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WORK2205: Strategic Human Resource Management
2025 unit information
This unit examines the strategic nature of human resource management (HRM) within organisations, building on the foundational coverage of HRM issues and concepts introduced in WORK1003. A central theme explored in this unit is how organisations can best and strategically manage their human resources for the mutual, long-term benefit of both employers and employees. The unit highlights the interplay between strategic focus of HRM and day-to-day processes and practices, including attraction and selection; retention and development; managing performance and rewards; diversity and inclusion; workplace health and well-being; and conflict management. Students in this unit are asked to consider and evaluate many of the ‘big’ people management challenges facing organisations in a rapidly changing economic and social context.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Business (Business School)
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Work and Organisational Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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Completion of 24 credit points of 1000-level units of study |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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WORK1003 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. design and implement policies and practices appropriate to enhancing employee capability, well-being and contribution in particular organisational contexts
- LO2. analyse business priorities and problems in particular organisational contexts by recommending and justifying appropriate human resource strategies and practices
- LO3. understand and answer questions that test core definitions of human resource management learnt in this unit through a quiz that assesses HR terms and their application in real world situations.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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