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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Labour Relations Practices - LRM3601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: LRM1501 Co-requisite: LLW2601 & LLW2602
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with relevant knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to prepare organisations for sound labour relations, establish a co-operative labour relations environment and manage labour relations in the workplace. Students will acquire an integrated knowledge and understanding of key concepts, processes, and principles related to labour relations practices. Students will be able to interpret and apply relevant South African labour relations policies, legislations and frameworks in analyzing and solving labour related issues in the workplace. Competencies within the field of labour relations practices can lead to improved service delivery, promotion of job creation, workplace justice and job security in the workplace, thereby contributing to the Sustainable Development goals (SDGs). Furthermore, students will also be able to demonstrate Ubuntu by assisting communities with labour related issues, thereby ensuring social and economic transformation
The New World of Work: HRM Perspectives - HRM4802
Honours,Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module enables students to demonstrate a fundamental and systematic knowledge/understanding of human resource management(HRM) in the new world of work, which is characterised by increased globalisation, digitalisation and virtualisation as driven by technological advances. The syllabus focuses on developing an understanding of the impact of I4.0 and technological advances on basic HR principles and how HR contributes towards the achievement of the organisationﾒs strategic business objectives in the new world of work.
Applied Human Resource Development Competencies - HRD3701
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: HRD3601
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who need to develop a well-rounded ability and detailed understanding of various applied aspects of human resource development in South Africa. People credited with this module are able to demonstrate applied knowledge of and a well-rounded ability to develop and implement various HRD systems in mainly South African organisations, and to handle a range of primarily operational HRD issues.
Advanced Labour Relations Management - LRM4801
Honours,Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to build on students' existing foundation of knowledge, skills and attitudes relating to strategic labour relations management. This module will be useful to students who wish to manage labour relations on strategic level in such a way that it contributes towards the achievement of the objectives of the organisation. The curriculum includes linking the organisational and labour relations strategies, labour relations as a field of study, the management of conflict, group dynamics and workforce diversity, the process of environmental scanning, internal and external environmental factors that influence labour relations management, the legal framework governing labour relations management, the labour relations management policy, communication, employee involvement and participation, collective bargaining and negotiation, labour relations structures and procedures, strike management and control of the quality of labour relations management.
Management of Training and Development - HRD3702
Diploma,Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: HRM2601 & HRM2602 or HRD2602 or HRM2605
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who need to develop a well-rounded and systematic knowledge base about strategically managing the development of human resources and managerial and organisational capabilities, to help mainly South African organisations and working people perform well in complex, changing and competitive environments. Students credited with this module are able to demonstrate detailed knowledge of and insight into strategic and operational aspects related to the management of training and development in organisations, including aspects pertaining to various pressing needs and issues in South Africa and other African countries, and concomitant targeted interventions.
Collective Bargaining and Negotiation - LRM4802
Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module prepares students with a comprehensive and systematic knowledge of negotiation in the employment negotiation landscape in South Africa. It equips students with knowledge, skills and concepts needed to promote effective conflict and dispute resolution between potentially cooperative parties within the legislative and organisational policy framework of collective bargaining. The purpose of this module is threefold. The first is to explore the fundamental context and theories of conflict, dispute resolution, industrial action, negotiation and collective bargaining. The second objective is to develop practical negotiation skills applicable to a broad range of employment relation contexts. The third objective is to develop negotiation skills by working within and through group exercises, which involve making make sound theoretical judgements based on evidence and an ability to think epistemologically.
Applied Human Resource Management Competencies - HRM3701
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: HRM2602
Purpose: This module is intended to provide students with a wellﾁ rounded ability and detailed understanding of various applied concepts of human resource management in South Africa. Students credited with this module are able to demonstrate applied and integrated knowledge of HRM, including an understanding of and ability to apply and evaluate the key terms, concepts, facts, principles, rules and theories of HRM in order to understand, develop and implement various HRM systems in mainly South African organisations, and to handle a range of primarily operational HRM issues taking into account other fields, disciplines or practices that affect HRM.
Introduction to Human Resource Development - HRD1501
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module familiarises the student with the theory, principles and practice of human resource development (HRD). The curriculum includes the basic psychology of learning; the place of human resource development in the organisation; an overview of education, training and development legislation in South Africa; statutory education, training and development structures in South Africa; the purpose of the administration in the training cycle and HRD administration in an organisation.
Management of Employee Wellness, Health and Safety - HRM3702
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: Ensuring employee wellbeing, health and safety is a vital component of a successful business. This module focuses on employee health and safety policies and procedures and will equip you with knowledge and skills to develop and maintain employee wellbeing and safety programmes. In addition, it will empower students to plan, implement, and measure a successful employee wellness programme. The module also covers related topics such as stress management, risk management, accidents and hazards, HIV/ AIDS, legal frameworks, substance abuse, and occupational health and safety. Students who complete this module will be able to promote and establish workplace safety, occupational health and hygiene and employee well-being in organisations within the South African context as well as globally.
Introduction to Human Resource Management - HRM1501
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma,Higher Certificate Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: Employees are the most important asset of any thriving organisation and as a result the effective management of human resources (HR) is central to any sound business strategy. The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the basic knowledge of human resource management. Students will learn what role employees play in the success of an organisation and how HRM enables the organisation to achieve its goals.
HR Information Systems and Technology - HRM3703
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who need to develop a well-rounded and systematic knowledge base about the design, use and management of HRM related technology, information systems and metrics systems in organisations. People credited with this module are able to demonstrate a specialised and detailed knowledge about and insight into the challenges, processes and practices involved in using technology, information systems and metrics to improve HRM in organisations. They understand how technology can provide relevant decision support mechanisms for HR decisions and supporting transactional HR activities
Introduction to Labour Relations Management - LRM1501
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module enables students to acquire a basic overview of the field of labour relations management and its fundamental aspects within the South African context. Students should explain the relationship between the various parties in the field, and how it should be maintained by means of relevant practices, policies and procedures.
Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management - HRM3704
Diploma,Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: (HRM2601 & HRM2602) or HRM2605
Purpose: To equip students with a well-rounded and systematic knowledge base about global contemporary issues related to HRM and about managing human resources in national and international contexts. Students credited with this module are able to demonstrate integrated knowledge, coherent and critical of contemporary HR concepts principles and theories and the ability to apply and evaluate the principles and theories to authentic cases and scenarios. Complementary to this is insight into global contemporary issues in HRM and a well-rounded and specialised ability to identify and integrate these issues in organisations. Students must be able to critically reflect on and address complex contemporary HR challenges from context relevant scenarios and case studies. Student should be able to develop and communicate their ideas and opinions using appropriate academic discourse as they solve real life contemporary HR problems in scenarios and case studies.
Education, Training and Development Practices - HRD2601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: HRD1501
Purpose: This module is intended to deal with the practice and principles of the training cycle in a particular context or work environment and the South African legislative framework. It is about actual training in the particular application of the training cycle after a learner has already mastered the core competencies involved.
Remuneration Management - HRM3705
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who need to develop a well-rounded ability and detailed understanding of the management of remuneration in South Africa. People credited with this module are able to demonstrate applied knowledge of and a well-rounded ability to make suggestions on the development and implementation of remuneration strategies and systems in mainly South African organisations.
Training and Development Practices - HRD2602
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the skills and knowledge to apply the fundamental concepts, principles and processes of training and development within the context of existing training related legislation and organisational requirements. Students credited with this module are able to demonstrate sound knowledge of and insight into training and development practices in organisations, including aspects pertaining to various pressing needs and issues in South Africa, and concomitant targeted interventions. Qualifying students can contribute to providing quality education and training to enhance individuals' abilities and promote their employability
Performance Management - HRM3706
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who need to develop a detailed, well-rounded and systematic knowledge base about performance management, and the evaluative and developmental role it plays, to assist South African organisations and employees to perform well, and to enhance social and economic transformation in the workplace. Students credited with this module are able to demonstrate a well-rounded and detailed knowledge and insight into the dynamics, challenges, processes and practices related to designing, developing and implementing holistic and integrated performance management systems that align the optimal developed work performance of the workforce with the strategic direction of organisations in South Africa.
Management of Human Resource Development - HRD3601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English,Afrikaans Module presented online
Pre-requisite: HRD2601
Purpose: Qualifying students can develop and manage appropriate HRD policies, processes, procedures and interventions in line with the organisational priorities, national imperatives, legislative framework, trends and developments in a broader global environment.
Applied Labour Relations Management Competencies - LRM3701
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: LRM3601
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who need to develop a well-rounded ability and integrated knowledge and understanding of various applied aspects of labour relations in South Africa. People credited with this module are able to demonstrate applied knowledge of and a well-rounded ability to develop and implement labour relations systems in mainly South African organisations, and to handle a range of primarily operational labour relations issues in situations with various degrees of complexity.
Human Resource Provisioning - HRM2601
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: HRM1501 or MNB1601
Purpose: This module intends to develop students in making appropriate human provisioning decisions and applying HR provisioning practices. Students will be able to implement and support the HR provisioning practices in their work environments. With these skills students will be competent to effectively realise the HR provisioning goals of the organisation. Students credited with this module are able to understand, apply and evaluate HR provisioning practices, processes and techniques to provide the organisation with talented people.
