2.1 Human Resource Management

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2.1 Human Resource Management: Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264 lesson

2.1 Human Resource Management is one of the 4 lessons in Unit 2 People in Business of Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264, for first examination in 2027. It is an editable PowerPoint of 38 slides written against syllabus sections 2.1.1, 2.1.2 and 2.1.3, with 4 learning checks and an exit ticket. Also suitable for Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Business 0774 and Cambridge O Level Business 7081, which share the same content.

Recruitment and selection first, with an activity where students decide who a bakery should employ from a set of applicants. Training covers induction, on-the-job and off-the-job. The legal controls section is taught through a real case: the 2015 Starbucks discrimination ruling, in which an employee with dyslexia won her claim, and students consider what the business should have done differently. This is the one Unit 2 lesson without an embedded video; the case study links to the BBC report instead.

Slide from lesson 2.1 of Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264: Human Resource Management

Learning objectives

Taken from the objectives slide of the lesson, which follows the syllabus wording.

2.1.1 Recruiting and selecting employees

  • stages in the recruitment process: job descriptions, person specifications, job advertisements (including employment agencies and online recruitment)
  • selection methods, e.g. curriculum vitae (CV)/resumé, application forms, references, testing/assessment centres, interviews
  • advantages and disadvantages of internal and external recruitment
  • recommend and justify who to employ in a given situation

2.1.2 Employment contracts and legal controls over employment issues

  • the main contents of an employment contract: duties and responsibilities, working hours, holiday entitlement, sick pay
  • the benefits of employment contracts for employers and employees
  • legal controls over employment issues: unfair dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage
  • effects of legal controls over employment issues on employers and employees

2.1.3 Training

  • importance of training to a business and to employees
  • types of training: induction training, on-the-job training and off-the-job training
  • advantages and disadvantages of the three types of training

What is in the lesson

The running order below is the deck as sold. Every lesson in the course follows the same shape: learning objectives, content slides with the real business examples, a learning check after each section, a case study with questions, key takeaways and an exit ticket. A teacher answer key (PDF), with model answers to every learning check, case question and exit ticket, is included when you buy the unit or the complete course.

Slide by slide (38 slides)
  1. Title slide
  2. Learning Objectives
  3. Learning Objectives
  4. Recruitment and Selection Overview
  5. Internal vs External Recruitment
  6. Main Recruitment Stages
  7. Selection Methods
  8. Factors in Employment Decisions
  9. Activity: Who Should the Bakery Employ?
  10. Learning Check
  11. Importance of Employee Training
  12. Types of Training Programmes
  13. Induction Training
  14. On-the-Job Training Methods
  15. On-the-Job Training: Pros and Cons
  16. Off-the-Job Training
  17. Learning Check
  18. Legal Controls on Employment
  19. Employment Contracts
  20. Unfair Dismissal
  21. Impact of Unfair Dismissal Laws
  22. Types of Workplace Discrimination
  23. Impact of Anti-Discrimination Laws
  24. Learning Check
  25. Health and Safety Legislation
  26. Impact of Health and Safety Laws
  27. Minimum Wage Legislation
  28. Impact of Minimum Wage Laws
  29. Learning Check
  30. Case Study: Starbucks Discrimination Case
  31. Question: If Starbucks had proactively supported Meseret, as it was eventually forced…
  32. Implications of Starbucks Case
  33. Key Takeaways: Recruitment and Selection
  34. Key Takeaways: Training
  35. Key Takeaways: Legal Controls
  36. Challenges and Opportunities
  37. Conclusion
  38. Exit Ticket

Where it fits

Weeks 8 and 9 of the 0264 scheme of work and pacing guide, which gives the course 46 weeks with a mock in week 41. Previous lesson: 1.5 Business and Stakeholder Objectives. Next lesson: 2.2 Organisation and Management. All 28 lessons: Cambridge IGCSE Business 0264.

How to buy

The lesson on its own: 2.1 Human Resource Management on TES. The unit: Unit 2 People in Business. The whole course in one download: 0264 Complete Bundle. Lesson 1.1 is free with its answer key if you want to see the format first.