Explain some of the main legal requirements in relation to recruitment and selection and briefly assess the strengths and weaknesses of at least two different methods of recruitment and selection.

Give a brief account of HR’s role in developing basic succession and career development plans contributing to plans for downsizing an organization contributing to the development of job descriptions, person specifications, and competency frameworks.

Briefly describe the main principles of effective workforce planning and give some examples of any tools that may be used for this. (Assessment Criteria 2.1)

Give a brief description of the role of government, employers and trade unions in ensuring future skills needs are met. (Assessment Criteria 1.4)

Your organization is based in two different countries (the UK and another country of your choice). Write a short account which briefly assesses the labor market trends in each country.

In your account, briefly explain the significance of tight and loose labor market conditions and how organizations position themselves strategically in competitive labor markets. (Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)

Using your own organisation (or one with which you are familiar), investigate the reward environment and produce a written report in which you: Assess the context of the reward environment and the key perspectives that inform reward decisions. In this section you should: Use an appropriate analysis tool to identify the internal and external factors. Analyse the particular impact of business drivers and related factors on reward decisions. Give examples of different ways of gathering and presenting reward intelligence.

You have been asked by your CIPD Branch to lead a discussion at one of its events on ‘The evolving role of HR in the contemporary business world’. You have been asked to produce a paper for inclusion in the delegate pack.

“Soft systems approaches to change emphasize not just the content and control of change but also the process by which change comes about. They require consideration of the cultural and political aspects of organisations as much as the structure and systems”. (Senior and Fleming: 2006). Required: Determine in what situations it is either appropriate or inappropriate to employ soft system methodologies.

Undertake a self-assessment of one area of your practice to identify your professional development needs in that area and options to address these…

Evaluate what it means to be an HR professional, making reference to the current CIPD Profession Map.  

Undertake a self-assessment of one area of your practice to identify your professional development needs in that area and options to address these…