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Unit of Study MNG10715 - Designing Workforces for Human Resource Management (2015)

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Unit description

Develops an understanding of strategic management planning, implementation and human resource development. Students learn methods of applying HR metrics and workforce analytics. Workforce Designer takes a greater strategic and macro approach, examining timely agendas such as resilience and organisational sustainability related to planning

Unit content

Topic 1: Understanding strategic HRM and the Resource Based View (RBV)

Topic 2: Intro to strategic planning (SWOT, vulnerability audits) by examining the contemporary issues in HRM in the Asia Pacific Region

Topic 3: HR metrics

Topic 4: Examining outsourcing and (HRD), emphasis on training

Topic 5: Sustainability in strategic HRM (learning organisations and innovative behaviour).

Topic 6: Comparing the impact of globalisation on HR in different countries (evidence of poor planning, evidence of accidents, acceptance of mistakes, high turnover, stress, over-engineering, over-reliance).

Topic 7: Transferring HRM policies and practices in multinational companies - Smart systems (emphasis on training and development, bi-directional communication, changing incentive systems, in-sourcing).

Topic 8: Managing diversity, social inclusion and change in the workplace so as to build effective performance management systems.

Topic 9: Understanding the impact of the aging population, work -life management and high performance teams/ virtual teams

Topic 10: Managing talent and the retention of skilled workers/ mission critical skills set/ ethical implications of brain drain and the debacles around outsourcing/ knowledge management: capture and retention of tacit knowledge - Public private sector, non profit, SME.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 Session 2

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 discuss the Resource-Based View (RBV) of the firm and its relationship with workforce metrics and analytical tools
2 identify factors affecting strategic planning by examining the contemporary issues in HRM in the Asia Pacific Region (the implication of poor planning and high turnover)
3 identify smart systems and the impact upon sustainability, learning organisations and the innovative behaviour of employees
4 demonstrate an understanding of HR metrics, workforce analytics, HRD tools, performance management systems, and high performance and virtual team
5 identify antecedents and outcomes associated with the retention of skilled workers, mission critical skills sets, ethical implications of outsourcing, knowledge management in the public/ private sector, SMEs and not-for profit organisations.

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

  1. discuss the Resource-Based View (RBV) of the firm and its relationship with workforce metrics and analytical tools
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  2. identify factors affecting strategic planning by examining the contemporary issues in HRM in the Asia Pacific Region (the implication of poor planning and high turnover)
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  3. identify smart systems and the impact upon sustainability, learning organisations and the innovative behaviour of employees
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  4. demonstrate an understanding of HR metrics, workforce analytics, HRD tools, performance management systems, and high performance and virtual team
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  5. identify antecedents and outcomes associated with the retention of skilled workers, mission critical skills sets, ethical implications of outsourcing, knowledge management in the public/ private sector, SMEs and not-for profit organisations.
    • GA1:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

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