Managing Performance and Rewards
PostgraduateGRF-EHR7052024
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Encounter the stakeholders, challenges and factors that influence performance and rewards management.Compare approaches to merit-based and results-based rewards programs. See how compensation practices are tethered to organisational strategies.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Managing Performance and Rewards
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Identify and explain the theories, tools and techniques that support the management of performance and rewards in organisations
- Participate in the debate between practitioners and academics by using research to compare and contrast different performance and reward management models
- Apply performance and reward management theory, tools and techniques to support the analysis, improvement and implementation of performance and reward management systems in organisations.
This course evaluates student performance for Assurance of Learning purposes for the program learning objective (PLO): Effectively communicate at an advanced level with diverse audiences using clearly articulated reasoning through a variety of modes and media.
- Managing performance and rewards: An ER lens
- Fundamentals of reward management
- Reward delivery systems
- Strategic alignment and implementation
- Antecedents to good performance
- Critical decisions in performance management
- Designing appropriate measurement instruments
- Developing performance through feedback and review
- External influences on the performance management and reward systems
- Integration of course modules with organisational practices
This subject was previously known as IRL150.
The course is intended to provide an overview of the main issues involved in performance management, including rationales for conducting it, the costs and benefits of performance management, alternatives to it and expected as well as unintended outcomes that may emerge from it. The history of performance management is examined. Different techniques for conducting performance evaluations are critically examined, as are the links between performance evaluation and systems of remuneration and opportunities for training and promotion. Finally, the role of performance evaluation in different industries and occupations is examined.
Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed: 7013EHR Managing Performance and Rewards at Griffith University.
- A1: Executive Briefing (30%)
- A2: Measurement instrument design (20%)
- A3: System diagnosis (50%)
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- 18
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 20
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- GRF-HRM-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2024 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- GRF-EMP-MAS-2024 - Master of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Student feedback
5 student respondents between 26 May - 14 June 2024.
100%of students felt the study load was manageable
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management
PostgraduateGRF-HRM-GCE
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
Master of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
PostgraduateGRF-EMP-MAS