Assignment Question:
You have been asked to provide a briefing paper (ESSAY) considering the various perspectives of the Human Resource Department. The contemporary debate and a consideration of its possible future directions.
Assignment Guide Lines
The content of the document produced by each student is required to cover specific areas and to be within specific maximum word lengths (marks allocation and lengths in brackets) as follows:-
1. Abstract: This should include a brief statement of the objectives and conclusions written in a way to attract the reader.
2. Introduction: should include the objectives of the work and the principle research methods.
3. Discussion/literature review
3.1. A review of Collins (C3 Beardwell 2010)
3.2. The role of the Human Resource Department:
A. In the International Organization
B. In the Flexible High Performance organisation
3.3. Consider the role of the HR Department: Facilitator or Organiser
3.4. Consider the expectation: HR as an Outsourced facility
4. Summary/Conclusion: This should be based on your objectives reviewed from a 'completed' perspective.
5. References, Structure and Construction: using the Harvard referencing system throughout, provide references and evidence sources and use appropriate academic protocol for the report. The submission of your work for assessment should be organized, clearly structured in the order outlined in 1 to 4 above.
Report Structure -
- Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Discussion/Literature Review
- Conclusions
- References
- Appendix
Examples -
Examples of book references are:
- Smith, J. (2005a). Dutch Citing Practices. The Hague: Holland Research Foundation.
- Smith, J. (2005b). Harvard Referencing. London: Jolly Good Publishing.
In giving the city of publication, an internationally well-known city (such as London, The Hague, or New York) is referenced as the city alone. If the city is not internationally well known, the country (or state and country if in the U.S.) are given.
Examples of journal references are:
- Smith, John Maynard. "The origin of altruism," Nature 393, 1998, pp. 639-40.
- Bowcott, Owen. "Street Protest", The Guardian, October 18, 2005, accessed February 7, 2006.