Assessment brief/activity
Activity 1
Your CEO has asked each departmental head to undertake a critical review of their systems, processes and practices as part of a major organisational change agenda. You have been asked to review an area of HR/business practice and present a business report to key stakeholders with recommendations for improving practice. To provide the basis for your report, you have been asked to conduct a critical review of information sources relevant to the area of practice. You should:
• Select an area of HR/business practice and give the reason for your choice
• Undertake a critical review of different information sources (at least four) e.g. research digests, academic and professional literature, online databases, key texts relevant to the selected area of practice.
• Draw meaningful conclusions from the review of the different information sources.
• Make justified recommendations to named stakeholders for sustaining and/or improving practice.
Your report structure should include:
• Title page (report title and their name, submission date)
• Executive summary (overview, methods of analysis, findings, recommendations)
• Table of contents (list of numbered sections)
• Introduction (terms of reference)
• Main body (headings and sub-headings – these could be for each information source reviewed). Candidates should use a mix of narrative and diagrammatic formats to present their findings.
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
• Reference list/Bibliography
• Appendix if used i.e. information supporting their analysis but not essential to its explanation.
Activity 2
a. Summarise the key stages of the research process.
b. Compare two different research methods.
Evidence to be produced/required
A written business report for stakeholders and written answers to activity two of approximately 2600 words.