Assessment 1 Essay on Talent Management
Assessment item 1 â Written Assessment:
ESSAY ON TALENT MANAGEMENT
DUE DATE: 8th
August 2014, Wednesday 2:00 pm
WEIGHTING:40%
LENGTH:2,500 words
(±10% excluding title page & references list)
OBJECTIVES:
This assessment item
relates to course learning outcomes numbers 1, 2, 3 & 4.
TASK DETAILS:
Assessment task 1 requires the writing
of an academic essay.
The purpose
of this assessment is to evaluate your critical research and writing skills.
This essay should be an
âargumentative/ academic essayâ, and must therefore contain an argument that is
used as the structuring element of the paper. You are required to support your argument with appropriatetheoretical discussion and references.
A minimum of twelve (12) academic
journal articles must be referenced in addition to your set text and other
academic sources/reputed websites. The references list
as well as in-text referencing must
be formatted in the prescribed Harvard style.
For this assessment task you are
required to research the topic on âTalent
Managementâand read the case, âWar
for Talentâ by Kip Frame.The case is given below
in this document. You should study,critically analyse the case and respond to the issues raisedwithin the context of an argumentative/ academic essay. You
are expected to engage in extensive research within the academic literature
relating to talent management in contemporary HRM field. You must explain your
findings regarding talent management issues in the context of the above cited
case.
In your essay, you must address the
following issues:
1. Put
forward a business case for organisations to adopt talent management as part of
their strategic human resource management.
2. Identify
key talent management strategies that organisations can adopt.Analyse how
diversity, job design and flexibility contribute to attraction and retention of
talent in organisations.
3.Explain the importance of effective
leadership in an organisation towards managing talent.What
skills/competencies do leaders and managers require to retain a diverse
workforce?
Theassignment should
be a properly constructed academic essay. It should contain aneffective
introduction, discussion body (addressing the three issues) and a comprehensive
conclusion.
The introduction
should introduce the essay, thesis statement (main objective of the assignment)
and include your argument. The main body of the assignment shouldpresent the
evidence you have collected to support your arguments for the three issues and
the conclusion should restate your arguments, summarise the evidenceand provide
an inferencebased on your arguments.
MARKING
CRITERIA:
Your essay will be assessed on the
extent to which it meets each of the following criteria:
HRMT
20023 â Contemporary Studies in Human Resource Management
Assignment 1 – Marking criteria for Essay on Talent
Management
Student
Nameâ¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦ Student No.â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦..
Assessment
Criteria
HD
D
C
P
F
34 – 40
30 – 33
26 – 29
20 – 25