Details for Management of Workplace Health & Safety
TBA
Quick Info
- Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
- Course code: HRM203
- Credit points: 10
Prerequisites
The following courses are prerequisites:
- at least 80 credit points including HRM201—Fundamentals of Human Resource Management and MAN101—Introduction to Management
Awards offering Management of Workplace Health & Safety
This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:
- Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Ministry
- Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Theology
Unit Content
Curriculum Objective
TBA
Outcomes
- Describe the legislative environment of employment. This includes analysis of the role and operation of the Fair Work Act 2009, the Industrial Relations Act and general WHS requirements;
- Demonstrate understanding of the knowledge and processes required for hiring and terminating employment for an organisation. This includes the ability to investigate and apply appropriate compensation and benefits;
- Outline current issues in workplace health and safety and analyse current requirements, including the responsibility of employers and workplaces;
- Describe challenges in providing an environment for work/life balance. This includes consideration of a biblical approach to work/life balance, including the place of sabbath and rest;
- Explain the factors that lead to conflict in the workplace, and the role of the HR manager in addressing them;
- Analyse issues of equity and diversity in the workplace. Particular focus will be given to the issues of discrimination; Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO); and gender equity. Consideration will also be given to this issues in the light of NFP and Christian organisations;
Assessment Methods
- Exam 20% (1 hour)
- Group Project 15% (1500 words)
- Class Presentaion 40% (30mins plus 2000 word write up)
Prescribed Text
Recommended Reading:
- Alexaner, R., …[et al], Understanding Australian Industrial Relations, 5th Ed, Southbank, VIC: Nelson Thomson Learning, 2001.
- Arthur, D., Recruiting, interviewing, selecting & orienting new employees, 4th Ed, New York: American Management Association, 2006.
- Baird, M., …[et al], Work and Employment Relations: industry Profiles from Australia, Nth Ryde, NSW: McGraw Hill, 2006.
- Balnave, N., …[et al], Employment Relations in Australia, 2nd Ed, Milton, QLD: John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
- Bray, M., …[et al] Employment Relations: Theory and Practice, 2nd Ed, Nth Ryde, NSW: McGraw Hill, 2011.
- CCH Australia Ltd, Australian Master Human Resources Guide, 4th Ed, Nth Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia, 2006.
- Goleman, D. Working with emotional Intelligence, UK: Bloomsbury, 1998.
- Heneman III, H.G., & Judge, T.A., Staffing organizations, 5th Ed, Middleton, Wis. : Mendota House, 2006.
- Locke, R., Kochan, Th., Piore, M. (eds), Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy, Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1995.
- Martocchio, J.J., Strategic Compensation: A Human Resource Management Approach, 4th Ed, Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education, 2006.
- Rapport, A., Kohn, A., Zehnder, E., Pfeffer, J., Harvard business review on compensation, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.
- Russell, Ch., Right person-- right job: guess or know: the breakthrough technologies of performance information, 2nd Ed., Amherst, Mass. : HRD Press, 2003.
Journals:
- Academy of Management Journal
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources
- Human Resource Management
- Harvard Business Review
- International Journal of Human Resource Management
- Journal of Industrial Relations