Case study
Leia Technologies was formed in 2017 and employs 75 people. Recently the company has launched its new app “Money4Future” and provides saving and investment products including Lifetime ISAs, pensions and saving accounts.
After a hectic start up, the company’s HR team is now able to reflect on its reward strategies and policies. They recognise due to the growth of the company, and the amount of new people within the HR team, that there are some gaps in knowledge about Reward for Performance and Contribution.
As a senior member of the HR Team, you have received a request from a colleague for an understanding of the issues relating to the impact of reward approaches and packages, how benchmarking data can inform reward approaches and the role of people professionals in supporting line managers.
Your manager has asked you to produce a guidance document to be sent to your colleagues and a blog article to be placed on the HR Team’s online news page.
Preparation for the Tasks:
Refer to the indicative content in the unit to guide and support your evidence.
Pay attention to how your evidence is presented, remember you are working in the People Practice Team for this task.
Ensure that the evidence generated for this assessment remains your own work.
You will also benefit from:
Reflecting on your own experiences of learning opportunities and training and continuing professional development.
Reading the CIPD Insight, Fact Sheets and related online material on these topics.
You should relate academic concepts, theories, and professional practice to the assessment task(s), in a critical and informed way, and with reference to key texts, articles and other publications.
Don’t forget to:
Complete the front cover sheet, sign with a “wet signature” and place at the front of your assessment.
Use the bullet points below each task as headings and sub-headings so your marker can see where your answer begins.
Task One – Guidance Document
You have received a request from a colleague for an understanding of issues relating to the impact of reward approaches and packages. They also want to understand how benchmarking data can inform reward approaches.
Generate a guidance document that covers these two areas, including current models and thinking around the subject. You may wish to break down the guidance document into the following sections:
Section 1 – The Impact of Reward Approaches and Packages
Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management. (AC 1.1)
Explain how policy initiatives and practices are implemented (AC 1.2)
Explain how people and organisational performance can impact on the approach to reward. (AC 1.3)
Compare the different types of benefits offered by organisations and the merits of each. (AC 1.4)
Assess the contribution of extrinsic and intrinsic rewards to improving employee contribution and sustained organisational performance. (AC 1.5)
Section 2 – Benchmarking Data to Inform Reward Approaches
Assess the business context of the reward environment (AC 2.1)
Evaluate the most appropriate ways in which benchmarking data can be gathered and measured to develop insight. (AC 2.2)
Develop organisational reward packages and approaches based on insight. (AC 2.3)
Explain the legislative requirements that impact reward practice. (AC 2.4)
Task Two – Blog Article
To sit alongside the guidance document, your manager has asked you to create a blog article to sit on the HR Team’s online news page. The article should be titled:
“Supporting Line Managers to Make Reward Decisions – The Role of People Professionals”
It should be aimed at people requiring information and guidance and should cover the areas below:
Assess different approaches to performance management. (AC 3.1)
Review the role of people practice in supporting line managers to make consistent and appropriate reward judgements. (AC 3.2)
Explain how line managers make reward judgements based on organisational approaches to reward. (AC 3.3)
The most important part of this article is covering the areas above. Whilst you should consider the audience (your internal team) you are writing for, you could also research what makes a good blog post and incorporate those elements into your article.
Your article should contain research and references.