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MGMT2050 – Staffing Organisations

2025 – Session 2, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor
Farzana Ashraf
farzana.ashraf@mq.edu.au
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Available on iLearn
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
50cp at 1000 level or above
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

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

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.

General Assessment Information

Late Assessment Submission Penalty (written assessments) 

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.  

For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Professional Practice: Workshop Facilitation 30% No Week 4 to Week 11
Skills Development: Reflection on Individual Engagement 30% No Week-8; September 21, 2025
Professional Practice: Talent Acquisition Design 40% No Week-12; November 02, 2025

Professional Practice: Workshop Facilitation

Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 4 to Week 11
Weighting: 30%

 

The purpose of this assessment is to develop your ability to explain and apply key staffing and HRM concepts, and to communicate disciplinary knowledge clearly in a group setting.

You will work in a group to research the weekly topic, deliver a tutorial-opening presentation, and respond to audience questions to demonstrate your understanding.

Skills in focus:

  • Collaboration
  • Work readiness
  • Communication
  • Discipline knowledge

Deliverable: Presentation (up to 20 min).

Group assessment

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse and explain the role of HR measurement, reliability and validity in staffing decision making.
  • Communicate effectively in both scholarly and professional contexts.

Skills Development: Reflection on Individual Engagement

Assessment Type 1: Portfolio
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week-8; September 21, 2025
Weighting: 30%

 

The purpose of this assessment is for you to critically reflect on your engagement and contributions during tutorials.

You will identify and analyse individual tutorial contributions, and evaluate your impact on group discussions and activities. You will support this with evidence and artefacts from your learning journey.

Skills in focus:

  • Communication
  • Work readiness

Deliverable: Written report [max. 1,000 words], excluding supporting materials and appendices.

Individual assessment.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse and explain the role of HR measurement, reliability and validity in staffing decision making.
  • Describe and assess a range of sustainable, best practice staffing processes.

Professional Practice: Talent Acquisition Design

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week-12; November 02, 2025
Weighting: 40%

 

The purpose of this assessment is to develop your ability to design a tailored recruitment and selection plan for a specialised role, applying HRM concepts and evidence-based practices.

You will choose one of three high-value roles, create a fictitious organisation, and develop a comprehensive recruitment and selection report including job analysis, selection criteria, recruitment strategy, and decision-making processes.

Skills in focus:

  • Discipline knowledge
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Communication

Deliverable: Written individual report [max. 2,000 words] excluding relevant appendices.

Individual assessment

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse and explain the role of HR measurement, reliability and validity in staffing decision making.
  • Critically evaluate staffing processes and decision making.
  • Describe and assess a range of sustainable, best practice staffing processes.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Required text

Gatewood, Feild, and Barrick (2019). Human Resource Selection. (9th 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. Hard or soft (ebook) versions of the text are available online through Wessex Press at https://wessexlearning.com/products/human-resource-selection?variant=17548062949433. Online versions of the previous (8th) edition of this textbook are on Leganto. 

Unit web page

The web page for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/

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

The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at:  http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/

Recommended readings

Recommended readings are provided via the Leganto links on the iLearn Unit page

Inherent Requirements

None

Unit Schedule

Introduction to unit, selection

Job performance & measurement

Reliability and validity

Graduate recruitment & selection

Sustainability

Simulations & assessment centres

Job analysis

Recruitment & screening procedures

Interviewing

Psychometric assessments

Selection decision making

Australian recruitment law

Course review & wrap up

 

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Students seeking more policy resources can visit Student Policies (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/policies). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

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Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct

Results

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Academic Integrity

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Changes since First Published

Date Description
18/07/2025 Unit topics

Unit information based on version 2025.02 of the Handbook