• Define and explain the standard expectations of each type of contract. You should use academic text-books and papers, and official government sources such as ACAS or Gov.uk, to define the nature of these contractual models.
• Give two examples of actual practice by named organisations, ensuring you cite sources such as job adverts, company annual reports, academic case studies, etc to evidence your work. Although the UK has specific legislation about how these types of contracts are administered, the same contractual concepts are used around the world, so you may use international organisations as your examples, providing you are able to quote appropriate evidence of their practice.

• The majority of work should demonstrate your own original thinking, with data, quotes, paraphrased opinions, and other evidence used where appropriate, to evidence and support your own, original debate.

• This should be delivered in essay format, consisting of a title page, your main body of work, and a reference list. There is no requirement for an executive summary, table of contents, or appendices. You must not use diagrams or tables as part of your answer

• Evidence should be used from appropriate sources, such as; your core textbook, other HRM text books, academic papers and HRM journals, case-studies contained in academic works or on industry chartered institute platforms, such as CIPD, CMI, Institute of Leadership and Management, etc.

• Students demonstrating higher level academic skills of analysis and evaluation, and sophisticated use of evidence/sources, will score in the higher-grade ranges.

• Referencing conventions and the credibility of sources is a vital aspect of academic writing. Students demonstrating a higher level of academic rigour in these areas will score in the higher grade-ranges.