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Managing Human Resources (MGMT20004)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 1: brownm@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2: andreas.pekarek@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Semester 1: brownm@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2: andreas.pekarek@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Fees | Look up fees |
Understanding Human Resources is important if you want to be an employee, a manager or a HR professional. The policies and practices of HR determine how people enter, are rewarded, progress through or remain with an organisation. HR provides supervisors with the tools to manage their employees. This subject offers practical insights into HR policies and practices including job design, recruitment and selection; performance management; reward systems; training and development; career management; employment relations and international HRM. The subject will also address contemporary issues such as the role of social media and changes in the nature of work on the effectiveness of HR policies and practices for employees and organisations.
Intended learning outcomes
- Develop and understanding of HR's operational, managerial and strategic responsibilities
- Gain research-based, practical knowledge on how organisations recruit, select, develop and reward employees
- Apply theories and research to individual HR problems presented in case studies
- Utilise HR concepts to develop your skills as an effective employee or manager
- Critically analyse and make recommendations for improvement of human resource management practices
Generic skills
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High level of development: written communication; application of theory to practice; critical thinking; synthesis of data and other information; receptiveness to alternative ideas.
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Moderate level of development: oral communication; collaborative learning; problem solving; team work; interpretation and analysis; evaluation of data and other information; use of computer software; accessing data and other information from a range of sources.
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Please refer to Recommended Background Knowledge.
Corequisites
Please refer to Recommended Background Knowledge.
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Please note that this is a second-year level subject. Students must have completed at least 50 points of study at first-year level to take this subject.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Tutorial participation | Throughout the semester | 10% |
1500 word individual assignment
| Mid semester | 20% |
2000 word group assignment (normall in groups of 3-5)
| End of semester | 20% |
2 hour end of semester examination
| During the examination period | 50% |
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Michelle Brown Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Semester 1: brownm@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2: andreas.pekarek@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Andi Pekarek Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Semester 1: brownm@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2: andreas.pekarek@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Breadth Track Managing People - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 22 March 2024