Human Resource Management in Education

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• understand the importance and impact of human resource policy and strategy on planning, employment and effective work relationships and practices;
• examine the changing role, functions and activities of human resource management in an educational setting; and
• explore current issues, complexities and future challenges facing the management of human resources in the changing environment, particularly in educational settings.

Generic Skills:

Participants should develop

• their capacity for critical review of conceptual HRM approaches and the practical outcomes of these in a variety of contexts;
• higher order experiential skills (case study, simulation, problem based learning);
• skills in analysis and implementation in a variety of contexts;
• strategic change management skills.