human resources
... You need to be able to consider the effects of the following labour market factors for human resources planning in a business: • employment trends • skills shortages • competition for employees • availability of labour (internal and external to the business). Human resources planning also involves looking at how labour is organised within the business. ... You should understand that the recruitment process can be costly, in terms of resources devoted to the recruitment process and costs associated with recruiting poorly performing staff. ... TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT You need to understand the importance of training and development to the competitiveness of businesses and the need for businesses to invest resources in training and development programmes. ... To achieve a grade E your work must show: E1 knowledge of the responsibilities covered by the human resources function within the business, showing a thorough understanding of the importance of these resources to the business E2 interpretation and use of internal staffing information and external labour market information to plan human resources within the business E3 identification of the features of key recruitment documents and ability to describe the factors to be considered in planning to fill a vacancy and carrying out interviews E4 identification of the key aspects of the business’s training and development programme and ability to explain the importance of these to the performance of the business E5 correct identification of any possible areas of conflict between the human resources functions E6 knowledge of the purpose of performance management and ability to describe how the business’s approach may be influenced by motivational theory E7 exploration of one human resources function in depth giving effective examples of how the work is carried out and how it is evaluated in terms of its contribution to the activities of the business.