Currently, there are 4 management trends that have greatly impacted the manager's role. Some
snippets of the same are provided below:-
"(1) Employee Engagement - Much has been said on the subject of employee engagement.
Survey after survey shows just how important it is for retaining employees. Engagement boosts
satisfaction and creativity among your employees. In turn, they become more productive and
your workplace becomes a much more pleasant place to be.
(2) Artificial intelligence is disrupting almost every business and industry. Advances in the
technology have led to the creation of things like chatbots for websites and self-driving cars.
Machine learning is driving forward, creating devices and machines that "learn" from massive
amounts of data.
(3) Millennials are now coming into their own in the workforce. They're starting to replace Baby
Boomers and Gen Xers in higher-up positions. Gen Z is also just beginning to move into the
workplace, setting the stage for yet another change in the workforce composition. Baby
Boomers are also retiring, which has some employers and HR managers worried. Conversations
about how to manage retirements and ensure the right talent is ready to move into vacated
positions are commonplace in the HR department. There's another trend, however, and it's that
Baby Boomers are also staying on long past 65. Depending on your company, you may have a
workforce composed of a diverse range of individuals spanning every stage of adulthood. You'll
need to pay special attention to how you provide for workers in each demographic and how
you manage a multigenerational workforce and its needs.
(4) Freelancers, contract vendors, work from home - More companies are turning to freelancers
and contract vendors to supply services they need, and around 35 percent of the American
workforce identified as being a freelancer. They are also having the flexibility to work from
home. That number continues to grow.
Managing a workforce reliant on freelance vendors and contractors along with the
flexibility of working from home comes with unique challenges. As more of your
workforce moves out of the office and into freelance positions, you'll need to engage
new workforce management techniques and tools. Workforce management changes as
the workforce evolves and the conditions of work change.'
You need to answer the following: 1500 words
(1) Introduction to the assignment (2 marks)
(2) Choose 1 organisation of your choice (preferably a global multinational corporation) and
provide a brief. (5 marks)
(3) For your chosen organisation answer any 2 of the following. (12.5 marks for each; 25
marks|
a Discuss how they have incorporated the concept of employee engagement to main-
tain their workforce over the past 3-5 years. Review approach.
b) Examine how artificial intelligence has changed the nature of a manager's role over
the past 3-5 years. Discuss how this was addressed. Review approach.
c) Examine how management issues involved in managing demographically diverse
employees from Millennials to Baby Boomers were dealt with over the past 3-5 years.
Review approach.
d) Examine how the changing nature of the workforce from permanent workers to a
mix of core and flexible workers along with the flexibility of working from home was
managed over the past 3-5 years. Review approach.
(4) Conclusion to the assignment (3 marks)
(5) Format, referencing, layout and word limit (5 marks)
