To provide students with up-to-date, research-based knowledge concerning the implementation and impact of human resource management practices in British and other organisations and to acquaint students with the personal skills and competencies involved in effectively applying individual human resource management practices.

Taught over 6 half days in semester 2.

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Choice of 1 of 3 assignments word length 2,500 to be agreed with the course tutor. Assignment topics will be distributed in class along with the course outline.

To provide students with up-to-date, research-based knowledge concerning the implementation and impact of human resource management practices in British and other organisations and to acquaint students with the personal skills and competencies involved in effectively applying individual human resource management practices.

By the end of this course students should be able to:

1. Understand the reasons for the increased interest in human resource management.

2. Recognise the potential importance of the relationship between organisational performance and human resource management practice.

3. Describe and evaluate some of the controversies surrounding the role and influence of human resource management.

4. Understand the importance of organisations adopting a strategic approach towards human resource management.

5. Discuss how the nature of the larger organisational structure and operating environment shapes the ability effectively to introduce and operate human resource management practices.

6. Recognise that change in one area of human resource management will almost invariably trigger the need for change in other areas.

7. Appreciate the changing nature of contemporary human resource management practices in certain selected subject areas.

8. Understand the importance of personal skills and the processes of consultation in introducing new or revised human resource management practices in certain selected subject areas.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.