Critically evaluate management development activity in your organisation. What are its main strengths and weaknesses? What ONE proposal would you make to improve its effectiveness?

7CO02 People management & development strategies for performance May 2022 moderation window

– Assessment Questions

Level 7 Advanced Diploma in ▪ Strategic People Management ▪ Strategic Learning and Development
Level 7 Advanced Diploma

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Burke and Litwin (1992) define ‘organisational climate’ as being the ‘collective impressions, expectations, and feelings’ that employees currently have towards their employer. They go on to argue that policy and practice in the field of reward management plays a major role in influencing ‘organisational climate’. To what extent do you agree, and why? Justify your answer with reference to your reading and personal experience.

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Your Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has e-mailed you following a networking webinar which included a brief presentation about ‘high commitment models of HRM’. She asks you to critically evaluate the pros and cons of either adopting this model for your organisation or making further use of it. Draft a 1000 word briefing paper on this topic for your CEO.

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You are asked to critically evaluate management development activity in your organisation. What are its main strengths and weaknesses? What ONE proposal would you make to improve its effectiveness? Justify your answer.

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Write a 1000 word briefing paper for your senior management team on how your organisation’s HR / L&D functions might usefully partner with either a major customer or a major supplier to share good practice in respect of a current challenge.