Summative Assessment (2,500 words, excluding references and appendices)
The summative assessment for this module consists of two components, submitted as one document.
Part 1:
Produce a report that compares, contrasts and evaluates approaches to recruiting and selecting graduates in two organisations (Amazon and Aldi) – 1500 words.
Part 2:
Reflective account that addresses the question ‘How Business Ready Are You Currently?’ – 1000 words.
Part 1:
Overview of the report component of your assignment (1500 words, excluding references)
Report task:
Compare, contrast and evaluate approaches to recruiting and selecting graduates in two organisations.
Introduction: Brief overview of the two organisations chosen for your report and your rationale for choosing these two organisations. Make it clear whether either of the organisations are ones that you might want to apply to personally.
Findings about each organisation’s graduate recruitment and selection processes: detailed account of the recruitment and selection approaches adopted in each organisation, supported by evidence from a range of sources.
Evaluation and conclusions: when evaluating your findings set out in the first part of your report, you will need to consider questions such as:
How similar/or different are the approaches to graduate recruitment in your chosen organisations? From your wider reading of the academic literature how might you account for any similarities/differences?
To what extent do the organisational practices align with the notion of ‘best practice’ in the academic literature?
From your research, how user-friendly is the information provided by the two organisations to applicants?
Does the information provided any indication of how inclusive each organisation’s recruitment and selection processes are?
How much information do the organisations provide about future career development opportunities?
Remember this is important for the attraction and retention of employees, particularly graduates.
What final observations and impressions are you left with having researched different organisation’s approaches to recruiting and selecting graduates.
