HRM3703 Assignment 2 Semester 2 2024 | Due 27 August 2024

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HRM3703 Assignment 2 Semester 2 2024 | Due 27 August 2024. All questions answered.

Question 1
Read the case study at the end of chapter 5 in your prescribed book (5th edition). Then answer the questions below.
Imagine that you have just joined The Grant Corporation as part of the HR team. Answer each of the questions below.
(a) What did Julia do right in general? Is there anything that she should have done differently? (5 marks)
(b) Were the correct people involved in the process? Who would you also have included? Provide reasons for your choices. (3 marks)
(c) Advise Julia on what to include in the communication plan for the HRIS implementation (½ marks are allocated). (2 marks)
(d) Once the HRIS has been implemented it is important that roles and responsibilities are clarified in terms of continued maintenance of the HRIS within the HR Department. Propose four additional broad steps that the HR department at The Grant Corporation should take to ensure that the new system will be properly maintained and supported after implementation. (4 marks)
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Question 2
You have been working in HR for several years. You decide to make a career move and you apply for a vacancy at a leading HRIS vendor. You get the job and join the team working with requests for proposals (RFPs). One of the first tasks that you need to complete is help your team to respond to an RFP that The Grant Corporation (see question 1) published when they required a new HRIS.
The Grant corporation provides an RFP document that includes the following:
The name of the company, the industry, the number of employees, their turnover, a description about the company structure and geographical locations. They furthermore included a detailed description of the technical requirements of their desired HRIS.
(a) You look at the RFP received, identify gaps in the RFP that you would have to approach The Grant Corporation about to gather the required information so that your company would be able to prepare a proper response to their RFP (½ marks are allocated). (2 marks)
(b) Your employer expects you to lead your team in preparing a proper response to The Grant Corporation’s RFP. Use what you have learned in this module in Lesson 04 to suggest the correct steps to follow for your team to respond to the RFP of The Grant Corporation to increase your company’s chances of success (½ marks are allocated). (8 marks)
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Question 3
Refer to The Grant Corporation in question 1. Keeping what you have learned in Chapter 3 regarding the systems development life cycle in mind identify the main mistake that Julia Woodland made. Identify the one crucial step in the SDLC that Julia did not pay attention to. In your discussion focus on why this step is important and what the main purpose of this step is. (6 marks)
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