Via Turnitin Format: Size 12, Times new roman font, double spaced (5% penalty will apply to assignments that do not conform) Word count (+- 10%) (5% penalty will apply to assignments that do not conform) The aim of this assessment is to give students the opportunity to analyse what are effective human resource management and development strategies . Effective human resource management (HRM) or workforce management is considered by some researchers to be the single most important factor affecting organisational performance, or at least as important as financial and operational issues. It appears to be particularly important in knowledge-based organisations specialising in very complex or high-quality products such as health organisations. Length: 2,500 words Curriculum Mode: Report Agar et al. (2016), discuss in their article on “Bench marking management practices in Australian public healthcare”have found that across four broad areas of management (operations, performance monitoring, targets and people management); Queensland and NSW public hospitals lag behind international standards on people management in particular. People management is defined by Agar., et al (2016), to include the strategies of rewarding high performers, removing poor performers, promoting high performers, managing talent, retaining talent and attracting talent. The “good use of human resources”is defined as a component of operational management rather than people management. The purpose of the assignment is to address the following components in the assignment report: 1. Executive Summary 2. Table of Contents 3. Introduction 4. Summary of key findings from article above 5. Determine if the literature supports each of the strategies of people management as effective management strategies. 6. Are there other effective strategies of people management not included in the article? Support your choice with relevant reports and literature. 7. Choose two of the strategies identified in components 5 and 6 of this assignment and justify why they are the most important strategies for managers to address within the Australian public healthcare setting. You will be assessed on the following: – Capacity to present material in a well-written manner consistent with correct referencing. – Critical analysis of relevant literature in support of the topic with evidence of wise reading. – Ability to introduce the topic and findings in a well summarized Executive Summary. – Ability to identify the two most important strategies and to justify your choice. Resources: Agar, R., Green, R., Agar, N., & Rwandan, K. (2016). Bench marking management practices in Australian public healthcare. Journal of health organization and management.
