HRMGT303-19B (HAM)

Strategic Human Resource Management

15 Points

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Division of Management
School of Management and Marketing

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Marlize De Witt

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Paper Description

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Strategic Human resource Management is the last compulsory paper in the Human resource Management major. It is an integrative paper which brings together key knowledge and skills from the other HR papers. However, the focus is macro, and teaches students how HR practices can be combined to influence human capital and/or employee behaviour to improve an organisation's performance and implement its strategy.

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Paper Structure

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You will attend two 1.5 hour lectures each week. In the second half of the semester, practitioners from various industries will join the class as guest lecturers.The first session will be a lecture-based introduction to a SHRM topic. The second session will provide opportunity for application of newly acquired knowledge and will be student led through panel discussions, presentations, and Moodle submitted activities (counting towards your individual participation grade).

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Learning Outcomes

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Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:

  • 1. Analyse organisational problems and issues, using human resource data
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  • 2. Explain how various HR practices cohere to affect organisational performance (via human capital or employee behavior, for instance)
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  • 3. Analyse the HR practices at a given organisation for their strategic coherence
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  • 4. Measure organisational performance using various statistical metrics
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Assessment

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Detailed information about items for assessment, along with marking schedules and rubrics are provided on the HRMGT303 Moodle page, in the blocks designated to particular assignments.
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Assessment Components

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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 60:40. There is no final exam. The final exam makes up 40% of the overall mark.

The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 60:40 or 0:0, whichever is more favourable for the student. The final exam makes up either 40% or 0% of the overall mark.

Component DescriptionDue Date TimePercentage of overall markSubmission MethodCompulsory
1. Participation
Sum of All
20
2. Individual essay
16 Aug 2019
11:00 PM
20
3. Group assignment: Analysis of an organisation's HR practices
Sum of All
25 Sep 2019
5:00 PM
20
4. Exam
40
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Assessment Total:     100    
Failing to complete a compulsory assessment component of a paper will result in an IC grade
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Required and Recommended Readings

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Required Readings

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Boxall, P & Purcell, J. (2016). Strategy and Human Resource Management (4th ed.). London, Palgrave.
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Recommended Readings

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  1. Students who have not completed the HRMGT202 course are recommended to find the following text book: Stone, R. J. (2017). Human Resource Management (9th. Ed.) Australia: Wiley
  2. Nankervis, A., Baird, M., Coffey, J. and Shields, J. (2017). Human Resource Management Strategy and Practice (9th ed.). Cengage.
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Other Resources

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A selection of case studies and additional peer reviewed articles will be prescribed in line with course topics throughout the semester.
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Online Support

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Workload

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Learning hours should be approximately ten per point, or 150 hours for a 15 point paper
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Linkages to Other Papers

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This is the final, integrative paper in the HRM major
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Prerequisite(s)

Prerequisite papers: HRMG241 or HRMGT201 or HRMGT202 or HRMGT301 or HRMGT306

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