Part A, Assignment: Maximum 2500 words (+/- 10%) – 60 marks
VUCA-type (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) contemporary contexts and
dynamics (for example: COVID, financial pressures/economic crisis/ labour market shortages/
geo-political tensions) are becoming the ‘new global norm’. Healthcare organizations have to
operate in, and deal with, the challenges these environments create.
How, and to what extent, is human resource management able to engage with, and support,
healthcare professionals in dealing with the challenges that are presented by this changing
world?
Part B, Presentation part of the Assignment – 40 marks Your director of service is concerned about the HRM issues, pressures and challenges
facing your specialist area/service/department and says she/he would value a presentation
on these.
The presentation should:
– Identify the issues, pressures and challenges relating to HRM that are affecting your
specialist area/service/department;
– Provide proposed solutions and recommendations to the issues, pressures and
challenges identified;
– Employ academic references and relate the solutions /recommendations to academic
and wider literature(s).
– Employ APA 7th edition reference.
• The duration of the presentation is 10 minutes.
• The presentation should contain a maximum of 12 slides.