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MGMT2050 – Staffing Organisations

2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde

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General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor
Narelle Hess
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Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
HRM107 or MGMT1007
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit addresses staffing organisations. It examines measurement and decision making in HR selection, job analysis techniques, performance prediction, attraction strategies, and selection methods. Students will be able to explain the role of HR measurement and evaluate staffing programs in a variety of organisational settings. The unit takes a technical approach and both the scholarly literature and applied practices of specialist topics are examined.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Analyse and explain the role of HR measurement, reliability and validity in staffing decision making.
  • ULO2: Critically evaluate staffing processes and decision making.
  • ULO3: Describe and assess a range of sustainable, best practice staffing processes.
  • ULO4: Communicate effectively in both scholarly and professional contexts.

Assessment Tasks

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Delivery and Resources

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Required text

  • Gatewood, Feild, and Barrick (2016). Human Resource Selection. (8th ed.). Cincinnati: Southwestern College Publishing Company.

This is an American textbook selected for the thorough manner in which the technical aspects of selection have been addressed. The text is available at the University Co-Op Bookshop and is also available online.

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Technology Used and Required

Students are required to have access to a personal computer and familiarise themselves with iLearn (https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/).

iLearn will be used to post lecture slides, assessment details, student grades and as a means of communication between staff members and students.

Delivery Format and Other Details

  • Number and length of classes: 1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial, i.e. 3 hours face to face per week unless indicated otherwise in the lecture schedule. Classes may vary due to public holiday(s)
  • Tutorials will commence in Week 2.
  • The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at:  http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/

Recommended readings

  • Compton, Morissey & Nankervis, Effective Recruitment and Selection Practices. (5th ed.). CCH Australia Limited, Sydney.
  • Knox-Haly (2008). How to stop your workplace going pear-shaped: Readings in HR Risk Mitigation. (1st ed). Tilde Uni Press, Prahan, Vic. This Australian text incorporates legal perspectives on workplace issues and recruitment.

Recommended reading for sustainable HR:

  • Avery, G. C. & Bergsteiner, H. (2010). Honeybees and locusts: the business case for sustainable leadership, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
  • Cohen, E., (2010). CSR for HR, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield

Relevant HRM journals in the library include:

  • Academy of Management Journal
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
  • Australian Journal of Management
  • California Management Review
  • Harvard Business Review
  • HRM Journal
  • International Journal of HRM
  • International Journal of Selection and Assessment
  • Personnel Psychology
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Review

Key research databases for your study of HRM include:

  • Ebsco host: Academic Search Elite
  • Business Source Primer
  • Journals@Ovid PsycArticles
  • PsycINFO
  • Psychology and behavioral sciences collection
  • Web of science

Inherent Requirements

None

Unit Schedule

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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct​

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