Assignment Details:

Critically evaluate the effectiveness of HR planning. Choose a UK (or international) business sector and explore how HR planning may (or may not) be used to help organizations within that sector respond to political or legislative changes that impact upon its labour market.
Use academic research, statistical and case study evidence to explore both the labour market you have selected and the differing HR planning approaches that may be adopted (or not) by your selected case study organization (s).

This element of the coursework aims to assess the following learning outcomes and should, therefore, be considered within your written submission:

• Analyze and evaluate the major features of national and international employment markets from which organizations source staff and the ways in which markets evolve and change, demonstrating awareness of the changing nature of work and the requirement to have a workforce that can operate flexibly as labour demands fluctuate.  This is not an essay about ‘flexible working’ but about a ‘flexible workforce’ the composition of which will change according to organization demand and labour market dynamics.
• Critically analyze the impact of internal and external organizational factors and how these impact on workforce planning strategies and initiatives.
• Take into account the ethical considerations that need to be considered when developing HR (workforce) plans.
• Critically evaluate the different approaches to workforce planning within the context of your case study illustration(s)
• Critically evaluate the sources and evidence base for knowledge that underpins this discipline. Please remember this is an HR essay – not a political, economic, or legislative essay, to please focus your writing and research efforts on Human Resource Management.
• Fully compliant with APA referencing requirements.

Assignment Writing Questions Related to Project Management

1. Discuss how Strategic Management can have an impact on front line management in the business environment?
2. Describe how an understanding of the operations management environment can help in business planning?
3. Examine the relevance of total quality management in project management?
4. Why is it important to use a project management methodology? Discuss the main differences between the two traditional project methodologies, PMBoK Guide and Prince2, taking into account the stages and milestones involved?

Questions for Case Study Related to Project Management

1. Describe what strategic management is and the various concepts and techniques that can impact front line management?
2. Describe what the operations management environment is and how understanding it can aid in business planning?
3. Explain why it is important it uses a project management methodology and differentiates between PMBoK Guide and Prince2. Acknowledge the stages and milestones involved?
4. How can total quality management aid in project management and examine its relevance?