Human Resource Management
UndergraduateLTU-MGT10032024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Human Resource Management
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Analyse and defend the basic concepts of human resource management from both the theoretical and applied perspectives, and demonstrate how these make HRM a unique source of competitive advantage for contemporary organisations.
- Justify the need for organisations to facilitate the strategic partnership between management and employees.
- Through cooperative teamwork and individually, critically analyse academic and other literature across a range of HRM topics.
- Human Resource Management in Australia
- Strategic HRM
- Employment Relations
- Legal Context of HRM
- Managing Diversity and Work-Life Balance
- Analysis and Design of Work
- Human Resource Planning
- Recruitment and Selection
- Performance Management
- Compensation and Performance-Related Pay
- Learning and Development
- Improving Employee Retention
In this subject you will explore the strategic and operational issues involved in managing staff in the workplace. You will examine the challenges facing human resource managers in contemporary Australian organisations and seeks to develop an understanding of human resource management practices in our continually changing social, economic, industrial relations and organisational environments. You will explore the reasons underpinning the increasing recognition of human resource management (HRM) within organisations as well as the field's underlying purposes. Throughout this subject an emphasis is placed on a strategic approach to HRM in addition to the functional and operational aspects.
- Individual Report (1000 words) (20%)
- Business Analysis (1200 words per student) (30%)
- HR Policy Development (2000 words) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- LAT-BUS-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Business
- LAT-ART-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Arts
- LAT-PYS-DEG-2024 - Bachelor of Psychological Science
Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed MGT2HRM (Human Resource Management) or MGT2HRX (Human Resource Management) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG