MGMT303-22S2 (C) Semester Two 2022

Leading and Managing People: Essential Employment Frameworks

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 July 2022
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 31 July 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 October 2022

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.

This is a central course for people aiming to work as either managers or HRM / People and Culture specialists. It addresses a range of fundamental areas that are common challenges for managers, and issues that HR (People and Culture) professionals are typically expected to advise on.

The content covers contemporary HR / People and Culture approaches, along with the legal and psychological frameworks. The content includes essential regulatory frameworks, along with the relational processes, needed in order to manage people.

These include the principles of collaboration and conflict, and the ways these can create productive and engaged work groups.

Relationship to other courses
This course complements other 300-level Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour.

The estimated workload breakdown is:
Lectures 20 hours
In-Course Cases 4 hours
Class Tests
Group Assignment 36 hours
Class Test + In-Course Cases Preparation 40 hours
Lecture Preparation 50 hours
Total 150 hours

Learning Outcomes

  • This course aims to equip students with an understanding of the management and legislative frameworks governing employment, with the ability to analyse and manage employment issues.

    At the end of this 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 issues.

    This course is designed to contribute to the competency requirements of the Human Resources NZ (HRNZ) for Legal Compliance & Employment Relations

    Learning Objectives, BCom
  • Students have an in-depth understanding of their majoring subject and are able to critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within the discipline.
  • Students have a broad understanding of the key domains of commerce.
  • Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers which can be used in a range of applications.
  • Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
  • Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

    For quality assurance purposes the School is required to hold on record a number of assessment pieces as examples of differing standards of work. If you have any objections to the school holding your assessment for this purpose then email the course coordinator to ensure your assignment is not used for this purpose.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Prerequisites

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

Timetable Note

The lectures for this course are scheduled to be recorded.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Bernard Walker

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
In-Course Cases 16% Cases due on specified weeks through the course
Term Test A 24 Aug 2022 22% Term Test A
Group Assignment 28 Sep 2022 40% Group Assignment
Term Test B 19 Oct 2022 22% Term Test B


Late submission
Late submission of assignments will be NOT be accepted without the approval of the course coordinator. Late submission is granted at the discretion of the course coordinator only and each application will be evaluated on its merit.

If an assignment is submitted in the first three days after the close-off time, then it will have 10% of the maximum possible grade deducted, for every 24 hours after the due date.  No assignments will be accepted beyond 72 hours after the close-off time.  
 
The only exception to the above is where formal special consideration conditions are satisfied (for details on these requirements, see the university website). Please note that a special consideration application must be submitted within seven days of the due date for the assessment.

Grading
The marks for tests and exams may be scaled before a final grade is determined.
You should not automatically regard 50% as a pass mark.

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 the 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

Required Texts

Schofield, Simon , CCH New Zealand Limited., CCH Australia Limited; New Zealand employment law guide 2022 ; CCH New Zealand Limited, 2022.

New Zealand Employment Law Guide 2022
ISBN: 9781775474050 (Book)
ISBN: 9781775474067 (eBook)

This book is available in print and digital versions. The print book can be purchased on-campus via UBS, or print and digital versions are available from the CCH bookstore https://books.wolterskluwer.co.nz

Other resources
Course readings and lecture resources, including copies of power-point slides will be available on LEARN

Notes

Class Representative
A class representative may be asked to volunteer in the first few weeks of class. Any problems with the course can be raised with the class rep. Their email can be found at UCSA. The class representative will take up any issues raised by class members with the lecturer concerned as they occur.

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 concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.

Citations and referencing

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $845.00

International fee $3,975.00

* 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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