BUSM4588 Key Concepts In Human Resource Management Essay 2 – RMIT University Australia.

Subject Code & Title: BUSM4588 Key Concepts In Human Resource Management
Assessment Type: Essay, individual
Weighting: 30%
Word limit: 2000 (+/– 10%)
Overview:
In this assessment you will harness your critical thinking and analysis skills to identify key problems facing the practice of HRM in an organisation of your choice. You will then use evidence to produce constructive advice on how your selected organisation could improve the effect of HRM on organisational performance.You will have the opportunity to reflect on your learnings from this assessment and define key factors that will enable
you to become a more effective HR leader.
BUSM4588 Key Concepts In Human Resource Management Essay 2 – RMIT University Australia.

Learning Outcomes:
This assessment is linked with the following Course Learning Outcomes:
CLO 1: Demonstrate and apply knowledge and skills to articulate the importance of human resource management (HRM) functions within organisations.

CLO 2: Analyse issues using key concepts based on HRM theories to formulate appropriate strategies that can be successfully applied in workplace contexts.

CLO 3: Evaluate and apply a critical awareness of the effect of HRM practices on ethical, social, economic, political, technological and environmental factors that impact on organisations and the labour market.

CLO 4: Analyse the relevance of selected HRM theories and apply approaches that appropriately manage employees in domestic and global workplaces.

CLO 5: Appraise innovative options and solutions relevant to business practices with a vision of HRM requirements now and in the future.

Assessment details:
Refer to the following steps to help you construct the core elements required in your essay.

Step 1: Select any organisation of your choice. Ideally, select an organisation where you currently work or have worked for in the past OR an organisation that you would like to work for in the future.

BUSM4588 Key Concepts In Human Resource Management Essay 2 – RMIT University Australia.

Your organisation may be nationally based, international, government, not-for-profit or even the family business. You may have worked at this organisation as a full time or part time employee, as a contractor or volunteer. Alternatively, the organisation you select may just be where you would like to work next. There are no parameters concerning your selection.

Step 2: Conduct research into your organisation to enable you to describe the following.

• The context of the organisation you have selected, including the nature of the industry, the level of competitiveness within the industry, the key external stakeholders and the current trends in the industry. External stakeholders includes anyone your organisation deals with such as customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, employer associations, unions, legislative bodies etc.

• The nature of the work undertaken by the organisation, the products and services created, the current strategy being pursued and the current level of organisational performance. Organisational performance comprises real results or outputs compared against its objectives and goals.

Note: Please do not divulge any confidential information about your organisation. Any information that is not

publicly available for which you have consent to use (for example, at your current workplace) should be de-identified so that there is no recognisable reference to the actual organisation name (e.g. instead of NAB, call your organisation ‘Financial institution 1’), its employees or stakeholders.

Step 3: Identify five (5) key problems facing the practice of HRM in the organisation.

Analyse and synthesise relevant models, theories and HRM literature to demonstrate how these problems affect organisational performance. You may wish to reference one or more of the following (if applicable):
• Harvard model of HRM.
• Guest model of HRM.
• AHRI model of excellence
• High performance work systems framework.

Step 4: Provide advice to the organisation on how they could improve the effect of HRM on organisational performance, given what you know about the organisation, industry and the five (5) problems you have identified.

BUSM4588 Key Concepts In Human Resource Management Essay 2 – RMIT University Australia.

Your advice should include the application of theory and link to high quality academic material. You are expected to include a minimum of 15 references.

Step 5: Reflect on what you have learned from this assessment to equip you to become an effective HR manager.