Question

The focus of this question is to analyse the external operating environment of a Higher Education (HE) Sector and discuss potential impacts on the HRM functions of a HE provider such as a University. Use Jackson and Schuler (1995) HRM model to analyse the external environment of the HE Sector that you are familiar with. Identify and discuss the factors of the environment and their potential impact on the HRM functions of an HE provider of your choice.

• Identify a HE provider (e.g. a university) in Australia or in your home country/state/territory. Briefly describe the profile of the HE provider and discuss its mission and vision.
• Discuss the external environmental factors presented in Jackson and Schuler’s (1995) HRM model.
• Use Jackson and Schuler model to analyse the factors of the external operating environment of your chosen HE provider.

Answer 1

Criteria	High Distinction 85% -100%	Distinction 75% < 85%	Credit 65% <75%	Pass 50% < 65%	Fail <50%
Used Jackson and Schuler’s (1995) HRM model for analysing the external environment of the chosen HE provider	Used the HRM recommended model and provided an excellent analysis of the external environment	Used the HRM recommended model and provided a good analysis of the external environment	Provided reasonable analysis of the external environment	Discussion of the external environment. Not all elements covered. Not linked appropriately to the HRM model	Did not use the model to assess the environment. Poor analysis of the external environment
Identified the potential impact of the external environment on a range of HRM practices	Demonstrated an excellent understanding of the impact of the external environment on a wide range of HRM practices	Sound understanding of the role of the impact of the external environment on a range of HRM practices	A good attempt to discuss the impact of the external environment on a range of HRM practices	Reasonable attempt to link HRM with issues in the external environment	Link between HRM and the external environment not explicit
Ability to utilise sources such as the Internet and University library facilities to search, locate and summarise data relevant to the assignment	A wide range of resources utilised and presented an excellent summary of relevant data	Good use of a range of resources. Effective and accurate summary of relevant data presented	A reasonable range of sources utilised but could be extended. Summary of data could be improved	A small range of sources utilised and demonstrated some capacity to summarise data	Very limited range of sources utilised. Lack of demonstrated ability to summarise data
Ability to present a well written, well-structured report	An excellently constructed and presented assignment free of spelling, grammatical, punctuation and typing errors	Well written and presented assignment. Minor presentation, grammatical and spelling errors	Reasonably written and presented. Some spelling, grammatical, punctuation and typing errors	A fairly coherent assignment but needs to address numerous errors in style and presentation including spelling punctuation and grammar	Poorly written and constructed assignment. Major grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors
Able to reference correctly. Use of a range of credible sources	Used excellent reference list which contains a wide range of sources. The recommended number of references covered. Presented correctly in CDU Harvard style	Used good reference list which contains an adequate range of sources. Odd error in CDU Harvard style	Used reasonable reference list, but needed more sources. Some referencing errors in style and consistency	Reference list is limited and needs wider range of sources. CDU Harvard style not used consistently. A number of referencing errors	Major errors in referencing

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