MGT2HRM Assessment 3 – Policy Design Tips

PART 1 – Policy Analysis (1000 words)

1. Internal & External issues analysis
Internal issues refer to
• Organisational objectives, business strategic choice, HR needs and HR strategies,
• Organisation culture and its approaches (management values) to managing employees,
• Ethical treatment of employees (i.e., organisational justice),
• Ethical business practices (e.g., in decision-making),
• Approaches to corporate social responsibility
External issues refer to the contextual factors (external environment) that influence policy.
These contextual factors include:
• LAW (industrial relations, anti-discrimination, occupational safety and health, and privacy)
• GOVERNMENT POLICY (employment, education and training, immigration & citizenship, industrial relations)
• ECONOMIC CONDITIONS (economic conditions in good times and bad times)
• SOCIETAL VALUES & ISSUES (prevailing values and preferences shared by stakeholders outside the organisation)
2. High priority issues Among the above-mentioned internal and external issues, identify a couples of essential issues that need to be addressed in the policy being developed.

3. Policy problem
If you are to review and rewrite an existing HR policy, you need to point out problems that you are going to amend and explain why the amendments are necessary. Include a copy of the ‘existing HR policy’ and append it as an appendix in PART 2.