Environmental concerns, global warming most particularly, are increasingly pressing across the world. Organisations must consider new ways of managing staff to handle these challenges. New performance indicators must be devised and implemented. New skills must be identified and learned. The environmental problems we face are, at least in part, the product of a failure to consider externalities and long-term costs and benefits in our decisions. It is therefore appropriate to introduce such considerations to HR. What HR practices best deal with these externalities? What HR practices best address the long-term?

Key texts include:

Sustainable HRM literature. Some of the most compelling literature in the field of Sustainable HRM have been selected as part of the Required Collaborative Readings each week. You are also supplied with a list of Recommended Readings to further support your learning and success in this paper. You are encouraged to read widely.

Reframing Organisations and the Four Frames. Rooted in decades of social science research across multiple disciplines, Bolman and Deal's Four-Frame model has continued to evolve since its conception over 25 years ago; the new sixth edition has been updated to include coverage of cross-sector collaboration, generational differences, virtual environments, globalization, sustainability, and communication across cultures. Combining the latest research from organizational theory, organizational behaviour, psychology, sociology, political science and more, the Four Frames is a useful tool to analyse organisations in general. Taking a ‘reframing of the reframing’ approach you will gain expertise in using the Four Frames to analyse Sustainable HRM in particular.

Immunity to Change and Deliberately Developmental Organisations. Again, drawing on practical well-tested tools that you can take with you into the workplace, this body of work by Harvard professors Kegan and Lahey focuses on personal change which is critical to organisational change.

The paper is structured around weekly lectures of 3 hours. These lectures provide an interactive, inclusive learning environment and are an important part of the assessment in this paper. The learning process for this course requires active inquiry and participation. We will learn by reading quality texts, conducting research, engaging in dialogue, doing practical exercises and personal reflection. In addition to attending classes, students need to complete the required collaborative readings prior to the relevant class and submit assignments by the due dates.

Tenets of the Inclusive Learning environment of this class include:
·Collective learning
·Active inquiry and participation from everyone
·Respecting people’s different experiences
·Classroom learning as a microcosm of organisational learning
·Reflective practice
·Welcoming and sharing your experience
·Respecting confidentiality/Chatham House Rules

Lecture slides will be made available on the Tuesday prior each Thursday class on Moodle.

Refer to the Reading List below for Required and Recommended readings which can be accessed via Moodle.

Students are urged to discuss privately any impairment-related requirements face- to-face and/or in written form with the paper convenor, lecturer and/ or support staff.

• Classes are designed to provide you a strong foundation so you have the keys to succeed in all assessments.
• Assessments provide a multi-dimensional, holistic appraisal of your learning in this paper. They comprise both group and individual work and include written reports, presentations, reflective inquiry and interactive participation in class and online. You are encouraged to share your experience and learning.
• Written assignments are to be submitted through Moodle. Turnitin will be activated and therefore do take care of ensuring your work is well paraphrased and uses citations and quotes appropriately.
• Oral presentations will be graded in class by the lecturer and fellow students. See Assessment 1 for details.
• There is no final exam, however, the final assessment is an open book test and you will be given 48-hours to complete the test.