Module Learning Outcomes:
• LO1 Describe contemporary labour market conditions and trends and
their significance for workforce planning within a range of business
contexts.
• LO3 Develop employee retention strategies to support organisational
performance.
This assignment is individual and is based on the‘case study organization’ you
created within coursework 1.
The assignment requires you to make reference to relevant academic discussion
and underpinning evidence using appropriate texts and journals, cited and
referenced appropriately using Harvard referencing conventions. You will need to
use this research to consider practical implications to the ‘case study organisation’ in
relation to labour market trends which may impact on future resource planning. It is
intended that these two aspects above are not necessarily two separate elements of
the assignment, the two should be integrated and therefore evidence development of
your knowledge and application ability.
The assignment comprises 2,000 words (+or – 10%)report, not including the front
page or the reference section (nor any appendices if considered necessary to
include).
Please select your own title and presentation of the report, but it should demonstrate
your understanding of:
 labour market trends and conditions in the UK and Europe
 the significance of these trends and conditions in workforce planning generally
 the significance of these trends and conditions specifically in relation to your
‘case study’ organisation when seeking to attract and retain talented
individuals in the future
 retention strategies and how you can apply them to retain the successful
candidate
 how succession planning contributes to retention
 the contribution of retention strategies to workplace performance
Your work must be written in the third person for this assignment