MGMT303-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Leading and Managing People: Essential Employment Frameworks

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This course addresses the essential frameworks needed for managing people. It examines the psychological and legal influences that shape employing and leading staff. It covers the specific obligations and responsibilities affecting processes such as recruiting, performance management, dispute resolution, termination and organisational change - as well as exploring the dynamics for managing relationships between managers and employees.

This course addresses the essential frameworks needed for managing people. It examines the psychological and legal influences that shape employing and leading staff.
It covers the specific obligations and responsibilities affecting processes such as recruiting, performance management, dispute resolution, termination and organisational change - as well as exploring the dynamics for managing relationships between managers and employees.

Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the course are:
1. Understand and apply foundational principles of workplace relations theory
2. Identify and apply introductory legal principles associated with employment relationships
3. Explain and apply fundamental models of organisational leadership
4. Explain and apply fundamental relational processes between workers and employers

Prerequisites

30 points of MGMT 200-level (or above) courses; or 30 points of LAWS 200-level (or above)

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 13:00 Rehua 009
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 19:00 - 21:00 Jack Erskine 001 Computer Lab
19 Aug - 25 Aug
02 Thursday 19:00 - 21:00 Jack Erskine 010 Computer Lab
19 Aug - 25 Aug
03 Thursday 19:00 - 21:00 Jack Erskine 248 Computer Lab
19 Aug - 25 Aug

Timetable Note

Lectures for MGMT303-23S2 are recorded using the ECHO360 lecture recording system.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Bernard Walker

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Term Test 25%
Assignment 25%
Final Exam 50%


The ‘45% rule’ applies to this course. That is, student needs to reach 45% weighted average across invigilated assessments. Please refer here for further information.

Assessment in Te Reo Māori
In recognising that Te Reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use Te Reo Māori in their assessment. If you intend to submit your work in Te Reo Māori you are required to do the following:

Read the Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy and ensure that you meet the conditions set out in the policy. This includes, but is not limited to, informing the Course Coordinator 1) no later than 10 working days after the commencement of the course that you wish to use Te Reo Māori and 2) at least 15 working days before each assessment due date that you wish to use Te Reo Māori.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Jackson & Parry; A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Leadership ; Third; 2018.

Simon Schofield; New Zealand Employment Law Guide ; 2024.

Additional reading materials will be posted on LEARN

Course links

LEARN

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $893.00

International fee $4,200.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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