BSBHRM614 AE Project Assessment
BSBHRM614 AE Project Assessment
BSBHRM614 AE Project Assessment
Assessment 2 of 2
Criteria
Unit code and name
BSBHRM614 | Contribute to strategic workforce planning
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Assessment declaration
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Building B, Level G, Corner Harris Street and Mary Ann Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007
Assessment overview The objective of this assessment is to assess your knowledge and
performance in planning strategic workforce activities.
Assessment event 2 of 2
number
Instructions for this This is a project-based assessment that assesses your knowledge
assessment and performance of the unit.
• Assessment checklist
• Assessment feedback
• Observation checklist
What do I need to do To achieve a satisfactory result for this assessment you must
to achieve a answer all the questions correctly.
satisfactory result? If a resit is required to achieve a satisfactory result it will be
conducted at an agreed time after a suitable revision period.
What do I need to • TAFE NSW student account username and password. If you
provide? do not know your username and password, contact your
campus or service centre on 131601.
What the Access to this assessment and learning resources, including the
Teacher/Assessor will student workbook and any supporting documents or links.
provide Computers, data sheets, reference text, organisational policy etc
that is referenced in the assessment. These may be hard copy or
made available online.
If this assessment requires the student to record information, the Teacher/Assessor will
provide the appropriate document/template.
The Teacher/Assessor will advise a time and location for each event. Alternatively, the
student may have the option to record their participation and submit as video evidence.
Part 1
• Conduct research and develop a Strategic Workforce Planning Research Report
Part 2
• Consult stakeholders by conducting a meeting with relevant managers (if you are in
the simulated workplace this will be via a role play)
Part 3
• Develop a Strategic Workforce Plan with input from managers from Part 2 and a Risk
Management Plan
Part 4
• Get support for your plan from a senior manager – write an email
Part 5
• Monitor and review the Strategic Workforce plan and make adjustments to the
Strategic Workforce Plan
To complete this assessment, you must complete the following tasks to industry standards.
Each task comes with a set of instructions which you should follow.
This project requires you to develop and implement a strategic workforce plan for an
organisation. The organisation could be one you are currently working in or the simulated
organisation
Bounce Fitness
Password: tafelearner@123
Make sure you are familiar with the organisation you are basing this assessment on and have
read through the necessary background information.
Mission-Vision-Values-and-Culture
Business-objectives-key-performance-indicators
SWOT-Template.pdf
Risk-Management-Plan-Template.pdf
http://bouncefitness.precisiongroup.com.au/assets/Uploads/bouncedocs/Infrastructure/an
nual-strategic-human-resources-plan.pdf
http://bouncefitness.precisiongroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/bounce-
business-plan-v2.2.pdf
http://bouncefitness.precisiongroup.com.au/assets/Uploads/bouncedocs/Infrastructure/bus
iness-strategy.pdf
https://bouncefitness.precisiongroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/business-
objectives-key-performance-indicators-v1.0.pdf
This task will require you to prepare a Strategic Workforce Planning Research Report.
You will use this Report to consult stakeholders and with their input, develop a Strategic
Workforce Plan in Part 3. The Strategic Workforce Planning Research Report can be
developed for the simulated workplace, Bounce Fitness or you can base it on your current
workplace.
c. Relevant workplace policies and procedures. For Bounce Fitness these are
found under the ‘Policies and Procedures’ tab in the Bounce Fitness simulated
worksite: Policies and Procedures – Bounce Fitness (precisiongroup.com.au).
d. Sources that contain information on your organisational environment:
2. Analyse each business and strategic plan to determine items related to the
workforce, specifically direction, objectives, targets, programs and practices, and
budget.
Refer to Industrial Relations Operational Plan & Customer Relations Operational
Plan
3. Identify factors in the organisational environment that may have an impact on
Human Resource Management (HRM) in your organisation, including:
a. trends and emerging practices
Talent Acquisition and AI (artificial intelligence)
Flexibility in Ways of Working
Gig Workers
HR Outsourcing
Employee Engagement
HR needs for the future based on the strategic goals of the organization.
Realistic forecasting of human resources involves estimating both demand
and supply.
- How many staff will be required to achieve the strategic goals of the
organization?
- What jobs will need to be filled?
