Shaping Behaviour and Strengthening Performance PG (11426.3)

This unit aims to introduce students to the complex body of knowledge and professional practice relating to two important and closely related areas of human resource management practice (reward and performance management) and to ensure students understand relevant theory and practice in how these two inter-related HR practice areas directly influence individual, work group and organisational performance. The focus is on how organisations effectively shape employee behavior and strengthen performance and how this can lead to more effective organisational performance.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Critically analyse a complex body of theoretical knowledge relating to the challenges that managers face in shaping behaviour and strengthening performance of the workforce in a variety of organisational contexts including developments in this field of study;
2. Reflect critically on the characteristics of effective practice for shaping the behaviour and strengthening the performance of the workforce and identify how this relates to employee wellbeing and effective individual and organisational performance;
3. Integrate industry research in shaping the behaviour and strengthening the performance of the workforce in a selected organisational context that enhances employee wellbeing and job performance; and
4. Present with skill and creativity the results of research and analysis of organisational HRM capability in a dynamic business context.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11194 Shaping Behaviour and Strengthening Performance

Equivalent units

6269 Remuneration & Performance Management PG

Assumed knowledge

Understanding of theory and practice in human capital and human resource management and the broad issues surrounding sustaining the employment relationship.