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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| School of Management |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment Summary:
| CW 25%, EX 75% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: | In taking this module you cannot take MN10570 OR take MN20291 OR take MN20313 OR take MN30313 |
| Description:
| Aims: The course aims to give a broad overview of major features of human resource management. It examines issues from the contrasting perspectives of management and employees and explores some contemporary policy issues. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, the student should be able to: * Understand the main theoretical issues surrounding HRM * Understand basic HR functions; * How HR functions impact individual and organisational performance; * Understand the practical key elements of HR; * Appreciate some contemporary issues in HRM practice * Understand the development and context of HRM in the UK. Skills: * Understanding of theory and critical debates in HRM field (T/A) * A critical awareness of current theoretical and practical issues in HRM field (T/A). * Ability to understand and analyse the fit between various HR practices and organisational and individual outcomes; (T/A) * Ability to communicate during in-class case study analyses and practical examples (T/F). * Critical engagement with the subject matter and examples of practice, including own experience (F/A) * Ability to apply subject-specific knowledge into a range of situations such as case studies, exercises, real life examples (T/F/A) * Ability to apply and analyze case studies, in-class practical exercises and real life examples to HRM theory (T/F/A). Content: HRM and organisational performance, Recruitment, Selection, Negotiation, Training and Development, Performance Management, Turnover and Downsizing, International HRM, Contemporary issues in HRM. |
| Programme availability: |
MN20072 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take either as a Director of Studies approved option within their programme of study or as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.
MN20072 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Computer Science
MN20072 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Biology & Biochemistry
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