Labour Relations Management: Micro - LRM3702
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: LRM2601
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who need to develop a well-rounded and systematic knowledge base of the management of labour relations in South Africa. Students credited with this module are able to demonstrate detailed knowledge of and a well-rounded ability to manage labour relations in situations with various degrees of complexity and at both operational and strategic levels in South African organisations.
Human Resource Maintenance and Retention - HRM2602
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: HRM2601
Purpose: This module will familiarise students (usually managers and potential managers who will all experience varying HRM issues) with the basic principles and practices of HRM and show them how to manage human resources constructively and strategically in today's business environment to realise the companys goals. This module intends to develop students in identifying, understanding and applying appropriate HR maintenance and retention practices. Students will be able to implement and support the HR maintenance and retention practices in their work environments with the aim of assessing, developing and retaining the required talent for South African organisations. With these skills students will be competent to support appropriate best practices aimed at the effective maintenance and retention of talent. Students credited with this module can identify and apply HR maintenance and retention principles and methods to support the achievement of HR organisational goals.
Research Project in Human Resource Management - HRBUS85
Honours Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 36
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: HMEMS80
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the competencies required to plan, execute and write an acceptable academic research project report in Human Resource Management. Students will be able to gather, analyse, evaluate and apply knowledge and reason and debate in an area of research aligned to Human resource management. Students will also be able to compile a research proposal that is written academically including the formulation of a topic, problem statement and integrating research methodologies aligned to problem solving in an area of study related to Human Resource Management.
Remuneration Practices - HRM2603
Diploma,Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: HRM1501
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who need to develop a sound understanding of and ability to develop and administer appropriate remuneration and reward systems in mainly South African organisations in order to support and facilitate employee and organisational performance. People credited with this module are able to demonstrate a solid ability to apply the theory and practice of remuneration and reward to practical situations within the employment situation in South Africa.
Strategic Human Resource Development - HRD4801
Honours,Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module enables students to establish, manage and maintain a strategic HRD portfolio and strategy for an organisation, and ensure compliance with the legislative prescripts related to HRD. The curriculum includes strategic HRD (concept and application); strategic management of the HRD function; outsourcing; HRD stakeholder engagement; formulation of HRD policies, processes and procedures; development, implementation and evaluation of an HRD strategy; Human Performance Technology; quality management in HRD; learning organisation; ROI; and HRD governance.
Performance Management Practices - HRM2604
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: MNB1501 or BSM1501
Purpose: Performance management practice, which include performance appraisal and employee development, are the ﾓcornerstoneﾔ of human resources management. This module intends to provide students with a range of theoretical and practical knowledge to think critically and to evaluate the theory and practice of performance management. Furthermore, qualifying students can develop and apply performance management tools and techniques to appropriate organizational contexts in which they might operate. It will be useful to students who need to develop a detailed knowledge and understanding of the complete performance management system and process in order to effectively direct the performance of employees and ultimately also the performance of the organisation.
Organisational Development and Learning in the Context of Human Resource Development - HRD4802
Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is developed to empower human resource development managers and practitioners to understand and apply the principles and concepts of Organisational Development strategically, to enhance organisational performance at the employee, team and organisational level.
Human Resource Management for Line Managers - HRM2605
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip line managers and/or potential line managers with the skills, knowledge and abilities to manage human resources under their control constructively in order to contribute to organisational goal achievement and the HR effort as a whole.
Advanced Human Resource Development - HRD4803
Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: Qualifying students can develop and manage appropriate HRD policies, procedures and interventions in line with the organisational priorities, national imperatives, legislative framework, trends and developments in a broader global environment.
Labour Relations Management: Macro - LRM2601
Diploma,Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: LLW2601 & LLW2602
Purpose: Qualifying students will be able to use a systems approach to demonstrate an understanding of how macro aspects of South African labour relations influence organisational strategies, policies, procedures, processes and practices. The syllabus includes labour relations concepts, theories and perspectives; external environmental factors impacting on labour relations; the role-players and other stakeholders in labour relations; labour legislation and its application in the South African workplace, dealing with workplace conflict by means of collective bargaining and effective dispute resolution; and building positive employer-employee relations. While the module incorporates international standards, knowledge systems and best practice, the information is presented within an African context to make it meaningful and relevant to those studying labour relations in South Africa.
Advanced Human Resource Management - HRM4801
Honours,Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module enables students to demonstrate a fundamental and systematic knowledge of advanced human resource management. The curriculum focuses on developing an understanding of the mutual impact HRM has with other business departments through an others-inclusive mindset and how HR could accelerate business strategically to achieve the strategic business objectives, to generate a competitive edge, and drive agility.