IOP3707 ASSESSMENT 1 SEMESTER 1 2025 – DUE 07 APRIL 2025

IOP3707 ASSESSMENT 1 SEMESTER 1 2025 – DUE 07 APRIL 2025 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS CASE STUDY: XYZ Home Loans (Please note the case study is not a real company situation.) Mr Superhero has been appointed at ABC Banking and will soon start in his new job as HR Director. At his previous company, XYZ Home Loans, where he held the same position, he had to work a notice period of two months to ensure a proper handover and the upskilling of his six direct reports. During his notice period, Mr Superhero took two weeks’ leave although company policy does not permit it. Furthermore, he decided to go for extremely expensive training in leadership and executive coaching with money from the training budget which was earmarked for his subordinates’ training. His leadership and executive coach training lasted two weeks and he never used his new coaching skills at XYZ Home Loans. To tell the truth, he planned to set up his own coaching practice. After his leave and coach training, he had one month left to hand over and upskill his staff. The CEO was quite upset when she heard about his leave and training. When she confronted him about it, Mr Superhero replied that he was unaware of the leave policy despite his position as HR Director. In addition, he believed that he was entitled to spend money on his own training and that it wasn’t wrong of him to use the training budget meant for his subordinates. Back in