HRMT20025 - International Human Resource Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit critically examines the human resource functions, operations, policies, and practices pertaining to the transfer of employees across national borders for work purposes. The aim is to identify, analyse, and discuss the issues that human resource practitioners face when selecting, employing, and deploying staff in diverse organizational, cultural, and national contexts. This is an advanced unit that applies and builds upon the knowledge acquired in the foundation unit - Managing Human Resources. This unit equips students with the skills needed to effectively manage human resources in international business environments across countries.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co-requisite: HRMT20024 Managing Human Resources

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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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 Postgraduate 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. Report 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 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 89.13% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.02% 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: Comment from the Discipline as part of the reviews of all PG HR units.
Feedback
NO teamwork in the ULOs but currently teamwork is in Assessment task 2.
Recommendation
Consider changing ULOs as there should be teamwork in the ULOs but currently, teamwork is not in the ULOs. The new Unit Lead might need to submit UUP for this unit.
Action Taken
Revised through UUP. SUMMARISE THE PROPOSED CHANGE A) Minor changes to the wording of the unit overview. No major change to the contents or purposes of the unit. B) Remove one learning outcome and change the wording of all of the LOs slightly. C) Changes the assessment types and the number of assessments from 3 assessments to 2 assessments as noted below: 1. Essay (20%) ->remove 2. Group Work Weighting: (40%) -> Change to Presentation (50%) (Group) 3. Written Assessment (40%) -> Change to Report (50%) (Individual) D) Due the the above changes, the ULO mapping to assessments also changed.
Source: UC observation
Feedback
Assessments 1 and 3 and potential AI writing.
Recommendation
Assessments 1 and 3 would need to be modified to make them more authentic to reduce AI writing. This has been discussed with the 2024 Unit Lead.
Action Taken
To address AI writing issues in Assessments 1 and 3, we have made key modifications. The unit overview has been simplified for broader clarity, while the learning outcomes have been refined, with one outcome removed and integrated into others. We are reducing the number of assessments from three to two: a Group Presentation (50%) involving oral presentations and Q&A, designed to limit AI use, and an individual 2000-word Report (50%) analyzing International Human Resources practices, ensuring academic integrity with citations from the last three years. These changes will be reflected in the updated ULO mapping to better align with the revised assessments and learning outcomes.
Source: UC observation
Feedback
Old edition of the textbook
Recommendation
A newer edition of the textbook should be adopted in 2024 and all teaching materials should be fully updated including lecture recordings. This has been discussed with the 2024 Unit Lead.
Action Taken
We have adopted the latest edition of the textbook, International Human Resource Management (8th Edition, 2023) by Peter Dowling, Marion Festing, and Allen D. Engle, ensuring that all teaching materials are fully updated. This includes revising lecture recordings to align with the new edition. These updates have been discussed with the 2024 Unit Lead to enhance the unit's relevance and effectiveness.
Source: Unit Coordinator's Response, In-Class Students' Comments, and Self-Reflection
Feedback
Simplify content delivery and enhance coordination
Recommendation
Simplify Content Delivery: Tailor lectures and workshops to accommodate non-business students by breaking down complex concepts into more accessible language and using relatable examples. Ensure consistent communication and support throughout the term, offering additional resources and guidance to help students from diverse academic backgrounds better grasp the material. Finally, to improve HRMT20025 for future terms, simplify lectures and workshops to better support non-business students by using clearer language and relatable examples.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Research and apply the theories that inform the study and practice of international human resource management in a variety of international settings
  2. Communicate knowledge of international human resource management for a range of purposes and discuss the significance of international organisations adopting human resource management policies and practices
  3. Critically analyse the implementation of human resource management policies and practices in international organisations in a way that is relevant to all management practitioners
  4. Identify and critically evaluate the most important issues that impact the practice of international human resource management

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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2 - Report • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
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