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The Intersection of Employee, Industrial Relations and Hard HRM in Modern Australian Industries: People as a ResourceName: Robert James Mortaruolo   Student Number: 23415304        Unit Code: MGF 2341 Tutorial Time: Monday 1pmTutor: Mahin ShahinISSUE 1 Newspaper/Media SourceDateArticle NumberThe Advertiser7th  March, 2015A1The Guardian25th March, 2015A2The Age31st March,2015A3The Age2nd April,2015A4Canberra Times2nd April,2015A5The Sydney Morning Herald4th April,2015A6The Age13th April,2015A7The Australian14th April, 2015A8The Herald Sun23rd April,2015A9The Advertiser24th April,2015A10News Limited28th April,2015A11ISSUE 2Newspaper/Media SourceDateArticle NumberThe Age17th February,2015B12The Age27th March,2015B13The Age31st March,2015B14The Daily Telegraph8th April,2015B15The Advertiser10th April,2015B16Herald Sun 24th April,2015B17Bunbury Mail24th April,2015B18The Age26th April,2015B19The Sydney Morning Herald29th April,2015B20The Sydney Morning Herald29th April,2015B21ISSUE 3Newspaper/Media SourceDate Article NumberAustralian Mining28th Janauary,2015C22The Daily Telegraph26th February,2015C23The Daily Telegraph27th February,2015C24The Sydney Morning Herald3rd April,2015C25The Australian Business Review10th April,2015C26The Advocate11th April,2015C27Australian Mining13th April,2015C28Business Insider Australia14th April,2015C29News.com.au16th April,2015C30The Australian Financial Review20th April,2015C31Introduction The essence of this media portfolio focuses on the notion of employees being viewed as resources. The first issue examined will take an in-depth and sustained insight into the idea that firms are compromising on employee safety as part of their quest to improve organisational performance.  The dangerously inappropriate drug administration at the Essendon Football Club (AFL) will form the foundation for which this concept is supported. Furthermore AFL clubs risking players who are suffering concussion and injuries will reinforce this idea. The second issue will further explore the nature employee-employer relationship between AFL clubs and players, specifically the importance of Industrial relations coming in in the form of external ‘agents’ and the ‘AFL players union’ will be looked at. These external bodies are pivotal in securing a player’s health and wellbeing ensuring there not treated as a resource. The final issue has its focus on the business environment whereby employers are prepared to make employees redundant as soon as better alternative presents itself. Specifically the mining industry is examined and the notion of Hard HRM is discussed at large.  Downsizing by mining equipment manufacturer Caterpillar and poor working conditions on the mine corroborate the key ideology of this portfolio that employees are viewed simply as expendable resources.