School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Resource Management
  • Unit Code

    MAN2145
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jalleh SHARAFIZAD

Description

This unit provides an introductory overview of the field of Human Resource Management (HRM). The unit emphasises the nature of the generalist practitioner, and develops a holistic approach to the integration of HRM activities and strategies with those of the organisation as a whole. The unit enables the student to develop an understanding of HRM policies and processes that enable organisations to acquire, develop, reward, and retain high-performing employees.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ADM2201, MAN1100

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded TDE2200

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the purpose and importance of human resource management to organisational success.
  2. Define the process of job analysis and differentiate the concepts of job description and job specification.
  3. Explain the core HRM processes of recruitment and selection.
  4. Discuss the importance of performance management, rewards and employee training.
  5. Identify international HRM challenges facing multinational organisations.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to Human Resource Management.
  2. Industrial Relations.
  3. Human Resource planning.
  4. Job analysis and job design.
  5. Recruitment and Selection.
  6. Performance Management.
  7. Training and Development.
  8. Rewards.
  9. International HRM.
  10. Employee Health and Safety.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly two hour lecture (every week) and a one hour tutorial every week. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions, where the skills of working effectively with others (specifically team working, task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), effective communication, critical appraisal and the ability to generate ideas, are emphasised.

The off-campus program mirrors the same content as the on-campus offering and is delivered via Blackboard. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment40%
ParticipationParticipation15%
ExaminationExamination45%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment40%
ParticipationParticipation in online discussions15%
ExaminationExamination45%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Resource Management
  • Unit Code

    MAN2145
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jalleh SHARAFIZAD

Description

This unit provides an introductory overview of the field of Human Resource Management (HRM). The unit emphasises the nature of the generalist practitioner, and develops a holistic approach to the integration of HRM activities and strategies with those of the organisation as a whole. The unit enables the student to develop an understanding of HRM policies and processes that enable organisations to acquire, develop, reward, and retain high-performing employees.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ADM2201, MAN1100

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded TDE2200

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the purpose and importance of human resource management to organisational success.
  2. Define the process of job analysis and differentiate the concepts of job description and job specification.
  3. Explain the core HRM processes of recruitment and selection.
  4. Discuss the importance of performance management, rewards and employee training.
  5. Identify international HRM challenges facing multinational organisations.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to Human Resource Management.
  2. Industrial Relations.
  3. Human Resource planning.
  4. Job analysis and job design.
  5. Recruitment and Selection.
  6. Performance Management.
  7. Training and Development.
  8. Rewards.
  9. International HRM.
  10. Employee Health and Safety.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly two hour lecture (every week) and a one hour tutorial every week. The teaching and learning approach in this unit is enhanced through in-class discussions, where the skills of working effectively with others (specifically team working, task collaboration and working productively with people from diverse cultures), effective communication, critical appraisal and the ability to generate ideas, are emphasised.

The off-campus program mirrors the same content as the on-campus offering and is delivered via Blackboard. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment40%
ParticipationParticipation15%
ExaminationExamination45%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment40%
ParticipationParticipation in online discussions15%
ExaminationExamination45%

Core Reading(s)

  • Nel, P. (2016). Human resource management in Australia (pp. xxxv, 558 ). South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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