Course Title: Plan and Organise Human Resource in a Justice Environment
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2013
Course Code: BUSM7806
Course Title: Plan and Organise Human Resource in a Justice Environment
School: 365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6077 - Advanced Diploma of Justice
Course Contact : Irene Pagliarella
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254581
Course Contact Email:irene.pagliarella@rmit.edu.au
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Nominal Hours: 20
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
VBQU372 Apply Oral & Written Communication Skills in a Justice Environment
Course Description
This course deals with the skills and knowledge required to recruit and select staff within the framework of existing human or staffing resource plans or policies in the justice environment. It supports the attainment of skills and knowledge required for job roles that involve human resource management including professional development, staffing, recruiting, induction practices and Occupational Health and Safety legislation.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VBQU383 Plan and Organise Human Resource in a Justice Environment |
Element: |
1. Recruit suitable candidates for a specified position in accordance with legislative/practice requirement |
Performance Criteria: |
This unit provides the knowledge and skills necessary for the selection and recuitment of staff within the framework of the justice environment |
Element: |
2. Select the most suitable candidate |
Performance Criteria: |
This unit outlines the selection procedures to meet organisational and legislative requirements, the screening of applications against the selection criteria and the process of selection interviews including reference checks |
Learning Outcomes
See Elements
Details of Learning Activities
Learning actvities include:
Contemporary recruitment and selection strategies to meet legislative compliance relevant to a justice organisation
Simulation of recruitment practices, including:
Responding to key selection criteria of job descriptions (provided in class)
Simulatated activies for structed/ non structured and hypothetical interview models
Selection skills and preference ’fit’ for organisational values
Strategies to respond to selection panels
Teaching Schedule
Session 1: Introduction to the principles of Human Resources and overview of Assessment Task
Session 2: Workshop on key achievements of practical placement linked to addressing the key selection criteria for employment in the justice sector. Overview of assessment task.
Session 3: Preparation of resume and covering letter to prospective employer
Session 4: Contemporary theories on recruitment practices
Session 5: Simulated interview models utilising structured non structured and hypothecial interview skills
Session 6: Simulated interview before a panel of industry practitioners
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Organisational Behaviour, Core Concepts and Applications (2010) Wood, J., Zeffane, R.,Fromholtz, M., Wiesner, R., Creed, A., Schermerhorn, J., Hunt, J.,and Osborn, R. John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd., |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Students will be required to:
Prepare a report outlining skill sets and capabilities that are necessary to meet the organisational goals and objectives of a justice organisation
Prepare an analysis of recruitment ,selection strategies and legislative compliance relevant to a justice organisation
Assessment Tasks
Assessment tasks are aligned to meet the elements of the unit and the requirements for selection and recruitment including analysing and researching for job roles. Students are provided the assessment task in class and through 'Blackboard'
Assessment Matrix
The assessment has been designed to cover all learning outcomes and will be graded in accordance with RMIT University’s Mark Table 7 which is as follows:
HD 80 – 100
D 70 - 79
C 60 - 69
PA 50 - 59
NN 0 - 49
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