Modular value: 20 credits
Assessment: One 2,000-word assignment (50%) and one three hour written exam (50%)
This module aims to:
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Examine the origin and meanings of Human Resource Management and the nature of the employment relationship;
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Assess critically the concept of Strategic Human Resource Management;
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Examine key HRM activities such as recruitment, selection, reward, managing work time and employee diversity;
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Examine HRM and employee involvement and performance;
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Examine the relationship between HRM, work reorganisation and economic performance.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the module the student should be able to:
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Review and critically evaluate major contemporary research and debates in the field of HRM
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Understand, analyse and critically evaluate the market and competitive environments of organizations and how the HR function responds to them
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Evaluate major theories relating to motivation, commitment and engagement at work and how these are put into practice by organizations
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Contribute to the promotion of effective flexible working in organizations
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Understand, analyse and critically evaluate contemporary organizations and their principal environments
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Understand, analyse and critically evaluate how organisational and HR strategies are shaped by and developed in response to internal and external environmental factors
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Understand, analyse and critically evaluate the integration of employment relations processes and how they impact on policy, practice and organisational outcomes such as performance and employee engagement
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Understand, analyse and critically evaluate government policy and legal regulation and how these shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and practices
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Understand, analyse and critically evaluate demographic, social and technological trends and how they shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices