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Unit description

Enables the student to effectively conduct the management of diverse human resources, particularly in the international employment relations context. Fosters an understanding of International HRM as well as HRM practices in other countries.

Unit content

Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: The cultural context
Topic 3: The organisational context
Topic 4: Equity and non-equity modes of international operations
Topic 5: Recruitment and selection
Topic 6: Performance management
Topic 7: Training, careers, repatriation
Topic 8: Compensation, benefits and taxes
Topic 9: Global employment laws, labour relations, ethics and standards
Topic 10: Trends Part 1: The changing nature of the global landscape; emerging types of assignees and assignments; the changing nature of careers and patterns of global staffing
Topic 11: Trends Part 2: ; Social responsibility, sustainability and diversity of human resources
 

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1identify the range of HRM practices in an international context
2examine the challenges in implementing HRM practices in an international context
3develop management solutions to implementing HRM practices in an international context
4research HRM practices in the context of at least two countries
5compare the HRM practices in the context of at least two countries.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify the range of HRM practices in an international context
  2. examine the challenges in implementing HRM practices in an international context
  3. develop management solutions to implementing HRM practices in an international context
  4. research HRM practices in the context of at least two countries
  5. compare the HRM practices in the context of at least two countries.

Prescribed texts

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Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.

Teaching and assessment

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Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.

Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees

International

Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.

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