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5CO02 Assignment Guide June 2026
🎬 Contains VideosGuidance for the June 2026 5CO02 assignment, helping learners interpret assessment questions, apply evidence-based people practice, analyse survey data and justify recommendations.
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The 5CO02 Assignment Guide June 2026 provides question-by-question guidance for the assignment released in June 2026. It explains the two-task structure: seven questions linked to the Camellia case study, followed by data analysis and recommendations. The opening guidance covers presenting answers clearly, linking responses to assessment criteria, using wider reading, providing references and observing the assessment brief’s word count requirements.
The first task focuses on evidence-based decision-making in people practice. Learners explore how to evaluate evidence-based practice, distinguish an analysis tool from an analysis method, explain critical thinking principles and apply different decision-making processes. Guidance on ethical perspectives asks learners to judge how these influence practical choices. Throughout, the emphasis is on applying ideas to Charlotte and Camellia’s People Team, particularly their recruitment and selection, onboarding, reward, and learning and development priorities, rather than writing general descriptions.
The guide also addresses performance and the value of people practice. It explains the expectations for appraising one financial and one non-financial performance measure, then considers how recruitment and selection contribute to business outcomes and how that contribution can be measured. A recurring theme is interpreting assessment command verbs accurately: evaluating, assessing and appraising require balanced judgements, while explaining requires clear reasoning and practical application. Suggested reading includes texts on evidence-based management, critical thinking, people analytics and human capital management.
The second task moves from survey calculations to communication and action. Guidance covers calculating response percentages and mean scores for nine statements using data from 46 respondents, presenting findings in two different chart formats and explaining what the charts show. Learners then consider how to propose at least three improvements to learning and development, linking each recommendation to the evidence and evaluating its benefits, risks and financial implications. The package includes video and is delivered through your organisation’s own LMS, providing focused assignment support alongside the brief and wider reading.
Who it’s for
Suited to learners preparing the June 2026 5CO02 assignment who need help interpreting the questions and applying concepts to the case study. It is also relevant to tutors supporting learners with assessment planning, evidence use and data analysis.
What’s covered
Assignment overview and requirements
Introduces the two tasks, including seven case-study questions and a data analysis task with recommendations. Covers answer structure, assessment criterion references, wider reading, referencing and word count requirements.
Learning resources
Signposts books and publications on people practice, evidence-based management, human capital management, critical thinking, data skills and people analytics. These resources support the wider reading expected in assignment answers.
Question 1: Evaluating evidence-based practice
Explains how to weigh the benefits and limitations of evidence-based practice and reach a reasoned judgement. Emphasises applying it to two Camellia situations and addressing the People Team’s weaknesses in using and presenting data.
Question 2: Analysis tools and methods
Distinguishes structured analysis tools, such as SWOT or PESTLE, from methods such as surveys, interviews and focus groups. Guides learners to evaluate one tool and one method for their suitability to Camellia’s people practice priorities.
Question 3: Critical thinking
Focuses on explaining critical thinking principles and applying them to the learner’s own and others’ ideas. Connects these principles to gathering data, analysing evidence and challenging assumptions within Camellia’s People Team.
Question 4: Decision-making processes
Explains the requirement to examine at least two distinct decision-making processes, including how each works and supports well-reasoned outcomes. Guidance stresses practical application to Camellia rather than simply naming approaches.
Question 5: Ethical perspectives
Guides learners to assess how at least two different ethical perspectives influence decisions and behaviour. Covers applying those perspectives to Camellia’s priorities and judging their relative usefulness in practice.
Question 6: Performance measures
Addresses selecting and appraising one financial and one non-financial performance measure. Emphasises how each measures performance, its relevance to the People Team, and a balanced judgement of its strengths and limitations.
Question 7: Impact and value of recruitment
Explores how recruitment and selection can contribute to outcomes such as better-quality hires, lower turnover and improved productivity. Guides learners to explain two methods for measuring that impact and value.
Question 8: Survey calculations
Covers calculating percentages for each of five Likert response options across nine survey statements, using 46 respondents as the total. Also explains calculating mean scores from the weighted responses on a 1–5 scale and showing workings clearly.
Question 9: Charts and interpretation
Guides learners to present the learning and development survey findings in two different chart formats: one showing mean scores and another showing survey responses. Emphasises clear visual presentation and written interpretation for stakeholders.
Question 10: Justified recommendations
Explains how to propose at least three practical improvements based on the survey findings. Each recommendation must be justified through consideration of its benefits, risks and financial implications.
Learning outcomes
By completing this package, learners can:
- Interpret the assignment’s task structure, assessment command verbs, presentation requirements and referencing expectations.
- Evaluate evidence-based practice and the suitability of analysis tools and methods in the Camellia case study.
- Explain how critical thinking principles and distinct decision-making processes can support the People Team’s decisions.
- Assess how different ethical perspectives influence people practice decisions.
- Appraise financial and non-financial performance measures and explain ways to measure the impact and value of recruitment and selection.
- Calculate survey response percentages and mean scores, showing workings clearly.
- Present survey findings using two different chart formats and explain their meaning to stakeholders.
- Develop evidence-based learning and development recommendations, justified through their benefits, risks and financial implications.
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 supports the 5CO02 assignment released in June 2026. The guidance follows the Camellia case study and the questions associated with that assignment.
Does the guide cover both assignment tasks?
Yes. It covers the seven case-study questions in the first task and the survey calculations, charts and recommendations in the second task.
What data analysis does the package explain?
It explains response percentages and mean scores for nine survey statements using responses from 46 employees. It also covers presenting findings in two different chart formats and using the results to justify learning and development improvements.
Does it explain what assessment command verbs mean?
Yes. The question guidance explains expectations for verbs such as evaluate, explain, assess, appraise, calculate and present, including when answers need balanced judgements, practical application or clear workings.
How is the package delivered?
The e-learning package is uploaded to your organisation’s own LMS for learners to access there. It includes video and is licensed per learner.
Do learners still need the assignment brief and wider reading?
Yes. The guide directs learners to follow the assessment brief’s requirements and use relevant academic texts, articles and publications to inform their answers. It includes suggested learning resources and guidance on referencing.
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