BX3053 - Personnel Economics
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
Human resources are often the key to organisational success and managers must make frequent HR decisions such as: which types of workers to hire; how to motivate staff through payment systems and benefits; how to evaluate and monitor staff; and what to do with staff during an economic downturn. This subject uses economics to consider those and other questions relevant to an organisation's personnel. Whilst the primary objective of the course is to provide students with a set of analytical tools with which to judge the likely effects, and side effects, of different HR practices, it also provides students with insights into a broad range of issues facing employers and employees alike. It will therefore appeal to many different people - those interested in HR, those interested in Economics and/or those who are simply curious about the way in which economic factors influence employee/employer relations (be it from the employees' or the employers' perspective).
Learning Outcomes
- discuss a range of different economic models that explain employee and employer behaviours;
- apply economics models to analyse HR decisions;
- predict the possible impact of those decisions on employees and employers.
| Prerequisites: | BU1003 AND 12 CP OF SUBJECTS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EC5219 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2016 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); presentations (10%); assignments (30%); tests (30%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2016 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); presentations (10%); assignments (30%); tests (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou |
| Lecturer: | Mrs Diane Jarvis. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); presentations (10%); assignments (30%); tests (30%). |
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