Description
Organisations’ Human Resource practice is enabled and constrained by many factors. In the light of the global economic challenges, discuss how organizations can use their HR strategies (e.g. recruitment and selection, training and development) to ensure survival and growth. In addressing this question illustrate your answer with specific examples as well as relevant literature.
Introduction (20%)
Discuss some of the economic or social challenges directly impacting organizations.
Highlight the role of human resource management in helping organizations to address
their challenges.
Main Body of the essay (70%)
? Critically discuss the significance of HRM in organizations
? Choose one or two specific global economic or social challenges and at least
three human resource functional areas (e.g. Recruitment & Selection; Training
and Development, Reward Management) and explain how HR strategies can
help organizations to address the challenges
? Ensure that your discussion is supported by specific examples (real or
hypothetical examples)
? Ensure that your discussion is supported by literature
? Use a minimum of 20 references; 70% from academic journal articles
? Do not use case studies
? Do not provide a specific section on literature review
Conclusion (10%)
? Summarise your discussion
? Provide your own point of view regarding the assumption that HRM can help
organizations address economic and social challenges
