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Postgraduate GRF-EHR701-2019

Principles of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations

Meet the stakeholders who make up the employment relationship. Analyse human resource’s role in managing these relationships. Explore performance and reward management concepts. Juxtapose employee unions with employer associations.

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

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Assessments

Subjects may require attendance

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 24 Feb 2020
Griffith University

With a network of campuses across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Griffith University is committed to progressive multidisciplinary teaching and research and a valuable online provider with Open Universities Australia. Already attracting students from more than 122 countries, Griffith's dedication to academic excellence is available across Australia through OUA.

QS RANKING 2020

19

Times Higher Education Ranking 2020

12

  • 2019
  • 2020

Subject details

What you'll learn

After successfully completing this degree you should be able to:

  1. Identify and understand the interests of the actors who constitute the employment relationship
  2. Identify and explain the key elements involved with managing the employment relationship
  3. Understand what unions do in employment
  4. Understand the role of the state in employment relations
  5. Critically appreciate the contributions that HR and IR theoretical paradigms make to understanding the world of employment and work
Topics covered
    • Introduction to the course
    • Employment relations and human resource management
    • Employment from a historic and economic perspective
    • Employment regulation and legislation
    • Unions and employer associations
    • Equity and diversity
    • Assessment guidance
    • Workplace health and safety
    • Recruitment and selection
    • Learning and development
    • Performance management
    • Reward management
    • Reality of work
    • Course summary and exam preparation
  • Study resources

    • Instructional methods

      • Audio/Video conferencing
      • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
      • Online assignment submission
      • Podcasting/Lecture capture
Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core
  • GRF-HRM-GCE-2019
  • GRF-EMP-GCE-2019
Elective
  • GRF-EMP-MAS-2019
  • OUA-PSU-GCE-2019
  • UNE-PRO-GCE-2019

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

This subject examines up-to-date theory and practice related to the management of human resources and employment relations in the 21st-century. Issues and challenges related to institutional conditions that affect employment relationship factors are canvassed. The global, knowledge intensive context, characterised by the blurring of employment boundaries and evolving organisational forms, will provide a backdrop for the content analysis.

Assessments

  • Assignment 1 (10%)
  • Assignment 2 (50%)
  • Invigilated Exam (40%)
Textbooks


Textbook information is pending.

Related degrees

postgraduate GRF-HRM-GCE-2019

Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management

postgraduate GRF-EMP-GCE-2019

Graduate Certificate in Employment Relations

postgraduate GRF-EMP-MAS-2019

Master of Employment Relations

2 available majors
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  • Standard Program
  • Program with Advanced Standing

postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2019

Postgraduate Single Subjects

postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2019

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

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