...CIPD Assessment Report – Foundation (AR1) To be completed by candidate Centre name: | City of Glasgow College | Candidate name: | Allan Davidson | | CIPD Membership/ registration No: | | | | Qualification title: | Certificate in Human Resource Practice | Unit title(s): | Understanding Organisations and the Role of Human Resources | Unit code(s): | | Assessment activity (and assignment title if applicable) and the learning outcomes addresses: | Write a report on the HR Map | Date due for assessment: | 04 December 2012 | Extension request date | | | | Extension granted | Y/N | Actual date evidence submitted: | | Revised due date | | Candidate declaration: | * I confirm that the work/evidence presented for assessment is my own unaided work. * I have read the assessment regulations and understand that if I am found to have ‘copied’ from published work without acknowledgement, or from other candidate’s work, this may be regarded as plagiarism which is an offence against the assessment regulations and leads to failure in the relevant unit and formal disciplinary action. * I agree to this work being subjected to scrutiny by textual analysis software if required. * I understand that my work may be used for future academic/quality assurance purposes in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. * I understand that the work/evidence submitted for assessment may not be returned to me and that I have retained...
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...Understanding Organisations and the role of Human Resources- 3HRC 1.2 Nwes provided a number of services across three entities, the three sectors of the business make up the company and supports its mission statement and Values “Encouraging Enterprise” The three sectors include Services, Property and World of work. Services initially provide direct support for clients who are looking to start up in self employment, offering free business advice and training. Property ties in well with services as we are able to offer clients who come to us for the support easy in, easy out tenancy in our premises across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge and Essex, this gives them the opportunity to utilise professional offices for their new businesses. Our third entity is World of Work, also known as WoW which is a charity enabling us to provide work experience and educational packages for students. 1.2 Our main customers are young entrepreneurs looking for business advice for their ideas, although we attract a large variety of customers. Business ideas can vary from high end Solicitors to garden and maintenance, therefore the courses we provide are generalised so that we are able to support everyone. Nwes is a social Enterprise so that support we offer relies upon contracts that we win from either government or private entities. Either way we have to abide by guidelines, for example one contract we have recently gained is Start Up Loans, which is low rate loan for 18-30 year olds. Sometimes...
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...Drive our growth. Inspire a generation. Show the high street how it’s done. Be part of one of the most exciting and visionary names in British Retail. Welcome to Debenhams. (Debenhams Careers,2015: Online) Type of Business Debenhams is a public limited company. The shares are traded on the stock exchange. These types of businesses are hugely varied in their characteristics and range in size from small to multinational, but they are all strongly commercial because they have to provide a return for their investors. (Martin 2014) Debenhams is an international retailer with products available either in store or online across the globe. Tracing its history back to 1778, Debenhams is headquartered in the UK and owns 200 stores in the UK, 11 in the Republic of Ireland and six in Denmark. There are a further 69 franchise stores operating in 25 countries. Debenhams products are also available online in over 60 countries. Debenhams gives its customers around the world a wide range of brands and product lines in womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, health and beauty, lingerie, accessories, gifts and home and furniture. Half of everything we sell is exclusive to Debenhams, including Designers at Debenhams which is a range of more than 20 diffusion brands from some of the UK’s leading fashion designers including Jasper Conran, Julien Macdonald, Ben de Lisi, Matthew Williamson, Star by Julien McDonald . Our own brands are complemented by some of the world’s best known international...
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...regulation Employees/People A culture where employees are valued and growth is encouraged within the company Treat people with respect and dignity Recognise and reward accomplishment Foster teamwork and collaboration Welcome Diversity and diverse opinions Excellence Continually improving performance Achieve innovation in all we do Stress quality, productivity, growth, best practices and measurement Always strive to be the best Our Mission statement; values and culture all shape the day to day activities of the business DEAL & KENNEDY (2000) defined organisational culture as ‘the way things get done around here’ they also created a culture model based on 4 types of organisations (see appendix A.) This business seems to fall into the ‘Work hard play hard culture’. This tacit understanding is further influenced by its corporate presence – both determine the kind of employees we attract. Our ‘Work hard play hard culture’ gets results fast but can often be stressful particularly with the processes we need to follow and the already increased workload for managers resulting from the new flatter structure. To retain staff in this stressful environment many benefits have been adopted these include, flexible working hours, TOIL, early finish at Christmas, private health care, good pension, birthday lunches are standard and the strong ‘Family First’ ethos helps retain staff. Using the PESTLE model - The following section will illustrate and analyse some of the...
