Course Title: People Analytics

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: People Analytics

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM1228	City Campus	Undergraduate	630H Management	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2022, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 1 2025
BUSM2653	Singapore Inst of Management	Undergraduate	630H Management	Face-to-Face	Offsh3 24, Offsh1 25
BUSM4771	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	630H Management	Face-to-Face	Viet2 2021, Viet3 2021, Viet1 2022, Viet3 2022, Viet2 2023, Viet3 2024
BUSM4772	RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus	Undergraduate	630H Management	Face-to-Face	Viet3 2021, Viet1 2022, Viet3 2022, Viet3 2023, Viet2 2024

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM1228	City Campus	Undergraduate	630H Management	Internet	JanJun2024 (All)
BUSM1228	City Campus	Undergraduate	630H Management	Internet	JanJun2025 (All)

Course Coordinator: Patricia Pariona-Cabrera

Course Coordinator Phone: -

Course Coordinator Email: patricia.pariona-cabrera@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: -

Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

This course will serve as an introduction to the use of people analytics in the context of managing and predicting workforce challenges to inform effective decision-making; evaluating of ethics of employee data; and the future of people analytics. This course will also examine the benefits of developing analytical skills and capabilities through people analytics frameworks, approaches, and concepts that can help to leverage data, gain insights, and support decision-making/solve problems. You will be encouraged to discuss the challenges of implementing people analytics and propose recommendations, analyse predicting employee performance and ethical considerations associated with the use and misuse of workforce data, and develop a detailed plan that addresses workforce issues by applying a people analytics framework. Finally, this course will contribute to starting your journey in People/HR Analytics.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

CLO1: Discuss the importance of ethical responsible decisions relating to data collection, analysis, and outcomes.   CLO2: Assess analytical processes and strategies of different sources of information about people to implement people analytics in practice and generate actionable and accurate insights.   CLO3: Critically evaluate and apply people analytics frameworks, approaches and concepts to analyse challenges, propose solutions, and inform effective decision-making.   CLO4: Justify the use of people analytics skills and capabilities to identify current and future workforce issues and opportunities for workforce transformation.   CLO5: Evaluate people analytics contributions to predicting and improving performance and outcomes for employees and organisations.   CLO6: Perform within a team to develop recommendations to business problems using people analytics.

Overview of Learning Activities

To achieve success in this course you are expected to be an active learner, which means, you are expected to attend in lectures and tutorials, complete the online activities, read assigned material and participate in tutorial activities and group presentations. Individual and group assignments will give you opportunities to develop critical analytical skills. The lectures will include some selected resources that will include electronic resources, and the tutorials will include group presentations, case studies, journal articles, podcasts, newspaper articles presentations and exercises. These may be undertaken in small groups or individually.

Overview of Learning Resources

Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.

Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.

Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period. 

Overview of Assessment

The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:

Assessment Task 1: 20%
Linked CLOs 1,4,5

Assessment Task 2: 30%
Linked CLOs 2,3,4

Assessment Task 3: 50%
Linked CLOs 1,2,3,4,5