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Unit of Study HRMT6002 - Human Resource Management (Online) (2026)

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Unit description

This unit develops knowledge and skills about Human Resource Management models and their implications for different stakeholders. At the completion of the model, graduates will be able to critically evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different HRM models and apply their knowledge of theory to find creative solutions to HRM issues.

Unit content

Module 1. HRM systems: The dominance of Hard HRM
Module 2. The rise of soft HRM

Module 3. AMO and the rise of High-Performance Work Practices (HPWP)
Module 4. HPWPs and what went wrong

Module 5. Common-Good HRM Model
Module 6. Emerging issues as HR models moves towards a sustainable human-centred pathway

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Location Domestic International
SCU Online
Term1,4
Term1,4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically analyse seminal research about how HRM models inform good and poor operational HRM policies, processes and practices in workplaces

research, analyse and cogently argue appropriate and creative solutions to human resource management issues across different workplaces.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Structured online learning
Assessment
Discussion board 15%
Presentation 45%
Proposal 40%

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