NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY BTEC HND BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
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NAME OF STUDENT REGISTRATION NO. UNIT TITLE ASSIGNMENT TITLE ASSIGNMENT NO NAME OF ASSESSOR SUBMISSION DEADLINE Working with and Leading People Hiring and Leading 1 of 2 (individual report) Mr. John Andre 7 October 2013

I, __________________________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from which information is obtained by me for this assignment.

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Unit Outcomes
Outcome Evidence for the criteria Feedback Assessor’s decision
First attempt

Internal Verification

Re-work

Be able to use recruitment, selection, and retention procedures

Prepare documentation to select and recruit a new member of staff Assess the impact of legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations to the recruitment and selection process Take part in the selection process Evaluate own contribution to the selection process Explain the skills and attributes needed for leadership

1.1

1.2

LO1

1.3

1.4

2.1

Understand the styles and impact of leadership

Explain the difference between leadership and management Compare leadership styles for different situations Explain ways to motivate staff to achieve objectives

2.2

2.3

LO2

2.4

Merit grades awarded Distinction grades awarded

M1 D1

M2 D2

M3 D3

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Outcome

Evidence for the criteria

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Assessor’s decision
First attempt

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Assignment
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Scenario – Battery Recycling Startup
VinaClean is a new battery recycling company (just started this year) based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Their goal is to stop the destruction of Vietnam’s environment from consumers disposing of household batteries in landfills. Suzi Tran, the head of VinaClean has received generous donations from many concerned citizens in order to fund operations for the first three years. Ms. Tran’s goal is to make operations so efficient that VinaClean can be self-funding after the third year. Ms. Tran has not worked out all the details but she feels this is a realistic goal. If her vision does not fully come to life, she still believes that spending her time to improve the environment of Vietnam is a worthy cause to which she is happy to dedicate her time in order to benefit her future children. In order to begin operations, Ms. Tran needs to hire at least two other people to help her. She does not expect to find people who are willing to donate their time – she has budgeted 15m VND per month per worker. She has also budgeted 2m VND per month per worker for the expenses those employees will naturally have which mainly include transportation along with office (including telephone) expenses. Ms. Tran believes that by paying above-market salaries she will be able to hire above-average workers which should lead to more creative solutions going forward. Ms. Tran expects the new hires to be future leaders – each new hire will eventually oversee a team of workers. The new hires will be responsible for developing VinaClean’s strategy but the overall vision for VinaClean is to convince retail stores to host battery drop boxes where consumers can drop their old, dead household batteries. VinaClean would then collect these drop boxes once per week, bringing the batteries to a central processing center. The processing center would recycle the batteries. While no processing center has been identified, there are not enough funds to build a battery recycling center. VinaClean would need to develop a relationship with an existing center, which might be in another country. The new hires would have to help with all aspects of developing VinaClean including finding a recycling center. Role You have been hired for two months by VinaClean in order fill the two positions. Ms. Tran will have final approval over the two hires but your input into the selection process will strongly affect Ms. Tran’s decisions on who to hire. Tasks: • • • Prepare all relevant documentation to select and recruit the two new hires. (1.1)

Assess the impact of legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations to the recruitment and selection process. (1.2) Take part in the selection process, including interviewing, providing notes on each candidate indicating your choice reasoning to hire or not. You should interview at least three candidates. (1.3) Evaluate your own contribution to the selection process of the new hires (1.4) 4

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Explain the skills and attributes Ms. Tran will need to be an effective leader

(2.1)

Explain the difference between leadership and management in the context of (2.2) VinaClean Compare leadership styles for different situations Ms. Tran might find herself in (2.3) Explain ways Ms. Tran could motivate the new hires to achieve their objectives (2.4)

GRADING Pass is achieved by meeting all the requirements defined in the assessment criteria.

Merit

Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions

(M1)

Characteristics / Possible Evidence – Effective judgments have been made with respect to documentation and legal/ethical impact to the selection process.

Select and apply appropriate methods/techniques

(M2)

Characteristics / Possible Evidence – Complex information regarding the hiring process has been synthesized and processed.

Distinction Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions (D1) Characteristics / Possible Evidence – the validity of the hiring results has been evaluated against defined criteria.

Take responsibility for managing and organizing activities

(D2)

Characteristics / Possible Evidence – independence demonstrated and substantial activities have been planned, managed, and organized relating to the practice of hiring and leadership.

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PRESENTATION 1. The assignment should have a cover page that includes the assignment title, assignment number, course title, module title, Lecturer/tutor name and student’s name. 2. Ensure that authenticity declaration has been signed. 3. This is an individual assignment. 4. A fully typed up professionally presented report document. Use 12 point Arial, 12 point Times New Roman, or 11 or 12 point Calibri script. 5. Your assignment should be word-processed and should be a maximum of 3,500 words in length. Appendices/administrative aspects are outside this word count limit. 6. You must acknowledge the sources of information and evidence using the Harvard referencing system. 7. Submit both a hard (printed) and soft (electronic in DOCX format) copy by the deadline listed above

Notes to Students for Submission • • • • • • • • • Check carefully the submission date and the instructions given with the assignment. Late assignments may not be accepted. Ensure that you give yourself enough time to complete the assignment by the due date. Do not leave things such as printing to the last minute – excuses of this nature will not be accepted for failure to hand-in the work on time. You must take responsibility for managing your own time effectively. If you are unable to hand in your assignment on time and have valid reasons such as illness, you may apply (in writing) for an extension. Failure to achieve a PASS grade will results in a REFERRAL grade being given. Take great care that if you use other people’s work or ideas in your assignment, you properly reference them in your text and any bibliography. Failure to follow any of these instructions may cause you to fail for submitting improperly. NOTE: If you are caught plagiarizing, you could have your grade reduced to zero, or at worst, you could be excluded from the course.

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