Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Unit

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Synopsis

Effective management of human capital has the potential to be a source of sustainable competitive advantage for high-performance organisations. This unit examines various ways in which organisations can effectively lead and managed human capital for growth and profits, innovation and sustainable competitive advantage. The unit consists of three modules: managing individual motivation, behaviour and engagement at work; managing people and the human resource function; and the design of high performance human resource systems. As well as drawing on contemporary research on strategic HRM and the high performance workplace, the unit covers a wide range of real-world case and practical challenges in managing people and human capital in diverse organisational settings.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

1. increase knowledge of leading ideas and trends in strategic human resource management and high performance work systems
2. develop personal and organisational strategies for managing and leading people and teams at work in different organisational settings
3. acquire practical skills through the application of knowledge to the diagnosis of real-world cases, and to solving problems in the design and management of effective people management systems.

Assessment

Within semester: 50%
Examination: (2 hours) 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Amanda Pyman