HRD3702 Assignment 6 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024

HRD3702 Assignment 6 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ..... Read the case study and answer the following questions. Based in South Africa, Afri-Solar is a firm that produces and installs solar energy systems. The relevance of renewable energy has increased as the globe shifts away from the production of energy based on fossil fuels. With a spectacular ascent in just over a decade, solar energy has emerged as the renewable energy source that performs the best. From 0.1% in 2010 to 3.7% in 2021, solar energy's generation share in the power sector has increased. It currently generates energy at the greatest growth rate and makes up a sizeable portion of newly installed renewable power capacity. The solar technology market is expanding and is expected to do so in the future. Afri-Solar management decided to step into the international market and set up offices in Pakistan, Senegal, Nigeria, and Finland. CONFIDENTIAL HRD3702 The expansion of solar photovoltaics has been the primary driver of this solar market growth. Although the culture and employment practices of these countries differ from the South African culture, Afri-Solar management holds a firm belief that their employees will thrive and dominate the markets in these new operations. Afri-Solar committed that it would provide its employees with the best training on offer. 1. Identify and explain training interventions that Afri-Solar’s employees will need to adapt and perform better in foreign countries. (4) 2. Highlight the importance of the training budget, and, advises Afri-Solar management on what aspects should be considered when drawing the training and development budget. (7) 3. Considering your answer to question two above, advise Afri-Solar management of any training alternatives that can be used to save training costs on the matters you highlighted in your answers above. (4) 4. At what NQF level is the module HRD3702 registered? (2) 5. What critical elements should be part of Afri-Solar's HRD strategy? Base your answers on your theoretical knowledge of HRD strategy and the information in the case study. (8) Read the case study and answer the following questions. Mokwena is the owner of Local Taste Fast Food operating in Gauteng province. Her outlets hired a total of 55 employees in 7 stores in the province. Monica is a reliable employee in a very busy store in Soweto, she was appointed as a chef, and on a very busy day, she assists in customer service and even in operating a teller machine. On some days she would even clean the floors . Monica is very friendly and always encourages other employees to learn other roles so that they can help when needed. Mokwena monthly rotates her staff monthly to different positions, and she offers them training on all aspects of the organisation. She often adds more duties to their normal duties to keep them 4 motivated and encouraged. Mokwena noticed Monica’s willingness to assist and she is now coaching her in a management role. Mokwena presents training to her employees herself, and she does not have any policy on training citing that her company is too small, to have policies. She further emphasises that she does not understand the importance of having policy since she is carrying out training herself. Employees in all the outlets have started assisting in other sections of the business, making Local Taste Fast Food one of the. 6. Identify the two on-the-job training methods Mokwena is using to promote multi-skilling among her employees and provide at least one example of each from the case study (4) 7. Identify and briefly describe two on-the-job training methods Mokwena can use to develop more staff's management capabilities (4) 8. Critically review Mokwena's view of the necessity of a training policy. (4) 9. Review the extract from a training policy provided below: 1. All employees have access to training and development opportunities provided that it is relevant to their positions, their career path and skills required by the company now and in the future. 2. Employees must meet the minimum entry requirements of the course or programme. 3. The employee must be motivated to succeed. 4. The training is linked with the employees' performance (addresses a key performance area where the employee is underperforming). 5. Permission for further training opportunities will be granted based on the employee's past successful completion of training. What should be added to this training policy to make it useful and acceptable to Mokwena and her employees? (4) Provide support for your answer by citing examples from the case study and theoretical principles of training policies. CONFIDENTIAL HRD3702 10. Do you think is practical for Local Taste Fast Food to hire people with disabilities? Advise Mokwena of disabilities by describing three basic types of disability and a strategy for helping affect employees with each disability.