Human Resource Strategic Plan for King Edward VII College

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MANAGE HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGIC PLANNING
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task.1 Written Questions................................................................................................................4
Task 2: Human resources strategic plan project............................................................................11
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................19
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................25
References......................................................................................................................................26
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Introduction
In this report the implementation and action plan of the human resource strategic plan focusing
on the work-life balance, the recent trends of work from home. The various methods that can be
introduced in the organization in order to help the employees to maintain the work-life balance.
The importance and need of workplace health and safety measures, technology that is required to
support the implementation of the strategy will be covered in the brief report. Also they discuss
about the strategic objectives for the development of King Edward VII College which is based
on the management courses and it is work on the their mission that is “providing high quality of
staff and trained staff as well as deciding the operational priorities for key performance in the
King Edward VII College. According to this report developing the strategic plan in King Edward
VII College for manage the different courses.
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Task.1 Written Questions
Q1 Outline five key functions of a Human Resources Manager, including a short description of
each function.
Five key functions of a Human Resource Manager are as follows (Brewster, et. al. 2016).
 Development and Training- Human Resource Manager can develop their employees skills by
train them about a particular subject and this will help the employees to improve their
performance.
 Recruitment and Selection- Human Resource managers can choose qualified candidate for the
job so that it will be best for the organization.
 Maintain healthy environment- It is important for the Human Resource Manager to maintain a
healthy environment so that employees will like their workplace.
 Orientation- Human resource manager must provide orientation to the new employees so that
they can adjust with their new job.
 Manage employee relations- Human resource manager should communication with all their
employees to know them personally.
Q2 Discuss three aims of human resources strategic planning.
Three aims of human resources strategic planning are as follows (Storey, 2014)
 Proper planning should be implemented so that it will reduce any uncertainty which may occur
in future.
 Organization must be flexible so that it can make changes if any uncertainty happens in future.
 Always keep up with the trends like economic, social and technological trends so that there will
be no impact on the organization
Q3 Identify at least five information areas that should be included in a Human Resources
Strategic Plan
Five information areas are as follows (Nankervis, et. al. 2016)
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 Key performance Indicators
 Analyse objectives of the organization
 To estimate manpower gaps
 Prepare a proper strategy
 Monitoring
Q4 Discuss the four key steps in the human resources strategic planning process.
Four key steps in the human resources strategic planning process are as follows (Storey, 2014)
 To assess current HR capacity- It is the first step in which you have to understand the skills of
your employees, you can find out that by looking the past performance of your employees.
 To forecast HR requirements- After finding out the skills of your employees, you have to decide
whether you have to stick with the current employees or you want more employees for the
growth of the organization.
 To develop talent strategies- After determining your current staff, you can search for new talents
by recruiting new employees which is suitable for the job and hire those people to improve the
growth of the organization. This process can be done in three phases
Recruitment
Selection
Hiring
 Evaluation and Review- It is the fourth step in human resource strategic planning in which you
evaluate the facts like it will help the organization to achieve its goals or not. If everything is
going in a right direction, then they will continue with the plan or else they will implement some
changes in the plan.
Q5 Discuss how technology has benefited the recruitment and selection function of human
resources.
Technology has benefited the recruitment and selection function of human resources in many
ways (Melanthiou, et. al., 2015).
 You can conduct test and assessments online to find out the skills of the employees
 You can advertise your jobs online through many jobs’ sites.
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 You can apply for a job online and conduct interview through video calls which saves lots of
time.
 You can track the previous database of the new employees which helps you to find out which
employee is suitable for the organization.
Q6 Explain each of the following options for sourcing a workforce
Recruiting from outside of the company
Recruitments means hiring candidates from outside the organization through advertisements on
newspapers or on social sites
Advantages Disadvantages
Number of candidates will be more
Larger number of candidates will provide
better ideas in improving the growth of the
organization
It can be costly
Hiring more candidates will consume more
time
Casual labour
It means hiring employees for the short period of time so that it will fill the vacant positions of
those employees who are on vacations or sick.
Advantages Disadvantages
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It will help the organization to complete their
work on time
Responsibilities will be less as they are hired
for shorter period.
