HRMT20024- Managing Human Resources

Task:

The primary purpose of this assessment is for you to develop a critical understanding of future trends in HRM within the context of current academic literature. The second purpose is to develop your oral communication and presentation skills.

Select a topic. On-campus students will nominate for a topic in class in Week 2. Only 3-4 presentations can be held each week, and the Lecturer will re-allocate students as required for an even distribution. Distance students should advise the course coordinator by email HRM topics are as follows:

Week 4 HR planning

Week 5 Recruitment and selection

Week 6 Employee relations challenges

Week 7 Managing diversity and work-life balance

Week 8 Performance management

Week 9 Learning, development and career management

Week 10 Motivation, rewards and compensation

Week 11 Employee turnover and retention

Week 12 Evaluating and improving the HRM function

Select two articles for your presentation. Start gathering ideas for your topic with a review of a relevant textbook chapter and the references at the end of the chapter. Identify two (2) good quality journal articles from the CQU library databases and business press publications such as Harvard Business Review. The articles must have been published within the last five years.

Critically analyse the chosen articles to identify a key theme for current research and thinking on your topic, rather than simply summarizing the articles. Design your presentation. Creatively design your presentation with the aim to engage your class on the latest thinking research on your HRM topic. Presentation is to be a maximum of eight (8) minutes with a maximum of six (6) PowerPoint slides. For each article, you should communicate : the title, topic, objective of the research, method for the research, argument/findings, and Conclusion. Your presentation should also include a discussion of the contribution of both articles to the field. (Distance students record a voiceover on powerpoint)