Page 1 of 2 MBALN-609 Organisations & Human Resource Management Final Examination – Brief and Guidelines Final Examination Specifics  This is an individual report  The total number of words for this report should be 4000 words (-/+10%). This does not include the reference list and any appendices the assignment may include.  The report should be your own work and properly referenced according to the requirements of the Harvard Referencing System.  Literature should be sourced from a range of journal articles and textbooks. You should provide relevant examples and support your views citing evidence found in other studies.  The report must be submitted electronically via “Turnitin”.  Accurate referencing of sources is crucial in this examination. Please REFERENCE all sources using the Harvard Referencing System and make sure that you are familiar with this. Marks will be deducted for inaccurate referencing.  Please familiarize yourself with the regulations on late submission. Last minute accidents involving the loss of data sticks, corrupted files, faulty laptops and so on can be guarded against by backing your work up thoroughly and regularly.  This examination carries a weight of 60% of the final module grade.  The passing grade for this examination is 60%.  This examination must be submitted on the due date (the last day of your course period) by 11.59 p.m (23.59 hours) VLE (UTC) time at the latest. Scenario You have just been hired as an HR manager of a multinational corporation that manufactures sports apparel. This firm has never had an HR department. It has experienced steady growth during the last few years and it recently became a public limited company. Its workforce is comprised of 500 employees and 20 managers. The organizational structure involves the division of work according to different departmental functions such as Production, R&D, Marketing, Finance, and HRM. Due to its growth, members of the Board of Directors had placed pressure on top management to hire an HR manager a position that you have been selected to fill.Page 2 of 2 As the new HR manager your first goal is to convince top management of the need to make you, the HR manager, a strategic partner. Also, you will have to formulate HRM Strategy and convince top management about the importance and contribution of HRM to the company’s strategy and strategic orientation. You have decided to prepare a report which comprises the assignment for this course/module. (Your report should reflect confident, detailed, comprehensive knowledge of the HR discipline. Where appropriate it should also display evidence of originality and innovation). Please add the following details in the report: 1. Critically examine the role of strategic HR management with respect to organizational performance, citing empirical evidence and specific organizations’ success stories. You should explicitly define ‘strategic human resource management’ and distinguish between different types of HR strategies and how they can and should align with competitive business strategies. 2. Present a detailed, comprehensive plan of how you will specifically address each core HR function (e.g. work design, job analysis, recruitment, selection, retention, separation, performance management, training, development, compensation, legal requirements, and employee relations) to create a high performance work system (HPWS). 3. Present your evaluation of the challenges and opportunities involved with respect to diversity, e-HRM and managing human resources internationally, and explain how you plan to help the firm to practically prepare for these challenges and opportunities. 4. Demonstrate (within the report) a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of the importance of relevant legal issues related to HR management and organizational performance. The report in essence should reflect your personal vision as to what strategic HRM issues are important and need to be identified and properly addressed. Students will decide on the appropriate structure and content but we should expect to see the following elements:  Introduction: setting the context, addressing the question, the approach to answering the question.  Main body of the assignment: essay content, analysis and review of literature. All the elements that are included in the assignment must be adequately analysed and supported with material that is properly cited, paraphrased and referenced from a wide variety of external sources.  Conclusion: bring together your main points; address the main question and adequately summarise the findings of your assignment.