Case Study - Critically Analyse HRM Issues and Apply the CIPD Model/Professional Map and Contemporary Refereed Journal Articles

What do you need to do:

Utilising the newspaper articles and other sources provided below for this assessment task you need to use what you have learnt in this course to answer the following questions:

How is leadership in HRM failing these organisations, their staff and other stakeholders?

As a leader, what are the recommendations that you would make to enable HRM to effectively resolve the problems that are evident in these organisations?

Applying the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Human resource Professional Map

< https://peopleprofession.cipd.org/profession-map >, and your studies about HRM, how could the following organisations have avoided these situations in the first place?

How would you argue to the Board of Directors of these organisations to accept the report, recommendations and the implementation plan?

The newspaper articles are accessible below using the URLs:

Students are encouraged to read all the articles to understand the key issues that are driving workplace and industry challenges, outcomes for key stakeholders and possible solutions. Students will then apply the CIPD HRM Map and other relevant HRM literature to answer the questions above.

Articles

Wage theft

Articles

https://www.vic.gov.au/wage-theft-now-crime-victoria

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-01/victoria-introduces-anti-wage-left-laws-jailtime-fines/100258354

https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/essential-worker-hero-shelf-stackers-in-pay-dispute-with-woolworths-20210726-p58d5n.html

Harassment and culture

Articles

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-01/preventing-sexual-harassment-workplace-reform/13187766

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/two-sony-music-australia-executives-stood-down-as-company-investigates-culture-20210622-p5837q.html

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/21/sony-music-australia-allegations-toxic-work-culture?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Assessment Tasks 3 will be assessed against the following criteria:

Introduction - Introduce the purpose of the report, the organisations, scope and limitations, order of the report.

Case Study 1 - Critically analyse HRM issues and apply the CIPD Model/Professional Map and contemporary refereed journal articles.

Case Study 2- Critically analyse HRM issues and apply the CIPD Model/Professional Map and contemporary refereed journal articles.

Recommendations/ Solutions for Case Study 1 and Case Study 2. Implementation plan for the recommendations.

Conclusion Solid argument to the Board of Directors to accept the report.

Research and application of referencing of the short report; format, clarity, presentation and proof-reading of report and presentation.

Assessment 3 guidance and key steps

Refer to the following steps to help you construct the core elements required in your report.

Step 1: Read each of the newspaper articles to develop an understanding of the key challenges, outcomes and potential solutions. The newspaper articles are meant to provide background and should not be used to structure the report. You can structure the report in terms of the two main case study topics and assignment questions.

Case studies

Wage theft

Harassment and culture

Q1 - How HRM is failing these organisations, their staff and other stakeholders?

You must consider how HRM is failing across two organisations/category of organisations, that is in terms of wage theft, and harassment and culture.

Step 2: Evidencing relevant peer reviewed HRM literature and/or quality newspaper articles, substantiate your ideas and assertions to develop a response to the following questions.

Q2 - What are the recommendations that you would make to enable HRM to effectively resolve the problems that are evident in these organisations?

Step 3: Apply the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Human resource Professional Map

< https://peopleprofession.cipd.org/profession-map > and your studies throughout this course to develop a response to the following.

Q3 - How could the organisations have avoided these situations in the first place?

Q4 - How would you argue for the Board of Directors of these organisations to accept the report and recommendations and the implementation plan?