Assignment Brief

Assignment Title

Personal Management Vs. HR Management

Recruitment and Selection

Purpose of this assignment:

• Understand the difference between personnel management and human resource management and understand how to recruit employees.

Task1: LO 1

The National Bank of Oman (NBO) is one of the oldest Bank of Sultante of Oman. Recently bank is evaluating the entire systems of human resources management in order to make the people in organisation more competent and productive. You have been appointed as an HR specialist in NBO. The chairman of the bank is so enthused to promote the HR functions in the bank. He has ordered to you to brief all the employees about the difference between personnel management and human resource management in accordance with prevailing knowledge and practice.

To achieve this task you are required to distinguish between personnel management and

human resource management in terms of its functional applications.

1.1 Distinguish between personnel management and human resource management (P,M3)

To achieve Pass you need to:

Explain in detail the concept of Personnel Management and HR management.

Distinguish between the approaches of personnel management and human resources management in practice.

To achieve M3, the work you produce will be presented in suitable business formats and will use business terminology accurately.

1.2 Assess the function of the human resource management in contributing to organizational purposes (P,M2,D1)

To achieve Pass you need to:

Identify different functions of HR practices and discuss the importance of each HR function in contributing to organisational purposes.

To achieve M2, you will have used suitable techniques to assess the importance for each of human resources management functions.

To achieve D1 you will have reached conclusions which draw out links between each HR function and its contributions in achieving organizational purposes.

1.3 Evaluate the role and responsibilities of line managers in human resource management(P, M1).

To achieve Pass you must;

Evaluate the role and responsibilities of line managers in the practice of human resources Management

To achieve M1, you will make effective judgments on the role and responsibilities of line managers in managing human resource.

1.4 Analyse the impact of legal and regulatory framework on human resource management.(P,M3)

To achieve Pass you must;

Identify and discuss various legal and regulatory framework that may impact on the practice of human resource management in the organisation.

To achieve M3 you must:

have used the appropriate structure and approaches to analyze the impact of legal and regulatory framework of human resource management.

Scenario for Task 2

The Bank Muscat is one of the leading Bank in Oman. They have developed several banking products to cater the customer and has plan to open 10 more new branches in potential areas of Oman. Now, you have been appointed as a ‘New Business HR Manager’. You are solely responsible to provide competent and skilled man power to promote new business of the Bank. Your job involved human resource planning, recruitment and selection and other situational responsibilities given by the management. Considering the above task responsibilities, how will you perform below tasks?

2.1 Analyze the reasons for human resource planning in organization (P,M1,D2)

To achieve Pass you need to:

Analyze various reasons for human resource planning in organization.

To achieve M1, the work you produce will be presented in suitable business formats and will use business terminology accurately with effective judgement on HR Planning process.

To achieve D2 you will have demonstrated and developed constructive arguments on reasons for human resource planning and implementing in the organisation.

2.2 Outline the different stages involved in planning human resource requirements (P, M3)

To achieve Pass you need to:

Explain different stages involved in planning human resource requirements for effective recruitment process.

To achieve M3, the work you produce should follow the standard HR planning procedure by using business terminology accurately.

2.3 Compare the recruitment and selection process in two organizations (P, M1)

To achieve Pass you must:

Select two organisations of your choice and explain and make a comparative study on the recruitment and section process adopted by those two organisations.

To achieve M1, you will make effective judgments based on the comparative analysis of recruitment and selection process adopted by the selected organisations.

2.4 Evaluate the effectiveness of the recruitment and selection techniques in

two organizations(P,M2)

To achieve Pass you must:

Select two organisations of your choice and evaluate the effectiveness of the recruitment and selection techniques of these two organisations.

To achieve M2 you will have used suitable techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of the recruitment and selection techniques of two selected organisations.