\nDescription
\nASSIGNMENT?TASK
\nYou?work?as?the?HR?Manager?for?a?company?engaged?in?medical?research.?The?company
\nemploys?many?highly?skilled?scientists?and?is?working?on?cures?for?a?number?of?illnesses.
\nThe?headquarters?of?the?company?is?in?California,?USA.?However,?there?are?also
\noperations?in?the?UK,?China?and?Germany.
\nA?number?of?HR?related?issues?have?arisen?in?the?company?and?you?have?been?asked?to
\nreport?to?the?General?Manager,?answering?the?following?questions:
\n1.?It?is?essential?to?be?able?to?attract?the?very?best?medical?researchers.?To?do?this
\nthere?is?a?need?to?provide?competitive?reward?packages,?and?interesting?work.?The
\nGeneral?Manager?likes?to?take?the?approach?of?identifying?eminent?scientists?and
\nthen?offering?them?employment,?even?if?there?is?no?relevant?vacancy.?That?has
\nresulted?in?some?scientists?leaving?the?business?because?there?is?nothing?of
\nsubstance?for?them?to?do.?There?needs?to?be?a?review?of?the?approach?to?HR
\nplanning.?Critically?evaluate?at?least?three?options,?and?make?a?recommendation?of
\nthe?best?way?to?approach?this.
\n2.?As?already?noted,?the?company?operates?in?four?different?countries.?It?is?essential
\nto?be?sharing?developments?in?research,?but?this?does?not?work?well.?Critically
\nevaluate?the?cultural?barriers?that?might?have?occurred?and?recommend?ways?to
\naddress?these.
\n3.?The?General?Manager?wants?to?reduce?the?cost?and?time?that?scientists?spend
\ntravelling?between?the?four?different?countries,?and?hence?wants?there?to?be?more
\nfocus?on?using?virtual?environments?when?they?share?their?research?with?each
\nother.?Critically?evaluate?the?use?of?virtual?environments?for?this?purpose.
\n4.?Finally,?the?General?Manager?reminds?you?that?your?appraisal?is?due?and?asks?you
\nto?come?prepared?to?discuss?your?own?performance.?Critically?evaluate?the
\napproach?that?you?would?take?to?your?own?self?evaluation.
\nThese?questions?are?equally?weighted.
\nFORMATIVE?FEEDBACK
\nYou?have?the?opportunity?to?submit?a?bullet?point?outline,?showing?what?you?plan?to
\ninclude?in?your?assignment,?to?receive?formative?feedback.?<\/p>\n
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Description ASSIGNMENT?TASK You?work?as?the?HR?Manager?for?a?company?engaged?in?medical?research.?The?company employs?many?highly?skilled?scientists?and?is?working?on?cures?for?a?number?of?illnesses. The?headquarters?of?the?company?is?in?California,?USA.?However,?there?are?also operations?in?the?UK,?China?and?Germany. A?number?of?HR?related?issues?have?arisen?in?the?company?and?you?have?been?asked?to report?to?the?General?Manager,?answering?the?following?questions: 1.?It?is?essential?to?be?able?to?attract?the?very?best?medical?researchers.?To?do?this there?is?a?need?to?provide?competitive?reward?packages,?and?interesting?work.?The General?Manager?likes?to?take?the?approach?of?identifying?eminent?scientists?and then?offering?them?employment,?even?if?there?is?no?relevant?vacancy.?That?has resulted?in?some?scientists?leaving?the?business?because?there?is?nothing?of substance?for?them?to?do.?There?needs?to?be?a?review?of?the?approach?to?HR planning.?Critically?evaluate?at?least?three?options,?and?make?a?recommendation?of the?best?way?to?approach?this. 2.?As?already?noted,?the?company?operates?in?four?different?countries.?It?is?essential to?be?sharing?developments?in?research,?but?this?does?not?work?well.?Critically evaluate?the?cultural?barriers?that?might?have?occurred?and?recommend?ways?to address?these. 3.?The?General?Manager?wants?to?reduce?the?cost?and?time?that?scientists?spend travelling?between?the?four?different?countries,?and?hence?wants?there?to?be?more focus?on?using?virtual?environments?when?they?share?their?research?with?each other.?Critically?evaluate?the?use?of?virtual?environments?for?this?purpose. 4.?Finally,?the?General?Manager?reminds?you?that?your?appraisal?is?due?and?asks?you to?come?prepared?to?discuss?your?own?performance.?Critically?evaluate?the approach?that?you?would?take?to?your?own?self?evaluation. These?questions?are?equally?weighted. FORMATIVE?FEEDBACK You?have?the?opportunity?to?submit?a?bullet?point?outline,?showing?what?you?plan?to include?in?your?assignment,?to?receive?formative?feedback.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}