- What skill sets will people need?
5. Identify new and any relevant technology and its impact on job roles and job design
Manufacturing process – Automation/or introduction of machines replaced for
manual operation
Digitization/Software introduction in organisation.
6. List all the sources of information accessed for preparing the report.
7. Prepare a Strategic Workforce Planning Research Report containing all the items
identified and analysed above.
8. Provide annexures of the following if using your workplace plans:
a. Copies of the organisational strategic and operational plans relevant for the
next three to five years.
b. Documents/sources of industrial requirements
Complete your Strategic Workforce Planning Research Report which is to be used in your
meeting in Part 2. Include any supplementary documents/sources used to create the
strategic workforce planning research report. (15 marks)
Conduct a meeting with two relevant managers for consultation on developing the Strategic
Workforce Plan. Relevant managers are senior employees within your workplace. You can
conduct a meeting in your workplace or conduct a role play in the simulated workplace,
Bounce Fitness.
In either your workplace presentation or your presentation in the simulated workplace you
will:
2. Discuss and reach an agreement with the relevant managers about the workforce:
a) Preferences
b) Philosophies
c) Values
d) Policies
a) Analyse cost and benefits for each option for sources of workforce services
identified in Part 1.
b) Appropriate technology to support the agreed workforce programs and practices
c) Risks associated with a strategic workforce plan
Cost
• Materials – Ordering cost/product testing
• Labour – New Workers/ T&D/ Specialist.
• Overhead cost/expenses
• Storage/location
• Product creation/design – Sales/Marketing/ R&D
a) Budget
b) Priorities
c) Objectives, targets, programs, and practices based on cost-benefit analysis
d) Timeframes
e) People involved in the implementation
Discuss the template prepared on Part 1, Q 2 and Solutions from Part 2, Q 4 during
role play.
You will use the inputs from this meeting to develop a Strategic Workforce plan in Part 3.
Instructions
Your demonstration will be used as part of the overall evidence requirements of the unit.
You should refer to the list of criteria provided in the Observation Checklist to understand
what skills you need to demonstrate in this section of the assessment. This Checklist outlines
the Performance Criteria, Performance Evidence and Assessment Conditions your
Teacher/Assessor will be marking you on.
Once completed you will need to submit this assessment to your Teacher/Assessor for
marking. If you are conducting a meeting in your workplace, you must digitally record the
meeting to provide to your Teacher/Assessor and submitted as evidence. If you are
conducting a role play you can arrange to have your Teacher/Assessor observe the role play
or the meeting can be digitally recorded and submitted as evidence.
Role Play
If you are conducting the meeting in the simulated workplace, Bounce Fitness, follow the
scenario and instructions below.
The scenario
You will be observed conducting a meeting with two managers from the simulated
workplace, Bounce Fitness.
The manager’s role will be played a friend, colleague or another student. Prepare for this
meeting by providing the two participants, prior to the meeting, your Strategic Workforce
Planning Research Report prepared in Part 1, Task 1.
Both participants must review the material and prepare themselves for the role play based
on their roles.
Ask a friend, colleague or another student to act in the supporting role. Make sure each role
has the scenario instructions to work from. Ensure there is enough information so that they
can effectively contribute to the demonstration.
• Operations Manager
You are to present your Strategic Workforce Planning Research Report prepared in Part 1 to
the managers.
Time allowed
The Role Play should not take more than 10-15 minutes. (20 marks)
• Preferences
• Philosophies
• Values
• Policies
• Budget
• Priorities
• Objectives,
targets,
programs, and
practices based
on cost-benefit
analysis
• Timeframes
• People involved
in the
implementation
1. After consulting with the relevant managers and reaching an agreement, you need
to:
a. Complete the Strategic Workforce Plan based on discussion with relevant
managers
• Executive summary
• Mission statement
• Business strategy
• Objectives/Targets
• Environmental snapshot – trends and emerging practices, future
labour needs and skills, new technology, industrial/legal requirements
• SWOT analysis
• Recruitment strategies
• Performance management and professional development strategies
• Compensation, benefits and awards programs
• Budget
The Human Resource Strategic Plan template for Bounce Fitness can be found under the
‘Documents’ tab and ‘Human Resources’ list in the Bounce Fitness site. You can add any
sections to meet the requirements of the task.