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...Unit title Level Credit value Unit code Unit review date Understanding Organisations and the Role of Human Resources 31 4 3HRC Sept. 2011 Purpose and aim of unit This core unit provides an introduction to the role of human resources and learning and development (HR/L&D) within an organisation and the environmental context. By the end of this unit the learner will have developed their understanding of how HR activities support an organisation’s strategy and assist the achievement of business objectives and how these are shaped by internal and external factors. This unit is suitable for persons who: are aspiring to, or embarking on, a career in HR/L&D are working in the field of HR/L&D in a support role and wish to develop their knowledge and skills have responsibility for HR/L&D activities and decisions within an organisation without a specialist function are employees or independent consultants within the field of HR/L&D wish to understand the role of HR/L&D in the wider, organisational and environmental context. Learning outcomes On completion of this unit, learners will: 1 Understand the purpose of an organisation and its operating environment. 2 Understand the structure, culture and functions of an organisation. 3 Understand how HR activities support an organisation. 1 Equivalents in Ireland = 5; Scotland = 6 CIPD unit 3HRC - Version 2 - 17.03.10 1 Unit content Indicative content is provided for each of the learning...
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...Challenges in Human Resource Development Practitioner Preparation Organisational learning and skill formation initiatives are increasingly being seen as contributing to the achievement of organisational competitiveness in the contemporary economy. As a result, the development of employees has become a more prominent organisational practice. Since Human Resource Development (HRD) practitioners are primarily responsible for employee development there is a need for them to become more highly skilled to ensure that their practice meets the changing needs of organisations. Formal educational programs in the practice of HRD provide a way of assisting practitioners to acquire the skills they now need for effective practice. The design of such programs, however, is problematic given the emergent and cross-disciplinary nature of the ® eld. This paper surfaces some of the challenges associated with program design for the development of HRD practitioners, drawing from discussions in, and pro® ling research from, the HRD literature. The ® nal section of the paper proposes several key areas that need to be addressed in preparatory programs for HRD practitioners. edged, for the purposes of this paper those working in organisations with positional labels including enterprise trainer, training of® cer, trainer and developer, learning strategist or consultant, performance developer, organisational developer and staff development of® cer are being collapsed into one occupational category...
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...Understanding Organisations and the role of Human Resources The author of this assignment will describe his findings on how HR activities in an organisation support a organisations strategy and how they assist the achievement of business objectives in a modern world through internal and external factors. An organisation will encounter all kinds of problems and can be affected by culture, size, law and many others. By looking at these factors a person can understand how Human resources and Learning and development can help to ensure an organisation will survive in its environment. According to Shein.E (1988) Organisational Psychology in: Mullins.L (1985) Management and Organisational Behaviour a pitman publishing imprint “a formal organisation is the planned co-ordination of the activities of a number of people for the achievement of some common, explicit purpose or goal, through division of labour and function, and through a hierarchy of authority and responsibility.” The purpose of (company name ) Is to forward customers tangible goods to (company Name) to build cars, to become globally recognised and to be the most dominant and profitable supplier of third party logistics service to the chosen clients by offering standards of excellence unachievable by competitors. A Swot analysis quoted by Mullins.L (1985) Management and organisational Behaviour Financial Times Pitman Publishing Imprint “can offer a number of potential...
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...[pic] Lecturer: Melanie Ahmad Email: melanie.ahmad@auscampus.net Semester 2, 2011 1.0 Subject information at a glance |Academic and support staff: | |Enrolment requirements: |Assumed entry skills and knowledge: | |Credit points: 15 |It is assumed that students undertaking this subject already possess a | |Prerequisite: Human Resource Management (MGT2HRM) |sound understanding of basic human resource management. | |Delivery mode and location: | | | |Assessments: | |Two assignments 2500 words (total word count) 30% | |Final examination 2 hours 70% | | ...
