MG3792 - Current Human Resource Issues

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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This subject will present a range of current Australian and global developments in contemporary Human Resource theory and practice.

Learning Outcomes

• to prepare participants for challenges facing business managers by presenting a range of current Australian and global developments as they impact on contemporary Human Resource management.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Prerequisites:

MG270318 units of level 2 subjects

Availabilities
, , Study Period 3
Census Date 27-Jan-2006
Face to face teaching 28-Jan-2006 to 12-Feb-2006 (Intro 6pm - 7pm 19 Jan, weekends - 28-29 Jan, 4-5 Feb & 11-12 Feb)
Lecturer:	Roy Wybrow.
Contact hours:	26 hours 12 hours
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coord/Lect:	Dr Cheryl England.
Contact hours:	26 hours 12 hours
Assessment:	(30%); (30%); (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.