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HRMT19016 - Contemporary HRM Issues

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit explores the management of human resources within the context of current and emerging issues in contemporary organisations. You will be engaged in identifying and delineating contemporary issues within the internal and external organisational environments and the development of strategic HRM responses. You will make predictions about HRM issues and rigorously analyse, research, and apply HRM models to address such concerns. You will be expected to develop a strategic mindset in this unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites Pre-requisite: HRMT11011 and completion of 48 credit points

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2021

Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Brisbane
Melbourne
Online
Sydney
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Brisbane
Melbourne
Online
Sydney
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Brisbane
Melbourne
Online
Sydney

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Annotated bibliography 30%
2. Group Work 30%
3. Presentation 40%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 22.22% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Feedback Comments 'Have Your Say'
Feedback
The word count needs to be reconsidered for group assignment 2. If assignments contain a lot of sections in them, word count may need to be increased in order to sufficiently cover what is requested
Recommendation
Review all assessment pieces and revise them
Action Taken
Reviewed and revised all assessments in this unit reflection on the word-limit and allocated marks. For each assessment task, assessment rubrics that clearly explained assessment criteria were provided to supplement the detailed assessment task description.
Source: 'Have Your Say'
Feedback
Failed to access workshop recordings as they were deleted
Recommendation
Keep all workshop recordings until term ends
Action Taken
All workshop recordings were made available under "Learning Community" tile. In addition, each week's workshop recording was also made available under respective week's learning material.
Source: 'Have Your Say'
Feedback
As all of other HRM units cover contemporary HRM issues, and this unit provides more of a 'snap-shot' of the other HRMT units, no specific new knowledge gained
Recommendation
Review/Map the unit with a similar credit rating with another university and revise/redesign to match with contemporary needs with the world of work considering the VUCA context.
Action Taken
As mentioned earlier, learning materials for this unit including (lecture slides, workshop material, assessments, and other learning material) were completely revised to reflect contemporary HRM developments.
Source: Based on SUTE data
Feedback
Improve clarity and differentiation of assessment tasks
Recommendation
Provide a targeted context for assessments to improve clarity and differentiation between assessments.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Based on SUTE data
Feedback
Assessment feedback
Recommendation
Continue to grade assessments using 'Feedback studio' and provide individualized and summative feedback for students. Provide in-class video demonstrations of locating feedback.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Develop, communicate, and apply an understanding of the role of strategic HRM in contemporary organisations
  2. Demonstrate professional understanding of the internal and external organisational environments to which strategic HRM should be directed
  3. Analyse and critique organisational responses to manage HRM issues within contemporary organisations
  4. Identify and critically evaluate different perspectives on, and approaches to contemporary HRM issues, and the theories, models and assumptions that underpin them.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Annotated bibliography • •
2 - Group Work • •
3 - Presentation • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
5 - Team Work • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Annotated bibliography • • • • • •
2 - Group Work • • • • • • •
3 - Presentation • • • • • •