Title: Human resource management – Strategy and comparative – schrm Hartley case study 1350 words

Paper type Case Study

Paper format Harvard

Course level Undegraduate

Subject Area Management

# pages 4   ( or 1200 words Minimum)

Spacing Double Spacing

# sources 10

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Human resource management – Strategy and comparative – schrm Hartley case study 1350 words by 11th December

> HRM student

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SCHRM Hartley case study Farnham 4e

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> All coursework should be word processed, in an easy to read font such as Calibri, Arial or Times New Roman. Use a font size no smaller than 11 point and no larger than 14 point. Allow a reasonable amount of space within and between paragraphs, preferably using 1.5 line spacing. Above all, allow a decent size page margin all round, so that we have enough space to write comments Avoid the use of bullet points in the text unless absolutely necessary. Assignment 1 (the case study) should be written in report format (see further details under assignment 1 below):

> Read the Hartley Electronics Ltd case study that is reproduced as Appendix 1 at the end of this handbook. The case is Case Study 5.1 in Farnham, D. (2015) Human Resource Management in Context: Strategy, Insights and Solutions, 4th ed., London, CIPD, pp. 199-200, from which it has been reproduced by acknowledgement. For assignment 1, you are asked to take on the role of an external consultant and to write a report to the chief executive that:

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> Read the Hartley Electronics Ltd case study that is reproduced as Appendix 1 at the end of this handbook. The case is Case Study 5.1 in Farnham, D. (2015) Human Resource Management in Context: Strategy, Insights and Solutions, 4th ed., London, CIPD, pp. 199-200, from which it has been reproduced by acknowledgement. For assignment 1, you are asked to take on the role of an external consultant and to write a report to the chief executive that:

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> 1) identifies the main human resource problems facing the company and, more importantly,

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> 2) provides a reasoned argument justifying whether the company should adopt a ‘best practice’, ‘best fit’ or resource-based view of the firm model of HR strategy to achieve a long-term solution to these HR problems.

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> A few cautionary notes: things to avoid for this assignment

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> You are not being asked to do the five tasks that follow the printed case study on pp. 200-201 in the Farnham book. Please address the two tasks given above for this assignment.

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> Assignment 1 is intended to assess learning outcomes 2-7 inclusive. The assessment will be assessed generally in line with the generic university grading criteria for FHEQ level 6 work, which are reproduced for reference later in this unit handbook.

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> Specific assessment criteria include the following.

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> · Your report should demonstrate critical awareness of the three theoretical perspectives outlined above from relevant literature and how the perspectives can be applied to the case study.

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> Further information. In the second part of your answer you should concentrate mainly on one preferred approach out of the three perspectives. However, you should initially justify why you are focusing on your chosen approach in preference to the other possible perspectives and indicate why you think this approach is more applicable to the case than the other two. After identifying what you think are the main HR problems (and why), provide a brief critical review of the potential advantages and disadvantages of each approach in relation to the case, provide a justification for choosing one approach. Then apply the approach to the case study, critically assessing how it may contribute to providing a long-term resolution to the HR problems you identify.

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> In identifying what you consider to be the main HR problems in the first part of the task, it is preferable to discuss relatively few problems in greater depth than to discuss lots of HR issues superficially.

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> · Your report should be no longer than 1,500 words max. (excluding footnotes and reference list) and include an accurate, actual word count.

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> · Your report should conclude with a recommendation justifying a particular course of action, which should follow logically from your preceding argument.

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> Further information. Remember that the assignment is essentially a report and should be written in report rather than essay format. For further general guidance see ASK Handout WA12a: Reports and essays – key differences, available from:

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> http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/studentsupport/ask/handouts/. (You do not, however, need to go to extremes of numbering paragraphs and sub-paragraphs, and please try to avoid using bullet point lists.)