MGT3HRD HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT - Assessment Task One

Assessment Task

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct an environmental scan to identify, analyze, and communicate trend or issue of relevance to Human Resource Development. Your task is to:
1. Select TWO recent*, relevant, related articles from the HRD literature. One of the articles should be from an academic journal.
2. Read and analyse the articles.
3. Write a report/essay that addresses the following:
a) Explain the issue or trend addressed in the articles by briefly summarizing the key information presented in each article.
b) Explain why you believe the issue/trend is significant to the practice of HRD, and describe what impact you think it will have on the practice of HRD in organisations.
c) Make two recommendations for action you believe a HRD manager/professional should follow to deal with the issue or trend. Explain and support your recommendations.

* by recent, consider articles published from 2011 to the current day. This is also applicable for other journal papers that you will use in your assignment.