Unit: Managing employment relations
Assessment Topics
Unit: Managing employment relations
Description
Articulate a portfolio vision, develop a plan, document decision-making and any challenges encountered, and reflect on achievements. Showcase instances of seeking feedback, providing concrete examples of integration.
Overview
This activity serves as your roadmap to crafting a portfolio that meets the following deliverables:
Activity completion. Ensure the successful completion of all nine activities according to the provided guidelines and objectives.
Portfolio submission. Compile and submit the portfolio by the specified deadline, adhering to formatting and documentation requirements.
Documentation of feedback. Showcase evidence of seeking and incorporating feedback for each activity. This may include records of feedback received, specific suggestions, and examples of how the feedback influenced revisions.
Alignment with assessment criteria. Confirm alignment with the assessment rubric, ensuring that the completed activities collectively address the specified descriptors.
Unified presentation. Present the portfolio as a unified and cohesive body of work, emphasising a consistent and professional writing style.
Include credible information. Showcase a commitment to including credible information that is current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Within this framework, you will articulate a clear vision for your portfolio. As you develop a detailed plan, your focus will be on outlining specific steps, identifying potential obstacles, documenting decision-making processes, and reflecting on your achievements. Acknowledging the significance of feedback in refining your work, you will also record instances of seeking input and demonstrate how you have integrated it into your portfolio. This structured and purposeful approach ensures a comprehensive portfolio development experience, allowing you to showcase not only your ability to plan and adapt but also to solve problems and meet deliverables.
Key Components of the Activity
Articulating a vision. Write a vision statement for your portfolio that is ambitious (a challenge that you must strive to achieve), feasible (within the realm of what is possible), broad (a big picture of what you want to achieve), and strategic (an ideal future state that is relevant to you).
Outlining steps to success. Complete theSteps to Successtable. In theWhatcolumn, clearly define and outline the specific tasks, actions, or milestones necessary to achieve your vision. This column serves as the foundation, detailing the components of your plan. TheHowcolumn is dedicated to strategising and planning the methods or approaches you will employ to accomplish each task identified in theWhatcolumn. Here, you articulate the action steps, resources, and techniques required for success. Time is a valuable resource, and theWhencolumn is where you establish a timeline for your tasks. Specify deadlines, milestones, or a chronological order to create a structured plan of when each step will be executed. This column ensures accountability and helps you stay on track.
Analysing. Complete a SWOT analysis using the table provided. Conducting an effective SWOT analysis involves a comprehensive and honest assessment of internal strengths and weaknesses, along with external opportunities and threats. To enhance the analysis, regularly revisit and update your analysis as circumstances change.
Supporting resources. Supporting resources play a crucial role in realizing your vision. Identify and list key individuals, relevant journals, online resources, and potential workshops in the table that align with your goals. Leverage these resources for knowledge, guidance, and skill enhancement, enhancing your journey toward achieving your vision.
Documenting feedback. Documenting feedback is essential for continuous improvement. Create a systematic approach to record feedback received in weeks four, six, and eight. Include specifics about the feedback, note any actionable insights, and detail how you plan to integrate this feedback into your portfolio using the table. Regularly revisit and update this documentation to ensures a responsive and adaptive approach to your portfolio.
Overcoming challenges. Overcoming challenges involves a structured approach captured in the provided table. First, clearly describe the challenge faced, emphasising its impact on your vision. Record the date when the challenge emerged to establish a chronological context. In theAddressing the Challengecolumn, outline the specific strategies, actions, or adaptations implemented to overcome the obstacle.
Reflecting on your achievements. Take time to assess and document your accomplishments, considering the skills acquired, challenges overcome, and the impact of your efforts. Reflect on how these achievements align with your vision, and identify lessons learned that can inform your future endeavors.
Activity 1: Planning Your Portfolio
Description
Articulate a portfolio vision, develop a plan, document decision-making and any challenges encountered, and reflect on achievements. Showcase instances of seeking feedback, providing concrete examples of integration.