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...CAMBRIDGE TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA IN IT BUSINESS RESOURCES D/502/5409 LEVEL 3 UNIT 30 GUIDED LEARNING HOURS: 60 UNIT CREDIT VALUE: 10 BUSINESS RESOURCES D/502/5409 LEVEL 3 UNIT 30 PURPOSE OF THE UNIT The unit looks at how a range of resources including human, physical, technological and financial resources are used and managed within business. This unit will help the learner to have an understanding of how human resources are managed and of the employability and personal skills required of personnel in an organisation. Learners will gain an understanding of the purpose of managing resources effectively, not only in relation to human resources but also in terms of physical and technological resources. Learners will also gain an understanding of how an organisation can gain access to sources of finance, both internally and externally and be able to interpret financial statements. There are clear links between this unit and many of the other units; it serves as a useful introduction to areas that may be covered in depth in further units. www.ocr.org.uk 2 Business Resources Level 3 Unit 30 ASSESSMENT AND GRADING CRITERIA Learning Outcome (LO) Pass The assessment criteria are the pass requirements for this unit. Merit To achieve a merit the evidence must show that, in addition to the pass criteria, the learner is able to: M1 analyse the recruitment documentation of a selected organisation Distinction To achieve a distinction the evidence must...
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...Arnaud TEZENAS du MONTCEL / B00295190 Business Research Skills Report N°1 Arnaud TEZENAS du MONTCEL 20/03/2016 Table of contents Introduction 2 1. Effective research design 2. Qualitative research 3 3 2.1. How to choose between Qualitative and Quantitative research 2.2. Advantages of a qualitative research 3 2.4. How to create a quality survey 4 2.5. Difficulties you could meet 4 Qualitative analysis of the interview with a UWS Academics 5 3.1. Thematic research 5 3.2. Understand the interview 5 3.3. How to find themes 5 3.4. Identification of themes 4 3 2.3. How to run a qualitative survey 3 3 6 Highlight on the key findings 6 References 7 Appendix 1 8 Appendix 2 12 Appendix 3 13 Appendix 4 15 1 Introduction For this second semester, I am in charge to product a report about the qualitative research. In this report, I will give a definition as complete as possible of the qualitative research. Talk about the advantages and limits of a qualitative research. I will also run a Thematic Analysis of an interview using tools as Initial Interview Analysis, then Thematic Map and a table with the Emergent Themes. To finish this report I will discuss about the key findings of my analysis. 2 1. Effective research design The research design got an important function: Be assured that the data we have collected is in proper to the following “problem”...
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...Business Resources Grade P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | P7 | P8 | P9 | | | | | | | | | | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | | | | | | | | | Overall Grade P | | M | | D | | Deadlines Date Issued: | Date Due: | Date Submitted: Date | Declarations Student: I declare that the work submitted in this assignment is my own work and any resources used have been acknowledged. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice. I understand the requirements of this BTEC Level 3 National Certificate in Applied Science. I have been offered constructive feedback and the opportunity to improve my work. Assessor I declare that I have issued the relevant resource material. I ensured that the student understood the requirements for the completion of this course. The student named above completed the work that is submitted and the work is their own. Student Signature | Assessor Signature | Date | Date | Unit 2 – Business Resources At the core of every organisation are the human, physical, technological and financial resources that enable it to function. This unit will give learners a broad understanding of the importance organisations place on managing their resources efficiently in order to achieve their objectives. It is important that learners are able to relate their understanding of resource management to a real organisation. This will provide an essential link between theory and practice. Understanding how...
