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Area/Catalogue
BUSS 5351

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Course Level
Postgraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
101639

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Management

Course aim

To provide knowledge and skills in the contemporary theory and practice of job analysis, recruitment, selection and retention of talent.

Course content

Employment market analysis; job analysis (work and person oriented techniques); attraction of potential employees (sources of candidates, techniques such as realistic job previews, employee referral); assessment of candidates (issues of reliability, validity and consistency); selection tools: collecting, collating and assessing applicant information; selection techniques (the different types of interviews, psychometric tests, ability tests, personality assessment, work samples and assessment centres); legal regulation of hiring; recruitment and selection as organisational socialisation; recognising diversity; person-job, person-organisation, person-workgroup fit; employer branding; employer of Choice strategies; employer choices in an era of chronic skill shortage.

Textbook(s)

Phillips, JM & Gully, SM 2015, Strategic Staffing, 3rd edn (Global Edition ), Pearson Education, Essex

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar 3 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar 30 hours equiv x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External 30 hours equiv x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Essay, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Dr Luke Faulkner
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