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Managing Performance and Rewards
Postgraduate | GRF-EHR705 | 2023
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Encounter the stakeholders, challenges and factors that influence performance and rewards management.Compare approaches to merit-based and results-based rewards programs. See how compensation practices are tethered to organisational strategies.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Managing Performance and Rewards
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Identify and explain the theories, tools and techniques that support the management of performance and rewards in organisations
- Participate in the debate between practitioners and academics by using research to compare and contrast different performance and reward management models
- Apply performance and reward management theory, tools and techniques to support the analysis, improvement and implementation of performance and reward management systems in organisations
- Managing performance and rewards: An ER lens
- Strategic alignment and implementation
- Fundamentals of reward management
- Reward delivery systems
- Antecedents to good performance
- Designing appropriate measurement instruments
- Critical decisions in performance management
- Developing performance through feedback and review
- External influences on the performance management and reward systems
- Integration of course modules with organisational practices
This subject was previously known as IRL150.
The course is intended to provide an overview of the main issues involved in performance management, including rationales for conducting it, the costs and benefits of performance management, alternatives to it and expected as well as unintended outcomes that may emerge from it. The history of performance management is examined. Different techniques for conducting performance evaluations are critically examined, as are the links between performance evaluation and systems of remuneration and opportunities for training and promotion. Finally, the role of performance evaluation in different industries and occupations is examined.
Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed: 7013EHR Managing Performance and Rewards
- A1: Executive Briefing (30%)
- A2: Measurement instrument design (20%)
- A3: System diagnosis (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- GRF-HRM-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management
Elective
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2023 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- GRF-EMP-MAS-2023 - Master of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateGRF-HRM-GCE
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
PostgraduateGRF-EMP-MAS
Master of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations