Topic: Essay

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Task:

Effective HR planning is critical to organisational success. Discuss the relationship between HR managers and line managers in achieving the objectives of HR planning, including:

Ensuring that talented employees are available and correctly allocated;
The skills mix and number of employees is appropriate;
Recruitment and retention are optimised;
Employee engagement is central to line management.
In your discussion, you should refer to the Resource-Based View (RBV) of the firm.

You need to follow the Essay Structure and Guidance here:
1. Introduction
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In this section you need to write:
? Short and clear statement of the purpose of the essay:
– general introductory statement
– aim of the essay
– an outline of issues addressed in the body of the essay)
? references are not required in the Introduction
? Suggestion: 100-150 words approximately

2. Body (Discussion of factors associate with Effective HR planning

• Effective Strategic HRM (SHRM) and HR Planning (500-600 words approximately)
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Major issues in this section:
Here you need to explain the link between SHRM and HR planning. In other words, how the organisation can be strategic and competitive in the global market when facing HRM issues such as high turnover and tight labour market, skills shortages, ageing population, diversity etc.).
You will need to provide a brief definition of SHRM and HR planning, supported by references.
• Roles of the HR manager and line managers in HR planning (500-600)
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In formulating your response you should review the roles of the HR manager and line managers in HR planning. You may need to consider the differences between these roles in small and large organisations.

Use the following dot points to build your discussion of the complementary roles of HR and line managers in HR planning:
– ensuring that talented (suitably skilled) employees are available and correctly allocated;
– the skills mix and number of employees is appropriate;
– recruitment and retention are optimised;
– employee engagement is central to line management.

Note: You need to provide some references to support your discussion. However, you do not need to define every issue in your consideration of these dot points. Remember that your discussion is limited by the word count of this assignment (2000 words).

• The Resource-Based View (RBV) of the Firm (500-600)
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Major issues in this section:
The RBV emphasises the critical role of people-human capital in achieving organisational outcomes. In your response to this task you should explore the importance of RBV in guiding effective HR planning. You need to provide a definition of RBV supported by a reference.

Note: It has been demonstrated again and again that investing in the continuous improvement of the capabilities of the organisation is the key to long-term success. Developing the organisation’s people (the Human Capital) is an investment for the future of the organisation and that investment should be outlined in the HR plan for the organisation.
3. Conclusion
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In this section you need to write:
? Short overview of the main points/arguments.
? Emphasise your arguments and summarise your answer to the task and make sure that you are actually addressing the issues raised in the task.
? Draw conclusions based on your main arguments. New ideas and new information should not be included in the Conclusion.
? references are not required
? Suggestion: 200-250 words approximately