794-335 Human Resource Management

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Organisational Management.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

On completion of this subject students will be able to understand:

• industrial relations and employment law;

• the role and functions of management and leadership in organisations, including the strategic and operational role of the human resource manager;

• theories developed to assist the manager to implement strategies for improved negotiations and bargaining, team building, resolution of conflict, and adjustment to change; and

• human resource management functions including hiring employees, performance appraisal, compensation management, training and development, and disciplinary and grievance processes.

The content includes overview of Australian industrial relations systems and employment laws; the role of the human resource manager; the functions of human resource management, i.e. staff planning, job analysis and design, job descriptions, recruitment and selection, staff remuneration, staff appraisal, disciplinary and grievance processes, wage and salary administration, staff training and career development, job enrichment; strategies for organisational development; personal skill development for human resource management, i.e. reflective listening, assertiveness skills, interviewing and counselling techniques, negotiating and conflict resolution.

Assessment

Class paper of 2000 words (40%); four reports of 500 words each (60%).