Practice Question:
Debate the role of flexible working in modern organisations. How can effective change management strategies support the implementation of flexible working practices?
Summary: Debate the role of flexible working in modern organisations and how change management strategies can support implementation. Use your knowledge of different studies and practical examples without explicitly citing them.
- Introduction: Introduce the concept of flexible working and its relevance in organisations.
- Paragraph 1: Discuss the benefits of flexible working.
- Paragraph 2: Discuss the challenges of flexible working.
- Paragraph 3 (optional): Evaluate how change management strategies support it.
- Conclusion: Summarise and propose ideas for better flexible working management.
Practice Question:
Critique the aims and objectives of the HRM and HRD functions in organisations. Use practical examples to illustrate how these are met or not in practice.
Summary: Evaluate the aims and objectives of HRM and HRD functions in organisations and how these are met in practice. Discuss cases where these objectives are unmet, using your understanding of organisational dynamics and HRM/HRD challenges.
- Introduction: Define the aims and objectives of HRM and HRD functions in organisations.
- Paragraph 1: Evaluate how one specific aim/objective is met in practice with examples.
- Paragraph 2: Discuss cases where an aim/objective is not met.
- Paragraph 3 (optional): Evaluate how a different aim/objective is met in practice.
- Conclusion: Summarise and suggest ways to improve HRM and HRD.
Practice Question:
Discuss the importance of an ethical approach to HRM and HRD practice in organisations. How can professionalism be promoted within these fields?
Summary: Discuss the importance of ethics and professionalism in HRM and HRD practice. Use your understanding of ethical principles and professional standards to analyse different approaches to HRM and HRD.
- Introduction: Introduce the importance of ethics and professionalism in HRM and HRD.
- Paragraph 1: Discuss one way professionalism can be promoted in these fields.
- Paragraph 2: Discuss a different way professionalism can be promoted.
- Paragraph 3 (optional): Discuss the role of ethics.
- Conclusion: Summarise and propose how professionalism and ethics can be promoted.
Practice Question:
Explore future trends and practices in HRD. How can these be linked to organisational strategic plans? Use examples to illustrate your points.
Summary: Explore future trends and practices in HRD and their links to strategic plans. Use your understanding of the field and future directions to propose possible impacts on organisations.
- Introduction: Introduce future trends and practices in HRD.
- Paragraph 1: Discuss one trend that could be linked to strategic plans.
- Paragraph 2: Discuss another trend and its potential impacts.
- Paragraph 3 (optional): Propose possible future developments in HRD.
- Conclusion: Summarise and propose how these future trends might impact organisations.
