Report on Employment Relations Length:2000 words ± 10% (including all tables and figures but excluding title page, reference list and appendixes) Reference Style:Harvard Style Document type:MS Word document only Objectives This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes numbers, 1, 2, 3 and 4 as stated in the course profile. Purpose The primary purpose of this assessment is to assist students develop skills in use of human resource management (HRM) principles, theories and models in the analysis of HR practices in organisational issues related to employment relations. The assignment requires students to analyse the current situation, identify organisational issues and suggest practical solutions related to the organisation's employment relations management. The second purpose is to give students the opportunity to further develop skills related to research, analysis, critical thinking, problem identification and academic writing. Description Assessment task 2 requires the writing of a business report. The report should be designed as a management document that can be used to implement recommended changes. It should include a comprehensive analysis of the current situation using HRM theory, models and frameworks. The report should clearly explain the various options available and analyse the consequences of these. Students are expected to engage in extensive research within the academic literature relating to human resource management. Details The assessment item is based on the case study titled Constructive Relations at Top Trucking Company (pp. 169-170) of the textbook: Human Resource Management in Australia (5th Ed., 2014) by Kramar, Bartram, De Cieri, Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart & Wright, McGraw-Hill Australia). For your convenience, scanned copy of the case is located in Moodle site. You should read, and carefully analyse, the case and respond to the issues presented in, and hidden behind, the case scenario within the context of a professionally developed business report. You are required to support your arguments with appropriate theoretical discussion and references. Tasks Case Study: Constructive Relations at Top Trucking Company (Pages 169-170 of the textbook) Based on the case scenario, answer the following questions in business format. You MUST answer all questions listed here: 1. How do the new workplace practices introduced by the new yard manager complement one another? 2. What are the risks to sustaining these changes if George or the yard manager moves on? 3. Do you think tough blue collar unions like the Transport Workers Union are more or less likely to engage in workplace changes like these than public or service sector unions? Why? How would you find out if you are right?