Explain the key challenges that Amey faced in terms of structuring and organising its HR department, and critically evaluate the approach taken to tackling these challenges. What future challenges can you foresee, and what recommendations would you make

You will be given a case study on Amey plc, a company that won the CIPD People Management Award in 2011. The case study

explains how the company’s new Group HR Director, Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth, introduced a series of changes to the HR department

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and its operation that significantly enhanced the company’s performance and perceptions of HR’s role.

Based on the case study, your task is to write an individual assignment of no more than 2,500 words ( not including

reference) that addresses of the following question:

“Explain the key challenges that Amey faced in terms of structuring and organising its HR department, and critically

evaluate the approach taken to tackling these challenges. What future challenges can you foresee, and what recommendations

would you make for addressing these?”

This question focuses on the structure & organisation of the HR department (rather than the general issues of Amey)
Therefore you need to consider the following:

LEVEL1 -Descriptive:
How was the HR department structured prior to the change process?
What changes were made to the structure & organisation of the HR department?

LEVEL2 -Critical Analysis
(Think about: Why were these changes made? What particular challenges were these changes addressing?)
Write about:
Which approaches were taken to managing this change? This requires you to consider the various theories and models of change

management to assess which apply to Amey’s approach to managing change for its HR department. You must critically evaluate

the approaches that were taken i.e. what were the strengths and weaknesses of the approach taken by Amey?

What future challenges can you foresee, and what recommendations would you make for addressing these?
This should account for approximately 25% of the total word count
Description:
What is the strategy of Amey for the next 4-5 years? What HR challenges can you foresee as a result of this strategy?
Critical Analysis:
Make recommendations for addressing the HR challenges you have identified.

Given the emphasis in this module on the practical application of theory within the HRM arena, it is important that your

assignment clearly draws on relevant theories and models in analysing the case study. The lectures and seminars, together

with the textbooks and additional reading provided for the module will constitute a good starting point, and we recommend