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Not currently available in 2019
Unit aim
To impart knowledge, operational and management skills suited to HR practitioners, middle and senior managers in relation to the attraction, recruitment, selection, retention and performance management of staff in a range of organisational contexts.
Unit content
- Understanding Contemporary Labour Markets - global and country specific, 'the war for talent', mobility, skills shortages, demographic differences between 'old' and 'new' economies, demographic differences between segments of the labour markets.
- Branding and Attraction Strategies - the link between marketing and HR.
- The Legal and Ethical Context of the Employment Cycle.
- Job Analysis and Design.
- Managing Recruitment and Selection: Traditional Strategies
- Managing Recruitment and Selection: Contemporary Strategies.
- Research on Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Turnover and Retention.
- Managing Retention Strategies.
- Case studies in Attraction, Recruitment and Retention
- Contemporary Issues in Attraction and Retention.
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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | research contemporary labour markets in one's own country and trading partner countries and extrapolate the resultant impact on organisations' competition for talent. | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | relate research-based human resource and other relevant theory to the attraction, recruitment, retention and performance management of staff | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 3 | design and present attraction, recruitment, selection, retention and performance management strategies for a specific context. | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 4 | critically analyse, synthesise and reflect upon human resource issues, including contextual and ethical issues. | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2019 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3
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International
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