MG3792 - Current Human Resource Issues

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MG3792
Administered by:	Discipline of Management

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:

MG2701 and MG2703

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Cairns, Block, Study Period 3
Census Date 25-Jan-2008
Face to face teaching 26-Jan-2008 to 10-Feb-2008 (Sat & Sun - 26/27 Jan, 2/3 Feb and 9/10 Feb from 9.00am to 5.00pm each day)
Coordinator:	Dr Anna Blackman
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - Lectures/Seminars 12 hours - Tutorials/Seminars
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (30%); presentations (30%); assignments (40%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21
Census Date 18-Apr-2008
Coordinator:	Dr Anna Blackman
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - Lectures/Seminars 12 hours - Tutorials/Seminars
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (30%); presentations (30%); assignments (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.