Unit 16 Human Resources

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Class: | BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Business/ Extended Diploma | Unit: | Unit 16 | Title: | Human Resource Management in Business | Criteria: | All | Hand out date: | Monday 12th September 2011 | Hand in date: | W.C 16th January 2012 | The aim of this unit is to enable you to understand the importance of human resources within an organisation. Effective human resource management means getting the best out of employees to ensure that the organisation meets its aims and objectives. To complete this assignment you will need to investigate how human resources is managed within an organisation of your choice. If you have a part-time job, it may be easiest to use the company you are working in or alternatively, you may use the company in which you completed your work experience at the end of year 12. In addition you may also be able to use other resources as listed below: Useful resources: * Your business’ website * www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk - this has general information about employment. * www.statistics.gov.uk/ssd/surveys/labour_force_survey.asp. - This site produces a Labour Market Survey. Task 1 – Internal and external factors to consider when planning HR | Part A. For this task you need to describe the internal and external factors to consider when planning the human resource requirements of ___________________. * Internal planning factors include: demand for existing products and services and new products and services, new markets, technological change, location of production, skills requirements (workforce profiles; age, gender, ethnicity and ability) will help to determine skills needed. * External planning factors will include: Supply of labour, whether international, national, regional or local, and whether long or short-term; labour market competition and labour market costs, workforce skills etc. You must describe
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