HRD3702
ASSIGNMENT 01
SEMESTER 01
YEAR 2022
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, QUESTION 1 With reference to the CorPac case study above, answer the
questions that follow: Write an essay (maximum two pages) on how you, as the
Human Resource Development manager, will re-evaluate Corpac’s Strategic
Human Resource Development (SHRD) process as a result of the emergency
virtual strategic planning session and Covid-19. Your answer must consider all
steps in the process, but in step 1 you also need to include a new HRD purpose
statement necessitated by Covid19. In step 3 and 4 of your discussion you must
include one example of each of the four elements (SWOT) identified due to Covid-
19 and the national lockdown. (25)
SHRD is the process of changing an organization, stakeholders outside it, groups inside
it and people employed by it, through planned learning so that they possess the
knowledge and skills needed for the future (Barbazette, 2005). As the Human Resource
Development manager, I will re-evaluate Corpac’s Strategic Human Resource
Development (SHRD) process as a result of the emergency virtual strategic planning
session and Covid-19 using the following 7 steps of HRIS
The first step I will be involved in is to determine the Purpose of the HRD Effort. The
purpose statement will relate to the organization’s purpose or mission as reflected in the
strategic business plan. A purpose statement based on these guidelines clarifies what
HRD is supposed to do and why. The purpose statement makes explicit how HRD
contributes and supports the organisations purpose and strategic business plan and
helps to guide operations, keeping HRD practitioners and other operating managers on
track.
For example, the following will be the purpose statement: To provide training and
development programs that will necessitate virtual operations and safety of all staff.
Step number 2 will read, assess Present Conditions. The starting point for planning all
organized learning events in an organization is a comprehensive needs assessment
(Barbazette, 2005). Training needs assessment is defined as a broad systematic
examination of conditions conducted for the purpose of identifying general differences
between what people “should know or do” and what they “actually know or do”.
For the purpose of the case study, the training needs will be conducted ate meso level.
These are needs that are experienced at organizational levels will be applicable to the
whole organisation as Covid-19 is a major pandemic affecting all aspects of the
business from top management to low management (Barbazette, 2005).
micro level – needs that are experienced at the operational level by one person or a
very small group (that is emphasizes the content of the incumbent's work and employee
performance)
More so, Step 3 will involve scanning the Environment. Environmental scanning can be
described as a structured examination of the future external environment. It is a
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ASSIGNMENT 01
SEMESTER 01
YEAR 2022
1
, QUESTION 1 With reference to the CorPac case study above, answer the
questions that follow: Write an essay (maximum two pages) on how you, as the
Human Resource Development manager, will re-evaluate Corpac’s Strategic
Human Resource Development (SHRD) process as a result of the emergency
virtual strategic planning session and Covid-19. Your answer must consider all
steps in the process, but in step 1 you also need to include a new HRD purpose
statement necessitated by Covid19. In step 3 and 4 of your discussion you must
include one example of each of the four elements (SWOT) identified due to Covid-
19 and the national lockdown. (25)
SHRD is the process of changing an organization, stakeholders outside it, groups inside
it and people employed by it, through planned learning so that they possess the
knowledge and skills needed for the future (Barbazette, 2005). As the Human Resource
Development manager, I will re-evaluate Corpac’s Strategic Human Resource
Development (SHRD) process as a result of the emergency virtual strategic planning
session and Covid-19 using the following 7 steps of HRIS
The first step I will be involved in is to determine the Purpose of the HRD Effort. The
purpose statement will relate to the organization’s purpose or mission as reflected in the
strategic business plan. A purpose statement based on these guidelines clarifies what
HRD is supposed to do and why. The purpose statement makes explicit how HRD
contributes and supports the organisations purpose and strategic business plan and
helps to guide operations, keeping HRD practitioners and other operating managers on
track.
For example, the following will be the purpose statement: To provide training and
development programs that will necessitate virtual operations and safety of all staff.
Step number 2 will read, assess Present Conditions. The starting point for planning all
organized learning events in an organization is a comprehensive needs assessment
(Barbazette, 2005). Training needs assessment is defined as a broad systematic
examination of conditions conducted for the purpose of identifying general differences
between what people “should know or do” and what they “actually know or do”.
For the purpose of the case study, the training needs will be conducted ate meso level.
These are needs that are experienced at organizational levels will be applicable to the
whole organisation as Covid-19 is a major pandemic affecting all aspects of the
business from top management to low management (Barbazette, 2005).
micro level – needs that are experienced at the operational level by one person or a
very small group (that is emphasizes the content of the incumbent's work and employee
performance)
More so, Step 3 will involve scanning the Environment. Environmental scanning can be
described as a structured examination of the future external environment. It is a
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