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Unit description

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

  1. 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.
  2. Branding and Attraction Strategies - the link between marketing and HR.
  3. The Legal and Ethical Context of the Employment Cycle.
  4. Job Analysis and Design.
  5. Managing Recruitment and Selection: Traditional Strategies
  6. Managing Recruitment and Selection: Contemporary Strategies.
  7. Research on Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Turnover and Retention.
  8. Managing Retention Strategies.
  9. Case studies in Attraction, Recruitment and Retention
  10. 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.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1research 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
2relate research-based human resource and other relevant theory to the attraction, recruitment, retention and performance management of staffEthical practiceKnowledge of a disciplineCommunication and social skills
3design and present attraction, recruitment, selection, retention and performance management strategies for a specific context.Ethical practiceKnowledge of a disciplineCommunication and social skills
4critically analyse, synthesise and reflect upon human resource issues, including contextual and ethical issues.Ethical practiceKnowledge of a disciplineCommunication and social skills

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

  1. research contemporary labour markets in one's own country and trading partner countries and extrapolate the resultant impact on organisations' competition for talent.
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  2. relate research-based human resource and other relevant theory to the attraction, recruitment, retention and performance management of staff
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  3. design and present attraction, recruitment, selection, retention and performance management strategies for a specific context.
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  4. critically analyse, synthesise and reflect upon human resource issues, including contextual and ethical issues.
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
    • GA6: Communication and social skills

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every session. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the study session.

Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3

Fee paying courses
For POSTGRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees

International

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