MMH704 - Managing and Rewarding Performance
Unit details
| Year: | 2023 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Jo Ingold |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Previously: | Performance Management and Reward |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | Online independent and collaborative learning including a 90-minute weekly scheduled online class. |
Content
This unit provides students with the skills to examine, analyse and critically evaluate the role which human resource management plays in managing the rewards and performance of individuals and groups in organisations. Topics include: performance appraisal; rewarding; managing employee retention; managing exiting strategies; conflict resolution; Australia's industrial relations framework; workplace bargaining; occupational health and safety; equal employment opportunities; and affirmative action.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Explain the human resource management (HRM) strategies, functions, activities and processes implemented in organisations for their performance and rewards management. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Analyse the performance and reward management activities conducted in the broader legal, ethical, and cultural contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Identify and apply relevant HRM concepts and theories to practical problems and issues as may arise in managing performance and rewards. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Collect, integrate and critically analyse theoretical and empirical information using standard research techniques, and produce a clear and logically written discussion around specific issues/scenarios on performance and rewards.
| GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) - Essay | 2500 words | 40% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2: (Individual) - Report (Business) - Workplace Report. | 3500 words | 60% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MMH704 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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