HRM7053 Strategic Human Resource Management T1 Assessment Brief (First Attempt) S1 25-26

HRM7053 Assessment Brief 

Assessment Information  

Assessment Title: SHRM analysis in a Fortune Global 500 organisation

Assessment Task

Below is the list of selected 20 companies from Fortune Global 500 for the year 2025, their ranking and sector. 

You are to choose only one company from this list to answer Questions 1, 2 and 3 that follow. Question 4 is about your learning experience in this module, thus not about the company chosen. 

Things to include:

Below are the four questions you need to answer, each weighting 25% of your final grade:

1.Evaluate two contemporary HRM issues that your chosen organisation faces. Discuss these challenges and their impact on HR functions and strategic plans of the organisation. (LO1: 25 marks – approximately 750 words)
2.Apply two strategic models/theories of HRM to the operations and functionality of your chosen organisation. Discuss the implications of these models/theories on the organisation’s HR plans, policies and systems, evaluate their effectiveness and alignment to organisational goals. (LO2: 25 Marks – approximately 750 words).
3.Evaluate two contemporary issues of employment relations and/or employee engagement and their impact on HRM in your chosen organisation. (LO3: 25 Marks – approximately 750 words). 
4.Reflect on the skills and knowledge acquired in this module as an aspiring manager and on the experience you had in working with diverse teams during the seminars. You must use a reflective model to structure this question. (LO4&5: 25 Marks – approximately 750 words).

Learning Outcomes:

Submission Information

Present any written aspects of the assessment using Arial font size 11 and using 1.5 spacing to allow for comments and annotations to be added by the markers. 

Complete the appropriate cover sheet for this assessment and append your work.   

Submit this coursework assessment task via Moodle.  

Late Submission 

Assessments must be submitted in the format specified in the assessment task, by the deadline and to the submission point published on Moodle.  Failure to submit by the published deadline will result in penalties which are set out in Section 6 of the Academic Regulations, available at: Birmingham City University

Word Count 

The maximum word count for this module assessment is shown on Page 1.  A +10% margin of tolerance is applied, beyond which nothing further will be marked. Marks cannot be awarded for any learning outcomes addressed outside the word count. 

The word count refers to everything in the main body of the text (including headings, tables, citations, quotes, lists etc.).  Everything before (i.e. abstract, acknowledgements, contents, executive summaries etc.) and after (i.e. references, bibliographies, appendices etc) is not included in the word count limit.

Academic Integrity Guidance

Academic integrity is the attitude of approaching your academic work honestly, by completing and submitting your own original work, attributing and acknowledging your sources when necessary. Understanding good academic practice in written and oral work is a key element of academic integrity. It is a positive aspect of joining an academic community, showing familiarity with and acknowledging sources of evidence. The skills you require at higher education may differ from those learned elsewhere such as school or college.  

You will be required to follow specific academic conventions which include acknowledging the work of others through appropriate referencing and citation as explicitly as possible. If you include ideas or quotations that have not been appropriately acknowledged, this may be seen as plagiarism which is a form of academic misconduct. If you require support around referencing, please contact the Centre for Academic Success.

It is important to recognise that seeking out learning around academic integrity will help reduce the risk of misconduct in your work. Skills such as paraphrasing, referencing and citation are integral to acting with integrity and you can develop and advance these key academic skills through the Centre for Academic Success (CAS).  
 
To learn more about academic integrity and its importance at university, you can access CAS resources on Moodle. Furthermore, you can book on to workshops and request 1-2-1 support around key academic skills.