Human resources (HR) professionals need to understand key developments in the business and external contexts within which HR operates. This unit enables learners to identify and review the business and external contextual factors affecting organisations and to assess the impacts of these factors on the HR function. The unit also examines HR’s role in strategy formulation and implementation. The unit is designed to encourage learners to adopt a critical perspective of these contexts and to provide workable organisational and HR solutions to address them.

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1. UNDERSTAND KEY CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ISSUES AFFECTING THE HR FUNCTION WITHIN PRIVATE, PUBLIC AND THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS.


2. UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF HR IN THE MANAGING OF CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS ISSUES AND EXTERNAL CONTEXTS.


3. UNDERSTAND THE MAIN EXTERNAL CONTEXTUAL FACTORS IMPACTING ON ORGANISATIONS AND THE HR FUNCTION.


4. UNDERSTAND HOW ORGANISATIONAL AND HR STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES ARE SHAPED AND DEVELOPED.


5. KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO SHORT-TERM CHANGES IN THE BUSINESS AND EXTERNAL CONTEXTS.