Higher Nationals

Assignment Brief – BTEC (RQF)

Higher National Diploma in Business (Business Management)

Student Name /ID Number

Unit Number and Title Y/508/0487 - Unit 3: Human Resource Management

Academic Year Semester 1, Academic year 2020-2021

Unit Assessors Mr. John Andre, Mr. Nguyen Duc Nhan, Ms. Tran Thi Mai Phuong

Assignment No. and Title HRM1: Research into current practice (1 of 1)

Issue Date 7 September 2020

Submission Date Presentations and peer evaluation due in workshops after each lecture;
report submission deadline 5 December 2020 at noon.

IV Name Ms. Trinh Thi Thu Giang

Date
Submission Format:

The workshop presentations are expected to be presented professionally, as one would expect in an
office workplace. Students will work individually and should use PowerPoint (or similar) slides. Slides
must be submitted before the presentation. Presentation notes must accompany the slides (they
should be included on additional slides after the reference slide). Please see Task 1 below for more
details.

The submission format of the individual written report is as follows. It should be written in a concise,
formal business style using double spacing and font size 12. The student is required to make use of
paragraphs, section headings, etc. as appropriate and must be supported with proper research and
referenced using the Harvard referencing system. Please also provide a reference list of all cited
resources using the Harvard referencing system. The word limit is 1,200 to 1,500 words. If the student
exceeds the word limit (excluding references and administrative sections) the student’s grade will be
lowered.

The form of evidence includes the PowerPoint presentation slides, presentation notes, the individual
written report, and the peer evaluation forms.

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 objectives
LO2 Evaluate the effectiveness of the key elements of Human Resource Management in an
organisation
LO3 Analyse internal and external factors that affect Human Resource Management decision-making,
including employment legislation
LO4 Apply Human Resource Management practices in a work-related context

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

You have been selected by the Vietnamese government to produce a series of presentations and write
a short report about how an organization manages human resources in Vietnam. This information will
be used to help foreign and domestic companies improve operations here in Vietnam.

The student will need to choose one organization to report on for the duration of the semester. Each
student must choose a different firm. If a firm is very large, such as VinGroup, the student should
choose a division of that firm, such as VinFast or VinSchool. The selection of firms will be done through
the Moodle forums on a first come, first serve basis. Generally, any organization with at least 100
employees in Vietnam will be acceptable.

Task 1: Workshop Presentations

Each weekly workshop presentation will have its own brief, which the student should read carefully.
Presentations will be made individually and should be delivered professionally as if presenting to the
student’s manager at a company. Please see the individual workshop briefs for more details.

There is extra credit available. For each five weekly online quizzes that the student completes, five extra
credit points will be given. There will be 11 weekly online quizzes so if the student takes full advantage,
the student will be able to get 10 points of extra credit. Any indication of academic misconduct
(plagiarism, for example) will eliminate the chance to earn any extra credit.

Slides must include the full name, issue number, date, etc. of the journal in which supporting research
was published (also include the DOI of the article if one exists). Please note that journal articles or
books must be used as proper supporting research. Websites will not be accepted.

Slides must be submitted to Moodle for each workshop (before the start of the workshop) for each
Student Group (each student will be in one of two groups). If the student is in Student Group 1, the
student must submit in WS01.1, WS02.1, etc. If the student is in Student Group 2, the student must
submit in WS01.2, WS02.2, etc. Failure to submit the student’s slides and presentation notes properly
and on-time will lower the student’s score on that workshop and could cause the student to fail. Slides
are to be submitted in original format (for example .pptx and .odp are OK but .pdf is not).

Failure to submit slides and presentation notes in the proper format before the deadline will result in
the student’s workshop score being lowered by 10 points. Failure to submit slides before the end of
the day of the presentation will result in the student’s workshop score being lowered to zero/fail.

WS01 Questions (P1, M1)

1. What functions does HRM normally include?
2. Which of those functions does the HR department at your firm do?
3. Assess how the HRM function helps the company achieve its objectives?
4. What does the company measure to evaluate the performance of the HR department?

WS02 Questions (P2, M2, D1)

1. What are the different ways a company can do recruitment and selection?
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each way?
3. Critically evaluate the strengths and weakness of the company’s hiring practices.
4. Compose and answer a question which you think is most relevant to this firm’s HRM practice

WS03 Questions (P3)

1. Give at least two examples of how HRM practices can benefit both the company and its
employees.
2. How does the company measure benefits to the firm? To the employees?

WS04 Questions (P4, M3, D2)

1. Give two examples of how HRM practices can improve company profits and productivity.
2. Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the company’s HRM practices, focusing on
how they impact costs, profits, productivity, and other benefits to the firm and to the employees.
3. How does the company measure employee productivity?

WS05 Questions (P5)

1. Analyze how HRM decision-making should consider employee relations as a factor in the
decision-making process.
2. Explain how the company actually takes employee relations into consideration during HR
decision-making.
3. How does the company measure employee relations?

WS06 Questions (P6, M4, D3)

1. Briefly summarize the most important employment laws and regulations that should be a factor
in the HRM decision-making process.
2. Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the company’s consideration of specific
employment laws and regulations as well as employee relations when making HRM decisions.
3. How does the company stay current with employment laws and regulations?
4. What should the company do to come into compliance with any laws they are currently
violating?

Important: Evidence of analysis, evaluation, etc. and supporting journal articles must be made
clear on the student’s slides.

Presentation grades
Fail = 0
Pass = 30
Merit = 40
Distinction = 50

Task 2: Peer Evaluations

Each week will have a workshop. The student will either be presenting, or the student will be evaluating
someone who is presenting. The student has six presentations scheduled and six peer evaluations
scheduled. The student is required to properly evaluate the presenter assigned.

