Write a paper on Contemporary business strategyFor this assignment, you are required to develop an individual report based on the question from Sony case study and submit the same by no later than 11.59pm (UK Time) on 25th March 2022 (Friday). 2. Case study Global people resourcing for Sony Group Sony group is one of the largest producers of consumer electronics in the world. The Japan-based brand has products under the following segments: Mobile Communications, Game & network services, Imaging products & Solutions, Home Entertainment & Sound, Semi-conductors, Components, Pictures, Music, Financial services and all other businesses. The success of Sony relies on its highly skilled talent workforce. The total number of employees in the Sony group as of on Nov, 2019 was 114, 400. The value of the talent has been recognised and promoted on a corporate level at the organisation, as nearly one-fifth of Sony Group’s directors and business executives are non-Japanese nationals/ Japan’s labour shortage issues and new immigration policy The World Economic Forum’s Agenda series suggests that Japan’s population has shrunk by nearly one million in the past five years, noting the first ever decline since the country’s census began in 1920. In order to thrive, the country’s shrinking economy now has a higher dependency on resourcing people globally from other countries. Under pressure from businesses battling the tightest labour shortage in decades, Japan’s government has finally been forced to relax its tough immigration policy. Last year in Dec, 2018, the administration of prime minister Shinzo Abe approved legislation that opened the door to as many as half a million foreign workers by 2025, in what some are calling the end to Japan’s traditional opposition to large-scale immigration. Under the new legislation, foreign workers will be divided into two categories. Those with skills in sectors experiencing labour shortages will be allowed to work for up to five years but cannot bring their families with them. Those with more advanced skills will be able to bring family members and renew their visas indefinitely, and may eventually apply for permanent residency. Members of both groups must pass a Japanese-language exam. Human resource planning in global context In line with the shrinking and ageing population, Sony group must undertake broad range of human resource planning strategies to enable its local workforce to grow and gain an international exposure and at the same time to give exposure to international workers that may be working in Japan or in other countries about the corporate culture and Sony value system. Case study question/s With regard to the case study ‘Global people resourcing for Sony group’, you are required to write a report to include the following five parts (each part carries equal weighting): Part One: Contextual Issues Identify TWO key contextual issues (gig economy, employment laws, digital working, national cultural and institutional variations, globalisation etc.) that Sony group must develop a strong awareness of, and analyse why those issues are pertinent to the organisation. Part Two: HR Planning Outline things to be considered by the resourcing team when forecasting future demand for human resources for Sony Group globally, and discuss TWO major implications that need to be considered by the resourcing team when performing HR planning in a global context Part Three: Job Design Suggest TWO approaches to job design which aim to improve Sony’s international employees’ productivity and wellbeing, and justify your selection of the approaches. Word count (or equivalent):2500 (plus or minus 10% – excluding diagrams, tables and quotations from academic references) Prescribed format and structure for the report For this assignment students are required to develop a individual report based on the above-mentioned questions. Following is the prescribed report structure that will be provided to students on the same date of the release of assignment questions: 3.1 Basic format for individual report Title page Table of contents (a separate page) 1.Introduction 1.1– Case study background 1.2– Aim of the report 2.Contextual Issues 2.1˂heading˃ 2.2˂heading˃ 3.HR Planning 3.1˂heading˃ 3.2˂heading˃ 4.Job Design 4.1˂heading˃ 4.2˂heading˃ 5.Conclusion 6.References 7.Appendices Word count The individual report must not be longer than 2500 words (excluding diagrams, tables and quotations from academic references). You are allowed a 10% tolerance to either exceed or fall short of the required word length of an assignment. Hence, you need to write an assignment with the required word count plus or minus 10%. Word count does not include everything in the assignment. Word count starts from the ‘Introduction’ through to the start of the ‘Reference List’. This means that the: -Title page is not counted -Table of contents is not counted -Reference List is not counted -Appendices are not counted. Referencing The individual report should draw upon a wide range of academic sources. Minimum 10 academic references must be provided for this report. All your references must be from *credible sources such as books, peer-reviewed journals, magazines, company documents, and recent articles. Please note that references from Wikipedia are not appropriate for an academic assignment and reliance upon these will result in a lower grade. (*A credible source in academic writing is one written by an expert in the subject area, and edited and fact-checked by multiple other experts to ensure that the information is accurate, comprehensively researched, and as free as possible from bias). All the academic resources used in this report must be accurately referenced accurately using the Harvard referencing system. If you are unsure about what constitutes academic honesty, or if you want to learn how to quote and reference correctly, please visit the citation section of the Cardiff Met academic skills website: http://tsr.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Learning/AcSkills/Skills/Pages/Citation.aspx . Report style The individual report must conform to the following style: -12 point, Times New Roman/Calibri/Arial font -line spacing of 1.5 lines -language set as English -left aligned or justified Submission Details Submission Deadline:25th March 2022 (Friday) This will be provided on the Moodle submission point. Estimated Feedback Return DateThis will normally be 20 working days after initial submission. Submission Time:By 11.59 pm on the deadline day Moodle/Turnitin:Any assessments submitted after the deadline will not be marked and will be recorded as a non-attempt unless you have had an extension request agreed or have approved mitigating circumstances. See the School Moodle pages for more information on extensions and mitigating circumstances. File Format:The assessment must be submitted as a pdf document (save the document as a pdf in your software) and submit through the Turnitin submission point in Moodle. Your assessment should be titled with your: student ID number, module code and assessment ID, e.g. st12345678 GBM6012 WRIT1 FeedbackFeedback for the assessment will be provided electronically via Moodle. Feedback will be provided with comments on your strengths and the areas which you can improve. View the guidance on how to access your feedback. All marks are provisional and are subject to quality assurance processes and confirmation at the program Examination Board. Assessment Criteria Learning outcomes assessed •*LO1: Examine the impact of changing local, regional and global environments on people resourcing •*LO2: Critically analyse how human resource planning impacts an organization’s resourcing agenda and inform its resourcing strategy Other skills/attributes developed This assessment specifically covers global people resourcing issues that emphasise upon resourcing strategies on attracting, recruiting and selecting people and identify ways in which recruitment and selection practice can be affected by differing national contexts This assessment is designed to accomplish following EDGE attributes: •Ethical This assessment considers the ways in which political, social, ethical and legal environment issues impact upon the design and implementation of global people resourcing strategies as indicated in the first learning outcome. Ethics and diversity and inclusion feature within the content of the assessment. •Digital The assessment implicitly develops the student’s understanding of the use and deployment of digital recruitment and selection strategies for global resourcing. •Global The questions asked in this assessment will have a global focus so as to give students an exposure of global resourcing practices to the students. This therefore develop the students’ awareness and understanding of global issues in resourcing. •Entrepreneurial This assessment encourages the students to use their own initiative and solve resourcing-related issues in a creative manner through assessment.
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