MMH703 - Workforce Capability
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Justine Ferrer |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Previously: | Strategic Human Resource Development |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including a 90-minute weekly scheduled online seminar. |
Content
The unit provides students with the knowledge and skills to apply different the frameworks for developing talent within organisations. The unit takes a theoretical and practical approach to human resource development in order to improve organisational performance at the organisational level through to the individual level of development. To do this, students will be introduced and will critically examine the functions of: organisational development, career development and training and development. Students will learn valuable and practical skills to enhance the human resource development function in their organisations, with a particular focus on talent management, knowledge management and diversity management.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Research, critically analyse and appraise the strategies, processes and frameworks for developing people and organisations in achieving organisational effectiveness. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Analyse and audit the current ‘people development’ climate within an organisation and devise appropriate and specific development programs to meet the needs of an organisation. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 (Individual): Case Study | 2500 words | 40% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2 (Individual): Report (Business) | 3500 words | 60% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MMH703 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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