10.4+HUMAN+RESOURCES


 * **Syllabus Document and Checklist**: [[file:Syllabus.docx]]


 * Case Study Notes Scaffold - [[file:HR - Syllabus Notes Scaffold.docx]]**

Outcomes: The student: H2 evaluates management strategies in response to changes in internal and external influences H3 discusses the social and ethical responsibilities of management H4 analyses business functions and processes in large and global businesses H5 explains management strategies and their impact on businesses H6 evaluates the effectiveness of management in the performance of businesses H7 plans and conducts investigations into contemporary business issues H8 organises and evaluates information for actual and hypothetical business situations H9 communicates business information, issues and concepts in appropriate formats || examine contemporary business issues to: investigate aspects of business using hypothetical situations and actual business case studies to: – human resource functions– using contractors – domestic, global || Lesson 1 Work:
 * Students Learn To:
 * discuss the influence of government on the process of determining employment contracts
 * explain how businesses exhibit corporate social responsibility in the management of human resources
 * analyse the causes of two workplace disputes and the strategies used to resolve them
 * examine the advantages of a diverse, culturally competent workforce for a global business
 * explain the interdependence between human resources and other key business functions
 * compare the process of negotiating enterprise/collective agreements with the negotiation of individual contracts
 * discuss the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing in the global market
 * evaluate the effectiveness of human resource management for one business and recommend appropriate alternative strategies ||
 * SYLLABUS || WORKSHEETS || CASE STUDIES || GLOSSARY ||
 * role of human resource management
 * strategic role of human resources
 * interdependence with other key business functions
 * outsourcing
 * outsourcing

Mix and match activity:

Outsourcing || [|10 jobs to outsource]

Myer || – Employer – Employee – Line manager – Outsourcing – Contractors – Domestic subcontracting – Process outsourcing – Project outsourcing || - the employment contract – common law (rights and obligations of employers and employees), minimum employment standards, minimum wage rates, awards, enterprise agreements, other employment contracts - occupational health and safety and workers compensation - anti-discrimination and equal employment opportunity
 * key influences
 * stakeholders – employers, employees, employer associations, unions, government organisations, society
 * legal – the current legal framework
 * economic
 * technological
 * social – changing work patterns, living standards
 * ethics and corporate social responsibility || Stakeholders

Key Influences

[|Young People At Work - Definitions] Ethics

Legal ||





Ethics see case study - The Bitter Truth - Audio-Visual Resources [|The Bitter Truth Documentary] || __Stakeholders__ __Economic__
 * boom
 * bust
 * recession
 * depression
 * globalization
 * structural change

__Social__
 * Job mobility
 * Career flexibility
 * Female participation rate
 * Aging workforce
 * Retirement
 * Casualization
 * Work-life balance

__Technological__
 * productivity
 * redundant
 * Communications technology

__Legal__
 * Arbitration
 * ACTU
 * Awards
 * Base rate
 * Collective bargaining
 * Conciliation
 * Contract of employment
 * Discrimination
 * Enterprise agreements
 * Enterprise bargaining
 * FWA
 * Industrial action
 * Industry award
 * Mediation
 * Minimum wage
 * NES
 * NSW IR
 * Negotiation
 * OH&S
 * Redundancy
 * Remuneration
 * Severance pay
 * Unfair dismissal
 * Workcover NSW
 * Workers Compensation

__Ethical__ || || ||   || - resolution – negotiation, mediation, grievance procedures, involvement of courts and tribunals ||
 * processes of human resource management
 * acquisition
 * development
 * maintenance
 * separation || [[file:Legal Influences - Age discrimination 2012.docx]]
 * strategies in human resource management
 * leadership style
 * job design – general or specific tasks
 * recruitment – internal or external, general or specific skills
 * training and development – current or future skills
 * performance management – developmental or administrative
 * rewards – monetary and non-monetary, individual or group, performance pay
 * global – costs, skills, supply
 * workplace disputes

|| [|The boss who wants his staff to have fun] ||  || – corporate culture – benchmarking key variables – changes in staff turnover – absenteeism – accidents – levels of disputation – worker satisfaction || ||   ||   ||   ||
 * effectiveness of human resource management
 * indicators
 * == Support Material for Assessment == || [[file:Essay Practice Question.docx]] ||  ||   ||   ||

__**Audio-Visual Material **__

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