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BSc Business Management, BSc Business management
Programme with Finance Module name Human Resource Management QAA Level 4 Schedule Term Term 2 Student Reference Number (SRN) Report/Assignment Title HR @ D.B. Engineering. Date of Submission
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BPP Business School BPP University Business School B.Sc. Business Management
B.Sc. Business Management with
Finance.
Human Resource Management
Summative Assessment with
Case Study.
Summer2017
Submission on 15th August 2017 @ 23.59pm
via Turn-it-in. BPP University Business School 1. General Assessment Guidance
• Your summative assessment for Human Resource Management is a Coursework submission. • The deadline for submission is 23.59 hrs on15th August 2017. Submissions made after this time
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student identification number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the
marking process. • A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment and you are required to achieve
minimum 40% to pass this module. • You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any content which
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this completed Assignment Cover sheet will be considered invalid and not marked. BPP University Business School Case Study:
D.B. Engineering Company is a traditional engineering firm based in the Midlands. It was founded in
the 60’s and the newly appointed CEO, Suzie Singh, has created a new HR Manager role and has
appointed Steve Davies to support the future plans of D.B. Engineering. There has been little formal
HR practice to date in the organisation beyond payroll, and legal administration such as contracts
and holidays. Suzie sees the consequences of not driving people management issues as very serious
for the business and fully supports the new HRM role. D.B Engineering is an SME and employs around 200 full time staff in total. Current employees are
long serving and the front-line staff are very skilled engineers, many of them are reaching retirement
age. They are mainly white, British men. They are all hard working and established within their roles.
The firm team feels like a family who work together and not a staff team, which is often real
strength. Changes in engineering technology are not readily embraced however and the workforce is
perhaps resistant to changes; it prides itself in traditional practices and has a reputation for quality
products and great service. It is currently not unionised but there are some strong characters who
are very outspoken and can make life difficult for Management if they don’t agree with something,
perhaps partially explaining the lack of diversity and failure to embrace new working practices.
Management are normally internal appointments from the long-term members of staff and have no
formal management training or wider experience beyond their roles. D.B. Engineering has a small
support team of administrators working in the offices, who deal mainly with finance and general
admin issues. New employees are often recruited by word of mouth and are frequently friends and relations of
existing employees. Training is all on-the-job and learning is by experience rather than through any
formal qualifications or off-the-job training programmes being used. There are opportunities to
introduce changes and improve HR practices in these key areas. Suzie Singh recruited D.B. Engineering’s first ever HR Manager role and is keen to support Steve in
making changes. She is recognised as the first woman in a leadership role ever at D.B. Engineering,
and has been chosen for her vision and expertise. She is a qualified engineer herself, very unusual in
this sector and is well liked and respected by the team. She is a real catch for the business and one
they expect great results from to secure the business for future generations.
The changes the CEO would like Steve Davies to drive through are:
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• Ensuring existing knowledge and skills are retained when long term members retire
Making the workforce more diverse
Create a career path for unqualified employees
Upskilling the workforce with new engineering technology, which is specialist knowledge
A reduction in costs of workforce payroll, pensions and benefits of 10% in the next 12-24
months. BPP University Business School Suzie is very insistent that D.B. Engineering keeps its ‘family feel’ during all of these changes but she
also indicates further cuts in payroll and staff benefits may need to be taken in the future in order to
keep the business viable given the unknown outcome of BREXIT negotiations and UK markets
uncertainty. Business plans are to grow over the next few years despite uncertain markets and also
to adopt new technologies and ways of working, so Suzie feels the changes she suggests are
priorities.
End of Case Study. BPP University Business School Assessment Questions: Question 1.
Using SWOT as sub-headers, analyse the business issues and external contexts of DB Engineering.
(10 marks)
Then evaluate the role of Steve Davies as the HR Manager in managing them. (10 marks)
Total 20 marks available
Question 2.
Analyse three key practices within Human Resource Management that will add value to D.B.
Engineering. (10 marks for each)
Total 30 marks available
Question 3.
Give two examples of ethical issues which might be a challenge for D.B. Engineering, and explain
their implications in managing people at work. (10 marks for each issue)
Total 20 marks available
Question 4.
Apply the principles of HRM and make practical recommendations to manage two of the Human
Resource challenges you have identified. (10 marks for each recommendation)
Total 20 marks available
Plus Use of relevant structure and layout and Harvard referencing (10 marks) Assessment Submission Structure
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Title Page.
