Assessment item 3 — Report on Performance Management
Due date: Friday 2 June, 2017, 11:55pm AEST, (Week 12)
Weighting: 45%
Length: 2000 words ±10% (excluding title page, reference list, appendices),
presented in report format
Reference Style: Author-Date Style (APA).
The task
The assessment item is based on the case study provided on the Moodle site. You should
read, and carefully analyse, the case and respond to the issues presented at the end of the
case study within the context of a professionally presented business report.
The structure
The report should be designed as a management document that can be used to implement
recommended changes. It should include a comprehensive analysis of the current situation
using HRM theory, performance management models, strategies and frameworks. The report
should clearly explain the various options available and analyse the consequences of these.
The report must have a clear structure, including headings that identify the separate sections.
If you cannot think of a structure, a generic structure would be as follows:
- Executive Summary
- Table of Contents
- Introduction/background
- Research/literature (You could have this as a separate section, or you might integrate
this information into each question section)
- Topic 1 (including literature and recommendations)
- Topic 2 (including literature and recommendations)
- Topic 3 (including literature and recommendations)
- Conclusion / summary of recommendations
- Reference list (in APA style)
Research and references
Students are expected to engage in extensive research within the academic literature relating
to strategic human resource management, performance management, employee
performances, employee feedback and other relevant theories, models and frameworks. You
will be expected to present information and evidence from, and cite, at least twelve relevant
peer-reviewed, academic journal articles, academic references.
