Case study: Assume that you have been serving as an Internal HR Audit Team member in one of the Fortune 500 companies (Choose an organisation and get it approved by the assessors) for the past few years. You are also a member of COVID-19 Task Force, a special committee set up in your company during the pandemic to protect the health of staff and serving customers. This committee coordinates and oversees the administration's efforts to monitor, prevent, and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in your organization Management of your organization has taken several measures to monitor, prevent, and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 The company has implemented an emergency COVID-19 leave policy for the employees who are unable to work or uncomfortable at work. To ensure employee safety, work from home has been given to the employees. Faced with depressed revenues, your organization has been forced to lay off employees temporarily or permanently and took the decision of mass terminations as well. COVID-19, increased regulations and remote workforce management have all significantly contributed to the changing nature of HR and intensified the pressure on the function. Now more than ever, this new environment demands that HR is equipped, engaged, and invested in not only helping their organization meet its business objectives but mitigating risk as well. Not an easy task. As a member of HR audit team, you are aware that the areas such hiring, performance management, discipline, and termination practices, if not managed properly, tend to increase exposure and result in expensive lawsuits. This is the right time to reimagine how HR will develop talent, manage performance, deliver services, and increase employee engagement. As a member of HR audit team, you are required to convince your Management the importance of conducting HR Audit in this unprecedented situation. For this purpose, you are required to do the following tasks: 1. Examine how an HR Audit quantifies risk, lost opportunities, and inefficient processes in this unprecedented situation. You are also required to identify the key challenges faced by the organisations while conducting HR audit and suggest the measure to overcome them. 2. Conduct a Mini- HR audit and prepare a report by reviewing performance of the Human Resource Department of the chosen Organisation and identify the areas of improvements in the current pandemic situation