Objective To provide you with an opportunity to analyse business strategy and operational plans to determine human resource requirements Activity What is the link between operational and strategic...

Objective
To provide you with an opportunity to analyse business strategy and operational plans to determine human resource requirements
Activity
What is the link between operational and strategic plans?


List at least five HR requirements that the HR department may need to source.


Explain the resource requirements for each item. The answers will vary from organisation to organisation.


Objective
To provide you with an opportunity to review external business environment and likely impact on organisation’s human resource requirements
Activity
What are the main external factors that will influence human resource requirement?


Objective
To provide you with an opportunity to consult line and senior managers to identify human resource needs within their area
Activity
Why is it important to consult with line and senior managers to identify human resource needs within their area?


What can consulting with line and senior managers help you identify?


How can this information assist HR professionals?


Objective
To provide you with an opportunity to review organisation’s requirements for diversity in the workforce
Activity
Diversity in the workplace is essential; within the organisation it is important to ensure that they recruit and retain the person with the best skills and talent to fulfil the position. This should be regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion or disability.

Name five reasons why following legislative guidelines helps to improve the organisation’s profile and provides benefits to the organisation.


Objective
To provide you with an opportunity to develop options for delivery of human resource services that comply with legislative requirements, organisational policies and business goals
Activity
Cost benefit analysis can assist you in determining the options to deliver human resource services. What are you comparing when you calculate the CBA?  What benefits can you obtain by calculating the CBA over time?


What are the four steps of risk analyses?


What is the importance of recommendations and their relevance to groups?


What can be the impact if the human resource service options do not comply with legislative requirements and organisational policies?


Your role is to deliver induction training to new employees.  Following the recommendations of the HR department, you offer to induct staff to your work area.  What legislative requirements would you need to know?


Objective
To provide you with an opportunity to develop and agree on strategies and action plans for delivery of human resource services
Activity
What is consensus decision making?


Using the Consensus Decision-Making Flow Chart explain in your own words, how you would resolve a problem as a Manager.  You may use an example from your own work place to explain the flow chart.  Are there any ways in which to improve the process?
If you have no example to use, discuss the following in your answer:
Lee Jones has recommended that the paperwork for the processing of a new employee be changed.  Several members of staff will be affected by the change.  Chris will no longer need to enter the new data for the employee into the computer.  This would lighten Chris’ responsibilities and would no longer be needed to work in a full time position.  A scanner costing $2000.00 would process the paperwork in half the time.  Alex would have to file the information and would be placed under more pressure because he also generates the payroll for the fortnightly period.


Discuss the various scenarios.


Using the final decision in the consensus decision making flow chart, briefly outline how you would action the decision, using the action planning steps.


Objective
To provide you with an opportunity to agree and document roles and responsibilities of human resource team, line managers, and external contractors
Activity
Using the last two questions in Activity 1F, recommend and discuss the documentation that you should use to implement the plan.  In your answer include that importance of documenting the roles and responsibilities of the HR team.