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Unit number
and title Unit 8: Human Resources
A: Explore factors that can impact human resource planning in business
Learning
B: Examine the methods of managing employees performance and how
aims
motivation impacts on business performance
Assignment
title Businesses don’t build themselves; people do!
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Your student newspaper has been publishing a series of interesting case
studies into businesses in your region. You have been asked to write one on
motivation and human resource planning.
You realise that this is a great opportunity to showcase your understanding
of how important people are to business success.
Vocational You need to investigate a large business organisation of your choice that has
Scenario or 250 or more employees. You need to use your research to write a case study
Context on the human resource processes and motivation in the business. You can
choose any large business that has a transparent and easily accessible
human resource system.
The case study should evaluate the human resource processes, motivational
strategies and how these link to business success.
Task 1 The case study should explore human resource planning, motivational
strategies and employee and business performance. Using research from a
variety of sources, your case study must include:
● Introduction
● Details of the business, including the scope of its activities and size.
Human resource planning
● An explanation of the processes that are involved when the selected
business plans its human resources
● An explanation of the various methods used by the selected business
to review human resource practices and why this is important to
business planning.
● An explanation of the challenges faced by the selected business and
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how these have influenced the:
o human resource planning
o review of human resource practices.
● A detailed examination of the inter-relationship between the
importance of effective human resource planning and business
success.
● A supported judgement on the relevance or significance to the
business success of the various:
o human resource methods
o human resource processes.
Motivation
● An explanation of the links between motivation theories/strategies
and business performance
● An explanation of the strategies and how these are used in the
selected business to manage and motivate its employees.
● A careful consideration of the various motivation strategies the
selected business uses to improve the motivation of its employees
● Details of the relevance or significance of the various strategies the
selected business uses to improve the motivation of its employees
● A judgement on which motivation strategies have the most important
link to improving business performance
● Justified recommendations for the ways in which the selected
business can improve employee motivation
Checklist of ● An individual case study that examines the motivational and human
evidence resource processes in a large selected business
required
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to:
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Evaluate the link between effective strategies for motivation and business
8/B.D2
performance
8/A.D1 Evaluate the effectiveness of different human resource methods and processes
in relation to business success
8/B.M2 Assess ways to increase motivation and improve business performance
8/A.M1 Analyse the importance to business success of effective human resource
processes and planning
8/B.P4 Explain the ways a business organization can motivate its employees
8/B.P3 Explain the links between motivation and business performance
8/A.P2 Explain methods used to review human resources practices in a business
organisation and the importance to business planning
8/A.P1 Explain the processes involved when a large business organisation plans its
human resources
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