| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Strategic Human Resource Management |
| Unit ID: | BSMAN3003 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080303 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
Human resource management has expanded as an area of business practice as the links between it, business strategy and profitability have been recognised. This course builds on previous studies in the management of human resources completed as part of the Bachelor of Applied Management. It will examine the concepts of strategy and strategic management, and the manner in which a strategic approach to human resource management can contribute to overall organisational strategy. Students will be encouraged to consider both theoretical and practical perspectives in their evaluation of human resource policies and practices as contributors to the long term performance of the organisation. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Outline the relationship between strategic human resource management, business strategies and human resource functions |
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| K2. | Discuss the links between strategic human resource management and organizational strategy, structure, culture and policy |
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| K3. | Evaluate the impact of Australias industrial relations environment on strategic human resource management |
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| K4. | Assess the extent to which a strategic approach to human resource management can lead to sustainable competitive advantage for an organization |
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| K5. | Apply a theoretical perspective to the evaluation of human resource policies andpractices |
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| K6. | Compare and contrast the theoretical and practical perspectives of strategic human resource management |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Recommend changes to human resource policies and practices designed to facilitate a more strategic approach to human resource management |
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| S2. | Investigate and evaluate evidence of the link between strategic human resource management and long-term organizational performance |
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| S3. | Debate the role of strategic human resource management in achieving recognition as an employer of choice |
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| S4. | Evaluate the impact of environmental factors on strategic human resource management |
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| S5. | Assess the impediments to human resource management playing a more integral role in overall organizational strategy |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Independently apply the theoretical perspectives of strategic human resource management to the evaluation of functional, operational and strategic human resource policies and activities |
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| A2. | Critically evaluate the benefits that can be achieved by ensuring that human resource strategy plays an integral role in the development of overall organizational strategy |
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| Unit Content: |
•Strategy and strategic management
•Strategic human resource management
•The context of human resources management
•The industrial relations environment
•The functional perspective of human resource management
•Strategic reward management
•Linking human resource systems to organizational performance
•Employer of choice
•Human resources and sustained competitive advantage
•Think tanks
•NGO sector |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1 – K5 S1, S2 A1, A2 | Strategic human resource management and organizational performance | Report/ Essay/ Case study | 25 - 35% | | 2. | K4 – K6 S3, S4 A2 | Human resource strategy and employer of choice | Report/ Essay/ Case study | 25 – 35% | | 3. | K2, K3, K6 S1, S4, S5 A2 | Examination to assess attainment of required learning outcomes | Examination | 40 – 50% |
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