Undergraduate - UnitMGW2430 - 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	South Africa First semester 2014 (Day) Malaysia Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Uma Devi Jogulu (Malaysia); Ms Jennifer Nzonzo (South Africa)

Synopsis

Analysis of the strategic role of HRM in organisations, human resource planning, job design, staffing, performance management, training and development, reward systems, legal issues in employment, HR information systems, and the contribution of HRM to competitive advantage.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

understand the organisational role and context of HRM
describe how HRM can contribute to the achievement of strategic and operational organisational objectives
identify and describe the influence of an organisation's external environment on HRM
identify the range of HR activities and techniques and explain how they can determine, acquire, develop, motivate and reward employees
describe contemporary issues in managing human resources and discuss their influence on HRM
demonstrate in the individual summative assessment task a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered in the unit. This is demonstrated by the requirement that the student must attain a mark of at least 40% in the final summative assessment task.