Group Assignment: HR Manager Reflection

Running head: GROUP ASSIGNMENT: HR MANAGER REFLECTION
GROUP ASSIGNMENT: HR MANAGER REFLECTION

Group Assignment: HR Manager Reflection1
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Reflection of Member 3: HR Manager............................................................................................2
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Group Assignment: HR Manager Reflection2
Reflection of Member 3: HR Manager
The primary role of an HR manager is to cater to the requirements of the employees of an
organisation, thereby benefiting the enterprise through the wellbeing of the employee or worker.
Bundoora Bus Company has been operational since the last 8 years, and I have been an integral
part of the organisational community. While simulating the role of the HR manager I portrayed a
character who is known to have a spotless reputation in terms of benefiting the organisation, by
setting up several policies and regulations. Though these frameworks and policies are often met
with discrimination from the Union of employees, the policies have been acknowledged and
noted to be effective and necessary not only by the management but also the Union leader, Lee
Levine, despite opposing them in public. Due to the rising labour costs and is governed by the
Labour Laws of Australia, it becomes difficult to control the Union members, thus, the HR
policies have included recruiting lower waged employees for their hourly-services
(Thornthwaite, 2016). This has been regarded as a ploy to dismiss the permanent workers or
drivers associated with the firm by many.
During the role-play simulation, when Casey Connor was accused, similar indications
were made of the overall activities being a ploy on behalf of the organisation to get rid of
unnecessary employees (Nankervis et al. 2016). Despite Casey’s former reputation as a user,
Casey has been clean for years and has changed after getting married and intends to start a
family. Form this exercise I also understood that since Casey has been a model employee so far it
is difficult to terminate him, and I personally as well as professionally would recommend him to
undertake the residential treatment care. However, there are a number of aspects to be considered
in this regards. Firstly, I did not announce the positive test results to Casey since only one of the