Resourcing and Talent Planning

Resourcing and Talent Planning

Assessment brief/activity
You are required to provide written responses to each of the following seven questions:
Question 1
Your organisation is based in two different countries (the UK and another country of your choice).
Write a short account which briefly assesses the labour market trends in each country. In your
account, briefly explain the significance of tight and loose labour market conditions and how organisations position themselves strategically in competitive labour markets.
Question 2
Give a brief description of the role of government, employers and trade unions in ensuring future
skills needs are met.
Question 3
Briefly describe the main principles of effective workforce planning and give some examples of
any tools that may be used for this.
Question 4
Develop and provide a basic succession and career development plan
Provide evidence to show your contribution to plans for downsizing an organisation
Provide evidence to show your contribution to the development of job descriptions, person
specifications and competency frameworks.
Question 5
Explain some of the main legal requirements in relation to recruitment and selection and briefly
assess the strengths and weaknesses of at least two different methods of recruitment and selection.
Question 6
Briefly explain briefly why people leave or remain with organisations and provide a summary of
some of the costs associated with dysfunctional employee turnover. Go on to assess the
strengths and weaknesses of at least two different approaches to retaining talent.
Question 7
Provide a brief summary of the advice you would provide to your organisation on good and lawful
practice for managing dismissal, retirement and redundancies.
Evidence to be produced/required
Answers to each of the six questions of approximately, 3900 words in total (divided appropriately
across the questions).
You should relate academic concepts, theories and professional practice to the way
organisations operate, in a critical and informed way, and with reference to key texts, articles and
other publications and by using organisational examples for illustration.

All reference sources should be acknowledged correctly and a bibliography provided where
appropriate (these should be excluded from the word count).