Exam Thoughts [2007]

[kingmar]

I should have written "VCAA is socially irresponsible because their exams frequently cause mental anguish to the majority of 50,000 students who are the future of society. With such high-ranking government departments destroying the minds of our young, what are we teaching them to be? This unethical behaviour must be stopped, as human rights to happiness are being breached on average 30 days every year."

Too bad. I'll just have to get marks for my real response then.

[kingmar]

Enterprise bargaining consists of: AWA's, Collective Agreements. There is no difference. And it didn't mention the workers were already on AWA's at all? I don't understand what you mean sorry.

Enterprise bargaining can be either AWA's or Collective Agreements.

I think I lost a couple of marks.

[joshuamorgan]

I never comment on exams/tests until I receive my results

I was however able to provide detailed answers for every question (I also utilized the entire 'extra space' part at the end of the paper), apart from the human resource strategies question - that stumped me (simply can't remember it) so I just made up some bullshit.

[AppleXY]

lol, same, i was like "uh-oh" so i just explained about Shortlisting and interviews

Hope its riight.

For Driving forces, i put competitors. And Restraining Forces the mistrust between management and employees because it would be hard to implement change, hence, it wouldn't be sucessful or effective without proper procedures etc etc.


I put Maslow. (self-esteem)

yeah.

[joshuamorgan]

Hah, yeah - I crapped on about being a socially responsible company would attract many applicants and that sufficient job analysis - with the development of appropriate job description/specification would attract the appropriate person to fill the job.

For driving forces I wrote down the manager - it stated in the case study that he wanted to implement enterprise margaining to improve productivity and the relationship between managers and employees.

[Odette]

Hey guys and girls would they accept 2 HR strategies as 2 different methods of recruitment? (internal and external) ?? I wasn't too sure

[Odette]

Anyone ?? Lol

[KryptoN_]

lol, same, i was like "uh-oh" so i just explained about Shortlisting and interviews

Hope its riight.

For Driving forces, i put competitors. And Restraining Forces the mistrust between management and employees because it would be hard to implement change, hence, it wouldn't be sucessful or effective without proper procedures etc etc.


I put Maslow. (self-esteem)

yeah.

You do realise the question referred to recruiting? Recruiting is all those activities involved in forming a pool of applicants from which to select the most appropriate. What you've discussed is selection.

As for me, I thought it was a bitch , but then again, I'm always negative.

[Trigger_003]

Does anyone know the exact question there?
Hmm. Come to think of it, I guess you could have written about background checks, interviews, etc. of those from the pool, but I always considered those to be lumped into the one HR strategy.
I wrote about diversity management and rewards management, both enhancing the performance and creating an EOC status, with diversity having the added benefit of say, cultural perspective creating a better experience for international guests. Those kinds of people could be considered to be 'best for the business' in that regard, which is the logic I took.

If the first was intended and not enough people addressed it or they have enough complaints, they may always take another look at the question and reconsider the possible answers if it seems ambiguous.

[Odette]

Think it was something about 2 HR strategies that could be used in recruiting staff... not sure =]

[KryptoN_]

Aren't background checks and interviews selection strategies?

Edit: btw I'm pretty sure it asked for HR strategies which will allow them to recruit the best people.

[Odette]

Aren't background checks and interviews selection strategies?

Edit: btw I'm pretty sure it asked for HR strategies which will allow them to recruit the best people.

Oh thats the qn lol ...
Well i guess the wording is what confused people ...
I guess to recruit and recruitment are slightly different...

[Trigger_003]

Yeah they are selection strategies, but selection is part of the employment cycle which just so happens to be under HRM. It's open to interpretation I guess.

Lol that's what I was thinking the question was too - Odette freaked me out! Hopefully we're right... makes more sense for them to ask that imo.

[kingmar]

I was surprised at the remarkable similarity between this paper and last year's. No "big" change management question (damn), similar questions...

Strange of VCAA.

Also, with the Enterprise bargaining question, I assumed that the workers were on AWAs to base my answer (I indicated so as well as it wasn't given in the case study).

[Odette]

I guess if you mentioned that unions could be a restraining force if the company introduced AWAs(explaining what AWAs are) it should be fine.