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Business Communication
Business Communication
Four Assignments
Assignment 1
Ans1. Technique of recruitment are dynamic and evolving since an organisation aims to find the best talent for the role they are hiring (Aguinis, 2014). Below are the five methods of recruiting the staff
1. Internal Referrals
2. Social Media
3. Web Advertisements
4. Print Advertisements
5. Consulting recruitment Agencies
Ans2. An assessment centre is all purpose location where the process of recruitment takes place. Essentially, it is designed to assess group of candidates across the range of skills and competencies in a simulated condition (Armstrong, 2006). Therefore, Assessment Centre is a process of recruitment that blends wide range of activities to compare and contrast pool of candidates and select the best person for the role.
Ans3. Advantages of Assessment Centre
1. Use of assessment centre is more holistic since it is far more accurate than usual recruitment process as they offer a wide spectrum of selection procedures that can be used in the process
2. Assessment centres empower the interviewers to comprehend merit along with this provide a strong foundation to inspire future performance
3. It provides open and comprehensive platform to gauge differentiate amongst candidates who might appear very similar as per resumes and qualifications
Ans4 HR Outsourcing
It can be explained as contractual agreement which an employer provides to a third-part external provider by the virtue of which the employer can provide the authority, management as well as responsibilities for some functions of HR to external providers. There are different types of outsourcing options provided to the employer and one select as per the requirements. For instance, Discrete Outsourcing, Blended Outsourcing and Complete Outsourcing.
Ans5 HR Outsourcing are Cost Effective solution for organisations. Essentially, for a HR team to be functioning it requires a proper functioning of HR departments that demands trained and qualified employees. Furthermore, it also requires additional office space that adds on to more cost and expenses. However, outsourcing the HR services rather than hiring professionals can help in avoiding overheads. Essentially, the cost of outsourcing is much less and variable than getting fixed personal overhead and extra office space for HR department
HR Outsourcing provides complete risk management. Majority of laws as well as services are kept updated regularly since it results into challenges for many organisations to stay upbeat and with the flow with upcoming technologies, government norms and industry trends. Firms that business in the HR services keeps themselves abreast with latest government regulations and service.
Ans6. Functions of industrial relations - Industrial relations commission arbitrates to resolve industrial disputes, puts conditions on the employment and determines wages as well as salaries by handling awards and recognition in the industry, recommends enterprise agreements and verifies claims of discrimination or unfair dismissal
Scope of industrial relations encompasses
· Handling the relationships among employees and their managers
· Collective relations between the management and trade unions
· Managing trade union, employees’ associations and government
Ans7. Purpose of an employment contract - The motivation behind a business contract is to guarantee that both you and your manager have an away from of what is normal during the term of work. This report can likewise serve to wipe out any debates which may emerge sometime in the future. It likewise encourages you to comprehend what your privileges are under the law.
Ans8. Modern award is a certification that gauges minimum terms and conditions of service in employment beyond the National Employment Standards (NES). These awards were to be effective since 1st January, 2010. Modern awards offer entitlements like hours of work, salary, allowances, penalty rates, overtime etc. It applies to all the employees as they are covered by the national workplace relations systems.
Ans9. A document which is aligned between employer and their employees as per the employment conditions. An agreement between the employer and employees needs to certified and registered with Fair Work Commission.
Ans10. Minimum 10 workplace entitlements for a permanent employee of an organisation
1. Highest working weekly hours
2. Entitlement for flexibility arrangements
3. Maternity as well as parental leaves
4. Leaves that can be availed annually
5. Leaves for long service
6. Leaves for Community Service
7. Public holidays
8. Official notice of termination and salary reduction
9. Fair work information statements
10. Leaves for personal purposes, compassionate leaves as well as unpaid family leaves
Ans11 Employers have to be maintained for seven years. Both time duration and records of wages have to be kept in the records and have to be made readily accessible to a Fair Work Inspector (FWI) legible.
Ans12. There is a broad spectrum of information that are kept for employees as given by Fair Work Act 2009 and Fair Work Regulations same year 2009.
General Records - This includes all the below mentioned information
· Name of the Employer
· Number of Employer's Australian Business Number
· Name of the Employee
· Commencement date of Employee
Pay Records - Records must encompasses below mentioned parameters
· Salary and rate of pay to the employee
· Gross and net amounts that is paid
· Any deduction from the gross amount
· Incentive based payments, bonus, penalty
Hourly Work Records
· In the scenario of part-time employment is guaranteed to pay rate by reference time and records of hours worked
· Records that must outline number of overtime hours that is worked every day
· Written confirmation and agreement between the employer and employee who have agreed to the employee taking time off instead of being paid
Leave records
Employees are entitled to leaves, then those records must be maintained both by taking into consideration the leaves taken. Another record that is kept is the balance of the employer's entitlement to that leave from time to time.
Ans13. A pay slip is a crucial part of the document that must be given to the employees at the payday. They can either hard copies or soft copies that must be included in the complete report. Pay slip should provide exhaustive information of important components like Basic Pay, Bonuses, Various allowances and deductions. It is imperative that play slips provide payment details, any deductions that is been made, superannuation’s for every duration. All these important elements must be included on all the pay slips that is been issued to employees that is prescribed by Fair Work Act 2009 and Fair Work Regulation 2009.
Ans14. If any employee has worked with company for more than 90 days but not completed a year then the employer requires to provide at least a notice of 2 weeks. This notice is not essential if the employee is been terminate on the grounds of misconduct or performance deterioration.
Ans15. Employees who are working for more than six months with the employer are covered by unfair dismissal laws. While on the other employees who have worked for less than 6 months or are on contract aren’t covered by unfair dismissal law.
Ans16. It is crucial to advise any potential employees with the terms and conditions of the employment during the recruitment process such that potential employee can review, comprehend and analyse the terms and conditions and see if it acceptable for him/her to work with. Furthermore, compare to the current positions one would have all the details required to perform best of their capability. Stating the terms and conditions essentially implies that all stakeholders comprehends the rights and feel comfortable.
Ans17. The main intent and objective of psychometric test while recruiting is mentioned below
· These tests are like instruments which explains about individual differences
· Explain personal characteristics
· Cognitive ability and emotional intelligence
· Comparing and contrasting with other people
Ans18. Applicability and relevance of Psychometric is very broad, since it can help to draw concrete conclusion about what is it likely to essentially be in a workplace and work with different team members. Performance on cognitive biases as well as ability can decipher whether the person is acceptable for any complex jobs or the job is requiring any tremendous amount of attention.
Assignment 2
Purpose of Report
Recruitment, selecting and sourcing is the proactive mission for qualified work opportunities for current or masterminded open positions. It isn't the open limit of assessing resumes or applications shipped off an association considering an occupation posting or pre-screening candidates. Development has changed the area of selecting ceaselessly, and the test is to surface the best capacity speedier than your resistance (Richardson, M. 2013). Occupation sheets, online media, and website postings have basically extended the volume of resumes submitted.
Prerequisite Strategies for Recruitment, Selection and Recommendation
The task of reviewing an enormous number of resumes has incited the use of automated systems, which are used to from the outset screen resumes for watchwords. The enrolling model has moreover moved due to the going with: development driven business structure measures, fluctuating overall economy, the vast majority of occupation searchers apply by...