Assessment task Guide
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Individual assignment (3500 words excluding references)
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As the HR manager in a medium sized Australian accounting company with joint venture investments in China, the US and Malaysia, write a company policy covering expatriate assignments
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The policy should be based on leading practices, and cover selection, pre-departure, during assignment, and post assignment issues, including aspects addressed in Vance (2016) Chapters 6-10 (the following picture is the book, you can find e-book from the internet, you also can access from this link, if it not work, please try your ways to find the book) https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/lib/RMIT/reader.action?docID=2058294) as well as material from your readings.
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Your company’s strategy is based on the provision of quality services at a competitive (but not the lowest) price. The company has a very strong equal opportunity culture, and the policy also needs to address issues relating to women and minorities.
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The report needs to be written as a policy document, not an essay, but you must include in text references and a reference list indicating where you have sourced your best practice concepts. This list must include at least 12 quality articles (excluding the textbook). 5 of the articles need to be from academic references; the remainder can be from reputable consulting company reports.
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Some Analysis and thinking…
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Read the documents referenced in the instructions for this assignment.
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Clearly define the key terms such as inclusion and diversity
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Briefly describe the current situation?
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What does the wider HR literature tell us about inclusion and diversity?
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Identify some of the main factors that have lead to this situation.
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Policy Writing (From HR council of Canada)
Http://hrcouncil.ca/hr-toolkit/policies-guideline.cfm
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A policy is a formal statement of a principle or rule that members of an organization must follow. Each policy addresses an issue important to the organization’s mission r operations.
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A procedure tells members of the organization how to carry out or implement a policy. Policy is the “What” and the procedure is the “How to”
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Policies are written as statements or rules.
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Procedures are written as instructions, in logical steps.
This assessment is about a policy, not a procedure!
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Components of a policy
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Important points –Referencing
References – not usually included in text of a policy, but should include for this assessment to show source of the practice you are including.
Correct example:
All applicants shortlisted applicants for expatriate positions should undergo psychology testing using the XYZ interest. (Smith & Wesson 2014). For legal reasons, US candidates should not be tested (Jones 2017) but instead should submit a paper on the economic and social aspects of the country of assignment.
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Assessment Criteria for Task 3 are based on the following (a marking rubric will be provided):
- Key issues have been developed
- Synthesis of the relevant literature used.
- Ideas and assertions substantiated through use of high quality reference material and key academic perspectives/views
- Explicit linking of the literature to the policy.
- The avoidance of opinions or arguments that are not substantiated by quality references.
- Clear and comprehensive written style (spelling, grammar, syntax.)
- Appropriate Harvard style referencing (in text and list of references) refer