Qualifi Level 7 Unit 712 Human Resource Planning Assignment Brief 2026

Unit 712 Assignment Brief

Aim

The unit will address issues that are important when planning for and securing a workforce that will be able to deliver strategic objectives. The unit will also consider the constraints and influences on organisational HR practices.

Learning Outcomes And Assessment Criteria

 Indicative Content 

In this unit, learners will further be introduced to, and encouraged to discuss, some of the management models, concepts and ideas that could be used to help them set departmental, project, team and their own objectives. Topics will include:

• What is HRM
• Drivers’ towards HRM?
• Categorisation of Theories of HRM
• Categorisation and Critiques of HRM Models / Approaches
• Approaches to the Development of HR Strategy
• Organisation theory
• Contemporary theories of organisations
• Ulrich’s Adapted HR Stool
• Organisational & managerial perspectives
• Best Practice Models
• Evolution of HR Strategy
• Performance management the planning, assessment and feedback model
• The Michigan HR resource cycle
• Features of new organisational forms
• Managing employee relations Corporate governance, ethics, CSR and accountability.

Core Text

• Torrington, D., Hall, L. and Taylor, S. (2005) Human Resource Management. Harlow: Financial Times.

Suggested Resources

• Boxall, P. and Purcell, J. (2003) Strategy and Human Resource Management. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
• Mello, J.A. (2006) Strategic Human Resource Management. South-Western, Thompson.
• Schuler, R.S. and Jackson S.E. (2007) (eds.) Strategic Human Resource Management: A Reader. London: Blackwell Publishers.
• Wood, S. (1999) Human Resource Management and Performance. International Journal of Management Reviews, 1: 367–413
• People Management Journal. CIPD