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...A business report on accounting Many companies across the world have introduced the business literacy program in their organisation in order to ensure to improve the performance within the organisation by means of pay per performance programs and it is very clear that the success of this program or even any other program is possible only once the employees are aware about the program and can work accordingly. Many big concerns like the Soft Drink Giant PepsiCo has been making use of Visual to conduct the learning program for their employees in order to initiate the success of the new ideas within the context of the company. Many leaders and managers in the company prefer to align the educational system and its offerings with the goals and objectives of the organisation which is not an easy task to do, so it is a must that communication initiates are reinforced along with proper training and education so that this will help the employee to understand the goals of the organisation very clearly and also develop their skills and motivate them to contribute and perform at their best. The leaders have to draw a clear picture by means of literacy programs in order to ensure that the employees are very clear and work form heart and soul and also for rewards obviously. Learning and its relationship to the Organisation Even if an organisation concludes that learning provides the answer to its further development it has to consider, not only the approach, but also how people learn in...
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...OF CONTENT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 CONCEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT a. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT b. INTERCULTURAL WORKING c. INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMNET 3 THE CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGER, ITS ROLES/FUNCTION AND CONTRIBUTION 4 THE CAPABILITIES AND QUALITIES OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS 5 THE CONCEPT OF EXPATRIATION 6 CHALLENGES FACED BY INTERNATONAL MANAGERS ON INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENT 7 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS, REFERENCES 1. INTRODUCTION In this time of globalization, the concept of international human resource management has come to be an important aspect for human resource manager in multinationals, in order to have a worldwide vision of managing their expatriates effectively outside their PCN/HCN. The aim of this report is to analyse the statement which says that Effective international managers were said to be those who were flexible, open-minded, adaptable, speaking in foreign languages, and making friends with those of many nationalities (Smith, 1992:46). The report also provides necessary conclusion and recommendation which international managers are to adopt to ensure that employees works more effectively. There are differences between countries yet expatriates are effective in there works because of the role of international manager to see that the expat are successful. This analysis will be done looking at the different roles and attributes of international managers, the concept...
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...Understanding organisations and the role of human resources Unit 3HRC Workbook Cullen Scholefield Maxwelton House 41 Boltro Road Telephone: 0800 0185 052 Fax: 01444 459 221 Haywards Heath West Sussex Website: www.csgconsult.com Cullen Scholefield Limited a company registered in England No: 3298304 RH16 1BJ United Kingdom eMail: develop@csgconsult.com Contents Introduction 4 New qualifications 4 Overview of 3HRC Understanding organisations and the role of HR 6 Section one - Organisation context, purpose, aims and objectives 7 Section two - Different types of organisation 13 Section three - Understand how HR activities support an organisation 20 3HRC © Cullen Scholefield Page 2 of 27 This page is intentionally blank 3HRC © Cullen Scholefield Page 3 of 27 Introduction New Qualifications The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has introduced new qualifications in 2010 to reflect the knowledge and skills specified in the CIPD HR Profession Map and revised membership criteria The changes offer greater flexibility to you and providers, introduce a whole new suite of Intermediate level qualifications, and will meet the requirements of the new Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). What is the QCF? The QCF is a new way of recognising achievement through the award of credit for units and qualifications. At present, it is hard to understand all the different types of qualification...
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...Unit 2: Unit code: QCF Level 3: Credit value: Business Resources D/502/5409 BTEC National 10 Guided learning hours: 60 Aim and purpose The aim of this unit is to develop learner knowledge of the range of human, physical, technological and financial resources required in an organisation, and how the management of these resources can impact on business performance. Unit introduction At the core of every organisation are the human, physical, technological and financial resources that enable it to function. This unit will give learners a broad understanding of the importance organisations place on managing their resources efficiently in order to achieve their objectives. It is important that learners are able to relate their understanding of resource management to a real organisation. This will provide an essential link between theory and practice. Understanding how these resources are managed is one of the keys to assessing how well the organisation is performing. The first part of this unit explores the range of human, physical and technological resources for a selected organisation. Learners will investigate the importance of managing these resources efficiently. The contribution that recruiting and retaining suitable staff can make to the organisation’s performance is examined. The importance of managing the organisation’s physical and technological resources efficiently is also explored. For an organisation to survive its finances need to be sound and secure. The...
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