Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast
Introduction
The effective and efficient operation of business is human resource intensive. Strategies used to attract, motivate, manage and retain the right people are essential skills for all business managers for business success. This unit introduces you to how Human Resource practices including functions such as recruitment, training, performance management and teamwork. You will explore the legal framework incorporating fairness and respect, health and safety, and equity and diversity that underpins human resource practice, using business examples and applied activities.
This unit also incorporates learning through practice by exposing you to authentic learning experiences. These experiences are placed at the centre of learning and assessment,
for you to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours necessary to respond to industry, community and/or global needs.
You will be introduced to:
- a range of methods, tools, techniques and approaches to practice
- principles and perspectives such as values, ethics, empathy and leadership in real world scenarios
- reflection and deliberative thinking as a means of developing knowledge, skills, attitudes and aspirations
- ways of understanding problems and developing solutions through active inquiry
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Managing People |
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| Unit code | ZAA132 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | University College |
| Discipline | Business and Management UC |
| Coordinator | Michael Stewart |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Identify, describe and apply the principles, tools and techniques of managing people in the workplace .
- Analyse and describe workplace behaviours and perspectives that impact people management strategies.
- Evaluate and communicate human resource solutions for a contemporary workplace.
- Use reflective techniques to evaluate people management practice in industry for future application.
Fees
Requisites
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
ZAB113 HRM in Agribusiness
BMA121 Foundations of Human Resource Management
ZAA102 Managing People
ZAB102 HRM in Agribusiness
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Blended mode: Online content, full-day workshop (x2), weekly tutorials |
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| Assessment | AT1: Recruitment Process (20%) AT2: Response to Simulated Work Environment (30%) AT3 Contemporary HR in Practice (50%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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