mgt5arp adv rem
ADVANCED REMUNERATION AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
MGT5ARP
2016
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject examines debates and issues concerning remuneration and performance management. It explores moves away from position-based pay towards performance-related remuneration, and also analyses the relationships between reward systems, employee participation, and organisational performance. The subject provides students with the critical and analytical tools to evaluate diverse performance and reward management systems in contemporary organisations across the corporate, not-for-profit and state sectors.
SchoolLa Trobe Business School
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorJillian Cavanagh
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Apply informed and critical understanding to solving practical problems in designing a pay and performance system.
- Activities:
- Assessments: case study and examination T&L activities: case studies, experiential exercises, problem-based learning and comprehension exercises
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
02. Evaluate the strategic, psychological, ethical and social implications of concepts in this subject and the approaches that spring from them;
- Activities:
- Assessments: case study and examination T&L activities: case studies, experiential exercises, problem-based learning and comprehension exercises
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
03. Identify the assumptions underpinning different concepts of remuneration and performance management, and critically analyse the theories on which they are based;
- Activities:
- Assessments: Presentation, class contribution, examination T&L activities: case studies, experiential exercises, problem-based learning and comprehension exercises
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
Subject options
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City Campus, 2016, Semester 1, Night
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment size32
Enrolment information Physical capacity of seminar rooms in city campus is 36. If the subject is allocated a single room at the city campus, then 34 is the maximum number of students than can fit in a classroom. Priority given to students enrolled in LMMHR: Master of Management (HRM), as subject is core to that degree. Then by order of application among students enrolled in a Master of Management degree at the City (Collins Street) campus.)
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorJillian Cavanagh
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours lecture per week on any day including weekend at night from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay, 1500 words | 30 | 03 | |
| In-class test | 20 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| Major case: one 2500-word major case analysis | 50 | 01, 02 |