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5co01 Assignment Guide June 2025
🎬 Contains VideosGuidance for the June 2025 5CO01 assignment, helping learners interpret 12 case-study questions, apply relevant theories and develop evidence-informed, clearly structured responses.
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The 5CO01 Assignment Guide June 2025 supports learners preparing responses to the assignment released in June 2025. It works through 12 questions based on Calmere House, a residential care home taken over by Chaffinch Group. The emphasis is on understanding what each question asks, interpreting command verbs such as evaluate, analyse and discuss, and connecting relevant theory to the case rather than simply describing events.
The first group of questions addresses organisational structure, strategy, external influences and technology. Learners consider the suitability of flat and hierarchical structures under different ownership arrangements, how rational strategy formulation can support customer needs, and positive and negative external influences on residential care. The guide also examines how technology could affect patient care, employee experience and the way work is carried out at Calmere House.
The next questions focus on organisational culture and employee behaviour following the takeover. Coverage includes culture and motivation theories, the effects of selection and employee voice, approaches to managing organisational change, and models of how employees experience change. Employee wellbeing is considered alongside its importance for individuals and the organisation. The final questions connect people practice to employee retention, the case-study target of filling all resident rooms within six months, and consultation to understand increased employee turnover.
Assignment preparation guidance covers wider reading, references within answers, a final reference list, clear presentation and compliance with the assessment brief’s word-count requirements. Suggested resources include books on people practice, evidence-based management, critical thinking and people analytics, while learners are encouraged to find additional academic sources. Delivered through the buyer’s own LMS and containing video, this package suits learners who need question-by-question support with applying concepts and organising their own evidence-informed responses.
Who it’s for
This package suits learners working on the June 2025 5CO01 assignment who need support interpreting assessment questions and applying people practice theories to a case study. It is also relevant to tutors supporting those learners.
What’s covered
Assignment overview and learning resources
Introduces the 12 case-study questions and expectations for wider reading, referencing, presentation and word-count compliance. Provides suggested reading on people practice, evidence-based management, critical thinking and people analytics.
1.1 Evaluating organisational structures
Explores how to evaluate the flat, non-hierarchical structure under Kirsten’s ownership and the hierarchical, bureaucratic structure under Chaffinch Group. Emphasises weighing advantages and disadvantages against organisational purpose and the case-study context.
1.2 Rational strategy formulation
Examines how Chaffinch Group could use a rational approach to strategy formulation to meet customer needs. Links the question to organisational context, performance and the integration of strategy.
1.3 External influences on residential care
Guides analysis of one external factor negatively affecting the residential care industry and one positively affecting it. Covers the relevance of external analysis, including demographic, social, technological, market and regulatory influences.
1.4 Technology, care and employee experience
Addresses how Chaffinch Group could introduce technology at Calmere House and assess its impact on work. Considers work systems, implementation, support, efficiency and employee wellbeing alongside better patient care.
2.1 Organisational and human behaviour
Explains how organisational culture, leadership and human behaviour theories can help account for problems following the takeover. Focuses on connecting models to causes in the case study rather than simply recounting events.
2.2 Selection, employee voice and culture
Considers how changes to selection and employee voice have affected organisational culture and behaviours. Relevant assessment themes include trust, openness, motivation, engagement and the influence of people practice.
2.3–2.4 Managing and experiencing change
Examines how the transition from an owner-managed care home to part of a larger organisation could have been better managed, with reference to approaches such as Lewin’s and Kotter’s models. Separately considers employees’ experience of change and how to examine it through the stages of one change-experience model.
2.5 Employee wellbeing
Guides assessment of two factors that could affect employee wellbeing at Calmere House and why they should be addressed. Connects wellbeing with motivation, physical and mental health, commitment, attendance and working relationships.
3.1 People practice roles in retention
Discusses how the people manager, recruitment advisor and employment relations case advisor could support employee retention. Places their contributions within the employee lifecycle and the roles of different people practice specialisms.
3.2 Supporting the occupancy target
Analyses how people practices could help Chaffinch Group achieve the case-study goal of filling 100% of resident rooms within six months. Explores alignment between organisational strategy and activities such as recruitment, learning and development, skills analysis and management development.
3.3 Consultation and employee turnover
Discusses how Kath could consult and engage with employees to understand increased turnover at Calmere House. Covers consultation, communication, stakeholder and needs analysis, ongoing liaison, monitoring and evaluation.
Learning outcomes
By completing this package, learners can:
- Interpret the command verbs and requirements of the 12 June 2025 5CO01 assignment questions.
- Evaluate organisational structures and analyse strategy, external influences and technology in relation to the Calmere House case study.
- Apply organisational culture and human behaviour theories to explain problems following the takeover.
- Assess the effects of selection and employee voice on culture and behaviour.
- Explain approaches to managing change and examine employees’ experiences through a relevant model.
- Assess employee wellbeing factors and discuss how people practice roles can support retention.
- Analyse how people practices support organisational objectives and discuss consultation approaches for understanding employee turnover.
- Plan clearly structured responses supported by wider reading and appropriate references.
What’s included
A deployable SCORM package with practical learning content, ready for your LMS.
How it works
Add access, upload the package to your LMS, and pay per learner who uses it.
Frequently asked questions
Which assignment does this guide support?
It is designed for the 5CO01 assignment released in June 2025. The guidance follows the 12 questions relating to Calmere House and its takeover by Chaffinch Group.
What subjects does the guide cover?
It covers organisational structures, strategy, external influences, technology, culture, employee behaviour, change and wellbeing. It also addresses retention, alignment of people practice with organisational goals, and employee consultation about turnover.
Does the guide help learners understand assessment command verbs?
Yes. The question guidance explains what verbs such as evaluate, analyse, assess, explain and discuss require, with an emphasis on applying concepts to the case study rather than only describing them.
Do learners need to carry out wider reading?
Yes. The assignment guidance expects responses to be informed by academic texts, articles and relevant publications, with references included in answers and full details at the end. Suggested resources are provided, and learners are encouraged to find additional academic sources.
How is the package delivered, and does it include video?
The e-learning package is uploaded to the buyer’s own LMS for learners to access there. It contains video and is licensed per learner.
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