King Edward VII College: HR Strategic Plan & Workforce Development

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MANAGE HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGIC PLANNING
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Assesemnet.1...................................................................................................................................4
Assessment 2.................................................................................................................................10
Assessment 3.................................................................................................................................14
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................17
References......................................................................................................................................18
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Introduction
According to this report implements the plan which is based on human resources strategic plan
for balancing the work life. In this report mainly discuss about the strategic objectives which
helps to develop the structure of King Edward VII College in the business management courses.
In this report implementing the research for increasing the range of potential work –life balance
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Assesemnet.1
Written Questions
Q1 Outline five key functions of a Human Resources Manager, including a short
description of each function?
The five key functions of a Human Resource Manager are:
 To maintain healthy working environment- It’s an important part in the organization to
maintain a working environment so that the employees feel comfortable working in the
organization (Brewster, et. al. 2016).
 Hiring- Organization have to hire skilled candidates so that it will be beneficial for the
organization
 Training and development of skills- Human Resource Manager have to train every
employee well so that it will improve their skills as well as their performance
 To build relationship with the employees- Human Resource Manager must talk with their
employees on daily basis to know them personally so that there will be no
communication gap.
 Orientation- Every employee need to know about their job and what work they have to do
and for that orientation must be there.
Q2 Discuss three aims of human resources strategic planning?
Three aims of human resources strategic planning are:
 Organization should always ready to make changes so that there will be no impact of any
uncertainty on the organization (Storey, 2014).
 Organization should always look for the new trends which is happening under social and
technological trends so that new techniques will be implement
 Organization should always make a core strategy so that there will be fewer failures.
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Q3 Identify at least five information areas that should be included in a Human Resources
Strategic Plan?
Five information areas that should be included in a Human Resources Strategic Plan are:
 Proper planning should be there
 Always estimate manpower gaps
 Always analyze the objectives of the organization
 Always monitors the data and the performance of the employees
 Key performance Indicators (Nankervis, et. al. 2016).
Q4 Discuss the four key steps in the human resources strategic planning process?
The four key steps in the human resources strategic planning process are:
 To find out current HR capacity- In this step organization have to collect the data about
the past performance of the employees and according to that you have to find the current
skills of all the employees
 To hire new employees- After have a close look on the past performance of the
employees you have to take a decision whether you want more employees for the
organization or you have enough employees
 To develop new talents- Organization can hire new employees so that there will be new
employees which come with fresh ideas and new skills so that it will be beneficial for the
growth of the organization (Storey, 2014).
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Q5 Discuss how technology has benefited the recruitment and selection function of human
resources?
Technology has benefited the process of recruitment and selection in many ways:
 Organization can advertise their job vacancy through emails or by posting in social sites
 Organization can conduct interview online through calls or video calls
 Organization can conduct online test to find out the skills of the candidates and after that
schedule an interview
 Organization can collect previous data of the employees by tracking their database to find
out their past performance in their previous organization (Melanthiou, et. al., 2015).
Q6 Explain each of the following options for sourcing a workforce?
Hiring from outside of the company
Hiring means recruiting candidates from the outside of the organization through posting
advertisement on social sites or on newspaper
Advantages Disadvantages
 Large number of candidates
 More number of candidates will come
up with fresh ideas and new skills
which will be beneficial for the
organization
 Cost can be high for hiring new
candidates
 It will take large amount of time to hire
new candidates
Casual labour
In this process candidates can be higher for the short duration so that it will fulfill the vacancy of
those employee who are on leave or sick
Advantages Disadvantages
 It will improve the performance of the
organization
 There will be less responsibility on the
new candidates as they are hired for the
 New candidates may not be trustworthy
and organization cannot fully depend
on those
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short duration  New candidates will new with the
organization policy and also with the
working environment
New graduates or trainees
Fresher’s can be hired for the lower post in the organization which need no working experience
Advantages Disadvantages
 Fresher’s will have low salary package
 They can be train to do a specific job in
the future
 Fresher’s will need full attention from
the authorities and they will make
mistakes
 There will be lack of skills as they do
not have any working experience
Offshore workers
candidates which is recruited from the other country knows as offshore workers
Advantages Disadvantages
 Large number of candidate can be hired
from outside the country
 New candidates will bring new ideas
and skills
 Different language will create problems
in communicating with other
employees
 New candidates will have to adjust
themselves in new culture and new
working environment which might be
challenging for them
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Contractors
They are the new specialize candidates which are hired to do some specific tasks
Advantages Disadvantages
 As they are the specialist in their work
therefore they will perform different
task easily
 There will be less responsibilities on
them
 Organization cannot trust them
 There will be limited opportunities for
them
Outsourcing to recruitment consultants
Hiring new candidates can be done by some other agencies or consultancies
Advantages Disadvantages
 There will be fixed cost for them
 Changes can be done as it is a flexible
option
 Opportunities will be limited for them
 Residence of those consultancies held
outside the organization
Q7 Outline the aim and scope of the Fair Work Act 2009?
