TOPIC 7.2 HUMAN RESOURSE MANAGEMENT
TOPIC 7.2 HUMAN RESOURSE MANAGEMENT
Purpose
This assessment is designed for you to learn about teamwork through:
reaching out and meeting other students studying MMM132
experiencing and reflecting on teamwork
sharing your various friendly, leadership, research, technical, creative, and personal skills and abilities
examining management theories that help us understand ideas about diversity, plurality, and teamwork
working together to cite and apply Deakin Harvard referencing rules
Assignment Task:
Select any ONE MMM132 examinable Learning Outcome (LO) from weeks 5-10. See a copy of LOs you can choose from in Assignment 2 Folder in Readings & Resources section.
Work as a virtual team to prepare and submit one PowerPoint slide deck of 12 slides, with each slide as follows:
Slide 1: State the weekly topic to which team’s LO relates (for example Topic 6: Human Resource Management) AND list of team member names, Deakin College ID, Class Number, percentage contribution of each team member (names must be included to be awarded the team grade
Slide 2: Statement of the ONE selected Learning Outcome from weeks 5-10, and proposed MMM132 exam question based on the selected Learning Outcome.
Slide 3: Summarised answer to the proposed exam question as developed by the team. This PPT slide must include definitions, explanations, applications/examples, critical analysis, and citations
Slide 4: Describe how the diversity of team members was used to complete this presentation.
Slide 5: Describe the storming stage of Tuckman’s model experienced by your team and evaluate how effective this stage was in establishing your team norms.
Slide 6: Describe and evaluate the effectiveness of the leadership (or lack of leadership) in your team
Slide 7: Provide a table that summarises your team meetings, attendances, decisions, and actions.
Slide 8: Reference list.
Remaining slides: Each team member to provide one personal slide (one slide each):
reflecting on what worked well in their teamwork and what could be improved for future teamwork
identifying their role and contribution to the functioning of the team processes and the teamwork
identifying two personal actions they will take to improve their contribution to future teamwork
Ideas in Slides 2 – 6 must link to theoretical definitions and explanations. Theory is optional in other slides. Try to avoid more than 5-6 dot points per slide with the exception of ‘remaining slides’ (after slide 8).
Team progress reports: Teams may be asked to provide a progress report prior to submission date.
Learning Outcomes:
This task allows you to demonstrate achievement towards the unit Learning Outcomes listed in the Unit Outline as follows:
ULO1: Define and explain managerial theory and practice in contemporary organisations.
ULO4: Explain theories of teamwork using team presentation skills and technologies and apply them to your own and the team’s work.