Overview
This activity serves as your roadmap to crafting a portfolio that meets the following deliverables:
Activity completion. Ensure the successful completion of all nine activities according to the provided guidelines and objectives.
Portfolio submission. Compile and submit the portfolio by the specified deadline, adhering to formatting and documentation requirements.
Documentation of feedback. Showcase evidence of seeking and incorporating feedback for each activity. This may include records of feedback received, specific suggestions, and examples of how the feedback influenced revisions.
Alignment with assessment criteria. Confirm alignment with the assessment rubric, ensuring that the completed activities collectively address the specified descriptors.
Unified presentation. Present the portfolio as a unified and cohesive body of work, emphasising a consistent and professional writing style.
Include credible information. Showcase a commitment to including credible information that is current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Within this framework, you will articulate a clear vision for your portfolio. As you develop a detailed plan, your focus will be on outlining specific steps, identifying potential obstacles, documenting decision-making processes, and reflecting on your achievements. Acknowledging the significance of feedback in refining your work, you will also record instances of seeking input and demonstrate how you have integrated it into your portfolio. This structured and purposeful approach ensures a comprehensive portfolio development experience, allowing you to showcase not only your ability to plan and adapt but also to solve problems and meet deliverables.
Key Components of the Activity
Articulating a vision. Write a vision statement for your portfolio that is ambitious (a challenge that you must strive to achieve), feasible (within the realm of what is possible), broad (a big picture of what you want to achieve), and strategic (an ideal future state that is relevant to you).
Outlining steps to success. Complete theSteps to Successtable. In theWhatcolumn, clearly define and outline the specific tasks, actions, or milestones necessary to achieve your vision. This column serves as the foundation, detailing the components of your plan. TheHowcolumn is dedicated to strategising and planning the methods or approaches you will employ to accomplish each task identified in theWhatcolumn. Here, you articulate the action steps, resources, and techniques required for success. Time is a valuable resource, and theWhencolumn is where you establish a timeline for your tasks. Specify deadlines, milestones, or a chronological order to create a structured plan of when each step will be executed. This column ensures accountability and helps you stay on track.
Analysing. Complete a SWOT analysis using the table provided. Conducting an effective SWOT analysis involves a comprehensive and honest assessment of internal strengths and weaknesses, along with external opportunities and threats. To enhance the analysis, regularly revisit and update your analysis as circumstances change.
Supporting resources. Supporting resources play a crucial role in realising your vision. Identify and list key individuals, relevant journals, online resources, and potential workshops in the table that align with your goals. Leverage these resources for knowledge, guidance, and skill enhancement, enhancing your journey toward achieving your vision.
Documenting feedback. Documenting feedback is essential for continuous improvement. Create a systematic approach to record feedback received in weeks four, six, and eight. Include specifics about the feedback, note any actionable insights, and detail how you plan to integrate this feedback into your portfolio using the table. Regularly revisit and update this documentation to ensures a responsive and adaptive approach to your portfolio.
Overcoming challenges. Overcoming challenges involves a structured approach captured in the provided table. First, clearly describe the challenge faced, emphasising its impact on your vision. Record the date when the challenge emerged to establish a chronological context. In theAddressing the Challengecolumn, outline the specific strategies, actions, or adaptations implemented to overcome the obstacle.
Reflecting on your achievements. Take time to assess and document your accomplishments, considering the skills acquired, challenges overcome, and the impact of your efforts. Reflect on how these achievements align with your vision, and identify lessons learned that can inform your future endeavors.
Articulating Your Vision
Envision your portfolio as a powerful tool that communicates your academic journey. What is the main purpose of your portfolio, and how will it contribute to your development? Consider the specific achievements and knowledge you want to showcase, the narrative you aim to convey, and the impact you hope to make on those who view it.
