Unit 8 Human Resources - Pearson BTEC Level 3 International Subsidiary Diploma in Business

Learning aim 1: Explore factors that can impact human resource planning in business
Learning aim 2: Examine the methods of managing employees performance and how motivation impacts on business performance

Assignment- Businesses don't build themselves; people do!

Scenario: Your student newspaper has been publishing a series of interesting case studies into businesses in your region. You have been asked to write one onmotivation and human resource planning.

You realise that this is a great opportunity to showcase your understanding of how important people are to business success.

You need to investigate a large business organisationof your choice that has 250 or more employees. You need to use your research to write a case study on the human resource processes and motivation in thebusiness. You can choose any large business that has a transparent and easily accessible human resource system.

The case study should evaluate the human resource processes, motivational strategies and how these link to business success.

Task 1 The case study should explore human resource planning, motivational strategies and employee and business performance. Using research from a variety of sources, your case study must include:
• Introduction
• Details of the business, including the scope of its activities and size.
Human resource planning
• An explanation of the processes that are involved when the selected business plans its human resources
• An explanation of the various methods used by the selected business to review human resource practices and why this is important to business planning.

• An explanation of the challenges faced by the selected business and how these have influenced the:
o human resource planning
o review of human resource practices.
• A detailed examination of the inter-relationship between the importance of effective human resource planning and business success.
• A supported judgement on the relevance or significance to the business success of the various:
o human resource methods
o human resource processes.

Motivation
• An explanation of the links between motivation theories/strategies and business performance
• An explanation of the strategies and how these are used in the selected business to manage and motivate its employees.
• A careful consideration of the various motivation strategies the selected business uses to improve the motivation of its employees
• Details of the relevance or significance of the various strategies the selected business uses to improve the motivation of its employees
• A judgement on which motivation strategies have the most important link to improving business performance
• Justified recommendations for the ways in which the selected business can improve employee motivation