PROGRAMME: MBA
SEMESTER: Semester Two
ACADEMIC YEAR PERIOD:
LECTURER SETTING ASSESSMENT: - David Hall/ Dr Rajendra Kumar
DATE ASSESSMENT SET AND LOADED ON TO STUDENT PORTAL:-
DATE ASSESSMENT TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTTED:- 20th August 2013
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Assessment Type:
1 Individual Coursework essay (100%)
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Indicative Assessment Requirements for the Module;-
Maximum Word Limit and Assessment weighting for each aspect within the assessment:
Individual assessment contribution (an individual set of supporting documentation from each student equivalent to 5000 words excluding references); Assessment Weighting 100%
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Description of Assessment Requirements
Assignment
Word limit: 6000 words (excluding references)
Guidelines for undertaking the Assignment / Marking criteria and marking allocation
TASK: You have been asked to prepare an essay on the changing role of the Human Resource Department.
The ESSAY
This should include the following:
ABSTRACT (5 marks) (300 words)
This should include a brief statement of the objectives and conclusions written in a way to attract the reader.
INTRODUCTION (15 Marks) (900 words)
Thus should include the objectives of the work and the principle research methods’
DISCUSSION/ LITERATURE REVIEW / CRITICAL ANALYSIS (55 marks) (4000 words)
3.1 A review of Collins (C3 Beardwell 2010)
3.2 The role of the Human Resource Department:
A: In the International Organization
B: In the Flexible High Performance organisation
3.3: Consider the role of the HR Department: Facilitator or Organiser
3.4 Consider the expectation: HR as an Outsourced facility
Summary/Conclusion (15 marks) (800 words)
This should be based on your objectives reviewed from a ‘completed’ perspective
Marks are awarded to reflect the structure. Do you have an introduction, a discussion that continues logically and develop within a controlled thematic and for Construction, which is concerned with appropriate word usage and .paragraph construction. And appropriate referencing (10 marks).
