Empire College London

Assignment Brief – BTEC (RQF)

Higher National Diploma in BUSINESS (Business Management)

Student Name/ID Number

Unit Number and Title Unit 35 – Developing individuals, teams and organisations

Academic Year 2019/2020

Unit Assessor Ashraf Islam

Assignment Title Developing individuals, teams and organisations for high-

performance

Issue Date 22.11.2019

Submission Date 17.01.2020 Resubmission Date: 28.02.2020

IV Name Dennis Smith

Date 10.02.2020 – 14.02.2020

Submission Format:

The submission is in the form of an individual written report. This should be written in a
concise, formal business style using a single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make
use of headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported
with research and be referenced using the Harvard referencing system. Please also provide a
bibliography using the Harvard referencing system. The recommended word limit is 3,000
words, although you will not be penalised for exceeding the total word limit. This report must
cover the requirements for Learning Outcomes 1 to 4 and is about analysing what knowledge,
skills and behaviour is required by HR professionals, learning and development, high-
performance working and ways to support high-performance culture and commitment.

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Analyse employee knowledge, skills and behaviours required by HR professionals.

LO2 Analyse the factors to be considered when implementing and evaluating inclusive learning
and development to drive sustainable business performance.

LO3 Apply knowledge and understanding to the ways in which high-performance working
(HPW) contributes to employee engagement and competitive advantage.

LO4 Evaluate ways in which performance management, collaborative working and effective
communication can support high-performance culture and commitment.
 Assignment Brief and Guidance:

You are required to create material for use in a consultancy firm in which you work.

The consultancy firm has been asked by a series of clients to determine appropriate and
professional knowledge, skills and behaviours that are required by HR professionals, analyse a
completed personal skills audit to identify appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviours and
develop a professional development plan for a given job role. In addition, a client has asked that
the detailed professional skills audit should demonstrate evidence of personal reflection and
evaluation.

The clients have asked the consultancy firm to analyse the differences between organisational
and individual learning, training and development, analyse the need for continuous learning and
professional development to drive sustainable business performance and to apply learning cycle
theories to analyse the importance of implementing continuous professional development.

The consultancy firm believes that it needs material to demonstrate understanding of how HPW
contributes to employee engagement and competitive advantage within a specific organisational
situation. It must also analyse the benefits of applying HPW with justifications to a specific
organisational situation, evaluate different approaches to performance management (e.g.
collaborative working) and demonstrate, with specific examples, how they can support high-
performance culture and commitment. In addition, it needs to critically evaluate the different
approaches and make judgements on how effective they can be to support high-performance
culture and commitment.

You should study high-performance working and sustainable business, and then write a
report covering the following:

1 A detailed and coherent professional development plan that appropriately sets out
learning goals and training in relation to the learning cycle to achieve sustainable business
performance objectives.

2 Valid synthesis of knowledge and information resulting in appropriate judgements on

how HPW and mechanisms used to support HPW lead to improved employee engagement,
commitment and competitive advantage.

(You may however choose to create the material in regard to an organisation which you are
familiar with, including your own place of work if appropriate).

Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for the unit.
For further guidance and support on report writing please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN
Global. Link to www.highernationals.com
 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Learning Outcome
LO1 Analyse employee
knowledge, skills and behaviours professional knowledge, skills and professional skills audit that
required by HR professionals.
LO2 Analyse the factors to be
considered when implementing between organisational and
and evaluating inclusive learning individual learning, training and implementing continuous
and development to drive
sustainable business
performance.
LO3 Apply knowledge and
understanding to the ways in
which high-performance
working (HPW) contributes to
employee engagement and
competitive advantage.
LO4 Evaluate ways in which
performance management,
collaborative working and
effective communication can
support high-performance
culture and commitment.
Pass Merit/ Distinction
P1 Determine appropriate and M1 Provide a detailed
behaviours that are required by demonstrates evidence of
HR professionals. personal reflection and
evaluation.
P2 Analyse a completed personal
skills audit to identify appropriate D1 Produce a detailed and
knowledge, skills and behaviours coherent professional
and develop a professional development plan that
development plan for a given job appropriately sets out learning
role. goals and training in relation to
the learning cycle to achieve
sustainable business
performance objectives.
P3 Analyse the differences M2 Apply learning cycle theories
to analyse the importance of
development. professional development.
P4 Analyse the need for
continuous learning and D1 As above
professional development to drive
sustainable business
performance.
P5 Demonstrate understanding of M3 Analyse the benefits of
how HPW contributes to applying HPW with justifications
employee engagement and to a specific organisational
competitive advantage within a situation.
specific organisational situation.
D2 Provide valid synthesis of
knowledge and information
resulting in appropriate
judgements on how HPW and
mechanisms used to support
HPW lead to improved employee
engagement, commitment and
competitive advantage.
P6 Evaluate different approaches M4 Critically evaluate the
to performance management (e.g. different approaches and make
collaborative working) and judgements on how effective they
demonstrate with specific can be to support high-
examples how they can support performance culture and
high-performance culture and commitment.
commitment.
D2 As above
Student Declaration

I certify that the contents of my assignment will be entirely my own work and understand fully the
consequences of plagiarism.

First Submission Signature: ………………………………. Date: .............................................

Resubmission Signature: .................................................. Date: ............................................

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a particular form of cheating. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs and students who
break the rules, however innocently, will be penalised. You must keep a careful record of all sources
you use, including all internet material. It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand correct
referencing practices. These are referred to in the Handbook. Please consult the relevant unit lecturer
or your course tutor if you need any further advice.