“Human Resource Plans and Organisational Context Certificate in Personnel Practice (for those managing volunteers) Assignment Objectives The objective of this assignment is to produce a report on the current activities of the personnel function at QRL and how they might be improved. In carrying out this assignment I aim to: 1) Identify and explain a range of personnel activities. And how they contribute to the organisational success of the QRL provost department. 2) Identify and explain some of the internal and external factors which influence how these activities are conducted, and explain how these affect QRL. 3) Analyse how effectively the activity of recruitment & selection is conducted. 4) Draw conclusions from this analysis and make recommendations for possible improvements.”

The Queens Royal Lancers (QRL) is located in Catterick North Yorkshire. The basis of QRL function reflects recommendations made in 1901 by Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) D Hughes, following the Monkswell report, commissioned in 1895.  Any recommendations relating to cultural changes therefore may require careful consideration.  Tradition and history form an essential backdrop to any military organisation.

This core function can be translated into the following terms: Servicemen and women become the input and on completion of rehabilitative training provided by the staff they become the output, as illustrated in the diagram in figure 1 below.

In order to meet its obligation to provide a service to the UK armed forces, the command element of QRL, the policy makers, must fully recognise that their key resource is people. It is due to the human resources that the QRL and other regiments …(short extract)