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Unit of Study MNG00791 - Attraction, Recruitment and Retention (2016)

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Unit description

To impart knowledge, operational and management skills suited to HR practitioners, middle and senior managers in relation to the attraction, recruitment, selection, retention and performance management of staff in a range of organisational contexts.

Unit content

  1. Understanding Contemporary Labour Markets - global and country specific, 'the war for talent', mobility, skills shortages, demographic differences between 'old' and 'new' economies, demographic differences between segments of the labour markets..
  2. Branding and Attraction Strategies - the link between marketing and HR.
  3. The Legal and Ethical Context of the Employment Cycle.
  4. Job Analysis and Design.
  5. Managing Recruitment and Selection: Traditional Strategies
  6. Managing Recruitment and Selection: Contemporary Strategies.
  7. Research on Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Turnover and Retention.
  8. Managing Retention Strategies.
  9. Case studies in Attraction, Recruitment and Retention
  10. Contemporary Issues in Attraction and Retention.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
New Zealand - MIT Session 1 Session 1
Online Session 1 N/A
Papua New Guinea - Air Niugini N/A Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 research contemporary labour markets in one's own country and trading partner countries and extrapolate the resultant impact on organisations' competition for talent.
2 relate research-based human resource and other relevant theory to the attraction, recruitment, retention and performance management of staff
3 design and present attraction, recruitment, selection, retention and performance management strategies for a specific context.
4 critically analyse, synthesise and reflect upon human resource issues, including contextual and ethical issues.

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

  1. research contemporary labour markets in one's own country and trading partner countries and extrapolate the resultant impact on organisations' competition for talent.
    • GA4:
  2. relate research-based human resource and other relevant theory to the attraction, recruitment, retention and performance management of staff
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. design and present attraction, recruitment, selection, retention and performance management strategies for a specific context.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. critically analyse, synthesise and reflect upon human resource issues, including contextual and ethical issues.
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

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