IBU5HR- Global And Comparative Human Resource Management

Purpose/Rationale

The aim of this assessment task is to further develop and refine your Business report writing skills. This is a valued and vital skill for professionals and in demand by organisations. This report may also be used as a sample of your work that displays your skill, knowledge and ability to understand, resolve and analyse International HRM issues.

Task Details

Having read the case study on Cosmic Cosmetics, you now have an overview of the range of issues that seem be currently impacting its global business operations. These issues if allowed to continue may jeopardise the current and future growth and success of the company.

The task ahead, requires you to write a formal short report for the executive management team. This report may be divided into three sections that firstly, identifies and analyses the core issues in the organisation. Secondly, the report needs to address, and categorizes these issues into related IHRM practices and recommend solutions. Finally, the report will prioritise these issues in terms of strategic importance to the organisation by creating an illustrative timeline.

Instructions

The specific instructions on how to format the report and answer/address the questions and various sections of the report are as follows:

• Create a title page with your name, student ID and report title.
• Executive Summary
  • Write an executive summary that clearly, and succinctly captures the main purpose of the report and the key findings and recommendations.
  • This section of the report should appear on a separate page before the Table of Contents Page. This section is usually written last when you have an overview of the report contents.
  • The executive summary should be no longer than a paragraph.
  • (5 marks)
  • Suggested word allocation 150.
• Introduction
  • Write a brief introduction that provides an overview of the organisation and its main strategic goals.
  • Briefly outline the relevance and importance of paying attention to Global HR practices.
  • Cite and discuss academic research to support the discussion.
  • (5 marks)
  • Suggested word allocation 200.
• Question 1 (Section 1 of the report) – Identification of the issues.
  • Identify and describe the core issues in the case study – this discussion should be succinctly paraphrased (written in your own words) and should not use any quotes from the case study or identify the names of staff/employees mentioned in the case.
  • (10 marks)
  • Suggested word allocation 300.
• Question 2 (Section 2 of the report) – Categorisation, analysis, and recommendations for managing the issues.
  • Discuss how the management team may effectively address and categorize the identified issues. Reflecting on the range of topics (knowledge) covered in this course, identify which specific areas (categories) of IHRM need to be considered in addressing these issues.
  • Recommendations need to be based on academic (evidenced based) research literature. This must be used to analyse these issues and support the reasoning in the discussion of recommendations.
  • Critical thinking, sound reasoning and analysis are required, and this may be demonstrated by providing discussion in the context of the cited research literature. Avoid merely citing a reference at the end of the sentence or paragraph and focus on explaining how this is related to the central point. Again, paraphrase the discussion, and do not use quotes from any source.
  • (40 marks)
  • Suggested word allocation 1200.
• Question 3/Section 3 of the report– A plan and timeline for addressing the issues.
  • Construct a plan to address the identified issues. This plan should prioritise these issues in terms of urgency and strategic importance to the firm’s operations.
  • Provide a timeline that illustrates how addressing these issues may help to achieve the short (12-18 months), medium (2-3 years), and long term (3-5 + years) goals of the organisation.
  • 25% of available marks.
  • Suggested word allocation 650.
• Overall attention to detail (technical/professional report writing skills)
  • This report will be presented to the executive management team and as such it is important that great care is taken in the writing, formatting, and analysis of the information presented in this document.
  • Grammar, spelling, overall presentation and referencing all matter when demonstrating professional skill and ability.
  • 15% of available marks.
  • This is applied to the entirety of the report.
• Additional instructions:
  • The detailed marking rubric should be reviewed prior to commencing this assignment, during your work on this assignment, and prior to submission for assessment.
  • Present this assignment in a short report style with answers to three questions as sections of the report. The literal question should not be used as a subheading. Create appropriate subheadings that reflect the focus of the discussion in each section of the report.
  • Remember to cite and correctly reference your sources in the document and create a correctly formatted reference list.
  • DO NOT USE DOT POINTS.
  • DO NOT USE QUOTES!!
  • Referencing style: APA 6/7
  • Word Count: 2500 words (plus 10%).
  • Formatting: Font Calibri -size 12, line spacing – 1.5 and justify margins (like the layout of this case study and instruction document).