Talent Management (MGMT90268)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
Contact information
Term 4
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Prof Michelle Brown brownm@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Jooyeon Son jooyeon.son@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
| Availability | Term 4 - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
For an organisation's human resources to translate into a source of competitive advantage it needs to align its strategic capabilities with the design and co-ordination across roles and the sourcing and management of talent to deliver on strategic objectives. This challenge goes beyond the task of sourcing and recruiting employees with the appropriate skills and aptitudes to competently undertake specific jobs. This subject focuses on how HR systems architecture can be designed to identify, recruit and engage human resources within strategically important roles that contribute to an organisation's sustainable advantage. Topics covered in this subject include: HR systems design and strategic alignment, HR differentiation and job design, talent identification and recruitment; managing high performance talent; differentiated performance management and reward strategies, and human capital development strategies.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critically evaluate key concepts and theoretical foundations that inform models for strategic talent management.
- Understand how critical contextual and organisational factors influence the design and implementation of talent management strategies in different organisational settings.
- Apply evidence-based models to the development of HRM systems architecture and HR climate designed to align effective talent management to support different strategic outcomes
- Critically evaluate the opportunities and limitations of strategic talent management and human capital development in sustaining competitive advantage
Generic skills
- Analyse and review different theoretical approaches and models of how best to design HR systems to support effective talent management, and use different tools, techniques and analytical models to ensure strategic alignment between talent management and the development of organisational level capabilities that enable strategic action.
- Examine their own ideas and beliefs about how talent management can support an organisation's strategic objectives, and compare them with the theories and observations of others.
- Appreciate how insights drawn from different sources of evidence and competing perspectives can be used to develop actionable insights for improving talent management.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Participation in weekly activities and webinars | From Week 1 to Week 8 | 10% |
Weekly case/problem analysis
| From Week 1 to Week 8 | 40% |
Individual assignment
| End of the teaching period | 50% |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Term 4 - Online
Coordinators Jooyeon Son and Michelle Brown Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 6 October 2025 Teaching period 13 October 2025 to 7 December 2025 Last self-enrol date 7 October 2025 Census date 31 October 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 November 2025 Assessment period ends 14 December 2025 Term 4 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Prof Michelle Brown brownm@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Jooyeon Son jooyeon.son@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
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Last updated: 4 March 2025