People, culture and contemporary leadership

Assessment Objective

The objective of this assessment is to apply what you have learned about people, human resources and organisations to your selected organisation and make some clear recommendations of HR initiatives/practices that you believe will increase employee engagement within the organisation.

You are required to answer the following question:

Using relevant theories and appropriate research write a report that evaluates an organisation's people practices (HR practices) and employee engagement levels and recommend strategies or initiatives that aims to improve employee engagement.

Assessment Process

- Pick an organisation of your choice. This may be one that you are currently employed, or one that you have been previously employed.

- The organisation may be new or old, large or small, profit or not-for-profit. It may be located in Australia, you may also select an organisation from overseas.

- However, whichever organisation you choose, it is important that you are able to get adequate information on employee engagement and people management.

- You are required to research the organisation so that you have a sound understanding of the people management and human resource practices that exist in the organisation. This may be via internet sources or preferably by interviewing staff within the organisation that you have chosen.

Your report should include:

- Executive Summary ( not more than 250 words and is not included in the word count)

- A Table of Contents

- A clear introduction defining scope.

- An overview/profile of the organisation chosen. This must include information on the growth, structure, vision and mission statement, total manpower strength and the branches if any.

- The identification and discussion of the organisation's HR strategy.

- An evaluation of the HR practices that exist within the organisation. This should include discussion on the HR function in terms of its policies, structure and other relevant activities.

- An overview and analysis of the current state of employee engagement that exists in the organisation, which is based on a sound theoretical description of what employee engagement actually is.

- A structured plan of initiatives that you believe will increase employee engagement over time.

- For each initiative, you should specifically outline:

- What the initiative is and why you have chosen it.

- What you propose should be done, supported by sound rationale and theory.

- What you expect the impact to be and why, supported by sound rationale and theory.

- A clear conclusion that summarises the key recommendations in the report.

- A reference list that follow Kaplan guidelines.

Further guidance:

- You should include a minimum of 10 references. At least 4 of these should be academic journals. The rest can be textbooks and appropriate websites.

- You should adopt the Harvard referencing convention throughout your report as well as in the reference list at the end.

- It is recommended that you use the structure outlined above and adopt sub-headings based on each bullet point.