Summative Assessment for Managing and Co-ordinating the Human Resources Function

Assessment brief/activity
You are required to provide
written answers to all five of the questions below.
Question 1
Give examples of the main
organisational objectives that the HR function is responsible for delivering
and briefly explain how these have evolved/are evolving in contemporary
organisations. In your answer, provide a brief justification for managing HR in
a professional, ethical and just manner.
Question 2
Give
a brief summary of two different ways HR objectives can be delivered in
organisations.
Analyse
how the HR function varies between organisations in different sectors and
of different sizes.
Question 3
Give a short explanation of
at least two major theories of change management, and illustrate how they can
be used and evaluated.
Question 4
Your CEO has asked for a
report on the contribution of the HR function to the business. In preparation
for the report, give a brief summary of the criteria and methods available for
use in evaluating the HR function’s contribution.
Question 5
In consultation with your
tutor, select an article that identifies and evaluates research evidence
linking HR practices with positive organisational outcomes. Briefly summarise
the findings and state how convincing you find these to be. Conclude by
explaining how high-performance working and investment in human capital can
impact on organisational practice.
Evidence to be
produced/required
Written responses to each of
the five questions of approximately 3,900 words in total (divided appropriately
across each of the five questions).
You should relate academic
concepts, theories and professional practice to the way organisations operate,
in a critical and informed way, and with reference to key texts, articles and
other publications and by using organisational examples for illustration.
All reference sources should
be acknowledged correctly and a bibliography provided where appropriate (these
should be excluded from the word count).
All submissions should be in
the region of 3,900 words plus or minus 10% and references should be added in
the Harvard Referencing Format.

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