units

MGF3881

Faculty of Business and Economics

Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Organisational UnitDepartment of Management
OfferedCaulfield Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Associate Professor Cathy Sheehan

Synopsis

A range of major issues impacting on human resource management in organisations including demographic and social change, ethics in HRM, managing diversity, assessment centre techniques, the impact of Government legislation on HRM, the contribution of HRM to improving productivity, managing outsourcing, career development and mentoring.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. critically evaluate the major challenges, complexities and issues currently impacting on human resource management in Australian and global organisations
  2. analyse the strategic link between human resource management policies and practices and effective organisation management
  3. identify and recommend human resource management strategies by which managers can maximise organisational effectiveness.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites