REMUNERATION AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

MGT3RPM

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject you will examine contemporary remuneration and performance management practices from theoretical and applied perspectives. You will focus on debates about moves away from 'traditional' position-based pay towards performance-related remuneration. You are encouraged to consider the relationships between reward systems and employee participation and their impacts on organisational performance at individual and group levels. This subject is built on research as well as real-life examples to explore issues in pay, performance management, motivation, strategy, fairness and organisational effectiveness. The subject provides you with the critical and analytical tools to evaluate the merits of diverse performance and reward management systems in modern business organisations.

School: La Trobe Business School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Alice Li

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: MGT2EMP OR MGT2HRM

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Managing Employee Performance & Reward

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: John Shields

Year: 2016

Edition/Volume: 2nd Edition

Publisher: Cambridge

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Identify the assumptions underpinning different concepts of remuneration and performance management, and critically analyse the theories on which they are based through written and oral form
02. Evaluate the strategic, psychological, ethical and social implications of remuneration and performance management theories through writing and discuss the approaches that spring from these
03. Solve practical problems that occur in designing pay and performance systems

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Alice Li

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Individual Essay (equivalent to 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2

Individual Report (equivalent to 2000 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

Individual project (equivalent to 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

Shepparton, 2020, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Alice Li

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 32 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 32 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Individual Essay (equivalent to 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2

Individual Report (equivalent to 2000 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

Individual project (equivalent to 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

Sydney, 2020, Study period 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Alice Li

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 31 - 42
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 42 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 42
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 42 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Individual Essay (equivalent to 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2

Individual Report (equivalent to 2000 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

Individual project (equivalent to 1500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO3