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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Unit aim
This unit aims to give HR practitioners and line managers the knowledge and skills to engage in strategic human resource planning in the context of the major human resource functions, to develop a business case to support strategic judgements and to advocate strategic approaches to organisational stakeholders. As the unit deals with concepts and skills related to other HR units, the unit also aims to give students research-related skills to more fully engage with course content and assessment and is recommended that students they undertake this unit early in their HR studies.
Unit content
- The goals of Human Resource Management
- Organisational Strategy and Strategic Human Resource Management
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Strategic Planning Models and Processes
- resource-based view
- research skills.
- Vertical and Horizontal Fit of HRM Processes in Organisational Strategy.
- The Role of HR Activities and Design of the HR Function - research skills.
- The Role of the HR Professional: Ethics and Practice
- The Role of Human Resource Metrics and Information Systems.
- The Politics of HR Strategy.
- Developing and Advocating a Business Case for Strategic HRM Interventions.
- Contemporary Issues in SHRM in the Asia Pacific
- Critical Evaluation of SHRM
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | apply scholarly theory, concepts and practical processes to Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) | |||||||
2 | critically analyse the major HR functions, processes and players within an organisational context and appreciation of their role in strategic HR. | |||||||
3 | research, analyse and cogently argue appropriate and creative solutions to human resource management issues in academic and workplace genres | |||||||
4 | construct a business case for and advocate to organisational stakeholders regarding particular SHRM approaches |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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apply scholarly theory, concepts and practical processes to Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- GA1:
- GA4:
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critically analyse the major HR functions, processes and players within an organisational context and appreciation of their role in strategic HR.
- GA1:
- GA4:
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research, analyse and cogently argue appropriate and creative solutions to human resource management issues in academic and workplace genres
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA6:
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construct a business case for and advocate to organisational stakeholders regarding particular SHRM approaches
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- Boxall, P & Purcell, J, 2016, Strategy and Human Resource Management, 4th edn, Palgrave Macmillan, London. ISBN: 978 1 137 40763-4.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.