Strategic Human Resource Management

Course aim

To develop knowledge about the central themes and debates within strategic human resource management and skills in identifying appropriate strategic HRM responses to organisational challenges.

Course content

Introduction to debates about strategy. Implications of the following for organisational HR decision-making and approach: contingency, best-practice approaches to HR policy and practice; resource-based view of the firm, industrial organisation; developmental vs instrumental approaches. Types of strategic fit. Issues in business-HR integration. Assessment of environmental and organisational context. Relationship between operational HR activities and strategic HRM outcomes. Measurement of HR performance. Workforce planning: recruitment and retention; management of change.

Textbook(s)

Mello, J 2010, Strategic human resource management, 3rd edn, South-Western Publishing, Cincinatti

Prerequisite(s)

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

18 credit units at second year

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	2 hours x 13 weeeks
External (Online staff consultation)	1 hour x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Report stage 1: PowerPoint presentation , Report stage 2: Interim report or recorded presentation, Report stage 3: Final Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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