Human Resource Management

Start towards a career in HR, or enhance your skills.

Human resources has become increasingly important in the running of large enterprises. And the more complex it becomes the more skill is demanded of its practitioners.

The Cengage Education Human Resource Management course is designed to give people with aspirations in the field a broad understanding of current issues in HR management. It’s also a useful and quick way for people already working in the field to bring themselves up to date in their field.

You’ll emerge with new understanding and skills in organisational planning, along with a raft of new ideas and strategies for maintaining morale and boosting productivity.

On completion of your course:

Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment in Human Resource Management. This course is a module from the Applied Social Science - Advanced.

About our Nationally Recognised Training accreditation Cengage Education is a Registered Training Organisation registered with VETAB (Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board).

Austudy approved

This course is Austudy approved, please apply directly to Centrelink to receive this benefit. Get more information about Financial Assistance programs.

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Course Number A0057
Course Type Correspondence
Course Duration Max 18 months
Study Hours Approx 102 hrs
Qualification Statement of Attainment

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge or experience is required to take this course.

Assessment details

  • 2 written assessments

Key areas of learning

  • Current HRM issues
  • Legislation and HRM
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  • Organisational planning
  • Interpersonal communication systems within organisations
  • Current issues in workplace reform
  • Implications of workplace reform
  • Management of performance
  • Strategic remuneration management
  • Training and development
  • Future directions
  • People management practices and review

Extra learning materials included

  • Strategic Human Resource Management - Textbook

Subjects You’ll Cover

Current issues for Human Resource Management (HRM)

  • HRM and management theory
  • HRM activities

Legislation and HRM

  • Industrial relations reform
  • Trade unions
  • Employer's associations
  • Management and industrial relations
  • Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and current trends

  • Affirmative action
  • Work and family issues
  • The new demographics
  • Options for change
  • Total Quality Management (TQM)
  • Competency-based HRM

Organisational planning

  • Types of planning
  • Objectives: The foundation of planning
  • Strategic planning
  • Time management

Interpersonal communication systems within organisations

  • Defining communication
  • Methods of communicating
  • Communication and power
  • Barriers to effective communication
  • Managing communication: Overcoming the barriers

Current issues in workplace reform

  • Trends in industrial relations
  • Distinguishing features of enterprise agreements
  • Achieving a certified agreement
  • Enterprise flexibility agreements
  • Consultative committees

Implications of workplace reform

  • Teams
  • Communication
  • Innovative organisations
  • Flexible work practices
  • A case study - Westpac
  • Broadbanding
  • The changing role of unions

Management of performance

  • Motivation and job satisfaction
  • Early theories of motivation
  • Content theories of motivation
  • Process theories
  • HRM implications
  • Performance appraisal

Strategic remuneration management

  • Equity
  • Job evaluation
  • Productivity
  • Motivation, incentive and reward
  • Money and motivation
  • Reward systems

Training and development

  • Broad training strategies
  • Training policy
  • How adults learn
  • Types of training and development
  • Evaluation of training
  • Management development
  • Career development and succession planning
  • Management development and leadership - The Karpin Report
  • Implication for HRD

Future directions

  • Organisational change/Organisational Development (OD)
  • OD theory
  • Problems with planned change
  • Choosing interventions

People management practices and review

  • Creating positive change
  • Leadership and management skills for Australia's future
  • The future of Human Resources