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HRMT20024 T2 2019 - Assessment 3 guidelines - Essay on Attracting and Retaining staff (revised)
Assessment - Essay on Attracting and Retaining staff (revised)
Purpose Students have completed the ‘Reviewing the Literature' for Assessment 2, and that material should be used towards Assessment 3, including the feedback received.
Assessment 3 will assist students to apply their learning to a particular industry sector or problem, and tailor their argument to that sector's specific challenges. It will give students the opportunity to enhance their research, analysis, critical thinking and written communication skills; particularly in the areas of argument development and essay writing.
Before starting this assessment, please read the marking criteria (at the end of this document).
Assessment
Task There are two choices (will be announced) for Essay 3 - for example, the ‘X' sector, or the ‘Y' sector.
You will write an essay on the key challenges in attracting and retaining a workforce in your selected sector.
Your essay will draw on at least five themes from Week 1 to Week 11 of this unit, being those most relevant to your selected industry sector.
Your essay will draw on the academic literature (including the articles from ‘Reviewing the Literature' you developed for Assessment 2), and develop an argument applying that literature to your selected sector.
You must cite at least ten (10) relevant peer reviewed journal articles, and 3 chapters from the Nankervis et al. (2017) textbook. You can cite other academic references such as books, conference papers, and book chapters but these will NOT be counted as part of the 10 journal articles