People, Management and Organisations
The units of study listed in the following table are those available for the current year. Students may also include any units of study, which are additional to those currently listed, which appear under these subject areas in the Business School handbook/website in subsequent years (subject to any prerequisite or prohibition rules).
Errata
| Item | Errata | Date |
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| 1. |
Sessions have been changed for the following unit. Semester 2 has been added: IBUS6005 Ethical International Business Decisions Sessions: Semester 1, Semester 2 |
01/06/2020 |
| 2. |
The following unit is missing from the table. It may be completed as an elective option: WORK6108 International Dimensions of HRM Credit Points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: 1 x 1.5 hr lecture per week and 1 x 1.5 hr seminar per week Assessment: individual readiness assurance tests (20%); team readiness assurance tests (5%); team strategy exercises(20%); written essay (30%); final exam (25%) Description: This unit considers the opportunities and challenges associated with managing people in international and cross-cultural contexts, with specific emphasis on international recruitment, selection, preparation, placement, management development, performance management, reward and remuneration. The unit considers the implications of internationalisation and globalisation for human resource management (HRM), the different levels of international business activity, the difference between domestic and international HRM, the challenges of cross-cultural management, models of cross-cultural management, and specific international HR processes, including selection, development, performance management, remuneration and repatriation.The unit provides students with a practical understanding of the issues and challenges associated with managing employees in international, global and cross-cultural contexts. |
01/06/2020 |
| 3. |
Sessions have been changed for the following unit. Session Semester 2A has been moved to Semester 2: WORK6111 Management Consulting |
01/06/2020 |
Table of postgraduate units of study: Commerce
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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People, Management and Organisations |
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| Achievement of a specialisation in People, Management and Organisations requires 30 credit points from this table comprising: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points in foundational units of study | |||
| (ii) 24 credit points in elective units of study. | |||
Units of study for the specialisation |
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Foundational unit of study |
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| WORK5003 Management and Organisations |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Elective units of study |
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| WORK6001 Organisational Analysis and Behaviour |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WORK6002 Strategic Management |
6 | Semester 1a Semester 2 |
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| WORK6012 Industrial Relations Policy |
6 | Intensive October |
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| WORK6018 International Industrial Relations |
6 | Intensive May |
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| WORK6026 Organisational Change and Development |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| WORK6030 Performance and Rewards |
6 | Semester 2b |
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| WORK6100 Disruptions and Innovations in HRM |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| WORK6111 Management Consulting |
6 | A Knowledge is assumed in the areas of basic business strategy and organisational change. It is recommended that students enrolling in this Unit will have completed either or both of the following or similar Units: WORK6026 Organisational Change and Development, WORK6002 Foundations of Strategic Management. |
Semester 2a |
| WORK6115 Managing Diversity and Inclusion at Work |
6 | Intensive September |
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| WORK6116 Employment and the Law |
6 |
This unit is not available for students enrolled in the Master of Labour Law Relations |
Semester 1 |
| WORK6118 Managing Communication in Organisations |
6 | N ECOF6030 or ECOF6040 |
Semester 1a |
| WORK6120 Research Essay |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available only to students who have achieved 75% or better in at least four WORK (or equivalent) units studied; and have the Discipline's permission to take the unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| WORK6130 Leadership in Organisations |
6 | N ECOF5807 or ECOF6090 |
Semester 1 |