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Level 3 Diploma in Business Management

Applying People Management in practice: case studies

BM303 · People Management — Week 12 of 16

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Week12 of 16
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This week’s topics

Applying People Management in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence
  4. What is Job Analysis? A Google Case Study [2025]
  5. Case Studies: Predicting Employee Performance
  6. Leadership Theory: Trait Theory

What you will be able to do

  • 1.5 Discuss how flexible working and working from home can impact employees’ motivations and wellbeing and performance.
  • 4.3 Compare key differences between managers and leaders.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

  • What is Job Analysis? A Google Case Study [2025] · YouTube · AIHR - Academy to Innovate HR · 11 min · for registered students
  • Case Studies: Predicting Employee Performance · YouTube · Wharton People Analytics Conference · 42 min · for registered students
  • Leadership Theory: Trait Theory · YouTube · Galton College · 14 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Workplace Dispute Resolution and the Management of Individual Conflict: Five Case Studies · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • How to retain rural teachers: hygiene or motivation factors? A case of Western China · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theories of Employee Motivation
  • Week 2: Methods and Organisational Benefits of Motivation
  • Week 3: Flexible Working and Remote Employee Wellbeing
  • Week 4: The Employment Relationship and Workplace Dynamics
  • Week 5: Employee Engagement and Relationship Improvement
  • Week 6: Monitoring Employee Performance
  • Week 7: Performance Management Tools and Mutual Benefits
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Functions of Management
  • Week 10: Leadership Styles and Approaches
  • Week 11: Improving Leadership and Management Practice
  • Week 12: Applying People Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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