Table of Contents.
Introduction (brief)
Q1. Analysis & Evaluation of HR
Q2 Three Key Practices
Q3. Two Ethical Issues
Q4. Two HRM recommendations
Conclusion (brief)
References
Appendices (if required and necessary) BPP University Business School Student marking guidance
The assignment is marked out of 100. The following table shows the mark allocation and the approach
required.
Question Question Marks Approach Q1.
Using SWOT, analyse the business
issues and external contexts DB
Engineering. (10 marks) 20 Then evaluate the role of Steve
Davies as the HR Manager in
managing them. (10 marks) Using a SWOT analysis (10 marks)
analyse what you think are the key
internal and external issues facing
D.B. Engineering. Use the key areas
of SWOT as subheadings in your
report, not a table and avoid just
bullet points in your answer. Using the information from your
SWOT and your knowledge from the
module, evaluate the role of the new
HR Manager, Steve Davies, and how
HR will help manage the issues you’ve
identified. (10 marks) Q2.
Analyse three key practices within
Human Resource Management that
will add value to D.B. Engineering.
(10 marks for each, 30 marks
available) 30 Choose any three key practices from
HR that you think are relevant to the
issues in the case study. Analyse each
area and link it back to how it might
be used at D.B. Engineering.
Clear structure and subheadings, with
detailed information will help you
achieve higher marks. (10 marks for
each area, total 30 marks are
available) Q3.
Give two examples of ethical issues
which might be a challenge for D.B.
Engineering, and explain their
implications in managing people at
work. 20 Using your knowledge on ethical HR
and thinking about some of the
challenges faced in the case study,
explain two ethical issues (10 marks
for each) you feel are important and
how they could have a positive or
negative affect at D.B. Engineering
and the team working there. (20
marks in total are available) BPP University Business School Q4.
Apply the principles of HRM and
make practical recommendations to
manage two of the Human Resource
challenges you have identified in
your report so far. 20 Give two recommendations – 10
marks for each one are available.
Ensure you focus on HR solutions to
issues your report has discussed and
are aligned to the requirements of
the CEO as stated in the case study.
Use Best Practice HR to ensure your
suggestions are practical and
beneficial to the organisation and
people within it.
Think about what you recommend
and why, what are the benefits and
how it might be implemented. plus Use of relevant structure and layout
and Harvard referencing 10 For an excellent mark, students will
use 100% correct Harvard
referencing and clearly structure their
paper, using appropriate titles,
subtitles and a reference page.
Marks may be lost for poor academic
practice or academic malpractice.
The language used should be
appropriate to the academic context
and business communication as
outlined, avoiding colloquialisms
informal terms and jargon. BPP University Business School MARKING CRITERIA
Level 4 Assessment
PASS FAIL Criterion 80-100% 70-79% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% 0-29% Knowledge &
Understanding (a) Thorough,
explicit knowledge
& amp; understanding
of the topic with
some clear
understanding of,
and explicit links
to, some aspects
of a wider field of
study. (a) Very good
knowledge and
understanding of
central topic
issues explicitly
identified with
some appreciation
of, and explicit
links to, a wider
field of study. (a) Good, partially
implicit,
knowledge and
understanding of
central topic
issues with some
appreciation of a
wider field of
study. (a) Evidence of a
sound factual
and/or conceptual
knowledge base
and the ability
accurately to use
appropriate
terminology. (a) Some
indications of a
limited ability to
identify
appropriate ideas,
concepts and
principles. (a) Signs of an
emerging
knowledge and
understanding of
topic issues but
unable always to
select or apply
them
appropriately. (a) Little
knowledge or
understanding of
any of the central
topic issues
withnumerous
factual errors and
use of a great deal
of irrelevant
material. (a) Systematic
Understanding (b) Emerging
thought (b) Excellent
usage of recent
emerging thought
and/or practices
from a range of
appropriate
disciplines (b) Application of
recent emerging
thought or
practices from the
discipline (b) Some clear
evidence of the
application of
thoughts and
practices at the
forefront of the
discipline (b) Clear evidence
of an
understanding of
thoughts and
practices at the
forefront of the
discipline. (b) Some evidence
of the
understanding of
the thoughts and
practices related
to the discipline
indicated. (b) Not clear or
precise
understanding of
thoughts and
practices related
to the required
discipline
indicated (b)Significant gaps
in the
understanding of
practices related
to the discipline
indicated BPP University Business School PASS FAIL Criterion 80-100% 70-79% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% 0-29% Argument (a) Sustained and
fully substantiated
analysis including
contrary
perspectives. (a) High level of
awareness and
the questioning of
assumptions. (a) Ability to
analyse drawing
on a range of
perspectives.
