BSBHRM602

Manage human resources

strategic planning
Research Task

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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents..................................................................................................................................... 2
Candidate Details ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Assessment – BSBHRM602: Manage human resources strategic planning. .................................. 3
Competency Record to be completed by Assessor................................................................................... 5
Research Task.................................................................................................................................. 6

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Candidate Details
Assessment – BSBHRM602: Manage human resources strategic planning.

Please complete the following activities and hand in to your trainer for marking. This forms part of
your assessment for BSBHRM602: Manage human resources strategic planning.

Name: _____________________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________

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Employer: _____________________________________________________________

Declaration

I declare that no part of this assessment has been copied from another person’s work with the
exception of where I have listed or referenced documents or work and that no part of this
assessment has been written for me by another person.

Signed: ____________________________________________________________

Date: ____________________________________________________________

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If activities have been completed as part of a small group or in pairs, details of the learners
involved should be provided below:

This activity workbook has been completed by the following persons and we acknowledge that it
was a fair team effort where everyone contributed equally to the work completed. We declare that
no part of this assessment has been copied from another person’s work with the exception of where
we have listed or referenced documents or work and that no part of this assessment has been
written for us by another person.

Learner 1: ____________________________________________________________

Signed: ____________________________________________________________

Learner 2: ____________________________________________________________

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Competency Record to be completed by Assessor

Learner Name: _______________________________________________________

Date of Assessment: _______________________________________________________

The learner has been assessed as competent in the elements and performance criteria and the
evidence has been presented as:

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Learner is deemed: COMPETENT NOT YET COMPETENT (Please circle)

If not yet competent, date for re-assessment: ____________________________________

Comments from Trainer / Assessor:

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Research Task
Estimated Time 1 Hour
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the
foundation skills, knowledge evidence and performance evidence.
Activity Complete the following individually and attach your completed work to your
workbook.

The answers to the following questions will enable you to demonstrate your
knowledge of:

 Analyse information from a range of internal and external sources

 Consult and communicate effectively with relevant stakeholders to
develop, implement, monitor and review a strategic human resource
plan
 Reading skills
 Writing skills
 Oral communication skills
 Numeracy skills
 Navigate the world of work
 Interact with others
 Get the work done
 Describe human resource practices and functions
 Explain the relevant legislative, regulatory and industrial requirements
for the business
 Outline common options for sourcing labour explain the impact of
technology on job roles
 Outline labour market options for sourcing labour supply
 Describe the requirements of a strategic plan.

Answer each question in as much detail as possible, considering your

organisational requirements for each one.

Your task is to manage human resource strategic planning within your

organisation.

1. Research the planning requirements. Put your findings into a report.

Think about:
 The direction, objectives and targets
 Emerging practices and trends
 Labour needs
 New technology
 Changes to industrial and legal requirements.

These objectives and targets may relate to some or all of the following:
Recruitment
Retention
Training
Succession planning
Career development
Pay and reward

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 Performance management
Motivation and employee engagement.
Objectives should be SMART:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic (or Relevant)
Time-bound.
SMART objectives are important as they state exactly what the HR function is
aimingto achieve so that it makes a full contribution to achieving the overall
organizationvision. They enable priorities to be determined, realistic budgets
to be set, and gooddecisions to be made.

2. Develop a human resource strategic plan. Make sure you consult with the
relevant managers.

Strategic HR planning is an important component of strategic HR management.

It links HR management directly to the strategic plan of your organization. Most
mid- to large sized organizations have a strategic plan that guides them in
successfully meeting their missions. Organizations routinely complete financial
plans to ensure they achieve organizational goals and while workforce plans are
not as common, they are just as important.
The requirements of human resources strategic plan need to answer the
following questions;
 How many staff will be required to achieve the strategic goals of the
organization?
 What jobs will need to be filled?
 What skill sets will people need?
To determine external impacts, you may want to consider some of the
following factors:
 How does the current economy affect our work and our ability to attract
new employees?
 How do current technological or cultural shifts impact the way we work
and the skilled labour we require?
 What changes are occurring in the Canadian labour market?
How is our community changing or expected to change in the near future?

3. How will you implement the human resource strategic plan?

Consider how you will:

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  Work with others
 Monitor the plan
 Review the plan
 Adapt the plan
 Evaluate performance.

Overall organisational strategic plans

Integrating human resource management strategies and systems to achieve the
overall mission, strategies, and success of the firm whilemeeting the needs of
employees and other stakeholdersThe strategic HR planning process, The
strategic HR planning process has four steps
oAssessing the current HR capacityoForecasting HR requirementsoGap
analysisoDeveloping HR strategies to support organizational strategies
Environmental analysis to identify emerging practices and trends
The first step in the strategic HR planning process is to assess the current HR
capacity of the organization and environmental. The knowledge, skills and
abilities of your current staff need to be identified. This can be done by
developing a skills inventory for eachemployee.
Future labour needs and options for sourcing labour supply
A labour market is the place where workers and employees interact with each
other. In the labour market, employers compete to hire the best, and the
workers compete for the best satisfying job.
The labour supply is the number of hours people are willing and ableto supply
at a given wage rateKey factors affecting labour supply
oThe real wage rate on offer in the industry itself oOvertimeoBarriers to
entryoImprovements in the occupational mobility of labouroNon-monetary
characteristics of specific jobs oNet migration of labour

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February 2018