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Overview

Strategic evaluation of the role of people within organisations, critique of the motive behind how people act and critical engagement with literature to improve people practices.

This paper overviews sustainability-related issues in Human Resource Management (HRM) using an evidence-based HRM lens.

About this paper

Paper title Human Resource Management
Subject Management
EFTS 0.1667
Points 20 points
Teaching period 1st Non standard period (23 November 2026 - 8 January 2027) (On campus)
Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,665.83
International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
Restriction
MANT 345 and MANT 453
Contact
management@otago.ac.nz
Teaching staff

Co-ordinator: Professor Fiona Edgar 

Teaching Arrangements

This paper is taught via lectures, in-class discussions, workshops and tutorials 

Textbooks

Textbooks are not required for this paper.

Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this paper will:

  • Evaluate the literature on people practices in organisations
  • Use literature to support critical arguments for people practice improvements
  • Be creative in your approach to understanding people management
  • Take into account the wider environment when strategically thinking about people management

Overview

Strategic evaluation of the role of people within organisations, critique of the motive behind how people act and critical engagement with literature to improve people practices.

This paper overviews sustainability-related issues in Human Resource Management (HRM) using an evidence-based HRM lens.

About this paper

Paper title Human Resource Management
Subject Management
EFTS 0.1667
Points 20 points
Teaching period 1st Non standard period (22 November 2026 - 7 January 2027) (On campus)
Domestic Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set
International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
Restriction
MANT 345 and MANT 453
Contact
management@otago.ac.nz
Teaching staff

Co-ordinator: Professor Fiona Edgar

Teaching Arrangements

This paper is taught via lectures, in-class discussions, workshops and tutorials.

Textbooks

Textbooks are not required for this paper.

Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this paper will:

  • Evaluate the literature on people practices in organisations
  • Use literature to support critical arguments for people practice improvements
  • Be creative in your approach to understanding people management
  • Take into account the wider environment when strategically thinking about people management
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