Workforce Planning – Activity 5 (Progress Assessment)

Essay Question:

Discuss the benefits and issues of a flexible workforce.

Now, you will be asking yourself how you start to answer a question like this. Below are a few hints.

1. There is more than one answer! Your answer may be different to everyone else’s, but it could still be right!

2. Benefits for whom? The business? The workers? What are these benefits?

3. Issues are problems are difficulties. While benefits are positive, issues are negative points.

4. Structure of the essay.

Introduction – Definition!

Benefit 1 - What is the benefit? Who benefits? What are the consequences of this benefit?

Benefit 2 - What is the benefit? Who benefits? What are the consequences of this benefit?

Issue 1 - What is the issue? Who experiences this? What are the consequences of this issue?

Issue 2 - What is the issue? Who experiences this? What are the consequences of this issue?

Evaluation - Decide which will have the most effect, benefit 1, benefit 2, issue 1 or issue 2? Explain why it will have the most effect?

Each of the six sections should be a separate paragraph