| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Human Resource Management for Sport |
| Unit ID: | ISMAN1007 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080303 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unti introduces students to the key issues, theories and concepts in contemporary Human Resource Management (HRM) in a sporting context. This unit examines how sporting organisations develop a competitive edge in HRM by examining HRM practices, policies and activities designed with this aim in mind. Students will be provided with an understanding of the functions of HRM and how HRM integrates and interrelates with other functions of sport management. This unit will explore the unique aspects and associated challenges of HRM in sport from a global perspective including the management of professional staff and the volunteer workforce. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
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| 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. | Examine the function of HRM from the perspective of a practitioner and the perspective of management. |
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| K2. | Explain the relationship between HRM and productivity and performance for sport organisations. |
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| K3. | Identify and explain unique aspects and challenges of HRM for international and national sport organisations. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Compare and contrast HRM theories and functions to the practice of HRM activities for international and national sport organisations. |
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| S2. | Determine appropriate HRM management practices for international and national sporting organisations. |
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| S3. | Demonstrate and synthesise strategies to meet HRM issues, challenges and future trends for international and national sport. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Evaluate and apply a diverse range of HRM functions and strategies to international and national sport organisations using appropriate HRM theories. |
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| A2. | Relate HRM theories and concepts to current HRM issues from an ethical, socially responsible and international perspective. |
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| Unit Content: |
Unit content topics may include: What is human resource management? Labour market for sport - professional and volunteer workforce Strategic human resource planning Job analysis and job design Recruitment and selection Performance management Compensation and benefits in sport Motivation for HRM Vounteers in sport Managing change for HRM Health and safety in sport management Managing diversity in sport |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | Learning outcomes
(KSA) | Assessment task
(AT#) | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K3, A1, A2 | Review HRM challenges to determine appropriate HRM practices within a sporting context. | Case study | 30-40% | | 2. | K1, K2, S1, S2, A1, A2 | Review HRM theories and functions of international and national sport organisations to determine best HRM practices. | Video presentation | 30-40% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3 | Refect on HRM practices within a sporting context scenario and synthesise strategies to meet HRM challenges. | HRM analysis report. | 20-40% |
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