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HRM20016 · Swinburne University of Technology

Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations

Credit points
12.5
Level
2
Workload
≈ 13 h / week
Faculty
Business

What it covers

This unit introduces students to the importance of fostering an inclusive workplace that manages and leverages diversity in all its forms. It focuses on how people management policies and practices facilitate organisational effectiveness through recognising, valuing and accommodating employee diversity. The consequences of a diverse workplace, various diversity management practices and diverse views on the purpose of a business will be discussed. Whether in domestic or multinational organisations, such practices enable responsiveness to change and complexity and the implementation of sustainable people management practice.

Assessment

TaskTypeWeight
AssignmentGroup30%
EssayIndividual60%
Mid-Semester TestIndividual30%

When and where

Teaching periodCampusMode
Semester 2HawthornOn campus
Teaching Period 3OnlineOnline
Semester 1HawthornOn campus