MBA7072 - Human Resource Management

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Critically examine the role of the HR specialist in a range of organisations and evaluate the effectiveness of HR policies and practices.
Evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of various techniques, policies and processes involved in the practice of human resource management and reflect on ethical issues they raise.
Analyse the policy framework for strategic human resource management and various approaches organisations may take.

Content:

The evolution of personnel management and HRM and new developments such as the shared service system and 'HR as Business Partner'. The policy framework for HRM: recruitment strategies; selection processes and techniques; job analysis and job design theories; pay and reward policies; training and its effectiveness in the workplace; management development and employee development; managing performance. Ethical issues involved in managing people, working conditions and the application of various HR policies.

Learning and Teaching Information:

The sessions will be organised in mainly 2.5-hour teaching blocks. Lectures will deliver core theoretical frameworks, followed by seminars and workshops.

Lectures/seminars and workshops Hours: 24
Intended Group size: Whole cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 176