GULARA GAFAROVA MHR ASSIGNMENT
Surrey Business School (PG)
Assessment Cover Sheet - Please complete the boxes below
Student URN >
6346672
Date Due
Monday 24th November 2014
16.00
Student Name >
Gulara Gafarova
Actual word count
Max 1,000
Programme >
International Business Management
List of references will not be included in the word count.
The use of appendices is not permitted in assignments and students should be aware that work submitted as an appendix will not be read and will not count towards the final mark of the assignment.
Module: Management of Human Resources – Assignment 1 (40%)
Assignment Brief:
For this assignment you are required to write a 1,000-word essay on ONE of the following topics:
What is the connection between the concept of the psychological contract and the theories of employee motivation, and how valid are these models in the 21st century workplace?
‘Sound recruitment and selection systems are more important than sound reward systems’. Discuss.
The Learning Organisation is more of an aspiration than a reality. Discuss.
If people like change in general, why is there so much resistance to organisational change?
There is rarely agreement on the attributes of the ‘ideal manager’. How might the HR function help to ensure that competent managers are in place?
FORMATTING GUIDE
Essay style – no headings or sub-headings.
Use Harvard referencing conventions – see guide in SurreyLearn.
Do not use a table of contents.
Conclusions should be clear – this section should commence with, “In conclusion…..”
N.B. please provide applied examples to illustrate your answer.
MARKING GUIDE
Markers should mark using the basis of assessment on p.2 and the grading guide on p.3. A mark should be given for each section and the total mark should be a sum of the section marks. General comments should be written in the section provided. Feedback comments should be legible.
Basis of Assessment
Markers are required to put comments in all the sections
Wtg %
Presentation and
Assessment Cover Sheet - Please complete the boxes below
Student URN >
6346672
Date Due
Monday 24th November 2014
16.00
Student Name >
Gulara Gafarova
Actual word count
Max 1,000
Programme >
International Business Management
List of references will not be included in the word count.
The use of appendices is not permitted in assignments and students should be aware that work submitted as an appendix will not be read and will not count towards the final mark of the assignment.
Module: Management of Human Resources – Assignment 1 (40%)
Assignment Brief:
For this assignment you are required to write a 1,000-word essay on ONE of the following topics:
What is the connection between the concept of the psychological contract and the theories of employee motivation, and how valid are these models in the 21st century workplace?
‘Sound recruitment and selection systems are more important than sound reward systems’. Discuss.
The Learning Organisation is more of an aspiration than a reality. Discuss.
If people like change in general, why is there so much resistance to organisational change?
There is rarely agreement on the attributes of the ‘ideal manager’. How might the HR function help to ensure that competent managers are in place?
FORMATTING GUIDE
Essay style – no headings or sub-headings.
Use Harvard referencing conventions – see guide in SurreyLearn.
Do not use a table of contents.
Conclusions should be clear – this section should commence with, “In conclusion…..”
N.B. please provide applied examples to illustrate your answer.
MARKING GUIDE
Markers should mark using the basis of assessment on p.2 and the grading guide on p.3. A mark should be given for each section and the total mark should be a sum of the section marks. General comments should be written in the section provided. Feedback comments should be legible.
Basis of Assessment
Markers are required to put comments in all the sections
Wtg %
Presentation and
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