance.
Transferable skills and occupational competencies developed
Development and delivery of HR solutions to the business, appropriate to the
organisational context.
Tailoring of business-centred advice on the interpretation and application of HR
policies and processes.
Vocational scenario
Organization
You’re working as a Human Resource Administrator in a company (the company
could be chosen in your interest; however, the chosen company should have both
centralised and decentralised functions). One of the decentralised functions is the
HR function. In each global location they are based, while production is the core of
the organisation, there are many other support functions that ensure the success of
the business. The business requires committed employees to ensure that the
organisation is successful and sustainable, and that it achieves its business
objectives through strong performance.
The company plans to implement Digital Business Transformation, in which the
company stresses the mission to acquire more outstanding talents with a good
understanding of the company’s market and Digital Transformation.
In this assignment, your main task is to design a HR plan to maximize the Digital
Business Transformation outcomes.
Role
As a Human Resources Administrator, it is your job to understand HRM practices
and to provide information accurately and in a timely way to the appropriate
stakeholders.
Your typical duties involve:
liaising with a range of people involved in policy areas such as staff
performance and health and safety
recruiting staff, which involves developing job descriptions and person
specifications, preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting,
interviewing and selecting candidates
making sure that prospective staff have the right to work at the organisation
developing and implementing policies on issues such as working conditions,
performance management, equal opportunities, disciplinary procedures and
absence management
preparing staff handbooks
advising on pay and other remuneration issues, including promotion and
benefits
preparing management reports on employee-related data on a monthly
basis.
Recommended Resources
(1) Weblinks
Industry Forum. Skills needs in the changing global manufacturing landscape.
Available at:
https://www.industryforum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/04/Skills-needs-
in-thechanging-global-manufacturing-landscape.pdf
(2) 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
(3) Textbooks
Armstrong, M. and Taylor, S. (2020) Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource
Management Practice. 15th Ed. London: Kogan Page.
(4) Journal articles
Schwertner, K., 2017. Digital transformation of business. Trakia Journal of
Sciences, 15(1), pp.388-393.
Sousa, M.J. and Rocha, Á., 2019. Digital learning: Developing skills for digital
transformation of organizations. Future Generation Computer Systems, 91, pp.327-
334.
Galgali, P., 2017. Digital transformation and its impact on organization's Human
Resource Management. Retrieved August, 17, p.2019.
Fenech, R., Baguant, P. and Ivanov, D., 2019. The changing role of human resource
management in an era of digital transformation. Journal of Management
Information and Decision Sciences, 22(2), pp.1-10.
Bauer, T.N., 2004. Maximizing Success. SHRM Foundation's Effective Practice
Guidelines Series.
Assignment Brief and Guidance
You’re working as a HR Administrator for your chosen company (the students
will be advised to choose different companies). The company plans to
implement Digital Business Transformation, in which the company stresses
the mission to acquire more outstanding talents with a good understanding of
the company’s market and Digital Transformation.
In the first phase, your team has already proposed a Talent acquisition plan. In
this second phase, you’re required to propose a HR plan to maximize the
Digital Business Transformation outcomes. Accordingly, you will advise the
Board of Management how to coach qualified human resources, and motivate
employees to participate in this plan.
The proposal should cover the following:
(1) Re-introduction of Digital Business Transformation plan
(2) An analysis of key internal and external factors affecting the preparation
of human resources to support this DX plan.
(3) The proposal of motivation plans (including learning, rewarding plans)
to engage employees in this plan.
(4) Critically evaluate key factors affecting HRM preparation for DX plan to
make valid recommendations to improve sustainable organizational
performance.
(5) Critically evaluate how the proposed HRM practices affect the DX plan
and make valid recommendations to improve sustainable
organizational performance.
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Pass Merit Distinction
LO3 Examine how external and internal factors can affect
HRM decision making in relation to organisational
development
P4 Investigate the external M4 Discuss the key external
D2 Evaluate key factors
and internal factors that and internal factors that
affecting HRM decision
affect HRM decision affect HRM decision
making to make valid
making to support making, using relevant
recommendations.
organisational organisational examples to
development. illustrate how they support
organisational
development.
LO4 Apply HRM practices in a work-related context for
improving sustainable organisational performance. D3 Determine strengths
P5 Apply HRM practices in M5 Illustrate how the and weaknesses of HRM
a work-related context, application of specific HRM practices to make
using specific examples to practices in a work-related recommendations for
demonstrate improvement context can improve improving sustainable
to sustainable sustainable organisational organisational
organisational performance. performance.
performance.
