Coursework 2 Specification

Topic: Coursework 2 Specification Order Description Coursework 2 Specification In recent years the economic downturn, recession, the global bankin" rel="nofollow">ing crisis, political and social unrest in" rel="nofollow">in some regions have an impact on organisations of all shapes and sizes on a global scale. This has resulted in" rel="nofollow">in organisations havin" rel="nofollow">ing to assess their busin" rel="nofollow">iness strategy and to align their human resource strategy to meet these new organisational imperatives in" rel="nofollow">in order to survive, let alone grow and prosper. You have been appoin" rel="nofollow">inted to the role of Managin" rel="nofollow">ing Director of an organisation of your choice. Your bank manager is concerned about the future of the organisation and whether the organisation is makin" rel="nofollow">ing best use of busin" rel="nofollow">iness psychology to meet the challenges of an in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ingly digital global market. You need to develop a human resource strategy which applies the theory and literature in" rel="nofollow">in the followin" rel="nofollow">ing areas of busin" rel="nofollow">iness psychology: learnin" rel="nofollow">ing and development, leadership, motivation and engagement, organisational change, personnel selection, diversity and talent. The bank manager has asked you to present you proposals on how you will use busin" rel="nofollow">iness psychology to support the globalization and improve profitability of the organisation in" rel="nofollow">in the form of short report style busin" rel="nofollow">iness psychology consultancy report. The report must be methodologically robust and it should assess your organisation’s overall strategic capability and make recommendations on the preferred strategic option. The bank have made it quite clear that they want a practical report grounded in" rel="nofollow">in theory which is accessible to senior managers in" rel="nofollow">in the bank. Tasks: Select a company of your choice through the case study approach and undertake the followin" rel="nofollow">ing tasks: 1. Identify the personality profiles and leadership development needs of you management team in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing (500 Words) a. Assessment of the strengths of their personalities and areas for development usin" rel="nofollow">ing the IPIP-NEO personality questionnaire and any other valid psychometric in" rel="nofollow">instrument b. Do you have an appropriate spread of personality types across your leadership team? University of Derby Onlin" rel="nofollow">ine Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing www.derby.ac.uk/onlin" rel="nofollow">ine 8 of 10 2. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the relevant psychometric questionnaires that in" rel="nofollow">instruments you were in" rel="nofollow">introduced to in" rel="nofollow">in the module critically analyse your team’s leadership styles and compare this to you own leadership style: a. Are your senior leaders participative or authoritian leaders? What are the implications of their leadership style to the success of your organisation? b. Do your senior leaders adapt their approach to leadin" rel="nofollow">ing across situations, if so how? If not what how can flexibility in" rel="nofollow">in leadership style be in" rel="nofollow">introduced? Or c. Will their leadership style impact on the ability of you organisation to survive and grow? (600 words) 3. Develop a high level project plan with supportin" rel="nofollow">ing narrative to lead your team through the change. The narrative should in" rel="nofollow">include: a. How will engage and motivate your team through the change? b. What processes will you use to select any new staff that you need or to assess in" rel="nofollow">in more detail the development needs of your staff. Or c. The project plan should in" rel="nofollow">include a brief section on learnin" rel="nofollow">ing and development settin" rel="nofollow">ing out how you will coach and develop your top team (900 words)?