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2024 unit information
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
1 x 2 hour on campus seminar per week.
Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 2 hour scheduled online seminar per week.
The unit content focuses on the strategic management of people in the workplace. It is designed for managers or aspiring managers to be able to understand the potential of strategic HRM in the macro context to build a strategic competitive advantage for organisations. It uses a mix of local and global examples to illustrate these points. Specific attention is given to issues of strategic alignment and developing a HR strategy, talent management, human resources planning, talent development, and managing for performance. Students will also develop practical skills in HRM topics that they will be able to utilise in their workplaces.
Critique the principal elements of human resource management and assess the relationship of human resource management with the strategic management of organisations.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2
Apply human resource management principles and theories to manage human resource challenges faced by organisations.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO3
Develop strategies an organisation can take to improve its human resource management practices and communicate with relevant stakeholders.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO5: Problem solving
Assessment 1: (Individual) Briefing paper
40%
Assessment 2: (Individual) Case Study
Part A: (Individual) Case Analysis
Part B: (Individual) Presentation (video recording)
Part A: 2500 words
Part B: 5 minute
Part A: 50%
Part B: 10%
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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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MPM722 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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