Classes

Number and length of classes: 1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial, (3 hours face-to-face teaching per week unless indicated otherwise in the lecture schedule.)

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

Warning: You must attend at least 10 of the 12 tutorials.  Failure to do this may affect your final mark.

Attendance will be taken at the lectures and in the tutorials, please ensure that you sign the attendance sheet; if you miss the tutorial please send an email notifying your tutor and provide medical certificates at the next tutorial or via email (preferred).

Required and Recommended Texts and/or Materials

Required

Ozbilgin Mustafa, Groutis Dimitra, and Williams Harvey, International Human Resorces Management (Cambridge University Press, 2014)

This text book is obtainable from Macquarie University Coop Bookshop. Students should have their own copy of this text. Some copies of the text will be available on the library shelves and in library reserves (subject to delivery date). Lecture support can add to the textbook but cannot replace it.

Highly Recommended

Edwards T, Rees C, International Human Resource Management (Pearson, 2011)

Dowling P, Festing M, & Engle S R), International Human Resource Management (Cengage Learning, 2008).

 Students are encouraged to read a good daily newspaper such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian or The Australian Financial Review.

Reading list

The publications listed below are recommended for further reading on the topics covered in the unit. Students should also consult them for the research and preparation of assignments. This is only designed as a guide for students. Students are encouraged to use the library to find further readings that may be relevant to lectures and tutorials, and to assignments.

• Brewster C, Carey L, Dowling P, Grobbler P, Holland P, and Warnich S,  Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 2007).

• Briscoe D, Randall S, and Clauss L, International Human Resource Management: Policies and Practice for Multinational Enterprises (Routledge, 3rd ed, 2009)

• De Cieri H, Kramer R, Noe, R A, Hollenbeck J R, Gerhart B, and Wright P M, Human Resource Management in Australia:Strategy, People and Performance, McGraw Hill, 2nd ed, 2008).

• Harzing A W. and van Ruysseveldt J, International Human Resource Management (Sage Publication, 2005).

• Nankervis A, Comptom R, and Baird M, Strategic Human Resource Management (Cengage, 6th ed, 2008)

• Stone R J,  Human Resource Management (John Wiley, 6th ed, 2008).
• Mendenhall M, Oddou G, Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management (South-Western College Publishing, 3rd ed, 2000)

TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

Students are reqired to use information technology in this unit.

Students will need to use:

• Library databases to source materials for the research reports, which are accessed electronically for conducting research for assignments;
• Electronic (internet) access to iLearn to download unit resources and upload assignments or other materials required for class activities and assignments;
• Microsoft word and Powerpoint (where applicable) for the research reports and presentations

Unit Web Page

Course material is available on the learning management system (iLearn). The web page for this unit can be found at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/

Journals

Apart from books, students will find it valuable to get into the practice of reading relevant articles from journals. Below students will find a list of journals as well as some suggested articles to start their reading. Those suggested can all be found within the university library system.

• Academy of Management Journal
• Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources                        
• Australian Journal of Management                    
• California Management Review
• Employee Relations
• Gender, Work and Organisation
• Harvard Business Review                                                
• Human Resource Management Journal              
• International Journal of Employment Studies                
• International Journal of Human Resource Management
• International Journal of Manpower
• Labour & Industry
• New Technology, Work and Employment
• Personnel Journal                                                
• Personnel Management                                                  
• Personnel Review
• Sloan Management Review
• The Journal of Industrial Relations

Some useful websites:

Changes since the last offering of this unit

The required text book has changed since the last offering in 2014. This may change the lecture and tutorial content.

The required textbook for this subject has been updated and changed. This update and change may alter some of the previous lecture and tutorial content material. However, students will be alerted to any changes to the course subject material through iLearn.

This unit uses research by Julie Zetler:

Woellner R, Zetler J, "Satisfying the Taxpayer's Burden of Proof in Challenging a Default Assessment: The Modern Labours of Sisyphus?" (December 2014) Journal of Australasian Law Teachers Association

Woellner R, Zetler J, "Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged - The Trials of a Modern Litigant" (December 2013) Journal of Australasian Law Teachers Association

Julie Zetler,'Legal and Ethical Impact of Electronic Health Records on Privacy and Confidentiality' (Doctorate, Faculty of Laws, University of Sydney, 2015).

Zetler J, Bonello R, Essential Law, Ethics and Professional Issues in CAM (Elsevier, 2012).

This unit gives you opportunites to conduct your own research.