MGMT303-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Managing Employment

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2014

Description

This course provides an overview of managing employment relations, a core element of Human Resource Management (HRM). The course examines the implications of employment legislation and contracts, as well as managing the relationships between employers, employees and representatives.

MGMT303 is a central course for people aiming to work as managers or HRM specialists. The objective is to outline the essential regulatory frameworks, along with the relational processes, that leaders need in order to manage people.

The course looks at the nature and functions of employment law; the obligations of an employer, and the organisational implications of complying with employment legislation. It outlines a range of fundamental principles, covering the common challenges for managers, and issues that HR professionals are typically required to advise on.

Alongside this, the course also addresses the values and ideological frameworks that shape employment systems, with the ways in which managers and employers relate. This includes the principles of collaboration and conflict, and the ways these can create productive, committed and engaged work groups.

Relationship to Other Courses
This course complements other 300-level HRM / Organisational Behaviour courses.

The content is relevant to all types of organisations employing staff.  It is designed to contribute to the Legal Compliance & Employment Relations competency requirements the Human Resources Institute of NZ (HRINZ)

Workload
Lecture/Tutorials 20 hours
Term tests 2 hours (2 x 1 hours)
Test and Exam Preparation 40 hours
Assignment 36 hours
Lecture Preparation 52 hours
Total 150 hours

Learning Outcomes

  • Specifically, this course aims to equip students with an understanding of the ideological and legislative frameworks governing employment, with the ability to analyse and manage employment issues. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
  • explain employment relations theory and contemporary employment systems
  • explain and address the applications of employment-related legislation
  • explain the framework governing processes such as dispute resolution and
     negotiation, along with the functions of specialist employment institutions and
     processes
  • identify, and propose methods to resolve employment relations issues.

    Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Learning Goals
    The broad goals for the BCom and the ways in which this course addresses these:
    Goal 1: Graduates can demonstrate advanced knowledge of their selected subject
    major, informed by the broader context of Commerce
    In the tests and the assignment students demonstrate their applied, advanced knowledge of management and HRM.
    Goal 2: Graduates are able to use analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to
    address specific problems
    The assignment requires students to address specific case-based situation/s in which they analyse  core issues and the ways that these shape and influence the case
    Goal 3: Graduates can understand issues from a range of ethical, global and
    multicultural perspectives
    The course content includes ethical and global / cultural issues and these are assessed in the tests
    Goal 4: Graduates are able to communicate effectively both orally and in written
    form
    The assignment requires the use of written skills in addressing a case, presenting a structured analysis which identifies a range of central issues, creating an overall report on the case.

Prerequisites

(1) Any 45 points at 200-level or above in MGMT; or (2) LAWS101 and LAWS110

Restrictions

MGMT306

Course Coordinator

Bernard Walker

Lecturer

Madeleine Savage

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
In-course work (Learn) 15% In-course work (Learn)
Test 1 18 Aug 2014 20% Test 1
Test 2 06 Oct 2014 20% Test 2
Assignment 17 Oct 2014 45% Assignment


Grading
The marks for assessment can be scaled before a final grade is determined. You should not regard a raw score of 50% as a pass mark.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Rasmussen, Erling Juul; Employment relations in New Zealand ; 2nd ed; Pearson Education New Zealand, 2009.

Course readings and lecture resources, including copies of powerpoint slides will be available on LEARN

Notes

Departmental Academic Policies
The Department assumes that you have read this document.

You should also read the General Course and Examination Regulations

Dishonest Practice
The University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty.  All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.

IMPORTANT: Where there are any concerns regarding the authorship of written work, a student can be required to attend in person and engage in a formal, oral discussion of the content of the work that has been submitted.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $709.00

International fee $3,063.00

* 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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