1.1 Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management.

5HR03 Reward for performance and contribution

Learner assessment brief

Version:  1095_5HR03_2021_01

Level 5

Associate Diploma in People Management

5HR03 – Reward for performance and contribution

This unit focuses on the business factors that influence reward policies, as well as the financial drivers of the organisation and the impact of reward costs. It explores the role of people practice, and how it can help managers make professional reward judgements. It also looks at the impact of rewarding performance. Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management. 

CIPD Insight factsheets:

• The CIPD factsheet on strategic reward and total rewardprovides an overview of the various aspects that can be explored in terms of designing and developing a reward strategy.
• The CIPD factsheet ‘reward – an introduction’ provides an overview on the options organisations can use to reward people and recognise their contributions. Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management. 

CIPD reports:

• The CIPD reward management strategy report includes a survey which focusses on the impact of COVID-19 and reward practices in the UK.

CIPD Podcasts:

• The CIPD changing landscape of reward podcast provides an overview of the role reward strategies play in attracting the best talent. It also looks at the innovative strategies organisations are developing to recognise their employees.

• The CIPD executive pay and the psychology of motivation podcast looks at the pay gap and whether reward packages are much of a motivator.

Case Study

Home International is a furniture manufacturer and online retailer. The organisation is a family-owned business that was started over 30 years ago, and currently employs 175 people on full-time or part-time contracts in the UK. They have offices based in Oxford, Munich, Santa Cruz, Suez, and Kuala Lumpur.  The organisation is growing and reaching a wider market due to the growth of online furniture shopping. 1.1 Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management. 

The organisation has grown during the pandemic, as clients have decided to invest in their homes. More and more people are changing their habits and purchasing sustainable products, which is seen as a positive, because Home International specialise in this area.

However, the business is currently in the process of reviewing all its policies, as Brexit means there have been several changes to rules regarding importing and exporting. This review includes people management processes in areas such as performance and reward. The objective is to cut costs, improve profits and reduce turnover.

Each office has a factory where the furniture is made and distributed on a global scale. Recently, the organisation has seen a higher turnover among the factory operatives who are aged 18 – 32 years old, whereas the office employees stick around for longer, and have an age range from 48 to 68 years old.

You have been tasked to provide the following:

• Task One: A presentation on ‘Understanding the impact of reward approaches and packages. Also, the role of people professionals in supporting line managers to make reward decisions’

• Task Two: A briefing paper on, ‘Benchmarking data to inform reward approaches’

Preparation for Tasks:

• Plan your assessment work with your assessor at the start of the assignment. Where appropriate, agree milestones so they can help you monitor your progress
• Refer to the indicative content in the unit guide and support your evidence
• Pay attention to how your evidence is presented. Remember you are working in the People Development Team for this task
• Ensure that the evidence generated for this assessment remains your own work Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management. 

You will also benefit from:

• Acting on formative feedback from your assessor
• Reflecting on your own experiences of learning opportunities, training and continuing professional development
• Taking advantage of the CIPD Factsheets, Reports and Podcasts, and any other online material on these topics

Task One:  Presentation to key stakeholders

The HR director has asked you to create a presentation which will be delivered to the key stakeholders in the business. This presentation will focus on the approaches to reward and the role people professionals play in supporting line managers when developing reward packages. This presentation will also link in methods of performance management to support line management decisions. You will need to include research around the area of reward and performance management and link in business examples to support your research and show further depth.

This presentation will need to be created in PowerPoint and have accompanying notes pages to expand on ideas and concepts.

Your presentation notes pages must include:

• An evaluation of two of the principles of reward (intrinsic and extrinsic reward and integrating reward with business objectives) (1.1).
• An evaluation as to why organisational culture and performance management are important to the principles of reward (1.1).
• An explanation of how Home International can implement new policy initiatives and practices in relation to rewards across the organisation (1.2).
• An explanation of how both people and organisational performance within Home International can impact its approach to rewards both positively and negatively (1.3).
• Using Home International and a second business example, produce a comparison of performance-related pay and intrinsic rewards as examples of benefits offered by each different organisation (1.4).
• An assessment of the benefits and drawbacks of how extrinsic and intrinsic rewards contribute to improved employee contribution and sustained organisational performance (1.5).
• An assessment of the effectiveness of performance review meetings and 360 degree feedback as approaches to performance management, including a review of the role that the people practice professionals within Home International can take to support you as a line manager, to ensure consistent and appropriate reward judgements are made (3.1).
• An explanation as to how line managers can make reward judgements based on organisational approaches to reward (3.3).
• A review of how people practice professionals can support line managers to make consistent and appropriate reward judgements.  The CIPD have provided a document called ‘The People Profession: now and for the future’, which can help you with this. 1.1 Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management. 

Task Two: Briefing paper to inform future reward approaches at home international

For this task you are required to create a briefing paper which will be used to inform future decisions around Home International’s approaches to rewards. This document must summarise the research you have carried out around rewards, which will then allow you to create your own reward policy for the organisation.

You will need to gather research for this task which will provide the context for the different environments for reward, what should be included in a reward policy, and the legal requirements, these will help you create and develop your own package.

Your briefing paper must include:

• An assessment of industrial trends and sector profiles linked to common reward packages and levels of business activity relating to the context of reward environment within Home International (2.1).
• An evaluation of how unemployment and payroll data can be used by Home International to develop insight into benchmarking reward data (2.2).
• An example of a reward package that you have createdfor Home International. This should include:
• An appropriate reward package supported with benchmarking data
• A job evaluation scheme
• The market rates relevant to the roles within Home International (2.3).
• An explanation as to the legal requirements in relation to minimum pay and working hours that might impact Home International’s reward practice (2.4)

Assessment criteria evidence checklist

Use this as a checklist to make sure that you have included the required evidence to meet the task. Please enter the evidence title and where it can be referred to. An example has been provided for you. Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management. 

 

Task 2 – Briefing Paper
	Assessment Criteria	Evidenced Y/N	Evidence Reference (filename) You must add in the name of the file you have used.
3.1	Assess different approaches to performance management
3.2	Review the role of people practice in supporting line managers to make consistent and appropriate reward judgements
3.3	Explain how line managers make reward judgements based on organisational approaches to reward

Assessment criteria marking descriptors:

Assessors will mark in line with the following assessment criteria (AC) marking descriptors, and will indicate where the learner sits within the marking band range for each AC.

Assessors must provide a mark from 1 to 4 for each assessment criteria within the unit. Assessors should use the mark descriptor grid as guidance so they can provide comprehensive feedback that is developmental to leaners. Please be aware that not all mark descriptors will be present in every assessment criterion, so the assessor must use their discretion when grading.

The grid below shows the range for each unit assessment results based on total number of marks awarded across all assessment criteria. 1.1 Evaluate the principles of reward and its importance to organisational culture and performance management. 

To pass the unit assessment learners must achieve a 2 (Low Pass) or above for each of the assessment criteria.

The overall result achieved will dictate the outcome the learner receives for the unit, provided NONE of the assessment criteria have been failed or referred.

Please note that learners will receive a Pass or Fail result from the CIPD at unit level. Referral grades can be used internally by the centre

Marking descriptors