Motivating and Rewarding Employees

Subject MGMT90007 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2011.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: One 3-hour seminar per week
Total Time Commitment: Approximately 2.5 hours of personal study per hour of class time is required to achieve a satisfactory level of performance
Prerequisites: MGMT90004 Organisational Behaviour and MGMT90018 Human Resource Management
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

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Graduate School of Business and Economics
Level 4, 198 Berkeley Street
Telephone: +61 3 8344 1670
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Subject Overview: This subject will focus on the everyday managerial activities involved in motivating, assessing, and rewarding employee performance. Students will learn a number of techniques and programs that are designed to motivate, measure, and recognise employee performance. Topics will include goal-setting, job enrichment, employee recognition, employee involvement and empowerment, performance feedback, and pay-for-performance programs. Students will learn to identify and apply a range of criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of these management programs to develop their skills in managing employee performance. Students will also develop an understanding of the unique challenges associated with motivating various groups of people such as professionals, casual workers, ethnically diverse groups, and low-skilled employees.
Objectives:

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • Describe and analyse various programs designed to motivate and reward employees;
  • Critically evaluate the effectiveness of these management programs;
  • Apply theories of motivation and rewards to solve employee performance problems.
Assessment:
  • 2-hour end-of-semester examination (50%)
  • Assignments not exceeding 4000 words (50%)
Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills: On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
  • Problem solving and critical thinking skills, which should be fostered primarily through case analyses and class discussions;
  • Managerial skills in terms of providing effective feedback to employees, which should be developed with a better understanding of the theories, and through role-playing and class exercises;
  • Oral and written communication skills, which should be developed in class discussion and in preparation of written assignments.

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