5CO02 Evidence Based Practice

Unit Overview

Evidence Based Practice (5CO02) is a unit of CIPD Level 5 module that provides the professionals with the opportunity to develop practices within the organisation that are backed with adequate information and evidence. The unit guides the learners to being able to develop ability to collect information from both qualitative and quantitative means that they effectively use to make decisions on factors that revolve around promoting the performance of the organisation.

In this unit, the HR professionals and learners are prepared of making decisions that add value to the organisation as well as being able to critically examine the decisions to from a point of evidence to ensure that they are ethical and beneficial to the organisation. 5CO02 is a unit that is significantly important especially in competitive markets where different organisations compete for employees as well as customers. These approach focuses on being able to add value to the persons within the organisation through effective decision making.

Unit Objectives

Some of the main objectives that should be achieved by the learners include:

• Be able to define evidence based practice

• Be able to identify critical elements of evidence-based practice

• Show understanding of the concept of critical thinking

• Be able to relate evidence-based practice in improving decision-making

• Understand the role of ethical practices within the organisation

• Understand the role that evidence based practice plays in improving ethical decision-making within the organisation

• Show insights on measuring the values of people practices to organisational performance

• Relate evidence-based practice to improved people practices

Unit Content

Learners in this unit are required to pursue diverse areas of learning. The unit is significantly wide hence learners are guided through different areas which include:

The Concept of Evidence-Based Practice

In this areas of 5CO02, the learners are introduced to the concept of evidence based practice. They are made aware of the definition of the term as well as its importance in ensuring that the organisation is driven towards success and compliance to set legal and ethical frameworks. In this section, the main sources of information that the learners should pursue to develop the evidence that provides the information for their decisions developed by ensuring that they are able to collect both qualitative and quantitative information form different sources as well as employ it effectively in making organisational decisions.

Some of the tools that are introduced to the learners include Porter’s five forces model. Ansoff matrix, cause and effect and balance scorecard which are all important in collecting and analysing information from both the internal and external business environment. The HR professionals require this content to ensure they are able to employ different tools to achieve optimum outcomes in their practices.

Critical Thinking

5CO02 provides the learners with the opportunity to identify the essence of critical thinking in achieving the organisational goals and objectives. The area of study ensures the learners are prepared for improved decision-making through analysing collected information and evidence.

In this area, the learners are also made aware of the various principles of critical thinking which include logical reasoning, objectivity and consciousness in making important organisational decisions. HR professionals are introduced to different strategies that they can use to generate rational arguments that help in choosing the best alternative in making decisions.

Ethical Practice

The HR professionals should understand the need of ensuring their practice and decision making is ethical. Ethical standards revolve around a prescribed code of conduct and operation and this unit focuses on ensuring the learners understand how they can improve their practices to suit the standards of ethical practice.

This area of learning provides understanding of different ethical theories and frameworks that should be included in decision making to facilitate the inclusion of ethical principles in analysis of organisational environment and implementation of critical decisions.

People Practices

HR professionals are required to be efficient in designing various people practices which include recruitment and selection, onboarding and training, performance appraisal, and off boarding. 5CO02 provides necessary backing and information that the professionals can use in this different areas the information include understanding the impact that people practices have on organisations. This involves being able to get an organisational environment that is guided by the adapted people practices and influencing the impact of the employees which has a positive effect on organisational performance.

The HR professionals are taught to master various men sot measure both financial and non-financial performance within the organisation hence ensuring that there are opportunities for growth and development through interventions to address shortcomings. This area ensures the HR professionals and other managers can influence the wellbeing, satisfaction and motivation of employees using people practices hence causing an overall boost in the productivity of the company.

Expected Outcomes

The learners re expected to show significant mastery of evidence-based techniques to make decisions and implement the decisions within their specific organisations. This involves being able to devise people practices that have value propositions to the employee and subsequently add value to the organisation. They should show understanding of the different theoretical frameworks that guide both decision-making processes and facilitate ethical practice.

These theoretical frameworks are important in ensuring that the professional is able to develop well informed and ethical arguments on the issue being analysed hence facilitate implementation of decisions that are highly applicable in the context of the organisation. Lastly, from this unit, the learners are expected to show mastery of different tools and mechanisms that can be used to analyse the enteral and internal business environments and provide information to both managers and people professionals to make important decisions.

Assessment and Evaluation

At the end of the unit the learners are tested using two different tasks. The first task tests the theoretical understanding of the learners through a written assessment. The second task provides the learners with case studies that should be completed through applying the concepts and principles learned in the course of the unit.

These tasks are effective in ensuring that the learner is able to relate the content that they have learned in the classroom setting to daily practices that helps to improve their organisation significantly.