problem 1: Change has become an expected part of businesses nowadays and there are different factors which have caused these changes in the HR perspective.

a) Critically analyze the changes which have taken place in the business world influencing HR activities recently.

b) What, according to you, must an HR practitioner do to facilitate the management of such changes in organizations?

problem 2: In order to meet up the constant changing needs of the modern business world, organizations are compelled to develop the flexibility plans.

a) Describe the different flexible plans which an organization can adopt to cope with the change.

b) Critically analyze the different benefits that an organization might derive in adopting the flexibility plans.

problem 3:

a) What, according to you, must be the characteristics of reward systems in order for such systems to meet up the challenges of the new labor force?

b) Critically assess three reward systems that organizations make use of.

problem 4: Developing an HRD strategy comprises taking into consideration different issues both internal and external to an organization. As an HR manager, describe five issues you would consider in devising your HRD strategy.