Higher Nationals

Assignment Brief – BTEC (RQF)

Higher National Diploma in Business (Business Management)

Student Name /ID Number

Unit Number and Title J/618/5035 - Unit 3: Human Resource Management

Academic Year Semester 1, Academic year 2021-2022

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 13 September 2021

Submission Date Presentations due in workshops;

Report submission deadline to be announced.

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 2,000 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 student’s actual presentation, presentation slides, presentation notes,
and the individual written report.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Explain the impact of the role of HRM in creating sustainable organisational
performance and contributing to business success
LO2 Assess the contribution of HRM in recruiting and retaining talent and skills to
achieve business objectives
LO3 Examine how external and internal factors can affect HRM decision making in
relation to organisational development
LO4 Apply HRM practices in a work-related context for improving sustainable
organisational performance.

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 business with at least 100
employees in Vietnam will be acceptable.

Task 1: Workshop Presentations

Each workshop includes a series of questions for the student to answer. Presentations will be made
individually and should be delivered professionally as if presenting to your manager at a company.

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) on a separate slide containing all
references. 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 three 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, D1)

1. Explain how the functions of HRM can help a company’s long-term profitability.
2. Which functions are most likely to have the biggest impact? Explain.
3. What is unique about how HRM in your company helps the company’s long-term profits?
4. List the most important three competencies (refer to the competency list on Moodle) your
company expects and gets from new graduates?
5. List the most important three competencies your company expects but does not get?

WS02 Questions (P2, M2)

1. How are changes in the way businesses operate changing the required skills and knowledge of
the workforce?
2. Analyze how HRM should change in order to support changes in company needs.
3. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your company’s HRM adapting to current needs.
4. According to the company, what changes should universities make to produce better graduates
(as workers)?

WS03 Questions (P3, M3, D1)

1. Explain how the different parts of the hiring process can lead to greater firm profitability.
2. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your company’s hiring process considering the
strength of the labor market.
3. Does your company look at the student’s grades (transcripts) during the selection process? Do
they look at the grades and the degree, just the degree, or nothing?
4. Would your company hire a candidate for a management position if they had all the required
skills but no bachelor or master degree?
5. Does your company use structured (prepare all questions before the interview) or unstructured
(figure out the questions during the interview) interviews when hiring?

WS04 Questions (P4, M4, D2)

1. When HR decisions are being made by a company, what factors (internal and external to the
firm) should be considered in that process and how does that process helps the firm to improve
over time? Which are the most important factors?
2. Evaluate the strengths and weakness of your company’s HR decision-making process with
regard to the most important factors they consider. What is the expected impact on the firm’s
development?
3. According to your company, what should university students focus on developing while they are
at university?
4. How does the company rank the following in order of importance? Talent (ability), experience
(time on job), relationships (who they know), grades (grades in university courses)
5. On your references slide, provide the name, title, and email address of your contact at the firm.
Also include if that person is willing to receiving HRM research questionnaires in English,
Vietnamese, or not at all.

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: Final Report

(P5, M5, D3)

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. Identify at least two improvements that your company could make to its HRM practices to improve
the firm’s long-term performance.
2. Explain in detail how those practical improvements should translate into improved firm
performance. Be very clear here.
3. Explain what practical improvements you considered but do not think would lead to as much
improved long-term performance for the firm compared to the improvements you recommend.
Explain why.
4. What does the company most need to worry about (in terms of HRM) in the near future?
5. Evaluate your company overall by comparing and contrasting it with other companies presented in
your workshops.

The student’s answers to questions 1, 2, 3, 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 1,500 to 2,000 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. You can merge
(combine) everything into one PDF but it is your responsibility to ensure that TurnItIn can read the PDF
(this should be fine as long as you can highlight and copy the text from your PDF and then paste that text
into any text editor.

Final report grades

Fail = 0
Pass = 60
Merit = 80
Distinction = 100

There are five assessments (4 workshops 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. It is up to the student to manage the student’s time and health to complete the student’s
assignments properly and on time.

Maximum grades by category

Maximum points for presentations: 190 points
Maximum points for final report: 100 points

Minimum points needed for grade

Distinction: 270
Merit: 220
Pass: 180

If the student fails two or more assessments (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 least three of the four 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 impact P1 Explain the main M1 Compare areas of D1 Critically evaluate
of the role of HRM in areas of HRM in their HRM to create the strengths and
creating sustainable contribution to creating sustainable weaknesses of HRM in
organisational sustainable organisational relation to creating
performance and performance performance sustainable
contributing to business organisational
success performance and
P2 Review the effects M2 Examine HRM in achieving business
of the changing nature relation to the changing objectives
of organisations on nature of the modern
human resources skills business organization.
and knowledge.

LO2 Assess the P3 Review relevant M3 Evaluate the use of

contribution of HRM in HRM practices in HRM practices in
recruiting and retaining relation to recruitment recruitment and
talent and skills to and retention of retention in relation to
achieve business employees for the the importance of the
objectives achievement of labour market
business objectives

LO3 Examine how P4 Investigate the M4 Discuss the key D2 Evaluate key factors
external and internal external and internal external and internal affecting HRM decision
factors can affect HRM factors that affect HRM factors that affect HRM making to make valid
decision making in decision making to decision making, using recommendations
relation to support organisational relevant organisational
organisational development examples to illustrate
development how they support
organisational
development

LO4 Apply HRM P5 Apply HRM M5 Illustrate how the D3 Determine strengths
practices in a work- practices in a work- application of specific and weaknesses of HRM
related context for related context, using HRM practices in a practices to make
improving sustainable specific examples to work-related context recommendations for
organisational demonstrate can improve improving sustainable
performance. improvement to sustainable organisational
sustainable organisational performance
organisational performance.
performance.
Student Name/ID

Unit Title J/618/5035 - 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:
13 September 2021

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

Unit:
J/618/5035 - 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 penalized. 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.

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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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