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7001 EHR Assignment Preparation 1) Essay and the Industry Project Plan: This item will require student to consider an

industry-based topic that integrates the content from various aspects of the course. The Plan is a formative piece of assessment that will allow the convenor to provide feedback on argument, content, references and writing style.

Stage 1. 300-500 words.

This is really an assignment plan. You must provide an ‘industry-based topic’. You could choose anything that you know something about here. For example, international students working in the restaurant sector in Australia. Or perhaps, something that you seek to pursue as a career after your Masters – for example, Accountant. Another option is to choose an industry sector – for example, education or mining or construction etc. From here, you must tell me what is important an interesting about your topic – that is, explain why it is an important area to research. Is it a large part of the economy? How large? Is it a culturally important issue? In what ways? Is it under-researched?

The next stage is to select a number of the topics that are discussed throughout the semester. We have many to choose from – see the course outline. Some examples include – the role of the government, unions and employer associations, diversity and equity, reward systems, performance management and more. I would suggest you select two areas to investigate fully.

Finally, put together some dot points around the topics – those areas which you would like to cover for your main assignment. Remember, I will provide feedback on your first stage assignment for you to make the main assignment of 2000 words a stronger piece of work.

There are two examples below for you to read. One is clearly much better than the other. DO NOT use my sentences – I wrote them and have read them many times over the years – just use these as examples and use your own words.

Keith

7001  EHR  –  Principles  of  Human  Resource  Management  and  Employment  Relations.     Assignment  1:  Mock  Project  plan  (300-­‐500  words).    

Introduction:    

Immediately  following  World  War  1  the  Paraguayan  government  invested  heavily  in  the   paperclip  manufacturing  sector  in  an  attempt  to  develop  the  sector  to  be  a  ‘world’s  leading’   maker  of  office  supplies,  in  particular,  the  paperclip  (Paraguayan  Ministry  of  Paperclips,   1964).  However,  as  a  land-­‐locked  country  in  South  America,  the  government’s  goal  not  only   faced  multiple  hurdles  in  geographic  and  economic  terms,  but  also  in  the  management  of   people  (Paraguay  Bureau  of  Statistics  [PBS],  2010).  Nevertheless,  the  sector  has  grown  to  be   the  second  largest  exporter  within  the  country  (PBS,  2011).  This  assignment  will  outline  the   larger  assignment  which  will  focus  on  two  components  of  Human  Resource  Management   (HRM)  and  Industrial  Relations  (IR)  within  the  paperclip  manufacturing  sector  in  Paraguay.    

The  following  section  of  this  assignment  will  outline  the  two  main  areas  of  HRM  and  IR  that   are  relevant  to  this  sector.  They  are:  unions  and  recruitment.    

 

UNIONS:    

Traditionally,  unions  have  been  seen  as  a  means  for  workers  to  come  together  and  advocate   for  improved  rights  and  working  conditions  (Johnson,  2001).  However,  the  Paraguayan   experience  is  somewhat  different  because  of  strong  state  regulation  determining  that   unions  can  only  bargain  over  wages  and  not  other  working  conditions  (Smith,  1987).  This   difference  between  what  unions  do  throughout  the  world  and  what  they  can  do  in  Paraguay   will  be  explored  throughout  the  main  assignment.  Evidence  suggest  that  unions  have  found   many  novel  ways  around  the  legislation  to  support  their  members  in  the  paperclip   manufacturing  sector  (Tollard,  2008).    

RECRUITMENT:    

Organisations  have  long  faced  a  battle  in  developing  nations  to  match  the  staff  they  recruit   with  the  skills  required  to  perform  the  work  (Holliday,  2007).  However,  this  has  not  been  the   case  in  Paraguay.  The  government  implemented  many  successful  policies  to  support   organisation  in  recruiting  the  best  paperclip  makers  from  throughout  the  world  (Smith,   2004).  Throughout  the  main  assignment  I  will  investigate  the  strategies  that  have  been   employed  within  organisations  to  match  recruitment  policies  and  practices  with  the  skills   required.    

References:    

Holliday,  A.,  (2007)  ‘Matching  Expectations:  An  Australian  Case  Study’  International  Journal   of  Recruitment,  45(2):  876-­‐987.  

Johnson,  C.,  (2001)  ‘Unions  do  what?’  International  Journal  of  Awesome  Industrial  Relations   Research,  21  (3):  545-­‐567.    

Paraguay  Bureau  of  Statistics,  (2011)  Sectoral  Statistics  in  Paraguay,  Catalogue  no   65356.8.000.  Paraguay  Government  Press,  Asuncion  

Paraguay  Bureau  of  Statistics,  (2010)  Historical  Development  and  Current  Statistics  of   National  Paperback  Sector,  Catalogue  no  40345.4.450.  Paraguay  Government  Press,   Asuncion  

Paraguayan  Ministry  of  Paperclips,  (1964)  Developing  a  Nation  on  the  Back  of  a  Paperclip,   Paraguay  Government  Press,  Asuncion.    

Smith,  J.,  (1987)  ‘What  Can  Unions  do  in  South  America?’  South  American  Journal  of   Industrial  Relations,  32  (3):  34-­‐65.    

Smith,  P.,  (2004)  ‘When  State  Intervention  Works:  The  Paraguay  Paperclip  Experiment’,   Journal  of  Everything  that  can’t  get  Published  in  Good  Journals,  1(1):  1-­‐12.    

Tollard,  U.,  (2008)  ‘Supporting  around  the  Legislation:  Union  strategy  in  the  Paperclip  Sector   in  Paraguay’,  International  Journal  of  Nonsensical  Publications,  43  (4):  45-­‐98.  

RESULT 7/10 --- NAME? PAGE NUMBERS? CONCLUSION?

7001  EHR  –  Principles  of  Human  Resource  Management  and  Industrial  Relations.     Assignment  1:  Mock  Project  plan  Version  2(300-­‐500  words).    

Introduction:    

In  this  assignment  I’m  going  to  look  at  the  way  HRM  and  IR  operate  in  the  paperclip   manufacturing  sector  in  Paraguay.  This  part  of  the  Paraguay  economy  is  the  second  largest   part  (Wikipedia,  2011).  I  will  look  at  two  areas  of  HRM  and  IR.  They  are  unions  and   recruitment.  Loudoun,  McPhail,  and  Wilkinson  (2009)  regard  unions  and  recruitment  as  two   important  parts  of  employment  relations.    

 

UNIONS:    

Unions  are  highly  regulated  in  Paraguay  and  are  different  from  unions  in  other  parts  of  the   world.  I  will  talk  about  what  they  do  in  Paraguay  for  paperclip  workers.    

RECRUITMENT:    

The  skills  required  for  making  paperclips  are  important  and  I  will  look  at  what  skills  are   required  and  how  managers  recruit  the  right  people  for  the  job.      

RESULT --- 1/10 … you can see why.