Higher Nationals

Assignment Brief – BTEC (RQF)

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Business

Student Name /ID Number

Unit Number and Title Unit 3: Human Resource Management

Academic Year 2019-2020

Unit Assessor Tolu Sonubi

Assignment Title Human Resources Employee Induction Manual

Issue Date 10/02/2020

Submission Date 02/03/2020

IV Name M. Lacatus

Date 04/12/2019

Submission Format:

The submission is in the form of an HR employee induction manual. This should be written in a concise,
formal business style using single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make use of headings,
paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and referenced
using the Harvard referencing system. Please also provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing
system. The recommended word limit is 2,000–2,500 words, although you will not be penalised for
exceeding the total word limit.
Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Explain the purpose and scope of Human Resource Management in terms of resourcing an
organisation with talent and skills appropriate to fulfil business functions.

LO2 Evaluate the effectiveness of the key elements of Human Resource Management in an organisation.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Scenario and activity:

As a newly appointed assistant human resource officer for [named organisation/an organisation of your
choice – your own place of work if appropriate] you have been tasked with producing an employee
induction manual for new staff being recruited into the Human Resources (HR) department.

The manual will provide details on the purpose of HR and the main HR functions within the organisation
with an overview of different HR practices.

The Employee Induction Manual should cover then following:

1. An introduction to the chosen organisation including mission statement, purpose and core
business objectives.
2. An explanation of the purpose and the functions of the HR function applicable to workforce
planning and resourcing an organisation together with an assessment how the functions of HRM
can provide talent and skills appropriate to fulfil business objectives.
3. An explanation and a critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches
 to recruitment and selection supported by specific examples.
4. An explanation of the benefits of different HRM practices within an organisation for both the
employer and employee. The effectiveness of different HRM practices must be evaluated in
terms of raising organisational profit and productivity.
5. An assessment of different methods used in HRM practices, providing examples to support
evaluation within the context of your organisation. The assessment will support your critical
evaluation of HRM practices and application within an organisational context, using a range of
specific examples.

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Higher Education Qualifications
Assignment Brief
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction

P1 Explain the purpose M1Assess how the D1 Critically evaluate the
LO1 Explain the purpose and the functions of functions of HRM can strengths and weaknesses
and scope of Human HRM, applicable to provide talent and skills of different approaches to
Resource management in workforce planning and appropriate to fulfil recruitment and selection,
terms of resourcing an resourcing an business objectives. supported by specific
organisation with talent organisation. examples.
and skills appropriate to
fulfil business functions.
P2 Explain the strengths M2 Evaluate the strengths
and weaknesses of and weaknesses of
different approaches to different approaches to
recruitment and selection recruitment and selection.

P3 Explain the benefits M3 Assess different D2 Critically evaluate

LO2 Evaluate the of different HRM methods used in HRM HRM practices and
effectiveness of the key practices within an practices, providing application within an
elements of Human organisation for both the specific examples to organisational context,
Resource Management in employer and employee. support evaluation within using a range of specific
an organisation. an organisational context. examples.
P4 Evaluate the
effectiveness of different
HRM practices in terms
of raising organisational
profit and productivity.

Higher Education Qualifications

Assignment Brief