CIPD Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

The primary objective of this report is to analyze the concept of flexible working and psychological contracts. Also, it aims at evaluating the influence of flexible working in an organization. The first part covers literature review of psychological contract and its impacts on business performance. Psychological contract is a notion that the employee and employer have a mutual relationship whereby both have expectations. According to CIPD (2016a) flexible working is whereby the employees have a degree of flexibility on work schedules such as working four days a week, part-time work, job-sharing, and annual hours. Flexible work improves retention and ...

Executive summary

The international human resource practices in the worldwide business require effective management to ensure unceasing existence of the global business organizations. Avon being a multinational beauty company operates globally in the manufacturing and sale of the beauty products for women, apparel and fashion ornaments. It conducts its operations in over 100 countries and does direct marketing to its consumers through 5.8 million sales representatives and it has over 42,500 associates allied to it.
This report incorporates discussions and evaluation of the strategic international human resource practices of Avon in terms of staff training and development, the reward management ...

Development of Performance and Reward Management system in Nokia

Performance and Reward Management are very critical functions of Human Resource Management especially in Multinational firms which employ a diverse workforce. The performance Management and Reward management systems in these organizations have to address country specific issues to make them more effective. Well formulated policies for performance and Reward Management achieve important HRM objectives such as motivation, employee satisfaction and loyalty and low employee turnover. However changing workplace environment and external factors necessitate that these policies are reviewed and reformulated regularly to keep them aligned with organizational strategies as well as external environment. Due to the global implications of ...

Leader and Management Development

Introduction
Leadership forms the backbone of any organization. This is because it entails offering direction, creating a sense of purpose and defining a strategic plan for the organization. Such aspects of leadership are important in ensuring the success of an organization in the long run (Yukl, 2013). For the leadership functions mentioned above to be successfully implemented, it is critical that the individuals in leadership positions show responsibility in their day-to-day undertakings. It therefore implies that leadership development has become a primary aspect of the overall management function. Leadership development is anchored on the character and behavior of the ...

The technological environment changes very fast. For businesses which are involved in technological development, it is always important to remain relevant. This challenge is especially bigger for a young company which has to deal with other business challenges which face companies that are trying to establish themselves in a market. A company like Start Software therefore needs to invest in the best talent available in the market in order to be able to compete in a fast changing technological environment. Available talent should be developed and upgraded regularly and the impact of the development assessed to establish if there have been any ...

- Human resource projects represent specific organizational processes, which structure the roles and responsibilities of the human resources responsible, elaborating on how each function should contribute to reaching the projects’ goals and objectives. Although the roles of HR responsible are varied, depending on the projects’ needs, there are common roles that in general human resource projects include, such as: being a strategic business partner, a change agent, an administrative expert and of course, an employee advocate (CIPD, 2006).
The strategic partner role implies managing the strategic resources and the functions of this role refer to aligning HR and the organization’ ...

Introduction

The DEOMI is the acronym for Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute that is a conglomeration of military services school with a base in Patrick Airbase in Florida. The institution offers off-site courses with emphasis on equal opportunity, intercultural communication, and gender, ethnic, racial and pluralism both civilians and military personnel working with the American armed forces. DEOMI was founded in 1991 as a response to the Civil Rights Movements of 1960s. Initially, the institution carried the name Defense Race Relations Institute. It was set up to find mechanism of solving the racial problems that bombarded the armed forces of the United States. ...