Assessment Purpose The primary purpose of this assessment is to enhance students’ research, analysis and referencing skills. The secondary purpose is to give students the opportunity to demonstrate their critical thinking and written communication skills.

Assessment
Purpose
The primary purpose of this assessment is to enhance students’ research, analysis
and referencing skills.
The secondary purpose is to give students the opportunity to demonstrate their
critical thinking and written communication skills.
The third purpose is to demonstrate that you have commenced appropriate
research for Assessment 3.
Before starting this assessment, please read the assessment rubric at the end of
this document. You should always check the unit website for specific instructions,
which may be updated continuously.
Assessment
Task
You are required to compile a ‘Reviewing the Literature’ of 5 peer-reviewed
journal articles.
Step 1. Select one of the options for Essay 3.
Read the Assessment 3 Essay options and identify which one you will work on for
assessment 2 and 3.
Step 2. Undertake research of the recent academic literature since 2010.
Identify five (5) academic peer reviewed journal articles relevant to the
Assessment 3 Essay topic. These must be aligned to the unit themes from Weeks
1 to 5 (e.g. evolution of HRM, the context of HRM, industrial relations, HR planning
and work design challenges in a global environment). It is recommended that you
undertake your research via the online ‘search’ of CQUniversity Library. You
cannot use the article from your Assessment 1 presentation for Assessment 2.
Step 3. Write 500 words on each article (500 x 5= 2500 words)
For each journal article, write to the headings in the template. These include:
• full reference
• outline of research objective and research question
• outline of the method
• discussion of the findings
• summary of the conclusions
• indication of how this will be relevant for your Essay 3.
Place each article on a new page.
Present your Reviewing the Literature in format provided in the template. For more
information, see the library guide for writing an annotated bibliography.
http://libguides.library.cqu.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=37972692