HRM3706/101/3/2018
ASSIGNMENT 01 (SEMESTER 2)
Assignment 01 (Semester 2)
Study chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the prescribed book together with corresponding workbooks in
the study guide
Due date Unique number
17 August 2018 715529
ASSIGNMENT 01
Read the following scenario and answer questions 1 and 2.
TIS is an organisation that manufactures window frames. It has seven branches in four provinces. Two of
the branches are in Gauteng, two in Mpumalanga, one in North West, Limpopo and Northern Cape
respectively. This organisation ensures that all its new employees go through the onboarding process, the
process that leads new employees from being organisational outsiders to being organisational insiders.
Although all new employees are appointed based on the basis of their skills and abilities that will benefit
the organisation, TIS sends them for training. Employees to be sent for training are identified after the
performance review process, in which managers will have identified new skills and training needs that
employees might need in the future.
QUESTION 1
Which purpose of the performance management process is TIS fulfilling through the process of
onboarding?
1 administrative purpose
2 informational purpose
3 strategic purpose (pg 15)
4 developmental purpose
QUESTION 2
TIS identifies new skills and training needs that employees might need in the future through the
performance management process. Which purpose of the performance management process is TIS
fulfilling?
1 administrative purpose
2 organisational maintenance purpose (pg 17)
3 informational purpose
4 strategic purpose
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ASSIGNMENT 01 (SEMESTER 2)
Assignment 01 (Semester 2)
Study chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the prescribed book together with corresponding workbooks in
the study guide
Due date Unique number
17 August 2018 715529
ASSIGNMENT 01
Read the following scenario and answer questions 1 and 2.
TIS is an organisation that manufactures window frames. It has seven branches in four provinces. Two of
the branches are in Gauteng, two in Mpumalanga, one in North West, Limpopo and Northern Cape
respectively. This organisation ensures that all its new employees go through the onboarding process, the
process that leads new employees from being organisational outsiders to being organisational insiders.
Although all new employees are appointed based on the basis of their skills and abilities that will benefit
the organisation, TIS sends them for training. Employees to be sent for training are identified after the
performance review process, in which managers will have identified new skills and training needs that
employees might need in the future.
QUESTION 1
Which purpose of the performance management process is TIS fulfilling through the process of
onboarding?
1 administrative purpose
2 informational purpose
3 strategic purpose (pg 15)
4 developmental purpose
QUESTION 2
TIS identifies new skills and training needs that employees might need in the future through the
performance management process. Which purpose of the performance management process is TIS
fulfilling?
1 administrative purpose
2 organisational maintenance purpose (pg 17)
3 informational purpose
4 strategic purpose
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