Lecturers
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Dr Kaylie Tan
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Unit Coordinator
Name
Dr Kaylie Tan
Room Contact
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Kaylie.tan@ntec.ac.nz
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Kaylie.tan@ntec.ac.nz
By appointment
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1 | BUS 610 Human Resource Management – Unit Plan (Term 1, 2016)

COURSE AIM :
The aim of this course is to help you understand the roles, functions and application of Human Resource Management within contemporary New Zealand organizations.
Learning Outcomes (LOs) Assessment weighting (%)
1 13% Students will examine the interrelationship among human resource management, business environment, and human resource planning.
2
3
Students will discuss the contribution of job design to organisational effectiveness, and complete a job analysis in a given situation.
Students will develop a recruitment and selection strategy for a given position(s), adhering to relevant employment legislation in New Zealand.
12%
15%
4
5
6
Students will discuss training process and develop a personal learning and development plan to meet individual and organisational needs.
Students will evaluate performance management and its contribution to organisational effectiveness.
Students will critique compensation and rewards management and the relationship to performance management.
15%
15%
15%
7 Students will discuss health and safety practices in a workplace, adhering to relevant employment legislation in New Zealand.
15%
100%
Note: All learning outcomes must be evidenced; a 10% aggregate variance is allowed.
DELIVERY:
1.
Classroom lecture (PPT slides)
2.
Activity-based learning –Group Discussion
3.
Activity-based learning – Presentations
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MODULE OBJECTIVES
LEARNING OUTCOME ONE
Students will examine the interrelationship among human resource management, business environment and human resource planning.
Key elements:
(a) Human resource management and business environment:
(i) Historical context and contemporary context in terms of roles and functions:

Personnel Management (PM)

Human Resource Management (HRM)

Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM)
(ii) External and internal business environment and their implications
(b) Human resource planning: Process, methods (at least 1), and strategic focus
LEARNING OUTCOME TWO
Students will discuss the contribution of job design to organisational effectiveness, and complete a job analysis in a given situation.
Key elements:
(a) Job analysis
(i) Methods (at least 1)
(ii) Documentation
● Position Descriptions
● Person Specifications
● Competency Profiles
(b) Job design
(i) Methods (at least 2)
(ii) Contribution to organisational effectiveness
LEARNING OUTCOME THREE
Students will develop a recruitment and selection strategy for a given position(s), adhering to relevant employment legislation in New Zealand.
Key elements:
(a) Recruitment: Process and methods to recruit internally and externally
(at least 2 methods)
(b) Selection: Selection criteria, process and methods (at least 3 methods)
(c) New Zealand legislative requirements for recruitment and selection (at least 2)
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LEARNING OUTCOME FOUR
Students will discuss training process and develop a personal learning and development plan to meet individual and organisational needs.
Key elements:
(a) Training process model:
(i) Conducting training need analysis (organisational analysis, task analysis, people analysis) and identify training needs, objectives, and content
(ii) Training resources and arrangement
(iii) Training delivery and methods
(iv) Training evaluation
(b) Personal learning and development plan:
(i) Learning needs analysis
(ii) Learning methods
(iii) Learning outcomes
(iv) Evaluation of learning outcomes
LEARNING OUTCOME FIVE
Students will evaluate performance management and its contribution to organisational effectiveness
Key elements:
(a) Performance appraisals
(i) Process and methods (at least 2)
(b) Disciplinary processes
(i) Procedural fairness, substantive justification, unfair dismissals and personal grievances (at least 1 of these aspects)
(ii) New Zealand legislative requirements (at least 1)
LEARNING OUTCOME SIX
Students will critique compensation and rewards management and the relationship to performance management
Key elements:
(a) Compensation
 Elements of compensation: based pay, benefits, and incentives (assess at least 1)
 External and internal equities vs. perception of ‘pay equity” (assess at least
1)
(b) Recognition and Rewards management: Motivation (at least 1 theory), intrinsic and extrinsic rewards (at least 1)
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LEARNING OUTCOME SEVEN
Students will discuss health and safety practices in a workplace, adhering to relevant employment legislation in New Zealand.
Key elements:
Health and Safety:
(a) Causes, hazards and accidents/incidents (assess at least 1)
(b) Responsibilities of employers and employee adhering to relevant employment legislation in New Zealand (assess at least 2)
ASSESSMENT SCHEDULES
# Assessment
1 Assessment 1
(Individual Assignment)
LO Due Date Total Marks
1,2,3,4 Week 6 110 marks
%
55%
2 Assessment 2
(Final exam)
5,6,7 Week 10 90 marks 45%
SUGGESTED READINGS
Dessler, G. (2013). Framework for Human Resource Management (7 th ed.). USA:
Pearson Higher Education.
Rudman, R. (2013). Human Resource Management in New Zealand (5 th
ed.).
Australia: Pearson New Zealand.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) , available at http://www.dol.govt.nz/index.asp
Human Resource Management Community Knowledgebase (CiteHR), available at http://www.citehr.com/
Human Resources Institute of New Zealand, available at http://www.hrinz.org.nz/
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LECTURE AND TUTORIAL SCHEDULE
Week Topic
Week 1
LO 1
Week 2
LO 2
Students will examine the interrelationship among human resource management, business environment and human resource planning.
Key elements:
(a) Human resource management and business environment:
(i) in terms of roles and functions:

