Assessment Task
You will be acting as a team of consultants to a fictional global professional services firm with expertise in accounting, auditing and tax advisory. In all aspects, the firm is comparable to KPMG. Your task is to produce a report to advise the organisation's Australian unit (a business comparable to KPMG Australia) on what should be done to effectively manage employees.
In the report you need to:
1. Briefly describe the fictional firm.
2. Identify and analyse four key issues concerning the management of its employees.
3. Provide recommendations.
The report should have the following sections:
- Title page
- Table of contents
- Introduction
o State the purpose of the report.
o Briefly describe your fictional business. Choose a name for it and in your description focus on aspects relevant to your subsequent analysis.
For instance, we know motivation is contingent on the types of employees. If you choose to talk about motivation, you might describe the type of employees at your fictional business.
o Provide a brief overview of the report.
motivation. Finally, you would draw specific and actionable recommendations for the Australian unit of your fictional business.
- Conclusion o Summarise the report findings.
- Reference list You need to use the APA or Harvard Referencing System.
Length: The total length of the assignment is a maximum of 4,000 words (+/- 10%)
(Title page, table of contents and reference list are excluded from the word count. In-text citations are included.)
Weighting: 30% of your total mark.
Format: The document should be written as clear, concise report. It is important that your report has a logical flow and good structure, makes use of relevant headings and subheadings, and that you write using coherent, integrated text, avoiding grammatical and spelling mistakes. For reading (and marking) ease please use a 12-point Calibri font with 1.5x spacing.