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Instructions for Assessment

Assessment task:

Read the case study.

In your group, decide on a name for your company.

Assign consultancy positions for each member.

Prepare your Group Behavioural Contract

Each group will plan and deliver a plan for action that involves the entire workshop group by using the theoretical knowledge for one IHRM area of your group's choice. The planned activity will be based on the case study and one only of the following. Your activity should be designed to address an issue in your chosen concept:

5.1 Diversity Management,
5.2 Culture,
5.3 International Performance Management. or
5.4 Training and Development.

Choose one of the four concepts for your group, and design your group Planned Activity as an interactive session, including all members of your intended audience. For example, present your Planned Activity in a way to present to a potential group of employees or attendees at a work conference how to deal with your chosen concept within a workplace. Your group might choose Culture as the concept for your Planned Activity and therefore the activity should deal with various cultures within a workplace, and your presentation should demonstrate to your audience how to implement this activity.

Make sure you use appropriate and current (ie beyond 2007) literature in your presentation, citing at least 15 references.

Working in your group:

Once you have joined a group you will complete a Group Behavioural Contract, and the conditions of this contract will apply. For instance, the contract will require you to complete a conflict resolution process, and if a member of your group has made no contribution to group work, your group is empowered to enforce the contract. This may mean the group will request a member leave the group. You are expected to self-manage your group, to ensure all members develop skills in managing group challenges. All members of the group are required to participate equally in the research, the preparation and the group activity presentation.

Assessment 1 will be based on:

Part A - Report - Group Behavioural Contract and a Written Report of Presentation (500 words by each team members)

Part B - Recorded PowerPoint Presentation - the Group Activity and Presentation Skills of the presenters, as well as meeting all elements of the marking criteria.Ideas for Group Activities

You may find this book (available as a pdf file) useful for activity ideas.

Pike B., & Busse C., (2004) 101 MORE GAMES FOR TRAINERS: A Collection of the Best Activities from Creative Training Techniques Newsletter, HRD Press.

Preparing your Group Behavioural Contract:

Prepare and submit a document detailing how your group members plan to work together. Discuss amongst your team how you are going to collaborate, what your expectations are of each other, what milestones you agree to, and what plans your group has to resolve conflicts (for example, if a group member fails to meet your agreed expectations).

Document your agreed group rules as a Group Behavioural Contract, presented in a professional manner.

The Group Behavioural Contract must be a professional document with headings and sub-headings. Each section must be in paragraph form - do not use dot points. Use the following sub-headings:

Group Name
Name and email address of each Group Member
Group Leader - this is the person responsible for submitting work on behalf of the Group.
Motivation and Expectations- what each Group Member expects from working with this Group
Ground Rules for Meetings - for example, you may have a rule that the group engages in a group forum every three days.

Agreed Communication Strategies - for example, your group may decide that communications will be via group forum, emails and text messages.
Timeframe of Agreed Milestones - for example, what actions must be done by what date, and the group member responsible for each action
Processes for Identifying and Dealing with Conflict - for example, set out the procedure you will follow to manage a group member who does not contribute.

Preparing your Group Presentation:

Your group report should be submitted as a narrated PowerPoint presentation - that is, a Powerpoint file, with a recorded voice-over for each slide, exported as a video file.
Each group member should contribute about 5 minutes of the final presentation, and introduce yourself as you start your audio narration (for example, "My name is Jillian, and I am presenting this next section...").

Attachment:- Instructions for Assessment.rar