Write a vision statement that encapsulates your future aspirations as they relate to the portfolio. (Word count: 150 (Max 150)
Activity 2: Institutions
Scenario
Benita has worked as the only female Project Manager at Green & Blacks for five-years. Green & Blacks is a Perth based national system employer with over 30 employees, the majority of whom are male. Throughout her employment, Benita and her nine-year-old son, for whom she has sole custody,experienced various instances of domestic violence by her former husband.
In December 2022, Benita asked her manager, Emma, for paid time off work to care for her son following an incident involving her former husband. Upon her return to work in early January 2023, Benita had to leave work early due to a further domestic violence incident, which she reported to the police. This incident prompted Benita to ask Emma for a further period of paid time off until the end of January 2023 so that she could care for her son until school returned from holidays.
Emma met with Benita to discuss her latest request. Despite having knowledge of Benita'scircumstances, Emma told Benita that her "repeated absences" had impacted project timelines and that she had received numerous complaints from customers. Emma also raised a complaint against Benita made by a colleague. Edward, who had made the complaint, claimed that Benita had sworn at him in front of a customer on more than one occasion. In the complaint, Edward described Benita's behaviour as "intimidating and hostile." Towards the end of the meeting, Emma said: "we just can't have women taking time off when they feel like it. It's not sustainable or fair when we employ so many men. They aren't asking for time off to deal with personal issues."
Soon after the meeting, Benita received the following email from Emma:
Dear Benita,
I am writing to inform you that, after careful consideration, I have made the decision to terminate your employment with Green & Blacks, effective immediately, due to the following reasons:
Repeated and extended periods of absence from work.
Regularly failing to complete work in accordance with business needs.
Engaging in unacceptable workplace behaviours.
Bullying and harassing other staff members.
While I understand that you have been dealing with personal challenges, including instances of domestic violence, and I sympathise with your situation, I must prioritise the overall needs of Green & Blacks and the team.
You will be paid four weeks' pay in lieu of notice.
I wish you the best in your future endeavors, and hope that you find the support you need during this difficult time.
Kind regards,
Emma Pickles
Director, Green & Blacks
After reading the email, Benita comes to the conclusion that her dismissal is unfair. However, she does not know who to complain to or how. Benita approaches you for advice, considering all the issues faced leading up to and including her dismissal.
Sources of Information to Support Your Mapping
Add current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate information that supports your flow chart diagram.
Flow Chart Diagram
Add your flow chart diagram below, mapping all available complaint pathways for Benita whose employment with Green & Blacks has been terminated.
Activity 3: System of Law
Description
Create a systems of law quiz and answer sheet, which will test whether others fully understand the legal frameworks, structures, and principles that govern work and employment in Australia. Support the quiz and answer sheetwith information that is current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Overview
In this activity, you will create a quiz to assess whether a HR professional has knowledge of the legal frameworks, structures, and principles that govern work and employment in Australia.The quiz and answer sheet will serve as a valuable self-assessment tool, enabling a HR professional to evaluate their understanding of Australian systems of law.
Relevant Unit Modules
Module 3: Australia's workplace relations systemModule 5: Laws and rights in the regulation and management of work and employmentModule 6: Contemporary issues in the regulation and management of work and employmentKey Components of the Activity
Developing your quiz.Develop a quiz that covers key aspects of Australia's system of employment law, including the components of employment law, national and state jurisdictions.
Finding credible sources of information to support your quiz.Review theLibrary resources onfinding sources of information,identifying credible sources, the bespokeLibrary Guide for the School of Business and Law, and theBusiness Library Resources Tip Sheet. These resources are designed to help you with search techniques, smart searching, and recognising information that iscurrent, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Including credible sources of information.As this is a practical and applied activity, your supporting information may include a combination of peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly books, published research data sets, and non-scholarly works such as news, general websites, blogs, government documents and publications, public speeches.The objective is to demonstrate where the information included in your quiz and answer sheet is from. Screenshots which document your research process are also acceptable.
Writing you quiz questions.Ensure the quiz includes a)Three true or false questions; b) Five multiple choice questions (with a minimum of three possible answers); and c) Two short-answer questions.