You can use your workplace template but make sure it includes all sections to meet the
requirements of the task. You can also use the Bounce Fitness template if one is not
available in your workplace.
A Risk Management Plan template for Bounce Fitness can be found under the ‘Documents’
tab and ‘Risk Management’ list in the Bounce Fitness site.
Human-Resource-St
rategic-Plan-Fillable-Template.pdf
Risk-Assessment-Fil
lable-Template.pdf
If the learner used a template from their workplace/organisation, the assessor must have
reviewed this template prior to the assessment to ensure that the template covered all criteria
that apply to this task.
Although contents of submission will vary, for satisfactory performance, the risk register must
include the following:
• At least 10 risks
• Risk description
• Risk mitigation
o Action to be taken
• Strategy
1. Communicate with and get support for your plan with a senior manager.
If you are in a workplace, communicate with a senior manager in the place of authority in
your organisation who can approve workforce-related plans.
If you are not in a workplace, you are to communicate with Laura Irish, General Manager,
Human Resources at the simulated workplace, Bounce Fitness. Laura has the delegation to
approve workforce-related plans.
Prepare an email submitting your Strategic Workforce Plan and Risk Management Plan you
prepared in Part 3 for approval along with your points of recommendation for the plan. The
points of discussion must include the following:
• Executive summary
• Highlights of the plan
• Benefits to the organisation
• Timelines
• At least two names of managers involved in consultations
• Ask for feedback (provide details of the type of feedback you want; this could be in
the form of an attached survey). The feedback should give you information about the
strengths and weaknesses of your strategic workforce plan, approval to continue with
the plan and ideas for improvement.
Submit evidence
You must submit evidence of your email communication as per following instructions:
For this method of communication, you need to take a screen shot of the email you sent
which must include:
Screenshot
Learner must submit the following evidence of communication with at least one senior
management member.
Although the number and type of evidence will vary, for satisfactory performance, the
evidence submitted must show that they have included the following based on the Strategic
Workforce Plan prepared in Workplace Project Task 2:
• Executive summary
• Timelines
• Risks involved
• People involved
1. Implement the strategic workforce plan based on elements you agreed with relevant
managers in Part 2 and agreed by a senior manager in Part 4. (5 marks)
2. Monitor and evaluate the strategic workforce plan to identify areas of improvement.
(5 marks)
Task 1: Implement and Monitor the Strategic Workforce Plan and Risk Management Plan
1. Prepare an Action Plan to implement the Strategic Workforce Plan. This will include:
action-plan-fillable-
template.pdf
2. Monitor the implementation of the workforce plan. The plan has been implemented
and you now contact the relevant stakeholders to ensure the plan is meeting its
objectives. Write an email to those who have a responsibility for action items in the
implementation plan for an update. For this method of communication, you need to
take a screen shot of the email you sent which must include:
If you are in a workplace, when using this as evidence, ensure you inform the senior
management member of the purpose of the communication before doing so.
Screenshot
Changed circumstances are any unexpected events that were encountered during
the implementation stage, causing deviation in the plan.
Adaptations to the plan are the modifications suggested to the original plan in order
to accommodate unexpected events so that the plan remains aligned with the
objectives.
3. Adjust the Strategic Workforce Plan with monitoring and review information.
If you are not in a workplace, the following scenario applies to changed circumstances in the
Bounce Fitness simulated environment.
If you are in a workplace then ask a senior manager to suggest possible change so that you
can address the adaptations in your response.
Scenario (5 marks)
An opportunity has emerged to buy an existing fitness Centre in Perth and incorporate as a
Bounce Fitness Centre. This was not part of the strategic planning for Bounce Fitness but the
Directors decided it was too good an opportunity to overlook. While there are existing staff
they will need to be reviewed for suitability to work in Bounce Fitness including cultural fit,
qualifications, skill set.
• Centre Manager
• Two Fitness Instructors
Additional staff to bring in line with other comparable Bounce Fitness Centres include:
Assessment outcome
☐ Satisfactory
☐ Unsatisfactory
Assessor feedback
☐ Has the assessment declaration for this assessment event been signed and dated by the
student?
☐ Are you assured that the evidence presented for assessment is the student’s own work?
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