It’s not necessary that candidates would be
loyal to the company
They are not known with the organization
policy
New graduates or trainees
They hired fresher’s for the lower level post in the organization
Advantages Disadvantages
They have to pay less to the fresher’s
Fresher’s can gain experience and able to
specific job
They have to give them full attention as they
are not experienced
Lack of skills can be there as they are new to
the job
Offshore workers
They are the candidates which is recruited from outside the country
Advantages Disadvantages
They can access large number of candidates
from overseas
Languages will create an issue
Change in culture will create some problem as
candidates will not able to adjust themselves in
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They can bring new and fresh ideas which will
benefit the organization
working in new culture.
Contractors
Contractors can be employed for a short period of time to do the services required in
organizations
Advantages Disadvantages
The can be specialist to perform different
functions
Responsibilities will be less
They cannot be trustworthy
Opportunities provide to them will be limited.
Outsourcing to recruitment consultants
Recruitment and selection can be done by a outsource agency which do all the functions of R
department
Advantages Disadvantages
Cost will be fixed
It will be a flexible option
Limited opportunities
They reside outside the organization
Q7 Outline the aim and scope of the Fair Work Act 2009
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It is the main legalization which is held in Australia, it governs the relationship between
employee and employer. They provide fairness in the work and also provide flexible working
arrangements which prevent discrimination against employees.
Q8 Outline the 10 minimum workplace entitlements for a permanent employee of an
organization outlined in the National Employment standards.
Many responses would be:
 Public holidays
 Information and statement of fair work
 Long time leaves
 Annual leaves
 Maximum weekly hours
 Termination notice and redundancy pay
 Parental leave and related entitlements
 Community service leave
 Request can be made on flexible working arrangements
 Unpaid family and domestic violence leave
Q9 Outline which organizations are required to report against the gender equality indicators
(GEIs)
Responses should include:
Corporations and non-public sector employers with 100 or more employees (full-time, part-time,
casual, and temporary) for any six months of the annual reporting period.
Q10 Identify and briefly summarize the objectives of the five laws (Acts) that The Australian
Human Rights Commission has statutory authority under
Responses must include five acts
 Age Discrimination Act 2004- It is the act in which people of every age have been treated
equally
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 Sex Discrimination Act 1984- This act has been introduced to promote equality between women
and men
 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 –This act has been introduced so that there will be equalities in
all the people of different religion and of different color
 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 – This act has been introduces to give equal
opportunities to every person
 Disability Discrimination Act 1992-This act has been introduced to give equal opportunities to
disable people as compare to other members of the community.
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Task 2: Human resources strategic plan project
Introduction
In this report has to discuss about the strategic objectives for the development of King Edward
VII College which is based on the management courses and it is work on their mission that is
“providing high quality of staff and trained staff as well as deciding the operational priorities for
key performance in the King Edward VII College. According to this report developing the
strategic plan in King Edward VII College for manage the different courses.
Report Brief
King Edward VII College was established in 2010, which is based on the Melbourne CBD and it
provides different types of courses in the college which are human resources, marketing, and
international business. In all courses have around 500 students. In the King Edward VII College
has all level of certificate II to graduate diploma. The principal of King Edward VII College has
main and important purpose provides the high-quality training to their students and provides
totally satisfaction with all innovative teaching styles and methods. The King Edward VII
College is very famous regarding their studies, their teaching methods, it’s competitive pricing
structure and provides the better facilities to their students. In King Edward VII College has a
highly qualified staff which is helps to make an effective student and provide the knowledge
about how to make a perfect relationship with other industry and how to understanding the
expectations of others industry. The main and important key objectives of develop the skills and
knowledge.
Mission
King Edward VII College has to develop the skills and provide a high quality of training for the
achievement
Strategic objectives (Zang and Ye, 2015)
 Provides a high qualifies leader for best training
 To establish the high quality of frame work
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 To be well performing college
 To develop the new resources and peoples
Operational priorities
Date Priorities Key performance indicator
2018
July 18 Attracting more students by
their web sites
Improving market share by
10%
September 18 Evaluation the annual reports Identifying the continuous
improvement
October 18 Develop and implement the
staff program
Provide trained staff for aware
the cultural
November 18 Investigation of new location
for new campus
Identifying the location In
CBD
December 18 Provides reviews of staff
performance
Conduct the performance of
staff
2019
January 19 Identifying the trained staff
for new campus
Recruiting the new trained
staff
January 19 Investigation of new location Identifying the proper location
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