Title: Individual In-Class Test (written paper)

Your response must include reference to the readings and lecture material covered in Weeks 5 -11 as well as to HRM theories, models and concepts covered earlier this semester as appropriate to your response.

The essay question is as follows:

There has been much said in the media and in discussion during the semester about the importance of "good HRM practices" that meet the needs of employees and the organisation. Choose 3 HRM activities from the topics covered in Weeks 5 -11 ( i.e. Week 5 (HRM and the Law); Week 6 (HR planning); Week 7 (Design of Work and Analysis of Jobs); Week 8 (Attraction and Selection); Week 9 (Retaining and Developing Talent, and Managing Careers); Week 10 (Performance Management) and Week 11 (Reward Management) and explain how your chosen 3 activities can be aligned to meet strategic business objectives and the needs of employees