Area: | School of Management |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | An introduction to the basic and core concepts in recruiting and selection. The unit provides an analysis of various assessment procedures for the use in selecting and/or promoting staff. Students are introduced to concepts relating to these assessments devices and to the factors involved in making decisions to apply selection assessment procedures. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Understanding of the selection process in both organisational recruitment and promotion. Assessed the appropriateness of an organisation's recruitment or promotion system. Evaluated an Organisation's recruitment or promotion system. Applied higher level of cognitive thinking to the selection process. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Further references from journals will be provided in Blackboard account for this unit. It is strongly recommended that you use the relevent journals and read as widely as possible. |
Unit Texts: | Gatewood, R.D. and Feild, H.S. (2001). Human Resource Selection. (fifth edition). Sydney, Dryden Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Case Study 1 20%, Case Study 2 40%, Final Examination 40%. This is done by grade/mark assessment. Students must complete all elements of the course and attend 80% of lectures. Failure to complete the course results in a grade of DNC - Did Not Complete - being awarded. Students must pass th individual assessment components (assignments plus examinations) to pass the unit. |
Field of Education: | 80300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | S'pore HR Institute | Trimester 2A | Y | | | | 2004 | S'pore HR Institute | Trimester 3A | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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