Personnel Management (PM)

Human Resource Management (HRM)

Strategic Human Resource Management
(SHRM)
(ii) External and internal business environment and their implications
(b) Human resource planning: Process, methods (at least 1), and strategic focus
Students will discuss the contribution of job design to organisational effectiveness, and complete a job analysis in a given situation.
Key elements:
(a) Job analysis
(i) Methods (at least 1)
(ii) Documentation
● Position Descriptions
● Person Specifications
● Competency Profiles
(b) Job design
(i) Methods (at least 2)
(ii) Contribution to organisational effectiveness
Reference
Material
Ch. 1
Ch. 2
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Week 3
LO 3
Week 4&5
LO 4
Week 6
LO 5
Students will develop a recruitment and selection strategy for a given position(s), adhering to relevant employment legislation in New Zealand.
Key elements:
(a) Recruitment: Process and methods to recruit internally and externally (at least 2 methods)
(b) Selection: Selection criteria, process and methods
(at least 3 methods)
(c) New Zealand legislative requirements for recruitment and selection (at least 2)
Students will discuss training process and develop a personal learning and development plan to meet individual and organisational needs.
Key elements:
(a) Training process model:
(i) Conducting training need analysis (organisational analysis, task analysis, people analysis) and identify training needs, objectives, and content
(ii) Training resources and arrangement
(iii) Training delivery and methods
(iv) Training evaluation
(b) Personal learning and development plan:
(i) Learning needs analysis
(ii) Learning methods
(iii) Learning outcomes
Students will evaluate performance management and its contribution to organisational effectiveness
Key elements:
(a) Performance appraisals
(i) Process and methods (at least 2)
(b) Disciplinary processes
(i) Procedural fairness, substantive justification, unfair dismissals and personal grievances
(at least 1 of these aspects)
(ii) New Zealand legislative requirements (at least 1)
Submit Assessment 1 (Individual Assignment)
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 1,2, 3 and 4
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Week 7
LO 6
Week 8
LO 7
Students will critique compensation and rewards management and the relationship to performance management
Key elements:
(a) Compensation
 Elements of compensation: based pay, benefits, and incentives (assess at least 1)
 External and internal equities vs. perception of ‘pay equity” (assess at least 1)
(b) Recognition and Rewards management: Motivation (at least 1 theory), intrinsic and extrinsic rewards (at least 1)
Students will discuss health and safety practices in a workplace, adhering to relevant employment legislation in
New Zealand.
Key elements:
Health and Safety:
(a) Causes, hazards and accidents/incidents (assess at least
1)
(b) Responsibilities of employers and employee adhering to relevant employment legislation in New Zealand (assess at least 2)
Week 9 Revision
Week 10 Assessment 2 (Final exam)
Ch. 6
Ch. 7
Ch. 5, 6 and 7
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