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Galen Catholic College

Business Management, Unit 1, 2015

Learning Focus

Introduction to HR in Business

Administration

Mark the roll

Key Teaching
Focus

1. Think about timing wasted time at start of lesson. Set up while


students are setting up.
2. Better guide the students using questions/scaffolding
3. Ensure that each student contributes to the work
4. Better use of instructions

Duration

1 lesson

Essential
Question

Why are people the most important asset in a business?

Background

Overview of unit of work.

5 mins

Table of assessment items to come and due dates.

Lesson 1

The role of people in a business. (ppt slides)

10 mins

Human resources is the set of individuals who make up the workforce


of an organization, business sector, or economy. "Human capital" is
sometimes used synonymously with human resources, although
human capital typically refers to a more narrow view (i.e., the
knowledge the individuals embody and can contribute to an
organization). Likewise, other terms sometimes used include
"manpower", "talent", "labour", or simply "people".
From the corporate objective, employees have been traditionally
viewed as assets to the enterprise, whose value is enhanced by
further learning and development, referred to as human resource
development. Organizations will engage in a broad range of human
resource management practices to capitalize on those assets.
Human resource management (HRM, or simply HR) is a function in
organizations designed to maximize employee performance of an
employer's strategic objectives. HR is primarily concerned with the
management of people within organizations, focusing on policies and
systems. HR departments and units in organizations typically
undertake a number of activities, including employee recruitment,
training and development, performance appraisal, and rewarding (e.g.,
managing pay and benefit systems). HR is also concerned with
industrial relations, that is, the balancing of organizational practices
with requirements arising from collective bargaining and from
governmental laws.

Galen Catholic College


Business Management, Unit 1, 2015

Activity 1
15 mins

Brainstorm: why are people the most important asset in any


business?
Work in groups and develop 5 main points to support your view.
Present back to the class
Monitor: everyone is contributing in the group as they are working. Call
on students randomly.

Lesson 2

Management of staff in business.

10 mins

(ppt slides p. 3-4 Anthony)

Activity 2

Identify 5 key challenges in employing staff?

15 mins

Work in groups and develop 5 main points to support your view.


Present back to the class.
Monitor: everyone is contributing in the group as they are working. Call
on students randomly.
Relate these back to how we will be covering them in this unit.

Wrap up

Next lesson will be looking at the employing staff (text pp 192-4)

5 mins
Resources

https://www.ahri.com.au
https://www.fwc.gov.au

Extension Work

Read on ahead in the text

Homework

Find a job description for a HR manager. Identify the key components


of their job and how it relates the key activities in employing/managing
staff.
Bring along to the next class and we will discuss.

Assessment
Absent

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