Human Resources Management - the key to strategic success.

The two Human Resource Management activities:

• Human Resource Planning

• Training and Development

You need to define these activities and discuss, with reference to academic literature, how the two activities you have chosen work together to meet the needs of employees as well as helping an organisation achieve its business strategy.

Your essay should consider the following:
• Define the concept of Human Resource Management (HRM).
• Discuss the contribution HRM makes to organisational success.
• Outline the two HRM activities you have chosen. Explain why these are critical to good HRM.
• Discuss the ways organisations can introduce practices into their organisation to build these processes.
• Discuss the link between these two HRM activities and its capacity to meet its strategic objectives.

The Essay requires:
• A thorough research and treatment of the contemporary literature in the topic area.
• A range of references that should demonstrate breadth and depth of research.
• The incorporation of personal/organisational examples as illustrative evidence.
• An ability to utilise the wider literature in constructing the narrative is displayed throughout.
• A display of critical evaluation and diagnostic skills in the choice of the data included.
• A display of critical evaluation in the choice of the information sources used.
• Appropriate and accurate use of the Harvard Referencing System.
• The assignment must be submitted through Turnitin.

You must use a minimum of 15 references:
• Text books: The prescribed text and at least 5 other text books
• 5 different academic journal articles
• 1 other source of your choice: Blog, newspaper, magazine or other Internet source
• No more than 1 reference may be general Internet based sources.
• Wikipedia is not to be used and does not count as an academic reference.