Overview

This unit introduces students to the fundamentals of human resource management. In completing this unit, students will develop an advanced knowledge of the challenges involved in key HR activities and how these challenges can be managed. The unit will focus on developing both a theoretical framework and the applied skills with particular emphasis on employee recruitment, selection, development, performance management and remuneration techniques. The role of human resource management in enhancing organisational performance will also be a core theme throughout the unit.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply advanced and coherent knowledge of the key concepts and theoretical foundations of human resource management
  • Critically analyse specified HRM theory and practice and apply this knowledge to an employment situation
  • Apply problem solving and creative thinking to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems in the employment context
  • Communicate effectively as a HR business partner to a variety of audiences, and function as an effective member or leader of a team

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
9.50 12 weeks 114
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture
2.00 12 weeks 24
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
1.00 12 weeks 12
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1Individual 25 - 35% 1,2 
Assignment 2Group 15 - 25% 1,2,3,4 
Assignment 3Individual 40 - 60% 1,2,3 

Content

  • Employee recruitment
  • Employee selection
  • Human Resource Development
  • Performance management
  • Remuneration management

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.