| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, offshore teaching period |
| Old unit code |
300.610 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to recognise the professional and personal challenges in managing change in education; analyse and apply ways of enhancing self-management and performance in education; communicate an understanding of the knowledge, skills, attitudes and practices which enhance the management of human resources in education; critically evaluate 'human resource' scenarios in education; and select an example of a particular human resource issue in an educational organisation and analyse it, applying the concepts developed throughout the unit. |
| Content |
This unit develops the themes of theoretical perspectives on human resource development; the 'big picture' of educational change; the 'little picture' of self-management; motivation; emotional intelligence; leadership; team building; societal and organisational culture; conflict management; performance management and staff appraisal; and professional development. |
| Assessment |
This includes a 20-minute seminar presentation on one unit reading and a 4500-word essay on a case study of human resource development within a particular organisation.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Professor Lesley Vidovich and Associate Professor Simon Clarke |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), offshore |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—lectures/seminars: 2 hrs per week for 13 weeks
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| Texts | |
Selected readings are provided in a unit reader. |
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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