26818 Transforming Workforce Capability
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Credit points: 3 cp
Subject level:
Postgraduate
Result type: Grade and marksThere are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject equips students with critical skills to understand and navigate the new world of work. Students learn about the trends shaping the future of work in a post-COVID environment and the key aspects of evidence-based people strategies and processes.
Through learning activities, students examine the available evidence concerning changes associated with the future of work and their implications for people and human resource management. They understand factors that enhance employee experience and organisational outcomes through the lens of talent and human resource management.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
| 1. | Apply a range of methodologies to enhance employee experiences and performance |
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| 2. | Develop and implement strategies for managing internal and external talent to respond to strategic opportunities and threats |
| 3. | Demonstrate the interests of diverse groups of employees in order to advance organisational sustainability and success |
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
This subject equips students with critical people and human resource management skills and knowledge to advance employee and organisational performance through ethical, evidence-based and positive mechanisms. It introduces students to principles of managing diverse talent, including people from Indigenous backgrounds.
This subject contributes to the development of the following graduate attribute(s):
- Professional and technical competence
Teaching and learning strategies
This subject is delivered through a mix of online learning, three live online webinars and online consultations. The subject features a mix of theoretical concepts and application in the contemporary context that is designed to enhance knowledge and capabilities in business administration.
Students have access to online resources and self-directed learning activities and are expected to study online content provided via the UTS learning management system. They are required to complete online learning activities, which will help identify knowledge gaps and inform discussions. Webinars are designed to present the theory and practice of the subject’s content. Students are required to complete pre-work activities before attending webinars. Discussions focus on the application of concepts, techniques and methods.
Students explore content and apply learning to simulated and real life, problem-based scenarios. Class activities are delivered in a flipped model, whereupon students participate in focused learning episodes and content exploration, after undertaking online preparation activities.
Structured feedback is received on the formative component of the assessment task and students have an opportunity to incorporate this feedback prior to submission of their final assessment.
Content (topics)
- The new world of work / future of work: evidence, relevance and impact
- The employee perspective: capabilities, work and wellbeing (thriving)
- The people management perspective: evidence, leadership, prioritisation and cultural intelligence
- The organisational perspective: HRM, employee experience and performance
Assessment
Assessment task 1: People Strategy and Practice Review Analysis and Report (Individual)
| Objective(s): | This addresses subject learning objective(s): 1, 2 and 3 |
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| Weight: | 100% |
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Minimum requirements
Students must achieve at least 50% of the subject’s total marks.
Required texts
No specific textbook. A range of resources will be compiled including academic and non-academic publications.
References
Collings D. G. and Mellahi, K. (2009) Strategic talent management: A review and research agenda. Human Resource Management Review 19: 304–313.
Greer, C. and Virick, M. (2008) Diverse succession planning: Lessons from the industry leaders. Human Resource Management 47(2): 351–367.
Guest, D. E. (2011) Human resource management and performance: Still searching for some answers. Human Resource Management Journal 21(1): 3–13.
Mercer 2020-2021 Global Talent Trends Study (2021), Mercer, https://www.mercer.com/our-thinking/career/global-talent-hr-trends.html (viewed 07/07/2021)
World Economic Forum (2020). ‘The Future of Jobs Report’ World Economic Forum, https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2020 (viewed 07/07/2021)