CIPD Assessment Activity

5HRD I314001

CIPD Assessment Activity Title of unit/s Contemporary Development in Human Resource Development

Unit No/s 5HRD

Level 5

Credit value 6

Assessment method Group presentation

Learning outcomes:

3. Understand the role and contribution of HRD practice to developing different categories of employees and organisation functions.

4. Understand contemporary developments in HRD practice.

Assessment brief/activity Assessment Criteria Working in a group of between 3 to 5 people you are required to produce and deliver a presentation of maximum 30 minutes duration with a further 15 minutes for questions.

The presentation and supporting documentation should:

1 Provide a critical comparison of two models of HRD and the application of each 3.1 to professional development and to management and leadership development.

2 Use the critical comparison in 1 above to compare and contrast two examples of 3.2 HRD interventions used by two different organisations and for two different groups of employees, each in a cross cultural context.

3 Evaluate the potential use of emerging technologies to increase the efficiency 4.1, 4.2 and effectiveness of the two examples in 2 above to promote organisational aims associated with diversity and talent management.

Candidates should reference academic research and literature and examples of organisation practice to support the critical comparison in 1 above, the critique in 2 above and the evaluation in 3 above.

Evidence to be produced/required

A group presentation of maximum 30 minutes, with a further 15 minutes for questions.

Supporting documentation to include:  a copy of the presentation slides  an individual statement of a maximum of two A4 pages which reflects on how the content of the presentation has met the identified assessment criteria and includes citation of references.

Tutor assessment notes of the observed presentation. The content rather than the process of the presentation is directly related to the assessment criteria.

National Assessment Bank – Intermediate level – Version 3 August 2012 5HRD I314001

Guidance for Assessors for 5HRD (LO 3 & 4)

This guidance is for assessors only and should not be handed out to candidates.

Individual contribution should be assessed using the CIPD skills observation checklist (SOC) or similar, against the guidance below.

Candidates 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 sources must be supported by citations presented in the format that the centre determines.

Activity 1 Candidates should compare and contrast two models of HRD practice and apply each of them to each of professional development and to management AC 3.1 and leadership development. Models should include, for example: learning, performance, strategic HRD and critical HRD perspectives and categorisations such as away from work, at work and through work. Professional development and management and leadership development should be defined. Clear and justified arguments on the merits of each selected model in relation to each of professional development and to management and leadership development should be provided. These will be clearly articulated in the presentation and clearly related to the criteria in the supporting statement.

Activity 2 Candidates should specify two interventions for two different categories of employees in two different organisations. Any categories of employee and AC 3.2 organisation types are acceptable so long as a cross cultural context is evident. The nature of cross cultural development programmes will be specified and discussed. The main characteristics of these programmes such as diverse populations in both internal and external labour markets; language and social differences; the notions of ‘international managers’ and ‘transnational managers’ etc; should be mentioned. Candidates should compare and contrast the two interventions. Clear and justified arguments on the merits of each intervention will be provided in the presentation and clearly related to the criteria in the supporting statement.

Activity 3 The potential use of emerging technologies in the two interventions should be clearly evaluated in relation to promoting diversity and talent management. Arguments should be logical and well supported. Candidates are likely to draw AC 4.1, 4.2 on debates about use of e-learning and related to meanings/definitions attached to diversity management and to talent management. Evaluations will be clearly justified in the presentation and clearly related to the criteria in the supporting statement.

National Assessment Bank – Intermediate level – Version 3 August 2012