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This course addresses the essential frameworks needed for managing people. It examines the psychological and legal influences that shape employing and leading staff. It covers the specific obligations and responsibilities affecting processes such as recruiting, performance management, dispute resolution, termination and organisational change - as well as exploring the dynamics for managing relationships between managers and employees.
This course addresses the essential frameworks needed for managing people. It examines the psychological and legal influences that shape employing and leading staff. It covers the specific obligations and responsibilities affecting processes such as recruiting, performance management, workplace conflict, termination and organisational change. It explores the dynamics for managing relationships between managers and employees.• It is a central course for people aiming to work as Managers or HRM specialists. The course outlines the essential frameworks of regulations, along with the processes of relating with staff, that leaders need. • It addresses a range of areas that are common challenges for managers, and that HR professionals are typically expected to advise on.• The course addresses the values and ideological frameworks that shape employment, with the ways in which managers and employers work together. This includes the ways to create productive, resilient and engaged work groups.Relationship to other coursesThis course complements other 300-level HRM, Management, and Organisational Behaviour courses. The content is relevant to all types of managers in organisations employing staff. It is designed to contribute to the Legal Compliance & Employment Relations competency requirements the Human Resources Institute of NZ (HRINZ)WorkloadThe approximate workload of this course is as follows:Lectures 24 hoursTerm tests 2 hoursTest Preparation 40 hoursAssignment 36 hoursLecture Preparation 48 hoursTotal 150 hours
Specifically, this course aims to equip students with an understanding of the ideological and legislative frameworks governing employment, with the ability to analyse and manage employment issues. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: explain employment relations theory and contemporary employment systems explain and address the applications of employment-related legislation explain the framework governing processes such as dispute resolution and negotiation, along with the functions of specialist employment institutions and processes identify, and propose methods to resolve employment relations issues.Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Learning Goals:The broad goals for the BCom and the ways in which this course addresses these: Goal 1: Graduates can demonstrate advanced knowledge of their selected subject major, informed by the broader context of CommerceIn the tests and the assignment students demonstrate their applied, advanced knowledge of management and HRM.Goal 2: Graduates are able to use analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to address specific problemsThe assignment requires students to address specific case-based situation/s in which they analyse core issues and the ways that these shape and influence the caseGoal 3: Graduates can understand issues from a range of ethical, global and multicultural perspectivesThe course content includes ethical and global / cultural issues and these are assessed in the testsGoal 4: Graduates are able to communicate effectively both orally and in written formThe assignment requires the use of written skills in addressing a case, presenting a structured analysis which identifies a range of central issues, creating an overall report on the case.NOTE: students doing MGMT303 can also do MGMT306 in 2016. The restrictions only apply to students who have done MGMT306 prior to 2010.
(1) Any 45 points at 200-level or above in MGMT; or (2) LAWS101 and LAWS110
MGMT306
Bernard Walker
1. You are required to do preparatory readings before classes. These cover cases and topics that will be discussed in class. 2. There are questions regarding those readings that are to be completed on Learn, prior to class. There are also other practical tasks. 3. Together, these in-course activities are worth 14% of the course. They are scored as simply Pass or Fail.4. The course final grade is composed of;In-course work Pass or FailTests and Project Assigned grades Final grade Pass + grade from Tests and Project
Rudman, R. S; New Zealand employment law guide ; 2016 edition; (Course readings and lecture resources will be available on LEARN).
MGMT303S2 Course Outline LEARN
Class RepresentativeA class representative may be asked to volunteer in the first few weeks of class. Any problems with the course can be raised with the class rep. Their email can be found at UCSA. The class representative will take up any issues raised by class members with the lecturer concerned as they occur.Departmental Academic Policies The Department assumes that you have read this document.You should also read the General Course and Examination RegulationsDishonest PracticeThe University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.Coversheets - Group and Individual
Domestic fee $759.00
International fee $3,125.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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