Resource and Talent Planning - Essay Example

Intermediate Certificate/Diploma in Human Resource Management

Resource and Talent Planning

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• Understand the key contemporary labour market trends and their significance for different kinds of organisation and different country contexts
  • ‘Tight’ and ‘Loose’ Labour Markets
    • How can organisations take advantage of tight or loose labour markets when recruiting? Provide your answer in the space provided in no more than 100 words.

• • • What are some of the ways in which you can use Learning and Development opportunities to retain employees in a ‘loose’ labour market? Answer in the space provided in no more than 150 words.

• • The Flexibility of Labour
• Task 1.3HR and management theorists have divided labour flexibility into different categories, including Functional Flexibility, Financial Flexibility, Numerical Flexibility, Temporal Flexibility and Locational Flexibility. Choose three of these types of flexibilities and discuss them in around 100 words each in the space provided.

Be able to undertake core talent planning activities

• • Succession Planning
    • Below are listed three areas you would expect succession planning to have a positive effect on. Explain why you think this would be the case in the space provided.

• • • We have already identified that direct managers have a critical role in talent planning. Using your organisation as an example, discuss in no more than 150 words, the relationship between talent development and effective direct management. your Organization ADCO Company

• • Deploying successful career management processes

• • • How would you make sure that a talent management programme within your own organisation was aligned with the business strategy that was in place? Answer in the space provided in no more than 200 words. your Organization ADCO Company

• • Deploying a downsizing plan
    • What are some of the effects of poorly managed downsizing on employees who are still present in the organisation once it is completed? Answer in the space provided in no more than 150 words.

• • Value of identifying and introducing key staff members in supporting organisational strategies and plans
    • How does having an understanding of the business needs and how it relates to your career path help support motivation of staff? Answer in the space provided in no more than 150 words.

Know how to contribute to the development of resourcing strategies

• • Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of labour market competitors
    • Think of three examples of how competitive analysis can affect an organisation’s recruitment strategy? List your answers in the spaces provided below in no more than 200 words.

• • How recruitment strategies contribute to sustained organisational performance
    • What techniques could you develop within your organisation to maximise the attraction of a talent pool? Answer in the space provided in around 200 words. your Organization ADCO Company

• • • What are some of the ways that organisations can identify skills gaps within its workforce? Please answer in the space provided giving five examples.

Be able to manage recruitment and selection activities effectively and within the expectations of the law and good practice

• • External and Internal Influences on the recruitment and selection Process
    • What are the benefits to an organisation of having a diverse workforce? Answer in the space provided in no more than 150 words.

• • Developing Competency Frameworks
    • What are some of the ways you could effectively measure the competencies listed below as part of a recruitment and selection exercise, and why?

Competency

Assessment Method

Reasons justifying method chosen

Communication Skills

Rating Scale

It assigns numeric values to the communication skills level of individuals so that it can be quantified and rated against others.

Time Management

Time Recording/budget tools

The employees are assessed by recording the time they take to complete each task to determine their relative abilities to manage their time effectively

Problem Solving

Problem solving test/situational judgement test

This method of testing problem skills rates the performance of employees based on the scores they get from each test (Shavelson, 2010). Employees can attempt several quizzes that require problem solving skills, and their scores are recorded and rated on a scale of 5, 10 or 100. The higher the score, the higher the level of problem solving skills.

• • Legal requirements in the context of resourcing and talent management

• • • How can you make sure a talent management programme treats all applicants fairly and equally? Answer in the space provided in no more than 200 words.

Understand how to maximise employee retention

• • The value of employee retention how it supports the intellectual capital of the organisation

• • • Assess your own organisation in terms of intellectual capital, as discussed in this section. Discuss whether you believe your organisation has high human, structural and relational capital in around 300 words on the next page. your Organization ADCO Company

• • High turnover and how it damages the organisation
    • What are some of the benefits of having some employee turnover within an organisation? Answer in the space provided in no more than 100 words. your Organization ADCO Company

• • • What ways can you make sure that knowledge and skills are not lost to an organisation when an employee leaves? Answer in the space provided in no more than 150 words.

Know how to manage dismissal, redundancy and retirement effectively and lawfully

• • Best practice in managing redundancies
    • What were some of the steps Vodafone took to manage the redundancy process more effectively? Answer in the space provided in no more than 250 words.