Assignment title: Information


There are two tasks in this assignment. Task one requires you to respond to specific questions about the Industrial / Employee Relations environment in Australia. Reference should be made to your unit notes, reference books (such as Jones, R Martain, S (2013) Managing Human Resource Systems edition 3) and internet research. Task two requires you to research the materials on the STAR Industries intranet and analyse these and then respond to two questions asking you to make recommendations based on these. The STAR intranet can be accessed on the OLS/Resources page for this unit's learning materials. STAR Industries is a fictitious company. Careful and thorough analysis of the materials will reveal many useful documents, reports, correspondence and discussions that have been designed to support the student with materials to use in this course. Q&A (question and answer) format is appropriate for this assignment (a formal report is not required). However, as this is a business course, at Diploma level, a professionally researched, written and presented document is expected. Your total word count for the whole assignment should be approx. 1500 words. You will be marked on the depth and quality of your research in Task 1 and the quality of your analysis and recommendations in Task 2. As a Diploma student you are required to read and research widely. You must include a bibliography with your assessment as evidence of the research you have conducted. If you provide direct quotes you should reference these both in-text and with a reference list. You must pass all three assessments in this unit to pass this unit. Your mark in this assignment contributes 30% of your total unit mark. Tasks Task 1 - I.R. Environment. Q1.1 Identify and briefly describe the roles of the key entities in the current Australian Industrial Relations system. Q1.2 List in able such as the one below, the relevant industrial, workplace health and safety, equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination legislation in federal, state and territory jurisdictions.