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Assessment 2 Report on Performance Management Submission Guidelines Course: HRM Strategy and Implementation Course Code: HRMT 20008, Term 1, 2014 Course Coordinator: Dr Ezaz Ahmed (e.ahmed@cqu.edu.au) On campus, Distance and Metropolitan Campus Students:  All assignments for HRMT 20008 must be submitted through Moodle site.  All assignments submitted electronically through Moodle must be through the Student Portal http://my.cqu.edu.au  Failure to submit electronically will be taken as a failure to submit, and therefore you may disadvantage yourself by not achieving a passing grade for this course.  NOTE: Copy detection software (TurnitIn) is used in this course and work found in contravention of the copying and plagiarism rules will be investigated. Severe penalties apply in the case of proven instances of copying, plagiarism and academic dishonesty.  Access CQUCentral to print a personalised Assessment Cover Sheet for each assignment submission. Instructions for generating your coversheet are at: http://dtls.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/getFile.do?id=23407  Students must submit their requests for extension of assignment submission date through the CQU system, no email or telephone request will be accepted. Policies and Procedures for Assessment:  Students must familiarise themselves with the following policies and procedures at http://policy.cqu.edu.au:  Assessment and examination policy and procedures -  Assessment of Coursework Policy  Assessment of Coursework Principles  Assessment of Coursework Procedures  Assignment preparation and presentation Guide for Students, Referencing style links: http://www.cqu.edu.au/current-student/international-students/studentsupport/learning-skills-unit/resources  The Faculty of Arts, Business, Informatics & Education 2011 Guide for Students http://content.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/getFile.do?id=40465  School of Business and Law generally uses the Harvard (Author/date) style of referencing except for education, history and law courses. More information on the styles used by various schools can be found at http://www.cqu.edu.au/about-us/service-and-facilities/referencing  Applying for assignment submission extensions, Assessment grading and Plagiarism links http://www.cqu.edu.au/faculties/faculty-of-arts,-business,-informatics-andeducation/assessment Important Dates: Assignment 1 Essay Submission Date and Time: Week 6: 11 April, 2014, Friday, 11.45 pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Assignment 2 Report Submission Date and Time: Week 12: 23 May, 2014, Friday, 11.45 pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Contacting Teaching Staff During the course, students should initially contact their local teaching staff to answer any queries related to the course that they may have. Contact details for local teaching staff can be found on the Moodle course website. If local teaching staff cannot fully answer the query or it is of a personal nature, students can contact the Course Coordinator Dr Ezaz Ahmed. Flex/ Distance students should contact Dr Ezaz Ahmed with their questions reading the course, its content, and assessments and here is Dr Ahmed’s contact information: Dr Ezaz Ahmed Head of HRM Discipline School of Business and Law Central Queensland University, Melbourne Campus 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 Email: e.ahmed@cqu.edu.au Tel: +61 03 8662 0838 (office), Mob: 0431745329, Skype: ahmedezaz Student Contact The university allocates every student an individual email address, the format of which is firstname.lastname@cqumail.com (e.g. john.citizen@cqumail.com). This is the official email address that the university will use for all email correspondence. Student emails can be accessed through http://my.cqu.edu.au Students are expected and requested to check their official email address on a frequent and consistent basis (at least once weekly). Students are encouraged to review the new Student Email Principles university policy relating to email communication at http://policy.cqu.edu.au which has been introduced to ensure all course and program updates are received. Regular student access to email is required for this course. Regular student access to the Internet is required for this course. Students are expected to follow a self-directed study schedule which meets the required deadlines. Students’ use of the course website is mandatory. This is provided using the Learning Management System (LMS) which can be accessed through the MyCQU Student Portal: http://my.cqu.edu.au HRMT 20008 uses Moodle extensively. If you have difficulty logging into Moodle, please contact Helpdesk on (07) 4930 9233, 1300 666 620 Monday to Friday between 7.30 am to 5.30 pm. Assessment item 2 — Report on Performance Management Due date: 23 May, 2014, Friday, 11.45 pm AEST, Week 12 Weighting: 50% Length: 3000 words ±10% (excluding title page, reference list and appendices), presented in report format Reference Style: Author-Date Style (Harvard Referencing Style) only Objectives This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes numbers 1 to 5. Purpose The primary purpose of this assessment task is to help students develop skills to apply HRM strategies within a contemporary organisational framework. The assignment also develops insights into implementation of performance management strategies and helps to understand the importance of those insights for the HR professionals, incorporate appropriate individual and organisational HRM strategies within an organisational context by way of analytical report and finally critically and analytically evaluate the relevance of new theories, design methods, HR laws and concepts within human resource management. The secondary purpose of this assignment is to give students the opportunity to develop research, analysis, selfmanagement and problem identification skills, as well as skills in presenting an argument for performance management within the framework of a business report. Before starting this assessment please read the marking criteria and refer to Report Writing on the Communications Learning Centre website: