7HR01 Strategic Employement Relations

Assessment brief 

Your task 

An organisation’s employment relations strategy comprises a range of influences from outside the organisation (such as long-term and short-term competitive pressures, globalisation, ownership, and institutions in your country), as well as by internal forces such as its structure, culture, mission and vision.  

Write a report for the board of your organisation that critically evaluates the effectiveness of the current employment relations strategy (or strategies) and practices in your organisation, with respect to its effectiveness in: 

1. accommodating short-term external competitive pressures (Assessment Criterion 2.2)
2. fostering positive employment relations (Assessment Criterion 1.4)
3. promoting informal and direct voice (with the implications for employee outcomes and organisational performance) (Assessment Criterion 3.3) and
4. its use of third-party options in resolving disagreements at work (Assessment Criterion 4.3). 

Within your report identify the FOUR most important areas where change is needed, justify that choice and include business-focused recommendations.  

Task 1

Write a report for the board of your organisation that critically evaluates the effectiveness of the current employment relations strategy (or strategies) and practices in your organisation, with respect to its effectiveness in; accommodating short-term external competitive pressures (Assessment Criterion 2.2) 

Task 2

Write a report for the board of your organisation that critically evaluates the effectiveness of the current employment relations strategy (or strategies) and practices in your organisation, with respect to its effectiveness in; fostering positive employment relations (Assessment Criterion 1.4) 

Task 3

Write a report for the board of your organisation that critically evaluates the effectiveness of the current employment relations strategy (or strategies) and practices in your organisation, with respect to its effectiveness in; promoting informal and direct voice (with the implications for employee outcomes and organisational performance) (Assessment Criterion 3.3)

Task 4

Write a report for the board of your organisation that critically evaluates the effectiveness of the current employment relations strategy (or strategies) and practices in your organisation, with respect to its effectiveness in; its use of third-party options in resolving disagreements at work (Assessment Criterion 4.3)