Topic: hrm

Order Description
Assignment 2: Individual Report
(Also see appendix 1C
Read the recent People Management Column
“HR could save us £84bn” within the section “This month we’ve learned…,”and answer the following question: What kind of effective
Managerial leadership development interventions
Should a large organization consider to ensure that these leaders behave responsibly, so as to cut out unnecessary expenditure?
(4000 words)

Assessment criteria
(Learning Outcomes K1, K3, K4, S5)
K1.Critically evaluate the relationship between effective leadership/management development and organisational performance
K3.Analyse competences for measuring effective leadership and management performance
K4.Evaluate, select and apply a range of approaches to identifying leadership and management development needs
S5.Produce a report suitable for academic and practitioner audiences

Preparing for the assessment
In preparing for this assessment you should keep in mind the learning outcomes (above) and seek to draw on material from the key debates and issues that have been discussed across the whole module. This means that to get a good grade you must look carefully at the wording of the assignment question and try to break it down into manageable chunks. You should then seek to use the material from your lecture/workshops as evidence to support your answers to the question, i.e.:-

Define terms e.g.
what you mean by ‘evaluation’, effectiveness, ‘LMD’, ‘competences’ and the meaning of success (i.e. individual or organisational)
•Annalise the situation, and discuss some of the inherent difficulties involved with measuring leadership competencies
•Draw appropriate conclusions, and then
•Provide recommendations and consider how you would go about
Implementing and evaluating progress on the basis of the complexities you have identified.

Standard Report Structure
Below is a standard response structure. Note this is just a guideline. It is not an exhaustive list of everything you need to include in your report. It just gives a basic structure to use. You will need to adapt it for the needs of this assignment.
1 A Title Page
1.1 This should show
1.1.1 The title
1.1.2 Your name and Student Number
1.1.3 Your personal identifier (NB: this should also be at the top of every sheet)
, module details
1.1.4 An explanation of who the report is for, e.g. ‘A Report for [tutor’s name/name of manager]
1.1.5 The date

2 Contents List
2.1 This should show
2.1.1 The full list of sections within the report (including any appendices, reference or bibliographic lists; etc.)
2.1.2 The page number on which each section begins
3 A Summary
3.1 A half – one page summary which outlines, in no more than three short Paragraphs (and preferably just one), what the report says.
3.2 You should write this last.
3.3 It should be in the third person and present tense, e.g. ‘The report considers the arguments in favour of Quality Circles and makes recommendations about their adoption.”

4 An Introduction
4.1 This should give a succinct explanation of the aims/context of the report, and should include brief details of any information necessary for the reader to understand it, e.g. company size; structure; main activities; your role/position; etc.

5 The Main Body of the Report
5.1 This is where you present your main account of the problem or issue you are writing about.
5.1.1 It should be based on analysis, not intuition, e.g. avoid writing “I feel…
5.1.2 Back up what you write with evidence and/or argument. This means
5.1.2.1 Substantiate each assertion you make with evidence, e.g. extracts from your learning journal/diary, research articles, surveys, appraisal interviews, company reports, etc.
5.1.2.2 Support opinions with specific examples/evidence (e.g.
An experience, journal article, book, video), or by building a logical argument based on previously cited examples/evidence
5.1.3 Make a clear distinction between objective facts and personal (subjective)opinions.

5.2 Ideally, this section should be divided into numbered paragraphs that, like this briefing sheet, show which section the paragraph belongs to.
5.3 Headings for each sub – section, underlined or in bold (as used here) are also a good idea.
5.4 Where necessary consider the use of diagrams, charts, etc., wherever appropriate. They should be clear and relevant. Diagrams are also useful for reducing the word count.

6Conclusions
6.1 This is where you sum up the general conclusion/s you have reached, such as “The very low staff morale is a result of an autocratic management style”.
6.2 Conclusions (where you draw together the threads of the preceding discussion to make some overall point/s) must not be confused with recommendations (where you say what should be done about the conclusions you have reached).
6.3 It is sometimes a good idea to present your conclusions in the form of a bullet list, like this:
•Conclusion 1
•Conclusion 2
•Etc.
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Implementation Plan/Strategy
7.1 This is where you list the actions which your conclusions lead you to believe are necessary, e.g. “The team leader should attend a course in modern approaches to management”(what), if necessary when, how, duration etc. can be included.
7.2 The implementation plan must be based on the analysis and conclusions.
7.3 Wherever possible you should include a clear indication of:
•The priorities
•The timescale/deadlines for completion
•Who is to be responsible for taking and/or monitoring the recommended Action
•To whom any action should be reported
•From whom authorisation must be sought
•The financial budget or source of funds
•Other costs/resource implications
•Etc.

8 The List of References and Bibliography
8.1 This is the list of sources referred to directly in your report. See
https://www.citethemrightonline.com/for details of referencing/how to reference.
If you have mentioned an author or a book (even a course book) you must give full details here of:
•The author/s or editor/s name
•The date of publication
•The title
•The publisher

HRM3160 Managing and Leading in Organisations
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Similarly, any material used (but not referenced) must still be acknowledged, in which case you can include their details in a separate list (Bibliography) using the same format. See
https://www.citethemrightonline.com/for details on referencing/how to reference.

9The Appendices (if any)
9.1 This is where you place any information whose inclusion is not central to the main body of the report but which explains, amplifies or puts in context the arguments and evidence you have presented there.
9.2 Its main purpose is to allow you to include important information that, if it were included in the main body of the report, would interrupt the flow of the argument you are developing there.
9.3 Any material in an appendix does not count towards the word length for the TMA, nor will it attract any marks.
9.4 Examples of material suitable for an appendix include:
•Set of complex figures or statistics
•Supporting documents, e.g. Extracts from company reports
•Etc.