Human resource management issues
Ms Marilyn Fenwick
6 points
* One 3-hour class per week
* Block mode
* Caulfield
* Prerequisite: MGM9701
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have an appreciation of the conceptual framework for human resource management (HRM); an understanding of current issues impacting on HRM in Australian organisations; and be able to identify and design policies and practices likely to minimise the negative and maximise the positive aspects of these issues.
Synopsis Topics covered will alter as current issues change. Representative issues include implications of social and demographic changes in HRM; the role of HRM in continuous improvement programs; workplace flexibility; HRM in global enterprises.
Assessment Syndicate work (4000 words): 35%
* Individual work (3000
words): 50%
* Class work: 15%
Prescribed reading
Journal articles held on reserve in the library
Nankervis A R and others Strategic human resource management 2nd edn, Nelson, 1995
Recommended texts
Blyton P and Turnbull P Reassessing human resource management Sage, 1992
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