The aim of Fair Work Act 2009 is to avoid discrimination against employees; Fair work act held
in Australia so that there will be fair work in the organization. It is known to be a main
legalization in Australia which provide healthy and flexible working environment in the
organization.
Q8 Outline the 10 minimum workplace entitlements for a permanent employee of an
organization outlined in the National Employment standards?
Minimum workplace entitlements for permanent employees are:
 Community service leave
 Unpaid family and domestic violence leave
 Maximum weekly hours
 Public holidays
 Request can be made on flexible working arrangements
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 Information and statement of fair work
 Parental leave and related entitlements
 Long time leaves
 Termination notice and redundancy pay
 Annual leaves
Q9 Outline which organizations are required to report against the gender equality
indicators (GEIs)?
Organization which is having more than 100 employees working for minimum six months is
required to report against the gender equality indicators (GEIs) which includes corporation and
non public sectors.
Q10 Identify and briefly summarize the objectives of the five laws (Acts) that The
Australian Human Rights Commission has statutory authority under?
Five laws (Acts) and their objectives are as follows:
 Disability Discrimination Act 1992- The objective of this act is to give equal
opportunities to the disable people.
 Sex Discrimination Act 1984- The objective of this act is to give equal opportunities to
all the genders
 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986- The objective of this act is to give
equal opportunities to all the people of the nation
 Age Discrimination Act 2004- This act has been introduce to treat people of different age
equally
 Racial Discrimination Act 1975- The objective of this act is to treat people of different
religion and different caste equally.
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Assessment 2
Brief report
King Edward VII College is a registered training organization which is (RTO) which was
established in 2010. King Edward VII College it provides training to their students in the course
of business management. King Edward VII College provides a quality frame work for
continuous improvements in the students by their training. The main and important purpose of
their principal provides a high level of training and quality of their training services that provides
a satisfaction of each and every student for achievement. King Edward VII College maintains
their relationship with other industry for making a experienced staff and flexibility in King
Edward VII College.
Mission of King Edward VII College
King Edward VII College wants provides high quality training to their student and make able
achieve their targets.
Strategic objective in King Edward VII College
1. To maintain their quality of experienced staff in King Edward VII College
2. To provides a high level of training for students satisfaction and their achievements
3. To make as strong relationship with their client and staff
4. To develop their sources and provides a online matter to their students
5. To maintain their profitability for accounts (Zang and Ye, 2015).
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Operational objectives and priorities of King Edward VII College
Date Priorities Key performance indicator
2018
July 2018 Improving their websites and
attract the more students
towards their college.
Increasing students by 10%
September 2018 Did internal audit for
improvement
Evaluating the improvement
process by internal audit
October 2018 Implement a cultural program
for staffs in King Edward VII
College
Providing different cultural
actives for some experience.
November 2018 Identifying the suitable
location for King Edward VII
College
CBD location
December 2018 Reviews for staff performance Conducted a reviews for staff
performance
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January 2019 Searching new staff for new
campus
Recruitment of new trained
staff
January 2019 Investigation of suitable
location
Location should be in CBD
January 2019 Making a admission sheet for
February
Start operation
March 2019 Develop platform Offered online matter
2020
February 2019 Provide more scope for
studying matter
Proceed for decision making
July 2019 Again conduct internal audit Provide more improvement in
performance
November 2019 Staff performance review Conducted review
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SWOT of market condition
The main and important targets of King Edward VII College that attract the customers towards
their college fulfill their segments targets as well as improving their developing skills for the
achievements in the market (Bull, et. al., 2016).
Analyzing the situation of King Edward VII College
Strength Weakness
Providing a quality of training by trained and
experienced staff for the achievements in
minimum price
Investing in new campus in Sydney
Providing a friendly organisational culture
between the staff and students.
Provide more focus on their management course
and business courses
Opportunities Threats
Targeting the market and expand their growth In markets have a high level of competitions
King Edward VII College have a potential for
applying for government funding
Failing to providing the demands of clients
Role in conduct meeting include with marketing manager, finance manager,
administration manager and academic manager
 Finance manager: - Good morning all
 Finance manager – Agenda of today’s meeting for assemble here! We are discussing
about the human resources strategic plan and its objectives in our King Edward VII
College.
 Marketing manager: - Regarding to this agenda we all have to collecting the data for
preparing about the financial statement of consideration cost.
 Marketing manager: - I will providing the marketing data which is beneficial of our
King Edward VII College
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