MG411 Introduction to People Management - The Complete Academic Support Hub

Module code and title:	MG411 Introduction to People Management	Module leader:	Hadia Choudhri
Assignment No. and type:	CW1 – Individual Research Portfolio	Assessment weighting:	100%
Submission time and date:	14^th December 2020, 2pm	Target feedback time and date:	3 Weeks after submission deadline

Assignment task

“Are UK organisations getting better at managing their people?” CIPD 2014 (available at: https://www.cipd.co.uk/Images/megatrends_2014–uk–organisations–managing–people_tcm18–11407.pdf) There is no one size fits all approach to managing people, however it is recognised that there needs to be an understanding of the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed by management in order to be an effective people manager. Managers cannot face managing people alone and need the support of HR in order to underpin their performance management work on the front line. COVID 19 has certainly impacted the way Managers, HR and the workforce interact, and there are many issues faced by management when it comes to managing people that they may not have encountered before.

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:
LO 1	Demonstrate an understanding of the knowledge, skills and behaviours to be an effective people manager
LO 2	Identify and evaluate key HR processes which underpin the performance management of people at work
LO 3	Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary issues facing line managers relating to people management

Task requirements

You are to write a report 2,000 word report (+/- 10%), with the use of real life company examples, supporting theory and appropriate academic sources, which offers insights into: What contemporary issues face line management when it comes to people management What knowledge, skills and behaviours are needed to be an effective people manager What HR process underpin and support management when it comes to effective performance management Notes for Guidance The report should be written in a professionally presented report format You are expected to conclude with relevant and appropriate recommendations, summarising ways forward for management and the HR practices. An appendices is expected and must include supporting research documents or snippets of relevant information pertaining to your report content. A reference list AND bibliography is expected, with more than 10 citations in each list. These must demonstrate that the you have deployed a range of literature sources e.g. books; journals; articles; company documents; internet, web sites etc.

Referencing and research requirements

Please reference your work according to the Harvard style as defined in Cite Them Right Online (http://www.citethemrightonline.com). This information is also available in book form: Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the essential reference guide. 11^th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Copies are available via the University library.

How your work will be assessed

Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the University’s institutional grading descriptors. If it is appropriate to the format of your assignment and your subject area, a proportion of your marks will also depend upon your use of academic referencing conventions. This assignment will be marked according to the grading descriptors for Level 4.

Submission details
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Before you submit

Please use the provided checklist below to make sure you are ‘fit to submit’ your work We recommend you use this checklist as soon as you get this assignment brief to help you plan your work

Fit to Submit: Assignment Checklist

This brief assignment checklist is designed to help you avoid some of the most common mistakes students make in their coursework. HAVE YOU READ THE ASSIGNMENT BRIEF? IF NOT, DO IT NOW! In it you will find details of the assessment task, word count, the assessment criteria your work is marked against, and the learning outcomes – the basis for the assessment strategy in each module. Students often lose marks by forgetting some of the more straightforward elements of their assignments. We recommend that you “tick off” each of the points below as you prepare your work for submission. If you need any help, ask your tutor and / or visit https://bucks.ac.uk/students/academicadvice/assessment–and–examination TICK Have you read and understood the assessment criteria? Have you metthe learning outcomes? You will lose marks and your work may even be failed if you have not. Have you demonstrated you can think and writecriticallyin the completed work? This means you have supported your arguments/explanations appropriately e.g. using relevant academic sources and you have offered discussion points which extends your own or others’ viewpoints to make reasoned conclusions/judgements. Have you maintained an academic tone throughout your work? Is your work formal, focused, developed and clear? Have you checked that thereferencingin your assignment is in line with your programme requirements?

Have you proof-read your work and used spellcheck software to check your spelling and grammar? Have you checked the presentation of your work is as specified by your tutor, for example, are font size, colour, style, line spacing and margins as the tutor specified? Have you kept to the word count (or equivalent)? If you are not sure, check with your tutor. Can you confirm that the work submitted is your own and notplagiarised?

MG411 Introduction to People Management CW1 Marking Grid
Criteria	%	70% +	60-69%	50-59%	40-49%	Fail
Research Skills	10	Evidence of wide research using primary and secondary research and an imaginative range of sources.	Evidence of good research. Some primary and secondary research though more limited in range.	Evidence of solid research though limited to secondary research but from a range of prescribed texts and sources.	Some evidence of research though perhaps limited to secondary research.	Little evidence of any research; little reference to appropriate secondary literature.
Knowledge and understanding	20	Excellent critical discussion of key concepts and underpinning theory supported through extensive secondary research findings.	Demonstrates a thorough understanding of HR models and key concepts through discussion using good secondary research.	Demonstrates some understanding of HR models with a range of secondary research utilised to support the discussion.	Demonstrates a limited view and reference to models and concepts is weak. Limited use of secondary research to underpin discussion.	Superficial understanding demonstrated through minimal secondary research and lack of integration of models and concepts.
Analysis and application	40	Excellent analysis of the models and concepts with an extensive comparison. Excellent explanation and evaluation.	Good analysis of the models and concepts with a good comparison. Good explanation and some evaluation.	Some analysis of the models and concepts with some comparison. Effort made to explain though tended to describe.	Presents partial analysis of the models and concepts with minimal comparison. Limited attempt to explain; largely descriptive.	Limited or no analysis of the models and concepts with superficial comparison. No effort to explain or evaluate.
Evaluation	20	Excellent evaluation of the impact of different models on organisational practice. Reflective and detailed evaluative conclusions and recommendations.	Good evaluation of the impact of different models on organisational practice. Good evaluative conclusions and recommendations.	Some evaluation of the impact of different models on organisational practice. Conclusions drawn and recommendations made, but less convincing.	Limited evaluation of the impact of different models on organisational practice. Limited conclusions drawn or recommendations made.	Fails to address all parts of the task – key issues not identified, conclusions inappropriate. No recommendations made.
Assignment parameters	10	Brief met fully. Within word count. Clearly written and presented. Professional style, structure and referencing.	Within word count. Meets brief fully Clearly written and presented. Logical structure and good attempt to reference material.	Sometimes writing style and structure unclear. Referencing sometimes incomplete.	Poor structure and presentation. Problems with writing style. Sources not fully referenced.	Brief not fully met. Far too long or too short. Unclear structure and poor presentation. Inappropriate referencing.

Internal approval: Jonathan Jackson, 2/10/2020