Task Description: The broad purpose of this assessment item is to develop your capabilities in evidence-based human resource management by developing your capacity to: a) critically evaluate existing...

Task Description:
 The broad purpose of this assessment item is to develop your capabilities in evidence-based human resource management by developing your capacity to:

a)    critically evaluate existing HRM policies and procedures to determine how well they intgrate academic theory and research about effective HRM practice.
b)    develop recommendations for new/ revised HRM policies based on a relevant evidence base of academic theory and academic and/ or practitioner research.



The specific purpose of this task is to develop and apply your understanding of effective attraction, recruitment and selection to develop effective and useful HRM policies.



To complete this task you will develop an attraction, recruitment and selection policy for Happy Dogs that details how the company should attract, recruit and select potential employees. You will:
a)    critically analyse the existing Happy Dogs recruitment and selection policy and determine how it should be revised to help the company:
a.    effectively attract desired target candidates using job analysis, position descriptions, and competitive employee value propositions

b.    effectively recruit desired target candidates using appropriate recruitment channels and effective job advertisements

c.    effecively conduct selection interviews so they provide valid and reliable indications of candidate fit with Happy Dogs
b)    research relevant academic theory and academic and/ or practitioner research to determine  the standards and objectives HD should adopt in attracting, recruiting and selecting employees

a)    present recommendations specifying, for each one:
a.    the policy position that Happy Dogs should adopt (eg that the company should conduct valid and reliable selection interviews)

b.    The procedures that should be used to ensure Happy Dogs fulfils its policy objectives  (eg how selection interviews should be conducted to ensure they are valid and reliable )
c.    The evidence/ sources on which you have based your recommendations