1. If you give the proper grade and you provide two points of good quality feedback about your
peer’s presentation content (one supportive and one constructive) you will receive 15 points.
 2. If you give the proper grade and you provide only one point of good feedback, 10 points.
3. If you give a grade that is within one grade (for example, P vs M) and at least one point of good
feedback, 5 points.
4. If you fail to meet the lowest of the requirements above, or if you do not submit the peer
evaluation, zero points.

Task 3: Final Report

(P7, M5)

After all workshop presentations have been delivered, the student will have a final report to submit
(filename must not have any diacritics - symbols which are common in Vietnamese and not used in
English). Your filename should just be your Student ID. In this final, individual, report, the student is
to answer the following questions about the company the student has been researching this semester:

1. How does the company work well in terms of HRM (example: what are they good at measuring)?
2. How could the company improve in terms of HRM (consider what would bring the most benefit for
the firm and the costs related to that change)?
3. Why does the company do those HRM-related things that it does? Summarize their actual
decision-making process?
4. What does the company most need to worry about (in terms of HRM) in the near future?
5. What do you feel were the most important three points, related to HRM, you learned during the
term? Explain why you feel those were important to you.
6. What questions were missing from the workshops that you think should have been asked? Why
are these important questions?

The student’s answers to questions 1, 2, and 4 must be supported by proper industry and/or
academic research. Failure to include proper industry or academic research where required will require
rework and may cause the student to fail the module. The word count limit is 1,200 to 1,500 words.

Important: When you submit your final report, you need to append to the end of the report all of your
slides for all of your workshops, including your presentation notes for each workshop. That is, the report
file you submit to TurnItIn should have your report, all slides, and all presentation notes.

Final report grades

Fail = 0
Pass = 30
Merit = 40
Distinction = 50

There are 13 assessments (6 workshops, 6 peer evaluations, and 1 final report). Failure to attempt any
assessment will lower the student’s grade and could cause the student to fail as a score of zero will be
receive for missed assessments. Peer evaluations missed for any reason (travel, illness, etc.) cannot be
made up. Presentations may be made up in rework but the grade for each of those presentations will be
limited to pass. It is up to the student to manage the student’s time and health to complete the student’s
assignments properly.

Maximum grades by category

Maximum points for presentations: 250 points
Maximum points for final report: 50 points
Maximum points for peer evaluations: 90 points
Maximum extra credit: 10 points

Final grade calculation

Less than 240 points: Fail
At least 240 but less than 310: Pass
At least 310 but less than 370: Merit
At least 370: Distinction

If the student fails three or more assessments (peer evaluations, presentations, or report), the student
will automatically fail the module. Failing any presentation will limit the student’s maximum grade to pass.
Students must pass at lease five of the six presentations and must also pass the final report to pass the
module.
Note: Any plagiarism in the final report will limit the student’s maximum grade to pass for the module.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Explain the P1 Explain the purpose M1 Assess how the D1 Critically evaluate
purpose and scope of and the functions of functions of HRM can the strengths and
Human Resource HRM, applicable to provide talent and skills weaknesses of different
Management in terms workforce planning and appropriate to fulfil approaches to
of resourcing an resourcing an business objectives. recruitment and
organisation with talent organisation. selection, supported by
and skills appropriate specific examples.
to fulfill business
objectives

P2 Explain the M2 Evaluate the

strengths and strengths and
weaknesses of weaknesses of different
different approaches to approaches to
recruitment and recruitment and
selection. selection.

LO2 Evaluate the P3 Explain the benefits M3 Assess different D2 Critically evaluate
effectiveness of the key of different HRM methods used in HRM HRM practices and
elements of Human practices within an practices, providing application within an
Resource Management organisation for both specific examples to organisational context,
in an organisation the employer and support evaluation using a range of specific
employee within an organisational examples
context.
P4 Evaluate the
effectiveness of
different HRM practices
in terms of raising
organisational profit
and productivity

LO3 Analyse internal P5 Analyse the M4 Evaluate the key D3 Critically evaluate
and external factors importance of aspects of employee employee relations and
that affect Human employee relations in relations management the application of HRM
Resource Management respect to influencing and employment practices that inform and
decision-making, HRM decision-making legislation that affect influence decision-making
including employment HRM decision-making in an organisational
legislation in an organisational context
context
P6 Identify the key
elements of
employment legislation
and the impact it has
upon HRM decision-
making
LO4 Apply Human P7 Illustrate the M5 Provide a rationale
Resource Management application of HRM for the application of
practices in a work- practices in a work- specific HRM practices
related context related context, using in a work-related
specific examples. context.
Student Name/ID

Unit Title Y/508/0487 - Unit 3: Human Resource Management

Assignment Number Assessors John Andre, Nguyen Duc Nhan,

Tran Thi Mai Phuong

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 STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION AND DECLARATION
When submitting evidence for assessment, each student must sign a declaration confirming that the
work is their own.
Student name: Assessor names:
John Andre
Nguyen Duc Nhan
Tran Thi Mai Phuong
Issue date: Submission date: Submitted on:
7 September 2020

Programme:
Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Business (Business
Management)

Unit:
Y/508/0487 - Unit 3: Human Resource Management

Assignment number and title:

HRM1: Research into current practice (1 of 1)

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a particular form of cheating. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs and students who
break the rules, however innocently, may be penalised. It is your responsibility to ensure that you
understand correct referencing practices. As a university level student, you are expected to use
appropriate references throughout and keep carefully detailed notes of all your sources of materials for
material you have used in your work, including any material downloaded from the Internet. Please
consult the relevant unit lecturer or your course tutor if you need any further advice.

Student Declaration
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I certify that the assignment submission is entirely my own work and I fully understand
the consequences of plagiarism. I understand that making a false declaration is a form
of malpractice.

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