HRMT19012 - Performance Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

An organisation’s performance management system plays a major role in its ability to attract and retain skilled and/or experienced employees, to motivate high quality performance, and to support organisational strategic objectives. In this unit you will gain a sound understanding of the concepts, models and theories underpinning the relationship between performance management systems, human resource management and organisational performance. You will explore the use of performance management techniques in real world organisational settings and develop performance management capabilities relevant to a range of organisational scenarios.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: HRMT11011

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Melbourne
Online
Sydney

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Presentation 50%
2. Portfolio 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 12% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE qualitative comments
Feedback
Students appreciated the efforts of the UC. They mentioned, "[UC} is a credit to the university and was extremely helpful throughout". Also, they encouraged students to interact and work together.
Recommendation
It is critical to bring students back to the online classes to enhance their in-class participation and engagement with the contents. Teamwork and activities will be continued and further developed to ensure better engagement with the unit. Thus, there may be a need for assessment changes.
Action Taken
I connected students via weekly emails through CQU Success and shared lecture slides and recordings to keep them up to date. I also added a marking rubric on Moodle and Turnitin so students could see how their marks were evaluated for each criterion.
Source: SUTE qualitative comments
Feedback
Students appreciated the knowledgeability of the UC. However, they showed concerns about responses to emails properly.
Recommendation
It would be great to continue delivery of knowledge in workshop. Email response plan should be developed before each term and should be followed. Some students could be connected directly via phone if they struggle with email responses and communication. Alternative communication mode such as voice thread should be used to connect with such students.
Action Taken
To promote engagement, I created online collaboration tools and activities using Padlet and Mentimeter, giving students opportunities to interact and work together throughout the course.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback
The current textbook (published in 2020) provides a solid foundation of theories and concepts. However, the real-world examples and discussion of performance and reward practices would benefit from being updated.
Recommendation
To ensure the unit remains current and relevant, it is recommended to replace or supplement the textbook by incorporating updated case studies, practical examples, and contemporary perspectives, thereby providing students with access to the latest theories and real-world applications in managing employee performance and reward.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student evaluation and Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback
Usefulness of feedback
Recommendation
Feedback on assessments is provided through detailed marking rubrics in Moodle and Turnitin, with additional written comments where appropriate. Students are encouraged to use this feedback to improve their future work. The Unit Coordinator is available to meet and discuss assessment feedback in further detail.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the major concepts, theories and techniques concerned with the way in which organisations manage their people
  2. Outline the key approaches to identifying and assessing employee and organisational performance
  3. Identify the important relationship between an organisation's performance management system and human resource management
  4. Explain the major reward practices and their implications in performance management
  5. Apply effective techniques to plan, develop, and use elements of a performance management system.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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2 - Portfolio • • • • •
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
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