Objective

This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as stated in the course profile.

Purpose

The primary purpose of this assessment task is to assist students to develop skills in the use of social media in organisation, recruitment screening and change management theories and models in the analysis of a typical business situation that has organisation change concerns. The assessment task encourages exploration of the effectiveness of the HRM practices in terms of social networking, employee privacy, recruitment and performance management and multi-generational work forces in dynamic environments and how that effectiveness should be evaluated. The secondary purpose of this assignment is to give students the opportunity to enhance their research, analysis, critical thinking and written communications skills including the identification and development of an argument. Before starting this assessment, please read the marking criteria (at the end of this document) and refer to Academic Learning Center and CQU Library Help pages for the guidelines regarding writingargumentative essays. The Moodle course website also provides useful information in regard to the development of this assessment task. You should always check the course website for course-specific instructions, which may be updated continuously.

Description

Assessment task 3 requires the writing of an argumentative essay. This essay should be an ‘argumentative/ academic essay’, and must therefore contain an argument that is used as the structuring element of the paper. The assignment is based on a case study that describes the use of social media at workplace, recruitment screening, organisational culture, generational issues, legislation and change management on business activities. Students are expected to engage in

extensive research within the academic literature relating to use of social media at workplaces,  stakeholder theories, privacy, legislation, resistance to change, organisational leadership and styles of  change management. Students are expected to engage in extensive research within the academic literature relating to human resource management.

Case Study: How Social is Your Network 

Based on the above case study write an essay that answers the following questions:

1. As with most employee privacy issues, this is a simple case of needing to balance the rights of employees with the consequences for the organisation. Based on the previous statement, critically analyse the consequences of privacy issues for the organisation and employees.

2. Younger workers have a different attitude towards work than older workers, including a different attitude towards privacy, responsibility and commitment. If they wish to use social networking sites to discuss themselves and their jobs, then is it alright for employers to use these sites to glean information about them.

3. Rather than seeing the use of social networking sites by employees as an employee-versus employer, win-lose situation, a progressive employer will turn it into a win-win situation. How will this type of employer achieve this objective?