Managing Stakeholders

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Approximately 2.5 hours of personal study per hour of class time is required to achieve a satisfactory level of performance

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For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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The demand for business-focused HR means that HR practitioners need the ability to work in partnership with stakeholders from diverse areas of the business. This capacity is essential to improving the implementation of HR strategies, initiatives and plans, to build business support for HR and to ensure that HR is integrated with other business activities and functions. This subject focuses on developing business partnership competencies for HR people and will cover consulting and influencing skills, relationship-building, organisational politics, group processes and project management.

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

• Understand the need for stakeholder involvement in HR implementation;
• Apply skills for managing stakeholders in a variety of organisational contexts;
• Understand how to engage and influence stakeholders in HRM.

• Assignment(s) not exceeding 3000 words (50%) in the second half of the semester
• Take-home examination (50%) at the end of the semester

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

• Consulting and project management skills, which should be developed through major projects and group exercises;
• Interpersonal skills, which should be developed through role plays, group exercises and presentations;
• Skills in participating and managing group processes, which should be developed through group exercises and class discussions;
• Verbal and written communication skills, which should be developed through group exercises, presentations and major projects/assignments.