Candidate Assessment Activity
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Learning outcomes:
1 Understand the key
contemporary business issues
and main external factors
affecting different
organisations and the impact on
HR.
2 Understand how organisational
and HR strategies and practices
are shaped and developed.
3 Know how to identify and
respond to changes in the
business environment.
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Business Issues and the Contexts of Human
Resources
5CHR
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6
Report
Assessment criteria:
1.1 Assess a range of different factors which
impact on an organisation’s business and its HR
function.
2.1 Analyse the forces shaping the HR agenda.
2.2 Compare different tools for analysing the
business environment.
2.3 Explain the key stages in strategy formulation
and implementation and the role of HR.
2.4 Examine HR’s contribution to business ethics
and accountability
3.1 Evaluate business performance and the role
of HR in business planning and the change
management agenda.
3.2 Assess and utilise different sources of
business and contextual data for planning
purposes
 Assessment
Assessment activity
Criteria

You have been asked by the CEO to compile a report on ‘The developing
role of HR within present day business’. Your report should include;

• An analysis of internal forces which can shape the HR agenda, you 2.1
could include for example; structure/model of the HR function, HR
strategies, strategic objectives and stakeholder expectations.

• An assessment and summary of a range of different external factors 1.1

impacting on an organisation’s performance and explain how they
affect the HR function.

• A table comparing two different environmental analytical tools e.g. 2.2

SWOT, PESTLE, Porter’s 5 Force’s, etc.

• A summary of the key stages of strategy formulation and 2.3, 2.4

implementation. You should refer to the role of HR in each of the
stages summarised. You should also highlight HR’s role in; i) Business
Ethics and ii) Accountability. You should reference all key models and
literature used.

• A table or chart illustrating a range of ways business performance is 3.1

measured in the organisation for different purposes. You should also
highlight with examples, the role of HR in; i) Business Planning and ii)
Change Management.

• An assessment of how different sources of business/internal and 3.2

contextual/external data should be considered and used when planning
e.g. internal information within the organisation including HR metrics,
industry information e.g. trends in HR, competitive information,
government information.

Evidence to be produced: A report equating to 4000 words in total.

Remember to relate academic concepts, theories and professional practice to the way
organisations operate, in a critical and informed way, and with reference to key texts, articles
and other publications and by using organisational examples for illustration.
All reference sources should be acknowledged using Harvard-style referencing, and a
bibliography provided where appropriate (these should be excluded from the word count).

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