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Year 4 Mgt. & Industrial Relns.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Dr R. Iverson
Prerequisite: 327-209 Human Resource Management
Contact: Classes totalling 3 hours each week during the semester.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject students should be able to understand:
- the interdependent relationships between the functions and activities of human resource management;
- the different strategies of human resource management;
- how the management of human resources can be integrated into business strategies.
Content:
The course will examine the theoretical and practical application of the five basic functions of Human Resource Management: planning and forecasting human resource requirements; recruitment and selection; appraisal, evaluation and employee motivation; designing and implementing employee training and development programmes; improving quality of life and productivity programmes, and improving the physical work environment; and managing effective working relationships. The relationships between these functions and strategic human resource management are addressed, as well as how these can be incorporated into business strategies.
Assessment:
One 3-hour end-of-semester examination (60%); written assignments and seminar presentations together not exceeding 3,000 words (40%).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Economics and Commerce (Volume 3 page 207)
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