Task
a)
First, critically assess academic perspectives on how leaders and managers analyse then adjust to their environment.
b)
Then, using insights developed in the first part of the assignment, analyse how well an organisation of your choice developed its management of people in relation to its environment
This assignment assesses the following course objectives:
- Analyse the existing human resources management (HRM) practices in an organisation in order to plan how to facilitate and manage changes.
- Provide an understanding of the relevant theories, origins and best practices involved in managing people in the workplace by establishing an understanding of the key elements of leadership/people management, including structure, culture, management, team working, training, development, coaching, mentoring, communication, influencing, performance and motivation.
- Incorporate behavioural theories in order to establish and implement strategies for the interaction of people and technology; benefits and pitfalls.
- Evaluate best practice in communicating with employees both directly and through trades unions/ workers cooperatives
Assessment criteria:
Nature of the topic/introduction
A review of appropriate academic literature
Analysis and discussion
Conclusions and recommendations
Presentation & referencing
General Guidelines
Nature of the topic/introduction (10% of marks = approximately 350 words). In this section of your assignment it is expected that you identify the key issues associated with OBHRM, from the perspective of the employer.
Review of appropriate academic literature (30% of marks = approximately 950 words). In order to build knowledge, it is important that you access a range of relevant resources. A literature review is concerned with judging the merit or otherwise of a body of research that addresses a research question. A further definition is “In writing the literature review, the purpose is to convey to the reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. The literature review must be defined by a guiding concept
(eg. your research objective, the problem or issue you are discussing, or your argumentative thesis). It is not just a descriptive list of the material available, or a set of summaries.
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