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MGX3441 - Human resource strategy

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Management

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Cathy Sheehan

Offered

Caulfield

First semester 2016 (Day)

Clayton

Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit identifies and develops the thinking skills that enable the formulation of innovative HR strategies that advance organisational needs and objectives to achieve sustainable competitive advantage by critically examining the relationship between HRM and organisational strategies. Topics typically include: the external and global environment for HRM, the dynamics of industry-based competition, strategic flexibility, and characteristics of innovative and value-adding HR practices and systems.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

critically examine the link between strategy and HRM
explain and illustrate how HRM can be used as a strategic tool to gain competitive advantage
formulate, evaluate and recommend solutions to strategic HRM problems.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Cathy Sheehan

Prerequisites

MGB2430, MGC2430, MGG2430, MGF2661 or MGW2430