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Area/Catalogue
BUSS 3110

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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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
170691

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

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Timetable/s

Second Semester
(Study Period 5)
Course owner

Course owner
UniSA Business

Course aim

The course aims to provide a preliminary introduction to the use of analytics in the context of Human Resource Management in organisations. The use of analytics-based tools for identifying commonly encountered HR issues and basic statistical analyses to evaluate information are introduced along with ethical issues and future trends associated with HR analytics.

Course content

Introduction to HR Analytics; introduction to statistics using software; application of basic statistical tools to HR data; application of analytics to HR problems; ethics of analytics and employee data; limitations and future of analytics. 

Textbook(s)

Isson, JP & Harriott, JS 2016, People analytics in the era of big data: changing the way you attract, acquire, develop, and retain talent, 1st edition, John Wiley & Sons, Somerset, United Kingdom

Prerequisite(s)

Specific program
Program Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
DBBH INFS 2036 Business Intelligence

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory 1 x 1 week
Seminar 3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External 30 hours x NA
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar 30 hours x NA

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


Assessment

Case study, Quantitative exercise

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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