Module Title: Managing Human Resources Assignment Number 1 (Semester 2 Assignment)
Module Code: 2001HRM Assignment Title Portfolio of Written Up Seminar Activities
Module Leader: Assignment Credits 100%
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Time and Place: Submission through Turnitin ONLY
Assessment Information
This assignment is designed to assess learning outcomes:
Assessment Information
This assignment is designed to assess learning outcomes:
The student should be able to:
• Understand issues associated with HRM and the activities that are associated with the implementation of HRM.
• Evaluate the way HRM is applied in practice by line managers
• With the aid of understanding different approaches to HRM, analyze HR situations and be able to develop appropriate responses.
• Evaluate the extent to which HRM models/frameworks can inform the development of best practices
This assignment is an individual portfolio assignment and requires you to write a report on the following tasks. The assignment is in two components as outlined below:
Component 1:
You are required to produce and write a portfolio totaling 3,500 words (+/- 10%). For the portfolio, you are to write on six seminar activities of the eight activities you undertake in class. Write these up, analyze and evaluate each topic drawing on relevant academic literature, and include appropriate references in the Coventry University Harvard format.
The topics are:
• Human resource planning
• The role of the Line Manager
• Recruitment and selection
• Training and Development
• Performance and Appraisal
• Reward Management
• Employee Relations
• Managing Redundancy
For each seminar activity, you should write an approximately equal amount.
Component 2:
Write a ‘Personal Reflection’, reflecting on your own experience in the process of working in your seminar groups during the seminars and what you have learned.
Your reflection should be written in the first person and should be no more than 500 words in total. This is part of your overall 4,000-word count.
Criteria for Assessment
Understanding of the topics and activities 45%
Application of theories and models 45%
Presentation and referencing 10%
Word Count
The word count is 4,000 +/- 10%
There will be a penalty of a deduction of 10% of the mark (after internal moderation) for work exceeding the word limit by 10% or more.
The word limit includes quotations and citations, but excludes the references list.