Prepare a professional report for an international business magazine
Read the “AngloGold Ashanti: the dawning of a new age” case study and answer the given questions:
QUESTION 1
Tom Peters, internationally acclaimed author and renowned management consultant, claims that organisations are facing a “war for talent!”
1.1 Critically reflect on this statement. Substantiate your response clearly based on the emerging trends within the external and internal environments of organisations.
1.2 Prepare a professional report for an international business magazine in which you identify the key high performance work practices and processes that the hypercompetitive global and innovative IT industry can deploy to ensure that it attracts and retain the best talent.
QUESTION 2
Conduct your own research into the concept of “employee engagement”.
Quote at least five contemporary articles from leading journals in answering the 2 questions below.
2.1 Identify and discuss the key drivers of employee engagement in organisations.
2.2 How can employee engagement impact business performance? Provide appropriate examples of organisations to justify your answer.
QUESTION 3
Identify and discuss the internal and external factors that AngloGold Ashanti had to consider in realigning its HRM (Systems for People) strategy to its Project One business framework. What are the critical people issues that emerge from these forces?
QUESTION 4
Based on your understanding of the SHRM paradigm do you think that the Systems for People (SP) approach that are embedded in AngloGold Ashanti’s Project One initiative is aligned with the Strategic Human Resource Management Framework and Planning Process? Motivate your response clearly.
QUESTION 5
As the newly appointed HR manager of AngloGold Ashanti, what advice would you give to Dew Cunningham to enable the organisation the build a strong and robust team that are able to unlearn their old ideas, processes and systems? Be specific in your answer.