Some questioning
of assumptions. (a) Some ability to
analyse within
guiding principles.
Some evidence of
critical thought. (a) Largely
descriptive but
with some limited
evidence of
significant
thought and with
a growing
awareness of
assumptions. (a) Generally
descriptive and
indecisive. (a) Wholly
descriptive and
insignificant with
many
generalisations,
assumptions and
illogical claims.
Discussion
irrelevant to the
task set. (a) Analysis,
Synthesis &
Evaluation (b) Numerical
Analysis (c) Independent
Research (b) Numeric
analysis that is
complete and free
from errors with
application of
methods that may
be insightful or
original
(c) Evidence of an
innovative or
original use of
extensive
personal research
which has been
thoroughly
evaluated
conceptually (b) Numeric
analysis that is
complete and
mostly free from
errors with fluent
and appropriate
application of
methods.
(c) Substantial
research and
evidence of an
innovative use of
a wide range of
personal research
with clear and
consistent
evaluation
conceptual (b) Numeric
analysis that is
complete and
mostly free from
errors with
relevant and
effective
application of
methods
(c) Clear evidence
of considerable
personal research
and the use of a
diverse range of
appropriate
sources but may (b) Numeric
analysis that is
complete and
mostly free from
significant or
critical errors with
appropriate
application of
methods.
(c) Appropriate
use of a wide
range of personal
research which is
critically
evaluated for key
conceptual issues
although this may (b) Numeric
analysis that is
mostly complete
but contains
errors that have
some limited
effect, or methods
that are not
applied wholly
appropriately
(c) Evidence of a
consistent
argument but may May include
generalisations
and assumptions
and may lack
coherence.
(b) Numeric
analysis that is
incomplete or
contains errors
which have critical
effect, or methods
that are applied
inappropriately
(c) Over reliance
on very restricted
range of personal
or secondary
research much of
which may not be (b) Numeric
analysis is almost
non-existent and
also incorrect
(c) Generally only
a very restricted
range of personal
research which is
not evaluated and
is not directly
related to the
question BPP University Business School PASS
Criterion Presentation
(a) Structure (b) Referencing (c) Use of
Language 80-100% (a) Excellent
structure and
presentation FAIL
70-79% (a) Excellent
structure and
presentation (b) Precise, full
and appropriate
references and
notes. (b) Precise, full
and appropriate
references and
notes. (c) Subtle use of
language
expressing a high
degree of thought
with clarity and
precision to a (c) Precise use of
language
expressing
complex thought
with clarity,
accuracy and 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% contain problems
with consistency
in the conceptual
evaluation not be consistent
throughout have weaknesses
or be
unconvincing.
Clear use of
information
gathered but may
not be sufficient
to sustain he
argument. evaluated and
may not be
directly related to
the question or
area (a) Good structure
and presentation (a) Adequate
structure and
presentation (a) Adequate
structure and
presentation (a) Poor structure
and presentation (b) Full and
appropriate
references and
notes with minor
or insignificant
errors
(c) Clear and
precise use of
language allowing
a complex
argument to be (b) Good
references and
notes with minor
or insignificant
errors or
omissions
(c) Generally clear
use of language
sufficient for
arguments to be (b) Competent
references and
notes but may
contain
inconsistencies,
errors or
omissions
(c) Generally
understandable
use of language 0-29% (b) Poor
references and
notes with
multiple
inconsistencies,
errors or
omissions
(c) Serious errors
in the use of
language which
makes meaning (a) Very poor
standard of basic
English. Much
more care needed
with language
construction and
checking of the
text. Very
imprecise/ nonacademic writing
style.
(b) Very limited or
nil referencing
with numerous BPP University Business School PASS
Criterion FAIL 80-100% 70-79% 60-69% 50-59% 40-49% 30-39% 0-29% level appropriate
for submission for
publication. precision which
furthers and
enhances the
argument easily understood
and followed readily
understood and
followed but significant
errors in
expression
affecting overall
clarity unclear or
imprecise errors and
omissions
(c) Extreme errors
in use of language
and an extreme
lack of clarity BPP University Business School
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