5HR515 Managing Performance through People CW2 Assessment Brief 2025

5HR515 Description of the assessment 

This module prepares you to analyse the causes of poor performance within organisations and the principles and practices of effective performance management. By the end of the module you will be able to explain how these practices can be integrated into high performance work systems (HPWS) and analyse barriers to high performance working and the development of high performance cultures. 

You are required to write a management report to demonstrate learning outcomes 2 & 3: 

• Analyse the signs, causes, principles and practices of performance management in a modern organisation, the impact of practices on key stakeholders, and how work and people performance can be measured

5HR515 Assessment Content 

Task 

Analyse the potential risks to performance at the Ferdinand Bilstein Logistics centre at Markham Vale. Advise the senior management team how they could build an effective High Performance Work System (HPWS) to reduce the risks you have identified. 

Your response should consider: 

• The multiple possible causes of poor performance and how this shapes the approach to managing performance within an organisation 
• The concept and key components of a HPWS 
• Possible barriers to the successful implementation of the system you recommend

Your answer must be: 

• Presented as a management report of 2,000 - 2,500 words (NOTE: 2,500 words is the MAXIMUM word limit. There is no +10% allowance on these questions). 
• Supported with relevant literature using the Harvard Referencing system. This requires citations (references to relevant literature) within the answer itself which then must also be listed in full in a reference list at the end of your work. Work will not be awarded a pass grade at this level of study without a clear demonstration of this skill. 

Work will be assessed using the undergraduate marking scale shown in section F3 of the assessment regulations for undergraduate programmesand the assessment rubric shown below:

Anonymous Marking 

You must submit your work using your student number to identify yourself, not your name. You must not use your name in the text of the work at any point. When you submit your work in Turnitin you must submit your student number within the assignment document andin the Submission title field in Turnitin. Guidance is available showing how to do this. 

Assessment Regulations 

The University's regulations, policies and procedures for students define the framework within which teaching and assessment are conducted. Please make sure you are familiar with these regulations, policies and procedures. 

Formative Feedback 

Assignment planning for coursework 1 will be covered in the 2 hour lecture session on Tuesday 4th March. This will include the provision of a planning document for you to develop to help you structure your work. You will have the option to show your seminar leader your planning document for formative feedback during the seminar in the following week (week commencing 10thMarch).