HRPYC 81HRPYC81 Assignment 15, 30, 35, 40, 45 solutions 2018.pdf

HRPYC81 Assignment 15/30/35/40/45 with solutions ASSIGNMENT 15/30/35/40/50 NOTE: This assignment is shared by a number of projects. Although the assignment consists of the same questions the assignment has a different assignment number and a different unique number for each project. Make sure you use the assignment number and the unique number that are associated with your project (see Tutorial Letter 101). If you submit the assignment with an incorrect assignment number or incorrect unique number your assignment will not be marked. Assignment 15: Project 4803 Assignment 30: Project 4807 Assignment 35: Project 4808 Assignment 40: Project 4809 Assignment 50: Project 4811 Assignment description A research scenario is provided below followed by a discussion of the research project. Read the scenario and then assess the discussion by answering the assignment questions. The research scenario The research company … You own a consultation company specialising in social science research. The company is called PsyCom. You employ a number of social scientists and professional psychologists, but there are also student researchers who do their practical at the company. Meeting the client … You have been contacted by Dr Lukele, the director of the Employee Wellness Division of a company called PTA Steelworks to help him solve a problem. You set up a meeting with Dr Lukele. According to Dr Lukele HIV/AIDS is becoming a serious problem for the company. The average number of days of sick leave taken per employee has been increasing over the last five years and is now reaching alarming proportions. The rise in sick leave taken is associated with HIV/AIDS related ailments. Therefore the company now decided to implement an HIV/AIDS Awareness and Support programme (HASP). The programme is to be implemented throughout the company at all work levels. To save costs they bought an existing programme (the least costly one they could find) and tailored it to suite the specific needs of PTS Steelworks. They are ready to implement the amended programme but would like to get a research consultancy company such as PsyCom on board to assess the impact of the programme. They are hoping that the programme will improve employees’ conduct with regard to HIV. Discussing the client’s problem … HRPYC81 Assignment 15/30/35/40/45 with solutions At PsyCom every day begins with project meetings to discuss the business of the day. These meetings are attended by social scientists and psychologists working for the company as well as student researchers. This morning you chair the PTA Steelworks project meeting to introduce and discuss the study with the project team. The team consists of two qualified psychologists, Boshadi and Peter, and three student researchers, Irene, Lesiba and Kobus. The assignment questions The assignment consists of 25 questions. These questions reflect the discussion. In each case you have to decide who you agree most with, who second most with and who least with. Question 1 You introduce the project to the team. When you finish Peter says: “The client is not very specific about the research, so we have to think about the study.” He turns to the student researchers: “How would you approach this?”