Overview
How HRM can contribute to the survival, adaptation and growth of organisations and a critical management perspective of HRM practices in order to make better management decisions.
Learn how good human resource management can contribute to the survival, adaptation and growth of organisations, and to evaluate and make judgements about human resource management policies and strategies.
About this paper
| Paper title | People and Culture |
|---|---|
| Subject | Business Administration |
| EFTS | 0.125 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period(s) | 1st Non standard period (13 January 2025 - 23 February 2025)
(Distance learning)
1st Non standard period (28 July 2025 - 7 September 2025) (On campus) 7th Non standard period (3 November 2025 - 14 December 2025) (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $2,567.00 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- CMBA 506
- Limited to
- PGDipBusAdmin, MBA, PGDipHealMgt, MHealSc, PGCertEM, PGDipEM, PGDipFBLM, MFBLM
- Eligibility
- Enrolments for this paper require departmental permission. View more information about departmental permission.
- Contact
- More information link
For information on the parallel paper available for the Chinese Language version of the MBA, please see CMBA506
- Teaching staff
Convenor: mba.manager@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught remotely.
- Textbooks
Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to demonstrate:
- An understanding how human resource management can contribute to the survival, adaptation and growth of organisations sufficient to evaluate and make judgements about human resource management policies and strategies
- An ability to critique and analyse human resource management practices in order to make better management decisions
- Competence at a number of key tasks of human resource management