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Assignment 05 for Semester 1HRM2601
Due date
8 May 2023
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QUESTION 1 .............................................................................................................................................. 3
1.1. In order to retain valuable employees, the organisation recognises the need to improve
employability skills of the employees. The organisation wants to keep record of employee
performance and training and development. Mr Mahomed has also asked why turnover has
recently been lower than normal. What modules are regarded as essential for Trends
Homeware to include in their HRIS? ....................................................................................................... 3
QUESTION 2 .............................................................................................................................................. 4
2.1. The company is continuously growing and expanding and they plan to introduce a new
range of ‘Ready to Heat’ Gourmet meals. Charmaine is aware that they need to carefully
delegate employees to work on the new meal range. They need employees to design and test
recipes and they also need a team to launch and market the new range as well as store
managers to market the products at individual branches and gain customer feedback. How does
the organisation know how many employees they will need and also whether they have existing
employees who might fill the positions? (8) ........................................................................................... 4
QUESTION 3 .............................................................................................................................................. 6
Ayesha is a sales clerk at Trends Homeware. She sees a job positing advertising a vacancy for
a store manager at the branch she works in. She has the necessary experience, knowledge of
the business and skills for the position, and applies for the position to be promoted to a store
manager. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of internal promotion. (10) ......................... 6
QUESTION 4 .............................................................................................................................................. 8
One of the challenges the company is faced with is the problem of recruitment in different cities.
Ayesha works at a branch in Pretoria, while Charmaine works at the head office in Cape Town.
It is very costly for Charmaine to interview candidates for positions or promotions in different
provinces and therefore she makes use of recruitment consultants to assist her with this
process. Charmaine wants to make sure that the recruitment consultants hire the best person to
do the job and not be biased to the candidates in any way. Discuss the characteristics of
objective interviewing that should be practiced at Trends Homeware during the selection
process. ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
QUESTION 5 ............................................................................................................................................ 10
Ayesha has been successfully appointed as the store supervisor. 5.1 Since she has already
been working for the company, is it still necessary for her to be given orientation? Discuss your
answer. (2) 5.2 How will the Ayesha know what is expected of her and what she needs to do
once she commences duty? Refer to the appropriate HR document(s) that should be in place.
(6)................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Reference .................................................................................................................................................. 11
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