HRM357 Workforce Planning Tutor-Marked Assignment (TMA01) Presentation July 2025 | SUSS

HRM357 TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA01)

This assignment is worth 45% of the final score for HRM357 Workforce Planning.

The cut-off date for this assignment is 20 October 2025 (Monday), 2355hrs.   This is an individual assignment. You are required to upload a single report to CANVAS and please be advised to note down the Submission ID as acknowledgement of submission. Submission ID is the ONLY proof of submission, especially in the event of technical failure. Submission via Canvas mobile app is not supported.  

Multiple submissions are allowed before the cut-off date. All assignments are to be submitted via T/TG group in CANVAS. Please ensure that you have submitted the assignment to the correct folder. Re-submission is NOT allowed after the cut-off date (including the grace period). Only the latest submission copy will be considered for grading. Any appeals for re-submission after the cut-off date will not be entertained.  The university’s prevailing mark deduction scheme will apply to all late submissions.  

Please include a cover page with the following details: 

• Title of this course, your name and PI number 
• Tutorial group 
• Submission Date 
• Academic Integrity  Declaration  Statement  (refer to “Declaration of Academic Integrity.docx”) 

The Academic Integrity Declaration Statement must be completed and appended to the cover page of your assignment submitted for assessment. If you have declared the usage of generative AI in the academic integrity declaration statement in the cover page of your assignment, you will need to complete the Attribution Table as shown in Table A in “Declaration of Academic Integrity.docx”  (available for download on Canvas> L/LG > Modules). Marks deduction may apply if resubmissions of a completed declaration form and table are required.

In accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), please DO NOT include other personal particulars.    To facilitate your submission into Canvas, name your document file strictly to this format - CourseCode_AssignmentCode_UserID_FullName. For example, ABC123_TMA01_Sally001_TanMeiMeiSally (omit D/O, S/O). 

I. Task

The objective of this assignment is to explore how government policies on foreign workers impact  businesses operating in Singapore. More specifically, the assignment needs to appraise, using available published information, how workforce planning is affected as businesses grapple with the supply of certain groups of workers to address possible shortages of labour. As mentioned in the news article, there are persistent manpower shortages in some industries.  Some jobs in these industries require deep technical skills which take time to build, and the retention of trained manpower remain challenges for companies in industries mentioned in the news article. This assignment requires recent and current secondary research on the challenges in building a sustainable labour supply and the appropriate government initiatives and policies in balancing the manpower needs of organisations and at the same time create better jobs for Singaporeans.

For this assignment, you are required to:

Research and select a company, with operations in Singapore, in any ONE (1) of the FEC (Future Economy Council) Cluster and FEC ITMs (Industry Transformation Maps). The company selected must be related to the news article above. 

(1) Describe the profile of the selected company.

• Nature of business 
• Geographical presence 
• Overall business strategy 
• Major competitors  
• Annual revenue/turnover and employee headcount 
• Product life cycle/Industry life cycle 
• The FEC cluster and the FEC ITM the company operates in

(2) For the industry the selected company operates in, identify, and describe TWO (2) external factors to explain what is described in the news article. Discuss how each of these  TWO (2) external factors will affect workforce planning within the industry. Secondary research is expected to support this discussion.

(3) Based on secondary research, select and describe appropriate government initiatives introduced to improve labour supply for the industry the company operates in. Evaluate how the selected government initiatives and regulations impact the selected company’s workforce planning.  It is necessary to identify specific jobs in the selected organisation impacted by the appropriate government initiatives. Additional secondary research is required to complement the information in the news article. 

(4) Formulate a workforce planning framework that the company is adopting with considerations from your discussions in (1), (2) & (3). Support your framework with research evidence and details of each planning process, examples of the specific forecasting tools used, workforce planning gaps and possible action plans using information from Q3. Omit the part of the workforce planning process that covers monitoring and evaluation.

II. Assessment Rubrics

The rubrics appended in Annex A will be used to score the assignment. As evident from the rubrics, a good paper must demonstrate quality in terms of content and written communication