Ensuring coverage.Cover a broad spectrum of topics relevant to HR practice in the quiz, such as anti-discrimination laws, workplace rights, and any recent legislative changes.
Writing your answer sheet.Create an answer sheet that includes a key for the comprehension questions and dot-point suggested responses for the short-answer questions.
Quiz Questions
Add your quiz questions, including a)Three true or false questions; b) Five multiple choice questions (with a minimum of three possible answers); and c) Two short-answer questions.
Add current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate information that supports your quiz.
Activity 4: Processes
Description
Create an action plan for settling the dispute in a given case study from the employers perspective, considering available employment relations processes in Australia.Support the chosen processwith information that is current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Overview
In this activity, you will develop an action plan fromthe employer's perspectiveto settle the dispute in the provided case study. As an essential part of HR practice,this activity encourages a strategic approach to address the conflict by choosing and describing one appropriate employment relations process(i.e. bargaining, unilateral employer action, employee participation and involvement, employee engagement, or third-party intervention). You will support your chosen process withinformation that is current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Relevant Unit Modules
Module 4: Employment relations processesModule 9: Managing workplace conflictKey Components of the Activity
Reviewing the case study.Begin by thoroughly examining the case study to understand the nuances of the dispute. Identify key issues, perspectives, and relevant details that will inform your action plan.
Understanding available processes.Consider the different processes available for dispute resolution in Australia, including bargaining, unilateral action, participation and involvement, engagement, and third-party intervention.
Decision-making.Decide which process you believe will be most effective in resolving the dispute from the employer's perspective.
Finding credible sources of information to support your chosen process.Review theLibrary resources onfinding sources of information,identifying credible sources, the bespokeLibrary Guide for the School of Business and Law, and theBusiness Library Resources Tip Sheet. These resources are designed to help you with search techniques, smart searching, and recognising information that iscurrent, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Including credible sources of information.As this is a practical and applied activity, your supporting information may include a combination of peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly books, published research data sets, and non-scholarly works such as news, general websites, blogs, government documents and publications, public speeches.The objective is to use information that strengthens the validity and reliability of your chosen process.Screenshots which document your research process are also acceptable.
Creating the action plan.Describe the steps involved in your chosen process to settle the dispute, including a realistic timeline for implementing the plan that recognises the urgency of resolving the conflict efficiently and effectively.Detail the desired outcome for each step - i.e., what you hope the step will achieve towards the overall goal of settling the dispute.
Choose the Process
Select the process you believe will be most effective in resolving the dispute from the employer's perspective from the list below.
Bargaining
Unilateral employer action
Employee participation and involvement
Employee engagement
Third-party intervention
Activity 5: Rights at Works
Description
Complete the Fair Work Ombudsman Workplace Basics Course and write a short reflection about the knowledge or skills gained, and relevance of the activity to employment relations in practice.
Overview
In this activity, you will engage with the Fair Work Ombudsman's Workplace Basics Course, a fundamental resource in understanding key aspects of employment relations in Australia. Upon completing the course, you will summarise the knowledge and skills gained in a brief written reflection, considering the relevance of the activity to employment relations in practice.
Relevant Unit Modules
Module 5: Laws and rights in the regulation and management of work and employmentModule 6: Contemporary issues in the regulation and management of work and employmentKey Components of the Activity
Completing the course.Complete theWorkplace Basics Courseprovided by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The course has seven modules to test your knowledge of workplace rights and obligations in Australia. Each module contains a series of questions on common workplace issues. You will get a score for each module you complete, as well as useful feedback, and links to more resources.
Adding your certificate of completion.When you have completed all modules, you will download your certificate of completion and attach it to your reflection.
Reflecting on your knowledge and Skills.Reflect on the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the course. Consider how the content has enhanced your understanding of employment relations, workplace rights, and legal frameworks, and identify specific areas where your knowledge has deepened.
