Aim

This is an individual assessment task where students will examine critical issues in relation to the performance management of emloyees within the WA Police. This assessment item relates to Unit Learning Outcomes one and four.
The primary aim is to gain a greater understanding of the effective management of employee performance through reward systems within an organisation. The secondary aim of this piece of assessment is for you to demonstrate your ability to construct an in-depth and critical analysis from the point of view of a HR professional working for WA Police. In doing so, you are expected to use, and correctly cite, a range of relevant scholarly literature as evidence to justify and support your assessment.

Structure

The assignment should be written in report format in no more than 2000 words. Follow the CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre's Guide for Report Writing (link available on Moodle).

Task

You are a junior HR executive at WA Police in Australia. You are reviewing how you manage certain levels of staff in this environment. You are to:

• Analyse the reward practices used and their implications for the management of employee performance in the transition/promotion from the rank of Senior Constable, through to Sergeant and finally Senior Sergeant.
• Using your critical analysis skills; identify the optimal reward practices that could be used to manage employee performance in this environment.
• Provide recommendations to management as to the optimal performance appraisal system.

You must think critically and deeply about the questions presented above and then provide relevant and contemporary scholarly research evidence to justify and support your responses (in addition to the set text). However, you cannot overly rely on the set text to evidence your argument.

Instructions:

You are expected to read widely for the assignment. You should access scholarly material (not just your textbook), including peer reviewed journal articles, chapters from edited books of readings, and text books on specific human resource management (HRM) topics (at least 9 scholarly references required for the entire assessment to pass this criteria).

An excellent guide would be to use at least five peer reviewed journal references (ideally these would be journal articles from 2010-2019).

The reference lists found in your prescribed textbook, as well as other texts, are good places to start when searching for additional references. Reliance on google searches or relying soley on textbook sources are NOT considered as appropriate academic literature search techniques for this assessment and will not help you to achieve higher marks and/or grading.

A rubric has been prepared for this assessment which can be found in Moodle. Please consult this rubric before commencing this assessment.This will assist you to earn the greatest marks for your assessment.

• Ability to critically evaluate a case study within the context of an organisation using relevant scholarly literature (40%)
• Demonstrate understanding of performance management processes, concepts and techniques (25%)
• Ability to problem solve to explain major reward practices and their implications in performance management (25%)
• Appropriate use of the conventions of Report writing: structure, language, length and tone (5%)
• Appropriate use of the CQU APA referencing system (5%)

All information for assessments shown in this course profile must be read in conjunction with the instructions provided on the Moodle Unit website.  Please see the Unit website for the rubric for this assessment and further details about addressing the assessment criteria before commencing your assessment.

Aim

This is an individual assessment task in which students will examine a range of elements of a Performance Management System. The primary aim is to gain a theoretical and practical understanding of the connections between elements of the system and the management of employee performance. This assessment item relates to Unit Learning Outcomes two, three and five. The secondary aim of this assessment is for you to demonstrate your ability to construct an in-depth and critical analysis from the point of view of a HR professional. In doing so, you are expected to use, and correctly cite, a range of relevant scholarly literature as evidence to justify and support your assessment.

Structure

The portfolio comprises three elements, each examining an aspect of a Performance Management System. The written component of each element should be written as a Relective Essay of no more than 600 words for a total of 1800 words. Follow the CQUniversity Academic Learning Centre's Guide for Reflective writing (link available on Moodle).

Tasks

It is recommended that these three elements be attempted in the week corresponding to the topic area (please see schedule for when you should commence each element). You can gain informal peer feedback on each element in class or via the Moodle discussion board.

Element 1: Job Analysis – Critically discuss the importance of job analysis to organisational performance (written). Using O*NET create a summary description for your ‘Ideal Job’ as well as a list of tasks, knowledge, skills and abilities needed for successful performance (practical).

Element 2: Measuring Results and Behaviours – ‘A focus on results encourages unethical behaviour’. Discuss. (written). Then;

• identify three competencies of your ‘Ideal Job’ created in Element 1;
• identify a critical behaviour indicator for each competency;
• generate critical incidents (high, average and poor performance) for each behaviour indicator; and
• create graphic rating scales using BARS to measure each competency (practical).

Element 3: Employee Development – Discuss the link between employee development and one negative and one positive organisational outcome (written). Ask your class members, friends, and/or family members to provide feedback on the degree to which you currently display the three competencies of your ‘Ideal Job’ identified in Task 2. Develop and complete a Professional Development Plan and Form to improve your performance against each of the competencies (practical).

You are expected to read widely for the assignment. You should access scholarly material (not just your textbook), including peer reviewed journal articles, chapters from edited books of readings, and books on specific human resource management (HRM) topics (at least 3 peer reviewed journal references required for each element). The reference lists found in your prescribed textbook, as well as other texts, are good places to start when searching for additional references. Reliance on google searches, websites or textbooks only is NOT appropriate academic literature search technique and will not help you to achieve higher marks and/or grading.

A rubric has been prepared for this assessment which can be found in Moodle. Please consult this rubric before commencing this assessment.This will assist you to earn the greatest marks for your assessment.

• Demonstrated knowledge of key approaches to identifying and assessing employee and organisational performance (30%)
• Identification of the relationship between Performance Management Systems, organisational performance and Human Resource Management (30%)
• Ability to critically evaluate different Performance Management Systems (30%)
• Appropriate use of the conventions of academic writing: structure, language, length and tone (5%)
• Appropriate use of the CQU APA referencing system (5%)

All information for assessments shown in this course profile must be read in conjunction with the instructions provided on the Moodle site. Please see the Unit website for more details about the marking criteria and rubric developed for this assessment.