BX3152 - Managing a Global Workforce

Credit points:	03
Year:	2017
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	College of Business, Law & Governance

This subject provides an overview of Human Resource Management (HRM) in a global context. It covers a wide range of topics including the interface between national cultures and management of global/multinational and transnational/international corporations; the central role played by such corporations in the context of global labour markets and workforces; and HRM functions at play in a globalising business context. In addressing these topics, special attention is given to specific as well as emerging areas of practice, research and debate in the international HRM paradigm, such as: the impact of business structure and home/host-country institutions and culture; private regulation and corporate social responsibility; global labour issues and international regulatory frameworks; global management skills and the challenges posed by expatriate management. While this subject focuses on the complex task of managing globally, it also sheds a light on current and prospective issues surrounding global governance and best business practice in a global environment.

Learning Outcomes

• critically assess strategic HRM in the light of overall business structure and governance, with a focus on best practices and innovative HRM initiatives developed by multinational corporations;
• explain global labour issues and the impact of globalisation on labour organisations, industrial democracy, the international division of labour and labour standards;
• appraise the challenges involved in managing a cross-cultural workforce and managing trans-nationally, including expatriate management and the conduct of organisational change and development in global business operations;
• evaluate HRM from a comparative perspective with an emphasis on the mediating role played by national cultures and institutions and new trends in global corporate governance.

Prerequisites:	BX2051 AND 18CP OF SUBJECTS
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	BX3052

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 23-Mar-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Anna Blackman
Lecturer:	Miss Allison Rossetto.
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	presentations (30%); mid-semester test (20%); case study analysis (individual) (50%).
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 23-Mar-2017
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Anna Blackman.
Contact hours:	0 hours
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	presentations (30%); mid-semester test (20%); case study analysis (individual) (50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 23-Mar-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Anna Blackman
Lecturer:	Mr Dwight Lemke.
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	presentations (30%); mid-semester test (20%); case study analysis (individual) (50%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 07-Dec-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Anna Blackman
Lecturer:	Mr Dwight Lemke.
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	presentations (30%); mid-semester test (20%); case study analysis (individual) (50%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21
Census Date 06-Apr-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Anna Blackman
Lecturer:	Mr Dwight Lemke.
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	presentations (30%); mid-semester test (20%); case study analysis (individual) (50%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22
Census Date 10-Aug-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Anna Blackman
Lecturer:	Mr Dwight Lemke.
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	presentations (30%); mid-semester test (20%); case study analysis (individual) (50%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23
Census Date 07-Dec-2017
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Anna Blackman
Lecturer:	Mr Dwight Lemke.
Contact hours:	38 hours - Combined Lectures; Tutorials/Workshops; Lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	presentations (30%); mid-semester test (20%); case study analysis (individual) (50%).

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