Overview
Organisations are facing a crisis in productivity and global business competition which is threatening their very existence in the market. Coupled with this challenge is the demand that organisations deliver an increased quality of work life to employees and comply with an intricate and complex set of laws, regulations and court decisions. This unit provides you with an introduction to human resource management (HRM), and to frameworks and models that explain the core functions of HRM such as planning, recruitment, development, reward and motivating employees. In this unit, you will examine how human resources functions, strategies, and practices help an organisation to perform efficiently and effectively, and assist organisations to achieve a sustained competitive advantage. You will also examine the role of HRM in diverse organisations and different cultural contexts to understand what constitutes ethical human resource management.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
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- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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- Critically assess the role and functions of HRM for strategic integration and achieving organisational objectives
- Analyse contemporary issues in managing human resources within the context of current professional and academic literature
- Identify and evaluate human resource management strategies and practices to plan, attract, recruit, develop, motivate and reward employees and respond to internal and external changes
- Develop a critical understanding of contemporary human resources issues including ethical issues.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 25% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 45% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 25% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 45% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Human Resource Management: Strategy, People, Performance
Edition: 5th (2014)
Authors: Robin Kramar, Timothy Bartram , Helen De Cieri, Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright
McGraw Hill Education
North Ryde North Ryde , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 9781743070536
Binding: Paperback
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IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
jacqueline.larkin@cqu.edu.au
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Module/Topic
HRM and Strategic HRM?
Chapter
Chapters 1 & 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Legal and safety contexts of HRM
Chapter
Chapters 3, 4 and 15
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Analysis and design of work
Chapter
Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
HR planning
Chapter
Chapter 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Module/Topic
Recruitment and selection
Chapter
Chapter 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Employment relations challenges
Chapter
Chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Assessment 2 - Annotated bibliography (2000 words) Due: Week 6 Monday (20 Aug 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Managing diversity and work-life balance
Chapter
Chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Module/Topic
Performance management
Chapter
Chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Module/Topic
Learning, development and career management
Chapter
Chapters 11 and 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Module/Topic
Chapter
Chapters 13 and 14
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Module/Topic
Employee turnover and retention
Chapter
Chapter 17
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Module/Topic
Evaluating and improving HRM
Chapter
Chapter 18
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 1 - Presentations
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Presentation
The HRM topic is drawn from the unit profile for weeks 4 – 12 inclusive and are as follows:
During tutorial class from weeks 4 – 12 inclusive.
Assessments will be marked within one week of the presentation in the tutorial class.
Your presentation will be assessed on the extent to which it meets each of the following criteria: Introduction (10%); Knowledge of Content (30%); Presentation Delivery (30%); Conclusion (10%); Visual Aids (20%)
Further details on each assessment criteria are outlined in the assessment rubric.
- Analyse contemporary issues in managing human resources within the context of current professional and academic literature
- Develop a critical understanding of contemporary human resources issues including ethical issues.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Written Assessment
For Assessment 2, you are required to write an Annotated bibliography of five peer-reviewed journal articles, which will also support Assessment 3.
Step 1. Select an industry sector that you will study for Assessments 2 and 3 (e.g. agriculture; construction; financial services; health care; hospitality; manufacturing; mining; retail; transport).
Step 2 Undertake research of the recent academic literature since 2013, to identify five (5) academic peer reviewed journal articles relevant to the Assessment 3 Essay topic (and preferably aligned to Weeks 3-5 on job design, HR planning, recruitment and selection).
Step 3. For each journal article, you are to write 2 paragraphs within a total of approximately 400 words. The first paragraph will summarise the main ideas of the article, outline the hypothesis, purpose, research methodology and conclusions. The second paragraph will explain how you will use that article in relation to the Assessment 3 Essay.
Week 6 Monday (20 Aug 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 8 Monday (3 Sept 2018)
Assessments will be returned after the marking and moderation processes are completed.
- Critically assess the role and functions of HRM for strategic integration and achieving organisational objectives
- Analyse contemporary issues in managing human resources within the context of current professional and academic literature
- Identify and evaluate human resource management strategies and practices to plan, attract, recruit, develop, motivate and reward employees and respond to internal and external changes
- Develop a critical understanding of contemporary human resources issues including ethical issues.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
3 Written Assessment
You will write an essay on the key challenges in attracting and retaining a workforce in your selected sector.
Your essay will draw on at least five themes from Week 1 to Week 11 of this unit, being those most relevant to your selected industry sector. Your essay will draw on the academic literature (including the annotated bibliography for Assessment 2), and develop an argument applying that literature to your selected sector. You must cite at least ten (10) relevant peer reviewed journal articles, and 3 chapters from the Kramar textbook. You can cite other academic references such as books, conference papers, and book chapters but these will NOT be counted as part of the 10 journal articles.
Review/Exam Week Monday (8 Oct 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Assessments will be returned following certification of grades.
Your report will be assessed on the extent to which it meets each of the following criteria: content knowledge 40%, argument 30%, organisation and structure 15%, and presentation quality 15%. Penalty for late submission without approval if applicable [(-5% per day × 45 marks = -2.25 marks/day]. Important: Plagiarism will be reported to the Academic Services Centre of the University and may result in a “zero” mark.
- Critically assess the role and functions of HRM for strategic integration and achieving organisational objectives
- Analyse contemporary issues in managing human resources within the context of current professional and academic literature
- Identify and evaluate human resource management strategies and practices to plan, attract, recruit, develop, motivate and reward employees and respond to internal and external changes
- Develop a critical understanding of contemporary human resources issues including ethical issues.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
