ASIA e UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE MASTER IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (EMHRM) SESSION 2017 / 2018 Assessment Instructions Topics Covered, Textbook and Reference Materials 1. Additional reference materials may be provided by your facilitator. Assessment 2. You will be assessed on the basis of ONE (1) assignment. Details with regards to the assignment are given below. Description Weightage Words Limit Submission Due Date Assignment 100% 3,500 18 April, 2017 3. Full citation of references, bibliography or list of references should accompany the assignment. Failure to do so may result in lower score. 4. Passing Mark is 40%. Plagiarism and Failure to Cite References 5. AeU takes a serious view of plagiarism, cheating and collusion in any form. All assignments will be subjected to plagiarism checks, including the use of electronic or internet-based detectors. Assignment Question Due Date: 18 April, 2017 Weightage: 100% of total assessment in subject Length: Approximately 3500 words Font: Times New Roman Size: 12, Line Spacing 1.50. SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE EDUCATION (SPEED), ASIA e UNIVERSITY (AeU) ASSIGNMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF EXECUTIVE MASTER IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MODULE : PERSPECTIVES OF HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT FACILITATOR: DR. ABDUL HAMID HJ. ABDULLAH INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES 1. You are given 3 questions below and you are required to choose only one. 2. Kindly note that all references are to be clearly stated. 3. Candidates can write the assignment either in Bahasa Malaysia or English. ASSIGNMENT QUESTION 1. The field of Human Capital Management (HCM) is becoming challenging day by day. From personnel management, it transformed into HRM and since the early part of the 21st century, a more befitting nomenclature appears to be human capital management (HCM). a. Compare and contrast the similarities and/ or the differences between personnel management, human resource management and human capital management. b. As a Manager / Senior Manager of human capital management (HCM) department in your organization, discuss what are the steps that you will take to ensure the optimization and realization of HCM practices? 2. Human CStrategic management : Assignment 2  1500 words ARTS versus Positivo BGH - Rwanda INFORMATION FROM TEACHER : Please note that the instruction set on Moodle has been updated!! About the information you have to organize and summarize: Here we are talking about the information you received in the assignment text. About the companies: Positivo is a real company but ARTS is not, it is fictitious. It only exists for this case study assignment. So the information you have about the company is the information in the assignment including the information on ARTS’ main product, the TITAN. About the numerical evaluation in point 6: You are supposed to find real information on the situation in the Rwandan and Western markets on the internet. Based on this information you can numerically identify the likely return for producing and releasing the Titan for sale in the Rwandan versus a Western market. About the word limit: As you can find on LMS, the instruction set of the assignment has been adjusted. You can make use of tables in specific parts of the assignment as indicated in the instruction. These tables are not counted in the word limit. I hope the assignment is now clear to all of you! TASK : You are a strategic analyst working to provide critical data for the Taiwanese technology firm Alpha Response Technology Solutions (ARTS). You are in receipt of twenty pieces of raw field intelligence (linked at the end of this article) describing the entry of Positivo BGH, a major competitor to ARTS, into Rwanda. ARTS exists in in conditions of uncertainty, and is considering an attack on the Rwandan technology market, currently dominated by Positivo BGH. You need not limit yourself to the source data (below) in creating recommendations for ARTS. It is your task to provide a quantitative assessment for the establishment of an ARTS venture in the Rwandan Special Economic Zone, specifically a manufacturing plant for portable computer technology. ARTS' main product solution is the GT80S Titan SLI 18.4in Core i7 Notebook, built specifically for the advanced Western business analytics market, retailing at AUD4999 or USD3792.37 (Rwandan Franc3000012.82) with the following specifications: GT80S Titan SLI 18.4in Core i7 Notebook Intel i7 6920HQ CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GTX980M graphics in SLI, 32GB DDR4 memory, Super Raid 4 512GB solid state drive, 1TB hard drive, 18.4in Full HD anti-glare display, Windows 10, Blu-ray writer, Killer Gigabit LAN, Dynaudio 7.1 Audio, Bluetooth 4.2, 1x HDMI, 1x Mini DisplayPort, 5x USB 3.0 1x USB Super Port Type-C The Chief Executive Officer of ARTS is a former University classmate of Positivo BGH's CEO, and the two share a deep seated and emotional rivalry around CPU designs and ownership, with ARTS CEO claiming his designs were copied by Positivo BGH for an entry level computer now being used to exploit the Rwandan marketplace, cheap manufacturing labour, taxation incentives, Western emotion over failure to intervene in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and developmental dollars from the World Bank. The CEO of ARTS has instructed his staff to prepare for the establishment and production of a technology design and manufacture facility in the Rwandan Special Economic Zone, specifically to rival that of Positivo BGH. You will must provide a quantitative analysis of this situation and provide a recommendation based on this to ARTS. Your written response must: Organise and categorise the information you have received in tabular form. 1) In a table carry out a PESTEL analysis with attention country information related to Rwanda 2) Provide a written description of the incentives to enter the Rwandan Special Economic Zone 3) Provide a written explanation of ARTS' motivation to enter Rwanda 4) In a table Create a 5 Forces analysis for ARTS 5) In a table compare and contrast ARTS' primary product line with that of Positivo BGH 6) In a table numerically identify the likely return for producing and releasing the Titan for sale to the Rwanda domestic market versus sale to a Western market. 7) Based on the tabulated numeric data for (6) above make a written recommendation for this venture. We must use some information from these articles : South American Firm To Develop First ‘Made In Rwanda’ Laptop olpc across the world Rwanda's laptop revolution Firm gets licence to make laptops in Kigali Rwanda-made laptops to steer ICT education POSITIVO chief: Why we are opening a plant in Rwanda Rwanda: Positivo BGH to Kick-off Laptop Production Positivo, made in Rwanda computer to increase country’s export Rwanda: Positivo BGH to Kick-off Laptop Production First “Made In Rwanda” Laptops In Kigali Stores Local Production Of Laptops Begins In Rwanda Rwanda Special Economic Zones World Bank Overview CIA Factbook Rwanda Foreign Direct Investment Is Rwanda giving too much in tax incentives? one laptop per child The Rwandan Genocide How Rwanda's Paul Kagame Exploits U.S. Guilt Positivo BGH to Kick-off Laptop Production This assessment will report on the Graduate Capabilities of Quantitative Literacy and Discipline-specific knowledge and skills. Description of Task  Read the case study from the LMS Assessment Section. Provide a quantitative analysis of the selected case study using the following structure: 1) Introduction 2) Background to the case 3) Quantitative Analysis of the Case 4) Summary of Findings 5) Conclusion Turn-it-In submission only apital Management (HCM) has gone through a great deal of transformation. From analytical models, it transformed to normative, prescriptive and competency based models. Using renowed and seminal HR competency models developed by Ulrich and his notable team, how can you integrate the understanding of the said competency models into your current HRM / HCM practices? It would be advisable to refer to only one of the models of Ulrich and his team. 3. Human Capital Management (HCM) continues to face challenges all the time. Give five (5) challenges that are currently faced by HCM. For each of the challenge discuss in depth how it affects your organization and what are the possible steps that you are taking to ensure sustainability and viability of your operations. Prepared By Dr. Abdul Hamid Bin Hj Abdullah