DEVELOPING PEOPLE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE ORGANISATIONS
MGT5DPP
2015
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject develops a contextual understanding of the link between managing people and organisational performance in terms of the human resource development (HRD) function. Based on this understanding, the subject provides opportunity for a detailed and practical exploration of people and team related issues in high-performance workplaces. By the end of the subject, students will be able to identify, understand and critically analyse factors that facilitate high performance in people, teams and organisations.
School: La Trobe Business School
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Jennifer Spoor
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. To articulate diverse theoretical positions describing high performance and to write critically about high performance issues
- Activities:
- Class lectures, discussion and readings cover key theoretical positions around high performance. Assessment provides opportunity to engage critically with these theoretical positions.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Ethical Awareness(Ethical Awareness)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
02. To demonstrate an engagement with the body of knowledge and fundamental issues surrounding the management and development of people and organisational performance
- Activities:
- Class lectures, discussion and readings cover issues around the management and development of people and organisational performance. Assessment provides opportunity to engage critically with these issues
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Ethical Awareness(Ethical Awareness)
03. To develop and apply skills and expertise individually and collectively enabling constructive engagement with challenges of developing high performance organisations
- Activities:
- Assessment tasks constructed to enable students to develop expertise and skills in engaging with challenges of developing high performance organisations. Group work assignment will require collaboration and cooperation.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Ethical Awareness(Ethical Awareness)
- Teamwork(Teamwork)
City Campus, 2015, Semester 2, Night
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: 30
Enrolment information: Limitations in room size at city campus Order of application
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Spoor
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.0 hours lecture per week on any day including weekend at night from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| One group assignment (3-4 students per group, at 2,000 words per student) | 40 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| One x 1-hour in-class test | 20 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| One x 2,000 word individual essay | 40 | 01, 02, 03 |