ASSIGNMENT 2 BRIEF

Qualification BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business

Unit number Unit 03: Human resource management

Assignment title Recruitment and Selection Plan

Academic Year 2020 - 2021

Unit Tutor

Issue date Submission date

IV name and date

Submission Format:

Format: This assignment is a Group assignment. The word limit is 3.000 words +/- 10%
You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line spacing at
1.3. Margins must be: left: 1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom: 1 cm. The reference
follows Harvard referencing system. The recommended word limit is 2.000-2.500 words.
You will not be penalized for exceeding the total word limit. The cover page of the report
has to be the Assignment front sheet 2.
Submission Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date and in a way requested by
the Tutors. The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on
http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/
Note: The Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another student or from
books etc. If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other sources, you
must reference your sources, using the Harvard style. Make sure that you know how to reference
properly, and that understand the guidelines on plagiarism. If you do not, you definitely get fail

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO3 Analyze internal and external factors that affect Human Resource Management decision-making,
including employment legislation.

LO4 Apply Human Resource Management practices in a work-related context.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

You’re working as a HR consultant for your chosen company (the students will be advised to choose
different companies). Your main task is to design a HR system for the company. The document will
provide details on the purpose of HR and the main HR functions within the organisation with an overview

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of different HR practices. A full set of HR processes is done in the first assignment. In this document, your
consulting team (3–4 members) is to design a job specification set for a particular job role.

The aim of your team is to construct the recruitment and selection process and each team complete an
document portfolio.
The document portfolio should include:
1. The design of a job specification for given positions in the organisation.
3. Documentation of preparatory notes for interviews, interview notes based on selection criteria and a
justified decision of the candidate selected.
4. A job offer to the selected candidate.
5. An evaluation of the process and the rationale for conducting appropriate HR practices.

In addition to this you are to produce an evaluation summary of employee relations and employment
legislation that relate to these HR practices. This is to be presented to BoM of your chosen company to
explain the legitimacy of your suggested recruitment and selection process. This part will cover the
following:
1. The approach to and effectiveness of employee relations and employee engagement, with mention of
the flexible organization and flexible working practices and ‘employer of choice’.
2. Key aspects of employment legislation within which the organization must work. An evaluation of how
employee relations and employment legislation inform decision making and meets business objectives.

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LO3 Analyse internal and external factors that affect Human Resource Management decision-making,
including employment legislation
P5 Analyze the importance of
employee relations in respect to
influencing HRM decision-making.
P6 Identify the key elements of
employment legislation and the
impact it has upon HRM decision-
making.
LO4 Apply Human Resource Management practices in a work-related context
P7 Illustrate the application of HRM
practices in a work-related context,
using specific examples.
Grading criteria
LO3 & 4
D3 Critically evaluate
M4 Evaluate the key aspects of employee relations
employee relations management and and the application of
employment legislation that affect HRM practices that
HRM decision-making in an inform and influence
organizational context. decision-making in an
organisational
context.
LO3 & 4
D3 Critically evaluate
employee relations
M5 Provide a rationale for the and the application of
application of specific HRM practices in HRM practices that
a work-related context. inform and influence
decision-making in an
organizational
context.
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