Teaching and Learning about Managing People: human resource management for education settings ‐ a Queensland case

ABSTRACT

This article describes and illustrates the development of a human resource management (HRM) elective specifically for educators who are aspiring to management positions in various education settings from early childhood to TAFE College. The unit is part of a graduate diploma offered within the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology. It briefly outlines the linkages between management literature and education, and then moves on to argue the necessity for HRM studies in postgraduate education courses. The second part of the paper describes the unit we developed and the adult learning principles which underpinned our teaching. Finally, the paper examines some of the lessons learned from teaching the unit.