Subject details

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. describe the main technical activities and responsibilities of human resource managers
  2. identify the implications of current and recent economic and sociological pressures on human resource management
  3. develop effective organisational responses to legal, political and ethical issues and developments which impinge on human resource practices and policies
  4. determine the changing roles and competencies of human resource practitioners in response to strategic and environmental modifications
  5. provide constructive feedback in a team setting.

  • Topics

    • Strategic HRM
    • HR Planning
    • Job Analysis, Job Design and Quality of Work
    • Recruiting HR and Employee Selection
    • Appraising and Managing Performance
    • HR Development, Career Planning and Development
    • Assessing HRM Effectiveness
    • Rewarding HR, Industrial Relations
    • HRIMS, HRM and the Law
    • Employee Health & Safety
    • Managing Diversity, International HRM

  • Study resources

    • Instructional Methods

      • Disscusion forum/Discussion Board
      • Online Quizzes/Tests
      • Online assignment submission
      • Standard Media

    • Online Materials

      • Online Assessment
      • FAQs
      • Resources and Links
      • Printable format materials

No eligibility requirements

Special requirements

No special requirements

The effects of sociological, legal, economic, ethical, political, strategic and environmental changes, issues and developments on human resource management processes, practices, programs and policies.

  • (2500 words) (50%)
  • 2 hrs (50%)

Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a subject.

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