Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor
Denise Jepsen
Contact via 9850 4805
Building 4ER Room 641
By email appointment, Tuesdays 9 am to noon
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
HRM107
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit addresses recruitment and selection in organisations. It examines measurement and decision making in HR selection, job analysis techniques, performance prediction, interviewing and psychometric assessment. Students will be able to explain the role of HR measurement and evaluate selection 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. Students will develop graduate capabilities in a range of areas including critical analytical thinking, research capability and problem solving.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Students are expected to complete all assessment tasks for this subject. Successful completion of this unit requires the student to achieve at least 50% in total in the assessment tasks offered.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Early Semester Quiz | 5% | No | Week 4 midnight Fri 24 Aug |
Individual Essay | 20% | No | Week 7, midnight Fri 14 Sept |
Recruitment & Selection Report | 35% | No | Week 11, midnight Fri 26 Oct |
Final Examination | 40% | No | University Examination Period |
Due: Week 4 midnight Fri 24 Aug
Weighting: 5%
To gain an early assessment of your understanding of the subject materials, there is an early semester quiz worth 5% of your final marks. Full details are in iLearn. The quiz opens on Monday morning of Week 4 and is to be completed by midnight on Friday of Week 4. There will not be a supplementary quiz. Any student who misses this quiz will need to provide a medical certificate or other documentation. The quiz will consist of 40 multiple choice questions. The questions will be drawn randomly from the test bank for each chapter and will be different for every student. There will be no trick questions. All questions will have equal value and marks will not be deducted for incorrect responses. Marks and feedback will be available in iLearn immediately. Chapters 1, 6, 7 and 8 of the 8th Edition of the textbook will be tested.
Due: Week 7, midnight Fri 14 Sept
Weighting: 20%
This assessment aims to enable students to examine and critically analyse one aspect of recruitment and selection in depth, to understand some of the activities that make up scholarly research and to see how knowledge is built gradually. Students are required to write a literature review based on the scholarly peer-review literature. There will be a choice of three topics. Full details are in iLearn.
Submission: This assessment is to be submitted ONLINE through TURNITIN.
Extension: No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission - 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted
What is required to complete the unit satisfactorily: This assessment is worth 20% of students' final marks.
Due: Week 11, midnight Fri 26 Oct
Weighting: 35%
Full details of this assessment is available to enrolled students on iLearn. The assessment is in two parts:
Part A: The report (worth 25%).
Submission: Submission is online through Turnitin.
Extension: No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission - 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.
Part B: Participation in discussion forum (worth 10%).
Submission: Via discussion forum posts
Extension: None granted. Only submissions posted during the relevant week will be graded.
Due: University Examination Period
Weighting: 40%
The final exam is worth 40% of the final mark. It is not necessary to pass the final exam in order to pass this unit.
A final examination is included as an assessment task for this unit to provide assurance that the product belongs to the student and the student has attained the knowledge and skills tested in the exam. A 3 hour final examination for this unit will be held during the University Examination period. Details are provided in iLearn.
You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations. http:// exams.mq.edu.au/.
The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time in the University Examination Timetable is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for special consideration. The University’s policy on the Special Consideration process is available at https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategyplanning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the Special Consideration process the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period. The Macquarie University examination policy details the principles and conduct of examinations at the University. The policy is available at: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/examination/policy.htm
The unit is delivered entirely online, with the exception of the final exam which is in-person at Macquarie University during the formal exam period. Topics are scheduled against a weekly timetable. Students are expected to read the associated chapter in the textbook, and may view the powerpoint slides and/or video on the chapter from a previous delivery of the unit. In addition to the chapter, students are required to complete prescribed assessments and activities and to participate in discussion forums.
http://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/timetables
The textbook required for this unit is available for purchase at the University Co-op Bookshop and a limited number are available in the Macquarie University library:
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.
E-text information: Students can access the Gatewood Feild & Barrick text via CengageBrain.com which a single destination for print textbooks, eBook, single eChapters, and study tools. http://www.cengagebrain.com.au/shop/FAQ.html has some extra links if students are experiencing compatibility issues. On the left hand panel is a link “Requirement and Capabilities”. For technical help with eBooks or your purchase go to http://www.cengagebrain.com.au/shop/Support.html.
Recommended reading for those interested in less technical side of recruitment:
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 leadership and organisational change:
Avery, G. C. & Bergsteiner, H. (2010). Honeybees and locusts: the business case for sustainable leadership, Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
Dunphy, D. , Griffiths, A. and Benn, S., Organisational Change for Corporate Sustainability, Routledge, London and New York, 2003; revised edition 2007
Cohen, E., (2010). CSR for HR, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield
You should familiarise yourself with the relevant HRM journals in the library:
Key research databases for your study of HRM include
Unit Web Page
Learning and Teaching Activities
The topic will generally involve textbook presentation of theoretical material as a basis for more general discussion in the discussion forums or individual activities. Activities will focus on practical application of the material.
Week, Mon |
Weekly topic |
Text ch/s |
Online activities |
Assessment tasks due |
Wk 1: 30 July |
Introduction, HRM Measurement in Selection |
1, 6 |
Discussion Forum Introductions |
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Wk 2: 6 Aug |
Reliability |
7 |
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Wk 3: 13 Aug |
Validity |
8 |
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Wk 4: 20 Aug |
Job Analysis |
3 |
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Quiz 5% |
Wk 5: 27 Aug |
Recruitment & Attraction |
5 |
Exercise: Literature review |
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Wk 6: 3 Sep |
Selection Decision Making Strategies |
15 |
Exercise: Scholarly Vs professional writing |
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Wk 7: 10 Sep |
Ability Testing |
11 |
Discussion Forum: Organisation, job and selection criteria |
Literature Review 20% |
*****Mid-semester break***** | ||||
Wk 8: 1 Oct |
Personality Assessment |
12 |
Discussion Forum: Job advertisement |
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Wk 9: 8 Oct |
The Selection Interview |
10 |
Discussion Forum: Information sources |
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Wk 10: 15 Oct |
Reference Checking |
9 |
Discussion Forum: Psychometric assessment |
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Wk 11: 22 Oct |
Job Performance Measures |
2 |
Discussion Forum: Interview questions and responses |
Report 35% |
Wk 12: 29 Oct |
Aust’n Recruitment Law, Recruitment Diversity |
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Wk 13: 5 Nov |
Review, Sustainability |
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Exam period |
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Exam 40% |
Lit Review exercise |
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We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
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This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Unit changes since last the last presentation of the online unit have been based on student feedback, pedagogy and movements in the recruitment industry.