NSCI5904 – Human Resource Management in Primary Industries
Module code
NSCI5904
Module title
Human Resource Management in Primary Industries
Prescription
The aim of this course is to enable students to develop the knowledge and skills required to manage staffing requirements within a primary industry organisation.
NZQA Level
Level 5
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- 1. Identify the employment obligations and professional communication processes needed in a primary industry organisation.
2. Outline the processes for managing the recruitment, selection, induction, and termination of staff for a primary industry organisation using leadership and interpersonal skills.
3. Compare strategies for managing work allocation, training, wellbeing, working relationships, and social and cultural aspects of working in teams.
4. Select strategies to implement and monitor staff performance and training within a primary industry organisation. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning and teaching activities will employ a range of elements drawn from approved methods to align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional specific requirement, etc.) and any particular needs of the group of aakonga.
- Content
- - Human resource structures and functions/processes
- Good faith and fair and reasonable process
- Communication
- Recruitment, selection, induction, and exit processes
- Induction/orientation programmes
- Job descriptions and employment agreements
- Leadership and interpersonal skills
- Courageous conversations
- Learning styles
- Training and development
- Work allocation
- Social and cultural aspects including bi-culturalism and tikanga
- Staff retention
- Teamwork/team building
- Performance management systems and processes
- Attitudes and behaviours - Learning and Teaching Resource
- All required and recommended resources are advised to aakonga via course outlines.
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this course is achievement-based. Aakonga must submit all specified assessment items, and obtain at least 50% overall score in order to pass this course. Aakonga will be advised of all matters relating to summative assessment at the start of the course.
