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Written Assignment 2: Short Answer Weight : 10% of your final grade Due : after you have finished Unit 7 Length : Approximately 500 words Instructions This assignment requires you to write one memo. Memo 1: Job Analysis and Design, Recruitment and Selection You are a human resource consultant. Write a 500-word memo to the manager of the organization. This memo should focus on the position your wrote about in Memo 1 in the first written assignment and draw upon the work you did in the Learning Activities in Unit 5, 6 and 7. In this memo, you should: 1. Outline the three topics you would cover when orienting the worker, including:  why you chose these topics,  the training objectives associated with them,  the method or technique you would use to achieve the objectives, and  how you would measure the result of the orientation . 2. Outline the three aspects of the position upon which you would assess the workers’ performance, including:  why you chose these aspects of the job to assess,  the performance expectations or goals for each aspect you will assess,  what appraisal method you chose and why you chose it, and  the two sources of error most likely to affect your appraisal. 3. The wages and benefits that should be provided for this position and why you are making this recommendation. Ensure that you use appropriate course concepts, theories, and terminology in your memo. Instructions

1. This assignment requires you write one memo of approximately 500 words. Full sentences and paragraphs are required, although you may use bulleted or numbered lists where they increase clarity. 2. Before writing the memo, consult the tipsheet “Writing Memos” at the bottom of the HRMT 386 course website. 3. Ensure that you use appropriate course concepts, theories, and terminology in your memo. 4. Clearly reference the source of any information that you paraphrase or quote directly, including material you find in the Study Guide . Please use APA Style. For help on using APA format, visit OWL at Purdue University – Using APA Format or consult the AU Centre for Psychology APA Style Tutorial . 5. Before you start your assignment, review the information about interpretations of and penalties for plagiarism and academic misconduct in the Athabasca University Calendar . Contact your tutor if you have any questions about this assignment or about properly citing material that you are paraphrasing or quoting directly.

Written Assignment 3: Case Study Weight : 30% of your final grade Due : after you have finished Unit 9 Length : 1200 words: 700-word memo, 500-word analysis Case You are an HR practitioner for a public library. The library employees are represented by the Civil Service Union (CSU). There is a collective agreement between the library and CSU that expires one year from now. One of the employee groups in the bargaining unit are student pages. Student pages are high-school students who are under the age of 18. They perform a variety of clerical tasks in libraries on a part-time basis. The collective agreement between CSU and the Library sets out the terms and conditions of the pages’ employment. The relevant passage reads: Student Pages The rates of pay for student pages shall be as follows:  Step 1: Minimum wage plus 10%  Step 2: Minimum wage plus 20%  Step 3: Minimum wage plus 30% Minimum wage means the minimum wage established from time to time by the provincial government. Employment as a student page shall terminate on the 18 th birthday of a student page or their graduation from Grade 12, whichever is first. Job Duties : The main duties and responsibilities of a Student Page are:  Sort library materials, load materials onto book trucks, and shelve materials.  Gather unshelved material and re-shelve it.  Straighten shelves and check to ensure books are correctly shelved.  Check in returned materials and process holds, although such work shall not constitute more than 50% of their workload. Pay Administration : Student pages shall serve a six (6) month probationary period. A successful annual performance appraisal shall make a page eligible to move up one step on the pay grid.

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Vacation : Student pages are entitled to two (2) weeks of vacation. Other Leaves and Benefits : Student pages are not eligible for the other leave provisions or the benefits outlined in the collective agreement. The library employees approximately 100 student pages, with roughly 33 pages aging-out of the program each year. The newly elected conservative government has introduced legislation that rolls back various labour law entitlements effective next week. One of the changes is the introduction of a new minimum wage for youth under 18 that is $2 per hour lower than the $15 per hour minimum wage for workers aged 18 and over. Under these changes, the pages’ wages will be reduced. For example, at present, pages on step 1 earn $16.50 per hour ($15 plus 10%). Next week, these pages will earn $14.30 per hour ($13 plus 10%). This is a 13.3% reduction in their hourly pay. The HR manager, Ashok Kumar, is concerned that lowering the pages’ wages poses organizational risks that he must draw to the attention of the library’s senior executives. The HR Manager directs you to write a memo to him regarding this change. Your memo must: 1. Summarize the issue. 2. Identify at least two organizational risks associated with lowering the wages paid to student pages. 3. Identify at least one option that would allow the library to avoid lowering the wages of student pages and the risk(s) associated with the option(s) you developed. 4. Recommend a course of action (either lower the pages’ wages or adopt an option to avoid lowering the pages’ wages) and provide a rationale for your recommendation. Write a 700-word memo to the HR manager in response to this request by the end of the week. Ensure that you use appropriate course concepts, theories, and terminology in your memo. Instructions 1. This assignment has two components: a. a memo of approximately 700 words. b. a 500-word reflection and analysis of your memo. Full sentences and paragraphs are required, although you may use bulleted or numbered lists where they increase clarity. 2. Before writing the memo, consult the tipsheet “Writing Memos” at the bottom of the HRMT 386 course website. When writing the memo, consider the different

options available to the employer and the pros and cons of each. Then begin drafting your memo. 3. After writing your memo, reflect on and analyze your memo, and address the following questions in about 500 words: a. What organizational goal(s) were you trying to achieve in writing this memo? b. Why did you make the recommendation that you made? Specifically, what factors did you consider in making your recommendation? c. How do you think the union will react if the library decides to lower the wages of student pages? d. How do you think student pages will react if the library decides to lower the wages of student pages? Clearly reference the source of any information that you paraphrase or quote directly, including material you find in the Study Guide . Please use APA Style. For help on using APA format, visit OWL at Purdue University – Using APA Format or consult the AU Centre for Psychology APA Style Tutorial . 4. Before you start your assignment, review the information about interpretations of and penalties for plagiarism and academic misconduct in the Athabasca University Calendar . Contact your tutor if you have any questions about this assignment or about properly citing material that you are paraphrasing or quoting directly.

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