MMH230

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

T3 2019

Assessment One


DUE: Monday 13 January, 2020, 11.59pm AEST.

Word Limit: 3000 words (+/- 10%); word limit excludes reference list and any appendices

Value: 40% of final grade.

Assessment Task

Topic Statement:

Victoria’s Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission 2019 report, documented a 90%
increase in racial discrimination complaints in 2017-2018. In the workplace, such racial
discrimination can have significant implications for individuals, organisations and HR
practitioners.

Task:

Individually, research and write an analytical essay, using relevant human resource management
(HRM) theory, empirical research evidence and other authoritative sources to examine and
critically evaluate:
- the multicultural and ethnic diverse make-up of the Australian workforce
- the HRM challenges and potential benefits a multi-cultural and ethnically diverse
workforce creates
- the HR practices organisations need to adopt if they are to manage a multi-cultural and
ethnically diverse workforce in a strategic and productive manner, whilst also meeting the
needs of their employees.

Deakin's Bachelor of Commerce and MBA are internationally EPAS accredited.

Deakin Business School is accredited by AACSB.


Presentation:

A professional-looking document builds credibility.

Your essay should be presented in a reader-friendly way, so please ensure it:
o Has a title page
o is written in essay format
o is in 12pt font
o is 1.5 spaced with 2 cm margins on each side
o has numbered pages
o uses correct in-text referencing (Harvard system), and
o includes a reference list which is correctly formatted (Harvard system) and begins on a
new page.

Learning Outcome Details

Unit Learning Outcome (ULO) Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO)

ULO 1: Your ability to identify and explain SHRM frameworks, theories, GLO1: Discipline-specific
concepts, and processes, and the broader legal context within which knowledge and capabilities
SHRM is performed, as is appropriate to the essay topic.
GLO3: Digital literacy
ULO 3: Your ability to collect, integrate and critically analyse theoretical
and empirical information using standard research techniques and
produce a clear and logically written discussion around specific SHRM GLO4: Critical thinking
issues / scenarios, as is appropriate to the essay topic.

Assessment Feedback:

Students who submit their work by the due date will receive their marks and feedback on
CloudDeakin within 15 working days.

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Submission Instructions

You must keep a backup copy of every assignment you submit, until the marked assignment has
been returned to you. In the unlikely event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you will
need to submit your backup copy.

Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting
collusion and/or plagiarism.

When you are required to submit an assignment through your CloudDeakin unit site, you will
receive an email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should
check that you can see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment dropbox folder
after upload, and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission.

Notes

• Penalties for late submission: The following marking penalties will apply if you submit an
assessment task after the due date without an approved extension: 5% will be deducted
from available marks for each day up to five days, and work that is submitted more than five
days after the due date will not be marked. You will receive 0% for the task. 'Day' means
working day for paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions. The Unit
Chair may refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to
assess the task after the due date.
• For more information about academic misconduct, special consideration, extensions, and
assessment feedback, please refer to the document Your rights and responsibilities as a
student in this Unit in the first folder next to the Unit Guide of the Resources area in the
CloudDeakin unit site.
• Building evidence of your experiences, skills and knowledge (Portfolio) - Building a
portfolio that evidences your skills, knowledge and experience will provide you with a
valuable tool to help you prepare for interviews and to showcase to potential employers.
There are a number of tools that you can use to build a portfolio. You are provided with
cloud space through OneDrive, or through the Portfolio tool in the Cloud Unit Site, but you
can use any storage repository system that you like. Remember that a Portfolio is YOUR
tool. You should be able to store your assessment work, reflections, achievements and
artefacts in YOUR Portfolio. Once you have completed this assessment piece, add it to your
personal Portfolio to use and showcase your learning later, when applying for jobs, or
further studies. Curate your work by adding meaningful tags to your artefacts that describe
what the artefact represents.

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PLAGIARISM AND OTHER ACADEMIC OFFENCES

Plagiarism is the copying of another person's ideas or expressions and presenting them as your own
without an explicit indication of the source of the material. It includes copying written works such
as books or journals, data or images that may be presented in tables, diagrams, designs, plans,
photographs, film, music, formulae, web sites and computer programs. Plagiarism also includes the
use of the work of lecturers or other students as your own without acknowledgment.

Intention to cheat is irrelevant in determining whether plagiarism has occurred – if you pass off the
work of others as your own without acknowledgement, then you have offended, whether you knew
you were doing it or not. Even the ‘George Harrison defence’ is irrelevant in determining if
plagiarism has occurred. George’s explanation for “My Sweet Lord” sounding like “He’s So Fine” as
recorded by the Chiffons in 1962 was “I did not knowingly copy another’s work – it was just in my
head so that I assumed it was original”. George still plagiarised.

The University regards plagiarism as an extremely serious academic offence. The penalties
associated with plagiarism may be severe and extend to cancelling all marks for the specific
assessment item or for the entire unit or even exclusion from your course. These penalties are
detailed in Part 2 of Regulation 4.1 (1) Student Discipline.

It is important to realise, however, that it is certainly not an offence to use the work of others in
your work. On the contrary - a well-constructed essay or report should normally refer to and build
on the work of others for positioning, supporting and strengthening your work and advancing
knowledge. Plagiarism occurs when due recognition and acknowledgement of the work of others is
not provided. Therefore, whenever you are using another person's research or ideas (whether by
direct quotation or by paraphrasing) you must appropriately cite the source. If you are ever in
doubt about the most appropriate form of referencing, you should consult your lecturer or Student
Life.

Unauthorised collaboration is a similar offence. Unauthorised collaboration involves working with
others with the intention of deceiving examiners about who actually completed the work. If there
has been any collaboration in preparing individual assessment items, this must be disclosed. In the
case of group project work, lecturers provide guidelines on what level of collaboration is
appropriate and how the work of each participant in the project is to be assessed. If you have any
doubt about what constitutes authorised and unauthorised collaboration you should consult your
lecturer.

This link provides useful further information about these issues:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support/referencing/summarising-paraphrasing-
quoting

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ACADEMIC SKILLS – UNDERSTANDING ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

Writing style requirements

Written assessment tasks can vary from unit to unit and even within one unit. It is important that
you understand what is required of a particular writing style to maximise your chances of academic
success. Examples of writing styles used for assessment in the Faculty of Business and Law include
assignments, essays, case studies and reports. The following link to the Student Life website
provides instruction on all of these different writing styles: http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-
deakin/administrative-divisions/student-life

Referencing requirements

Referencing involves acknowledging original sources of information when producing written work.
By referencing correctly, you not only give weight to any arguments or statements made in your
work, but also avoid plagiarism.

The Student Life website provides a comprehensive guide on ‘How to Reference Your Writing’.

Research skills

The Library website provides a virtual tutorial on referencing and helpful resource guides:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/library/help/library-resource-guides.php

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