CIPD Assessment Activity
Title of unit/s | Using Information in Human Resources | |
Unit No/s | 5UIN | |
Level | 5 | |
Credit value | 4 | |
Assessment method | Report to senior managers | |
Learning outcomes:
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Assessment brief/activity | ||
Assessment | ||
Workplace health and well-being has risen sharply up the public policy agenda over | Criteria | |
the past decade with Government initiatives, campaigns and funding, local authority | ||
well-being projects encouraging businesses to take on the employee health and well- | ||
being agenda. This has been accompanied by growing recognition of the positive link | ||
between employee well-being and long-term organisational health. The CIPD is | ||
embarking on a long-term project on employee health and well-being and thinks that | ||
HR has a vital role to play in creating healthier workplaces. | ||
Activity 1 | ||
Identify an area of HR practice related health and well-being. Compile a report for your own organisation’s senior managers (or for another organisation you are familiar with or been involved with) setting out the case for the organisation adopting | 2.1 4.1 | |
the concept of employee health and wellbeing in relation to your topic. | ||
Your report should include: | ||
a.A brief introduction | ||
b.A critical review of at least four different information sources relevant to health | 2.2 | |
and well-being relevant to your topic area. Your review should draw out | ||
similarities and differences between the sources. You may also consider the | ||
reliability and validity of the sources. | ||
c.Draw meaningful conclusions from your review. | 3.1 | |
d.Make recommendations for improvements in practice for your chosen organisation and provide an implementation plan for the recommendations. | 3.1 |
To pass, candidates should provide a written business report for senior managers and provide answers to activity two of approximately 2600 words which reflects the guidance given below. The title page and any appendices are excluded from the word count. 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 reference sources should be acknowledged correctly and a bibliography provided where appropriate (these should be excluded from the word count). | |
Activity 1 | Activity 1 |
4.1 | Candidates must show their understanding of what a business report to managers is and not create an essay or an academic narrative. The business report should follow a structured report format: |
2.1 2.2 3.1 |
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Activity 2
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