Considering relevance to employment relations in practice.Considerthe relevance of the course content to real-world employment relations scenarios. Discuss how the knowledge and skills acquired are applicable in practical situations, emphasising their importance in fostering fair and compliant workplaces. This could be based on your own experiences of work and employment in Australia or an Australian organisation you are familiar with.
Writing your reflection.Write a What? So What? What Now? reflection capturing your thoughts on the course. Use examples to illustrate how the new knowledge has influenced your understanding or actions in workplace-related situations. For support with structuring, writing, and organising your reflectionreview theReflective Assignments Guide.
Activity 6: Workplace Sexual Harassment
Description
Complete the Fair Work Commission Workplace Sexual Harassment Course and write a short reflection about the knowledge or skills gained, and relevance of the activity to employment relations in practice.
Overview
In this activity, you will engage with the Fair Work Commission's Workplace Sexual Harassment Course. The course is designed to reduce the risk of workplace sexual harassment occurring, and to help people respond if they experience or witness workplace sexual harassment.Upon completing the course, you will summarise the knowledge and skills gained in a brief written reflection, considering the relevance of the activity to employment relations in practice.
Relevant Unit Modules
Module 5: Laws and rights in the regulation and management of work and employmentModule 6: Contemporary issues in the regulation and management of work and employment
Key Components of the Activity
Completing the course.Complete theWorkplace Sexual Harassment Courseprovided by the Fair Work Commission. Through the course,you will a) explore what workplace sexual harassment is, and who is most likely to experience it; b) find examples of the types of actions and behaviours involved; c) interact with a case study that shows the impacts of workplace sexual harassment on those that experience and witness it; and d) learn about the role of the Fair Work Commission in dealing with sexual harassment.
Adding your certificate of completion.To access a certificate of completion for the course, make sure that you havecreated an accountand havelogged inbefore you start. You will need to upload your certificate to complete this activity.
Reflecting on knowledge and skills.Reflect on the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the course. Consider how the content has enhanced your understanding of employment relations, workplace rights, and legal frameworks, and identify specific areas where your knowledge has deepened.
Considering relevance to employment relations in practice.Considerthe relevance of the course content to real-world employment relations scenarios. Discuss how the knowledge and skills acquired are applicable in practical situations, emphasising their importance in fostering fair and compliant workplaces. This could be based on your own experiences of work and employment in Australia or an Australian organisation you are familiar with.
Writing your reflection.Write a What? So What? What Now? reflection capturing your thoughts on the course. Use examples to illustrate how the new knowledge has influenced your understanding or actions in workplace-related situations. For support with structuring, writing, and organising your reflectionreview theReflective Assignments Guide.
Activity 7: Actors In Employment
Description
Identify your own perspective on employment relations, annotate a given case study, and complete a table to delineate the interests and perspectives of each actor. Explain your position on the dispute by specifying whether you support the employer, union, or have a nuanced stance. Support your position withinformation that is current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Overview
In this activity, you will engage in a review of a case study through a structured process. First, specify your perspective (i.e., neoliberal-egoist, critical, unitarist, or pluralist) on employment relations. This is the frame of reference through which youseethe employment relationship, understand and explain employment relations. Next, annotate the case study to identify interests, including goals, concerns, and motivations, as well as perspectives held by each actor involved. Following this annotation, complete a table classifying the identified interests and perspectives of each actor in a clear and concise manner. Finally, outline your personal position on the dispute, specifiying whether you support the employer, union, or have a nuanced stance and explain your position using information that is current, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Viewing employment relations from different perspectives and understanding that others may respond to the same set of facts and circumstances in different ways, is a core skill for HR professionals. This is important for understanding rulemaking, the underpinning thinking of policy-making and employment relations more generally.
Access the case studyhere.
Relevant Unit Modules
Module 2: Theories and perspectives in employment relationsModule 4: Employment relations processesModule 9: Managing workplace conflictKey Components of the Activity
Identifying your perspective.Review the different perspectives on employment relations, including neoliberal-egoist, critical, unitarist, or pluralist outlined inModule 2. Specify the frame of referencethrough which youseethe employment relationship, understand and explain employment relations.
