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Human Resource Management
Undergraduate | LTU-MGT1003 | 2022
Course information for 2022 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
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Human Resource Management
About this subject
- Explain the basic concepts of human resource management from both a theoretical and applied perspective, and demonstrate how these make HRM a unique source of competitive advantage for contemporary organisations
- Discuss the need for organisations to facilitate the strategic partnership between management and employees
- Select and analyse relevant academic literature to provide critical analysis of HRM
- Summarise, analyse and organise case studies and research materials on a range of HRM topics through cooperative teamwork
- Present a portfolio of work based on key HRM concepts
- • HRM in Australia
- • Strategic HRM
- • Employment Relations
- • Legal Context of HRM
- • Managing Diversity and Work-life Balance
- • Analysis and Design of Work
- • Human Resource Planning
- • Recruitment and Selection
- • Performance Management
- • Compensation and Performance-related Pay
- • Learning and Development
- • Improving Employee Retention
In this subject you will explore the strategic and operational issues involved in managing staff in the workplace. You will examine the challenges facing human resource managers in contemporary Australian organisations and seeks to develop an understanding of human resource management practices in our continually changing social, economic, industrial relations and organisational environments. You will explore the reasons underpinning the increasing recognition of human resource management (HRM) within organisations as well as the field's underlying purposes. Throughout this subject an emphasis is placed on a strategic approach to HRM in addition to the functional and operational aspects.
- Individual Report (1500 words) (30%)
- Business Analysis (750-1000 words per student, 4 students per group) (30%)
- HR Policy Development (2000 words) (40%)
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Entry requirements
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
LTU-MGT2HRM (Not currently available)
Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed MGT2HRM Human Resource Management are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
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