Undergraduate - UnitMGF3881 - Current issues in human resource management

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Caulfield 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:

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