Reading the case.Read the entire case study from start to finish to get an initial sense of the overall content. After the initial reading, go back and reread sections that may need additional attention or clarification. This can help ensure a thorough understanding.
Annotating the case.Annotate the case, using highlighting, underlining, and margin notes to mark key information, such as the names of actors, key events, dates, and any clues about the interests and perspectives of each actor. You can access an example of an annotated texthere.
Completing the table.Use the insights gained from your annotation to complete the provided table. Classify the identified interests and perspectives of each actor in the case study. Ensure that the table captures a comprehensive list of interests, encompassing goals, concerns, motivations, and perspectives (neoliberal-egoist, critical, unitarist, and pluralist) of each actor in the case study.
Decision-Making.Decide whether you support the employer, union, or have a nuanced stance on the dispute. Your position should be clear, as it relates to your perspective (i.e., neoliberal-egoist, critical, unitarist, pluralist) - i.e., the frame through which youseethe employment relationship.
Finding credible sources of information to support your position.Review theLibrary resources onfinding sources of information,identifying credible sources, the bespokeLibrary Guide for the School of Business and Law, and theBusiness Library Resources Tip Sheet. These resources are designed to help you with search techniques, smart searching, and recognising information that iscurrent, relevant, authoritative, and accurate.
Including credible sources of information.As this is a practical and applied activity, your supporting information may include a combination of peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly books, published research data sets, and non-scholarly works such as news, general websites, blogs, government documents and publications, public speeches.The objective is to use information that strengthens the validity and reliability of your position.Screenshots which document your research process are also acceptable.
Explaining your position on the dispute.Write a short explanation of your position in oneacademic paragraph. Outline the key reasons behind your stance with reference to examples from the case study.Integrate others ideas,quote,paraphrase, orsynthesisecurrent, relevant, authoritative, andaccurateinformation to substantiate your position.
Referencing.Use theAPA 7th Edition referencing styleto include a full end-text reference for all information cited.
Your Perspective
Select from the list below the frame of reference that best represents how youseethe employment relationship, understand and explain employment relations.
Neoliberal-egoist
Critical
Unitarist
Pluralist
Activity 8: Strategies, Policies and Management Practices
Description
Identify the management style in a given case study, before writing a short-answer response to four questions about how the identified style informs and influences an organisation's strategy, policy, and management practices.
Overview
In this activity you will identify Atlassian's distinctive management style. This includes underlying values (beliefs about what is important), characteristics (e.g., loyalty, generosity), and attitudes (positive, negative) that serve as guiding principlesboth explicit and implicitestablishing boundaries and providing direction for management actions in employee treatment and event handling. With this knowledge, you will explain how this style actively shapes and influences policies and management practices at Atlassian. This will be achieved through a series of four focused questions, prompting a concise short-answer response.
Understanding management styles is crucial for HR professionals in navigating employment relations effectively. The nuances of management style are intricately tied to broader frameworks of unitarism, pluralism, neoliberal-egoism, and critical frames of reference. For instance, organisations embracing a unitarist perspective can be either authoritarian or paternalistic in their attitudes, which can have a major impact on management style. In contrast, those adopting a pluralist perspective prioritise collective relationships, acknowledging the inevitability of conflicts but emphasizing the cultivation of cooperative and constructive relations among interest groups. This distinction manifests in divergent employment relations strategies, policies, and day-to-day management practices. With this knowledge, HR professionals can contribute to creating an environment where employees thrive, conflicts are effectively managed, and the organisation's overall performance is optimised.
Relevant Unit Module
Module 4: Employment relations processesModule 7: Organisational strategies policies, and management practices in employment relationsKey Components of the Activity
Understanding Life at Atlassian.Review all the information provided in the case study.Take notes as you watch or read, focusing on explicit mentions of values, statements or behaviours that represent characteristics, and implicit verbal and non-verbal cues that reflect positive or negative attitudes.Highlight or underline key information, such as key events, dates, and any terms or concepts that seem important.Capture screenshots, considering how observed elements highlight Atlassian's beliefs and outlook.
Identifying values, characteristics, and attitudes at Atlassian.Consolidate and add your notes and screenshots from the review of the case study. Use the table provided to list and classify the values, characteristics, and attitudes you have identified at Atlassian.
Identifying Atlassian's management style.Choose the management style from the provided list that aligns with the style (values, characteristics, attitudes) observed at Atlassian during your review of the case study.
Explaining strategy, policy, and management practices.Draw upon your review to provide a short-answer response to threequestions about strategy, policy, and management practices at Atlassian. Use examples from your review to give evidence and help give your writing clarity.
Case Study: Life at Atlassian
Atlassianis a globally renowned Australian enterprise software company, known for developing a diverse suite of products that facilitate collaboration, project management, and software development. Founded in 2002 by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, Atlassian has grown into a major player in the technology industry, with its headquarters located in Sydney, Australia. In 2023, Atlassian wasranked #16 in the Great Place to Work Listthe only Australian company among the top 25.
Watch the video about life at Atlassian.
Explore Atlassian's story by navigating theirDiscover our storywebpage, where you will find sections such asValues to live by,Meet the team behind teams, and the video Opening work up, providing a glimpse into the company's evolution and guiding philosophy. Expand your review, taking in other webpages such as Atlassian'sHYPERLINK "https://www.atlassian.com/blog"Worklifepublication,Resources, and articles aboutCommunication.
Read aboutAtlassian's decision to overhaul its performance review framework in the blog postWhat you should really measure in your annual performance reviews (and why), considering the journal articles byKulik (2023), andBoyd and Gessner (2013).
Read aboutAtlassian's decision to make 500 employees redundant in the blog postA difficult update on our team.
Review the blog postLessons learned: 1,000 days of distributed at Atlassianand webpageTeam Anywhere, which outlines Atlassian's approach to its employees choosing where they work.
Study thebenefits and perksfor Atlassian employees in Australia and broadercareers resources.
ExamineAtlassian's response to the US Supreme Court reversal of Roe V. Wade, itsplans to donate all future revenue generated from Russia to Ukranian courses, andPublic Policy Platform.
Activity 9: Managing Performance Course
Description
Complete the Fair Work Ombudsman Managing Performance Course and write a short reflection about the knowledge or skills gained, and relevance of the activity to employment relations in practice.
Overview
In this activity, you will engage with the Fair Work Ombudsman's Managing Performance Course, a fundamental resource in understanding the steps you can take in maintaining good performance, as well as deal with underperformance. Upon completing the course, you will summarise the knowledge and skills gained in a brief written reflection, considering the relevance of the activity to employment relations in practice.
Relevant Unit Modules
Module 5: Laws and rights in the regulation and management of work and employmentModule 8: Managing workplace discipline and employee grievances
Key Components of the Activity
Completing the course.Complete theManaging Performance Courseprovided by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The course contains information to help you set up a performance management system, conduct effective performance conversations and evaluations, as well as useful feedback, and links to more resources.
Adding your certificate of completion.When you have completed the course, you will download your certificate of completion and attach it to your reflection.
Reflecting on your knowledge and Skills.Reflect on the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the course. Consider how the content has enhanced your understanding of employment relations, workplace rights, and legal frameworks, and identify specific areas where your knowledge has deepened.
Considering relevance to employment relations in practice.Considerthe relevance of the course content to real-world employment relations scenarios. Discuss how the knowledge and skills acquired are applicable in practical situations, emphasising their importance in fostering fair and compliant workplaces. This could be based on your own experiences of work and employment in Australia or an Australian organisation you are familiar with.
Writing your reflection.Write a What? So What? What Now? reflection capturing your thoughts on the course. Use examples to illustrate how the new knowledge has influenced your understanding or actions in workplace-related situations. For support with structuring, writing, and organising your reflectionreview theReflective Assignments Guide.
