Assignment Task

Part A - Overview

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to develop their understanding of human resource management concepts and practices. The assignment aims to assess the student`s ability to analyze job requirements, develop selection criteria, and design an effective recruitment and selection plan for one of three target roles. By completing this assignment, students can enhance their knowledge and skills related to recruitment and selection processes, which are essential for managing human resources in organizations.

Understanding these processes will assist students in their future job applications and when recruiting staff in their future management roles.

Knowledge: Through this assignment, students can gain valuable knowledge related to recruitment and selection practices, which are essential for effective human resource management. Students will:

• Learn about the importance of job analysis and job descriptions in developing effective selection criteria.
• Develop knowledge related to various recruitment methods and strategies, such as advertising, interviewing, psychometric assessment, and employee referrals.
• Gain insight into decision-making strategies for selection.

Skills: Students will apply various skills to complete the task successfully. Students will develop:

• Research skills to identify the job requirements, target audience, and analyze the job market to create an effective recruitment plan.
• Analytical skills to select recruitment and selection techniques and strategies and determine their likely impact on organizational performance.
• Critical thinking skills to identify potential biases and design selection criteria that are fair, transparent, and aligned with organizational goals.
• Communication skills to present their findings and recommendations clearly.

Part B - Target roles, 2024 S1

The position will be a low volume or specialized role or position, of high value to the organization, with few qualified potential applicants, although there may be a large number of applicants who are not qualified. Like the options for the literature review, you must select one of the following for this assignment, not necessarily the same as

1. Early childhood teachers: Support the development and education of young children, such as in preschools, childcare centers, early intervention services, or community programs.
2. Occupational therapist: Help individuals of all ages overcome challenges and develop the skills needed for daily living, e.g., in hospitals and rehabilitation centers, schools, pediatric clinics, mental health facilities, or community-based programs.
3. Video game OR gamification developer: Who create interactive and engaging experiences for IT users, such as in video game studios, educational institutions, corporate training and development, advertising and marketing agencies, or technology and software companies.

Part C - The task: Report guidelines

Imagine you are an HR consultant working with a client, or an HR manager within the organization. Your task is to develop a plan that demonstrates your understanding of strategic and operational recruitment and selection issues within a business context. You are to develop a start-to-finish plan for the recruitment and selection process that you recommend be implemented for the next time this role is to be recruited by this organization.

Each of the above roles varies widely depending on the specific context, so you need to describe exactly what you want from THIS role in THIS organization. You are to invent a fictitious organization and describe the specific role in that organization. You may base your work on something you have experienced, read, or heard about, and you may call or interview others to help you better understand the role. You are not required to consider the remuneration, compensation, or potential industrial relations implications of this role, as many students will not have studied these.

Part D - Internet, AI use and policy

The primary source for this assignment is your prescribed textbook, lectures, and tutorial discussions. To save time on some elements, however, you are encouraged to use the internet, Google and/or artificial intelligence (AI) to help create this report. Some AI tools are good summaries and their conversational tone makes them easy to read, which will assist your learning. However, they are not always accurate, complete or appropriate for a particular context, perspective or level of analysis. This assignment challenges you to be better than the AI tools available to you. You are expected to build on and improve upon AI’s responses, to ensure your report is precisely tailored to the context you have described. Students who use AI (e.g., ChatGPT) to assist their learning in this assignment must recognize and acknowledge AI`s limits including:

1. First, take the perspective that you cannot trust anything AI gives you. Assume any number or fact is wrong unless you either know the answer or can check it with another You are responsible for any errors or omissions. That means you need to confirm any advice you use from AI.
2. Second, and outside the word count for this assignment, you must acknowledge your use of AI by including a paragraph at the end of this assignment explaining what you used the AI to search for, generate or produce, and what specific prompts you used to get the results:
   • Keep annotated records of PDFs of the actual academic papers/reports/other sources on which you’ve based your work.
   • Keep evidence of your working timeline for the assessment (e.g. a history through Google docs).
3. Third, if you use AI then you must include AI citations and/or references as usual at the end of your Failure to appropriately cite your use of AI is a violation of academic honesty policies.

Part E - Length, writing and presentation style, citations and referencing:

Length: The maximum report length is 2,000 words, plus your job description and advertisement but excluding any references if you use them. Include your word count at the end of the report.

Part F - Due dates, late submissions and special consideration

Due: The report is to be submitted electronically through Turnitin by midnight on the Sunday of Week 12 but may be submitted earlier. Because all the information you require is available from the first day of this unit, it is unlikely an extension will be granted for this assignment. Students are strongly advised to commence work on this assignment early in the You can resubmit your assignment until the due date if you are not happy with your similarity score or wish to revise your report. Include your revised version number in the filename.

Late Submission: Unless an application for Special Consideration has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.

Special Consideration: To request an extension on the due date/time for a timed or non-timed assessment task, you must submit a Special Consideration application within 5 (five) business days of the due date and time. An application for Special Consideration does not guarantee approval. The approved extension date for a student becomes the new due date for that Late submission penalties above then apply as of the new due date.

Part G- Turnitin submission

Turnitin: Reports will be marked electronically. Students must submit an electronic copy of the report to the university’s plagiarism checking software, Turnitin. Title your document with your surname and student number, e.g., Smith20062007. Turnitin can be found on the subject’s iLearn website under “Assignments”. Note: In the submitted copy to Turnitin, please DO include your references.