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School: Business and Law

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  • Unit Title

    Acquiring and Managing Talent

  • Unit Code

    HRM6004

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Pattanee SUSOMRITH

Description

This unit evaluates the talent management paradigm, inclusive of the functions of recruitment and development, and how these generate high performance work environments.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

This unit will be offered in an accelerated mode over seven weeks.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in T36 and T39 and have completed a minimum of 40 credit points to enrol into this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit equivalent to MAN6722.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate key theoretical and practical conceptions of talent management.
  2. Solve authentic business problems in talent recruitment, selection and retention practices using relevant research material.
  3. Justify development strategies which aim to ensure that the organisation has the supply of talent to meet strategic objectives.
  4. Produce a talent management action plan based on the analysis of an organisational level problem or opportunity and justify the plan considering its ethical and social consequences.

Unit Content

  1. Talent attraction: Legal and ethical considerations in acquiring talent, job analysis, recruitment methods and employer branding.
  2. Talent selection: The interviews and other selections methods.
  3. Talent development: Formal talent development programs, relationship-based talent development, interventions, job experiences as a basis for talent development and informal talent development opportunities.
  4. Talent retention: Strategy and workforce planning, succession planning and improving talent retention.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestContent Quiz10%
ProjectProject Proposal40%
ReportProject Report50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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