Before you commence this assessment, you must read and follow all the instructions as per the assessment guidelines (including the assessment rubric) available from the Moodle site.

This assessment requires you to write an annotated bibliography that will form the basis for your Assessment Task 2 - Presentation.

You must choose one of the twelve (12) HRM topics from the Unit Profile (refer to the Unit Profile on the Moodle site). Once you have decided on the HRM topic, you are expected to research widely on your HRM topic within the academic literature from the CQU library databases and quality business press publications such as Harvard Business Review. You need to select four (4) relevant journal articles, that must be within the last five years, so articles must be dated from 2013 or later. Read the journal articles thoroughly, identify the main argument/s being presented, and write a concise and accurate summary of each article. After summarizing each article, construct a summary that presents the major issues raised in the four articles included in your annotated bibliography. This summary must present an argument or position in relation to the HRM topic.

Length: 1,200 words ± 10%

_{Before you commence this assessment, you must read and follow all the instructions as per the assessment guidelines (including the assessment rubric) available from the Moodle site.}

_{This assessment requires you to prepare a MS PowerPoint presentation and a recorded voice-over based on the following scenario:}

_{Imagine you are a HR consultant. You have been asked by a leading international organisation to make a presentation to the Board of Directors as to why your selected contemporary HRM topic (chosen for Assessment Task 1) is an important management issue. You are to devise your presentation using PowerPoint and voice-over.}

_{Your presentation should contain the following elements:}

_{1. Explain the contemporary HRM topic}

_{2. Justify why the contemporary HRM topic is an important issue}

_{3. Recommend strategies that will address the contemporary HRM topic}

_{Length: Fifteen (15) PowerPoint slides (maximum) and ten (10) minutes duration of voice-over (maximum)}

Your presentation will be assessed on the extent to which it meets each of the following criteria: Introduction (10%); Knowledge of content (30%); Presentation delivery (30%); Conclusion (10%); Visual aids (20%).

Further details on each assessment criteria is outlined in the assessment rubric.

Penalty for late submission without approval if applicable [(-5%× 30/day = -1.5 marks/day)]

Important: Plagiarism will be reported to the Academic Services Centre of the University and may result in a “zero” mark.

^{Before you commence this assessment, you must read and follow all the instructions as per the assessment guidelines (including the assessment rubric) available from the Moodle site.}

^{This assessment requires you to identify and discuss career management in a particular sector of the labour market. Select an industry (or specific organisation) as the case study for your report. Identify the key HRM challenges for career management in the selected industry or organisation, and discuss how career development of the workforce is being managed from either a human capital perspective or a resource-based perspective. At the conclusion of your report, outline how you are managing your career.}

^{Length: 1,800 words ± 10% (including executive summary, introduction, heading and subheadings, recommendations and conclusion but excluding title page and reference list)}

Your case study report will be assessed on the extent to which it meets each of the following criteria: Analysis (30%), Integration of literature with case (25%), Research (25%), Presentation, referencing, organisation, structure, communication (20%).

Further details on each assessment criteria is outlined in the assessment rubric.

Penalty for late submission without approval if applicable [(-5%× 45/day = -2.25 marks/day)]

Important: Plagiarism will be reported to the Academic Services Centre of the University and may result in a “zero” mark.