Assignment Brief:

 You are presented with a case study of Brady Limited.

 You are required to answer all the questions at the end of the case study.

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 This assignment is worth 60 per cent of the module.







Brady Limited Case Information:

The human resource department is an integral part of any business. People are arguably the greatest resource a business has. It is key for business owners to know that treating their employees fairly and providing them with opportunities to grow will help the business to achieve its goals and objectives.
Brady Limited has just over 100 employees, it is a retail store in Athlone that sells homeware. Since the Pandemic they have tried to change the HR style from just a purely administrative function. There is one full time HR Manager and one part time HR assistant. A few their staff did not return to work with them post pandemic and they have been struggling to attract staff. The owner has heard that other businesses in the town are now providing training courses to their teams, conducting performance reviews, and offering coaching and mentoring opportunities to their teams.
The owner of Brady’s does not like to provide training opportunities to the team as he feels that they will use the training to move to other jobs, he also avoids performance reviews at all costs as he feels that people will ask for pay rises if they are told that they are performing well. His HR Manager has told him that he needs to change and otherwise people will not want to work in Brady’s Homeware. The owner has also avoided introducing a staff handbook and setting out the business policies in writing.










You are required to:
You are a HR Consultant and have been asked by the Owner and HR Manager of Brady’s to present a report answering the below:

A) Distinguish between personnel management and human resources management and discuss what is the difference between both in the context of a business such as Brady’s Homeware. Also discuss how HR Planning is used in human resources management. (20 MARKS)
B) Design a training and development plan for Brady’s Limited, consider the essential insurance