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Study Guide AdvCert $($Management$)$

Advanced Certificate in Management

Modular Assignment $9$: Human Resources and Development

A colleague in a management position at another organisation approaches you with a concern, they feel they do not have the right number of people in their organisation and in addition they are not sure that they have the right skills to meet their objectives. You want to help your colleague.

a$)$ List the fours aspects that managers usually adopt. $(2$ marks$)$

b$)$ Tabulate the strategic Human Resource $($HR$)$ activities and day to day HR management activities. $(4$ marks$)$

c$)$ In no more than $250$ words describe the aims of HR management for a healthcare line manager. $(4$ marks$)$

d$)$ List the steps in the HR planning process. $(5$ marks$)$

You are the Clinical Manager of a hospital and need to recruit a junior manager to manage rehabilitative services in the hospital. You are not sure where to start. You decide to write to your HR Manager to clarify the process.

a$)$ In no more than $500$ words write down your understanding of the staffing process in your. hospital for the HR Manager to confirm. $(10$ marks$)$

b$)$ Draft a job description for the junior management position using a template from the internet to explain what the position entails? $(800-$word limit$)(10$ marks$)$

You believe that a rigorous and clear performance management process will help your team meet their targets. Prepare a slide deck of no more than five slides to present at your management meeting that includes the following:

a$)$ A comparison of the two systems that can be used for performance appraisals. $(5$ marks$)$

b$)$ Recommendation for one of the systems. $(2$ marks$)$

c$)$ An example of performance management indicators using the junior management position. $(8$ marks$)$