Hrm Assignment

Faculty of Business Environment and Society

Module No: M11 HRM Module Title: Human Resource Management

Coursework number or Title: Individual assignment February - May 2012
(3000 words excluding References, tables and bibliography.)

Submission: 10.05.2012

Theme: the Line Manager’s role in Human Resource Management

Please read the following information carefully.

Background Information
For the purposes of this assignment please consider that you have been employed as an Operational Manager within a Medium sized Manufacturing Company (Gross Turn over £5 million, 300 Employees, 5 Director’s and 25 Managers of which you are 1.)
The company uses outsourced support for its IT systems, Finance and Payroll and Human Resource Specialist Advice for Recruitment.

The Company has just secured contracts that will allow it to move up to the next level with its gross turnover predicted to increase to £20 million within 2 years.
There is a need to recruit additional workers and the company philosophy dictates that where possible those workers will be recruited locally.
However the Company is based in a developing area where many people only have access to basic educational qualifications and they will need to rapidly develop additional skills and learning in order to ensure the Company’s continued success.

The Directors call a meeting of all the Managers to develop an Action Plan.

To take forward this agenda, each manager is given a specific topic to project manage. Your area of responsibility will be Human Resource Management, specifically how the company will ensure that they have the right people in the right place with the right skills at the right time and with the right level of commitment and engagement.


The Task

Using an academic essay format, critically discuss the questions posed.

    • What type of Company is this? What do the theorists who describe this type of model identify as the benefits and risks of such structures...