Performance and Compensation Management

Course Level Undergraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
BUSS 2048

Course Level
Undergraduate

Offered Externally
Yes

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

Course ID
013532

Unit Value
4.5

University-wide elective course
No

Course owner
School of Management

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Course aim

Undertake performance management compensation processes that establish what is to be achieved, and how it is to be achieved, and approaches to managing and compensating people that increases the probability of achieving success within a global context.

Course content

Performance management, performance appraisal, strategic intent, reward systems, organisational and individual performance, methods of performance appraisal, organisations as systems, coaching and reviewing performance, managing global performance, goal setting and measurement monitoring and analysing performance, performance improvement, managing unsatisfactory performance, skills for managing performance.

Textbook(s)

Shields, J 2007, Managing Employee Performance and Reward: Concepts, Practices, Strategies, Cambridge University Press, New York

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUSS 2043	Foundations of Human Resource Management

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	1 hour x 13 weeks
External (Online staff consultation)	2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	36 hours x 1 week
External	3 hours x 3 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Lecture	2.5 hours x 8 days
Tutorial	10 hours x across 14 weeks
External	1 hour x 10 weeks

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

Assessment

Annotated bibliography, Continuous assessment, Essay, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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