Essay Instructions

Essay Instructions

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct an environmental scan to identify, analyze, and communicate trend or issue of relevance to Human Resource Development.

Your task is to:

1. Select TWO recent*, relevant, related articlesfrom the HRD literature.  One of the articles should be from an academic journal.
2. Read and analysethe articles.
3. Write a report/essay that addresses the following:
4. a)        Explain the issue or trendaddressed in the articles by briefly summarizingthe key information presented in each article.
5. b)       Explain why you believe the issue/trend is significantto the practice of HRD, and describe what impact you think it will haveon the practice of HRD in organisations.
6. c)        Maketwo recommendations for actionyou believe an HR manager or HR/HRD professional should follow to deal with the issue or trend.  Explain and support your recommendations.

* by recent, consider articles published from 2010 to the current day.

Your paper should have the following sections:

• An introduction
• A paragraph or two on the analysis of the issue/trend discovered in the articles
• A section on the significance of the issue/trend to the domain of HRD and discuss the impact on practice of HRD in organisations
• A section on two recommendations for action to overcome the issue/trend with evidence and examples to support your recommendations
• A conclusion
• A reference list

You need to use the APA or Harvard Referencing System.

Length:  The total length of the assignment is a maximum of 1,300 words (+/- 10%) (Reference list and title page are excluded from the word count)

Weighting:  30% of your total mark.

Due date:  25th March 2020 at 11.55pm

Format:  The document should be written as clear, concise essay/report.  It is important that your essay/report has a logical flow and good structure, makes use of relevant subheadings where appropriate, and that you write using coherent, integrated text, avoiding grammatical and spelling mistakes. For reading (and marking) ease please use a 12-point Calibri font with 1.5x spacing.

Examples of academic journals

Please note that “At least one of these articles should be from an academic journal”. Given below are some journals you will be able to find academic articles.

Academy of Management Journal

Academy of Management Learning & Education

Academy of Management Review

Administrative Science Quarterly

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Planning

Group Dynamics

Journal of Applied Psychology

Journal of Management

Journal of Management Development

Journal of Management Education

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Journal of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Management Learning

Personnel Psychology

Psychological Bulletin

Examples of Practitioner Publications

You may choose to use one article from a Practitioner Publication. Some examples given below. Please note your article needs to be HRD related and should be suitable for the requirements of the task.

Business Week (long articles only, please)

The Executive (published by the Academy of Management)

Forbes

Fortune

Harvard Business Review

HR Magazine

Organizational Dynamics

Training

T&D (formerly Training and Development)

Workforce

Working Woman (longer and more substantial articles only, please)