Developing Human Capital (MGTS3604)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Business School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Seminar 3 Hours/ Week
Prerequisite
MGTS2604
Restricted
Quota: Minimum of 35 enrolments
Course enquiries
Doctor Erin Gallagher (Semester 1)
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
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Course description
The development of an organisation's human capital is becoming more critical as organisations attempt to survive in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous competitive global marketplace. This course will examine the role of human capital develop in maintaining an organisation's competitive position in today's environment. In doing so, it will identify assessment techniques that will assist HR departments and managers in determining the general learning and development needs of the organisation and the specific needs of the employees. Development can take many forms: it can be achieved through coaching, continuing education, job training, leadership training, mentoring, workshops and other means. In an economy in which technology plays a leading and dominant role, the rapid evolution and deployment of innovation technologies means that to keep up, employees are going to co-evolve - ie. develop the skills, values and perspectives mastery these technologies require. Students will be introduced to practices that help managers to successfully transfer training, learning and development to the workplace so that organisational efficiency and effectiveness improve. The course will also examine special topics of interest, such as program evaluation using the Return on Investment methodology and career management.