SOCW2 (2300) International Human Resource Management Resit-1 L7 Assignment Remit - Video Presentation

2300 ASSIGNMENT CONTEXT:

Human Resource Management (HRM) has seen progress embedding equality and diversity (E&D) initiatives in its policies over the years. Despite such record, HR professionals in today’s global world face the challenge of practically achieving these initiatives in key HRM areas in the workplace. Reiche et al (2022) suggested that ‘Different societal contexts may influence the way these ideas are understood and managed in workplaces’. There’s also the risk that E&D initiatives may not fully address barriers to inclusion. Social identity theory and other psychological theories suggest that individuals will assess their social environment to understand how they 'fit’.

2300 ASSIGNMENT TASK:

Evaluate the equality and diversity initiatives of the human resource action plan for a multinational organisation operating in a specific country.

In your evaluation, consideration should be given to the effectiveness of E&D in ONE key HRM area (Examples: workplace demographics; recruitment; selection; training; reward/compensation; appraising performance; policies and procedures such as disciplinary policies)

MARKING CRITERIA:

• Below are the marking criteria that align with both the task(s) set and the quality of your video recording. Clear weightings/marks will be noted for each criterion.  
• The overall mark awarded for this assignment will explicitly show how the mark was calculated based on your performance against each criterion.

Presentation, Structure & Communication (10%)

• Logical structure, design, and appropriate use of headings 
• Effective communication (clarity, tone, pitch, projection)
• Language & writing (use of HR & business-related terminologies; appropriate academic writing ensuring adherence to UCB guidelines

Strategic equality & diversity initiatives of the HR Context (20%)

• A review of the organisation’s current Strategic HR plan (vision, aims and objectives)
• Review of the equality and diversity initiatives
• Resources, responsibilities, functions, and activities considered in the implementation of equality and diversity initiatives.

Problem/challenge (10%)

• HRM Issue - review specified key HRM area.
• Impact of the issue on the business, activities, and its stakeholders.

Critical analysis and evaluation (45%)

• Depth and criticality of the analysis of the strategies, policies, and initiatives implemented by the HR Action Plan to promote equality and diversity within the organisation; outcomes/results (real data should be considered); potential barriers (25%)
• Evaluation of practical recommendations/solutions/proposed actions (15%)
• Insightful conclusion that flows from confident analysis and evaluation (5%)

Application of IHRM related literature, empirical research & examples; referencing (15%)

• Integration of relevant theoretical concepts & frameworks, empirical evidence, comparative data, and practical examples (10%)▪References (5%)
• quality and range of references (at least 10 - 15 references across different reliable sources are expected) you are expected to include sources from your recommended reading list
• The currency of the data (how recent is the data) is important. 
• Adheres to UCB referencing standards including in-text referencing. 

2300 TASK GUIDANCE:

• Focus on attention to detail, quality of work and overall academic standards. 

Specific task guidance for this assignment:

Consider the following structure for presentation:

• Title
• Introduction – brief overview of the context
• Explain the organisation’s HR Plan of Action for Equality and diversity. 
• Goal - Current Equality and Diversity Strategic objectives of the organisation. 
• Link between equality & diversity and the key HRM area.
• Action/tasks/activities – critical task undertaken; functions; resources; team members and responsibilities; timeframes/deadlines. 

Analyse the effectiveness of the Equality and Diversity Strategic initiatives in the organisation’s HR Plan.

• Problem/challenge around key area, its impact on the business, activities, and stakeholders
• Analysis should be done through application of HR & business-related frameworks and principles.
• Consider assessment effectiveness in areas such as: workplace demographics; recruitment; selection; training; reward/compensation; appraising performance; policies and procedures such as disciplinary policies)

oRecommendation
oConclusion
oReferences

• This is an academic piece of work – therefore it should include theory and evidence of research (minimum of 10 references throughout your work).
• Ensure your work is analytical - do not merely describe your findings. 

For additional guidance on this assignment, please access the assignment vodcast available on Canvas.

VIDEO CAPTURE GUIDANCE:

●This assignment will require you to become familiar with and use the Panopto system.
Please follow this online guide for Panopto that shows you how to access the system, record a video using Panopto or upload an existing video to Panopto and submit your assignment to Canvas. Contact the DICE team at dice@ucb.ac.uk if you need any further support.
●All students must verify their identity with their student ID card at the start of your recording.

Specific guidance for this assignment 

●The tasks should be presented in the form of a recorded digital presentation such as PowerPoint. 
●The entire presentation should be 10 minutes ONLY.
Consider a multimedia approach (images and texts etc) in your presentation.
The presentation should include narration with a live image of the presenter (yourself) professionally dressed.
Maximum 12 slides (excluding title, introduction, and reference slides)
In-text referencing as well as a slide with a complete list of references should be evident.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

●Evaluate a plan of action for an international human resource programme (LO2)

●Analyse equality and diversity in international HRM (LO3)

ACADEMIC SKILLS OUTCOMES:

●The Academic Skills Outcomes to be developed by completing this assignment can be found here.
●For Apprenticeship programmes, identify the applicable Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours the assignment seeks to test.

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT GUIDANCE: