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Assessment - Essay

Assessment Details: "HR needs to transform itself from a partner (that can be removed or outsourced) to a player- on the field, in the game, with the ability to score. This necessitates understanding what HR can contribute, how its systems enable it to contribute and how its ultimate deliverables can be measured." (Beatty et al 2003, pg 107)

Research and critique the role HR plays in organisational performance and using publicly available HRIS information argue how organisations can use these systems to build HR scorecards that align with strategic organisational objectives.

Source: Beatty, R. Huselid, M and Schneier, C. (2003) New HR Metrics: Scoring on the Business Scorecard. Organizational Dynamics Vol 32 No 2 107-121

This assessment requires students to research the following using both academic and publicly available vendor information:
(NB: Weekly worksheets showing student work in developing this piece of work will be required)
- The affect HR has on business performance (Worksheet due week 2)
- HR Scorecards (Worksheet due week 3)
- The impacts of business digitisation on HR (Worksheet due week 4)
- Various HRIS and how they are currently being used within the workplace (Worksheet due week 5)

They then need to synthesise, critique and use this information to argue how HR can align itself with strategic organisational objectives.

LO 1 - Critique the affect that HR has on business performance within contemporary organisational environments
LO 2 - Argue the role that business digitisation has had on Human Resource Information Systems with regards to how they are used within

Assessment Worksheet

Reference

Vendor name and website

Describe the key benefits of the system and how it is being used by organisations (hint: look for customer stories and case studies)

Write down your thoughts on how this relates to the essay question and how this information could be used in your answer