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Archived Version 2006 - 2007

Module Title Strategic Human Resource Management
Module Code HR569
School DCUBS

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Module Co-ordinatorProf. Kathy MonksOffice Number
Module Co-ordinatorEmeritus Prof. Kathy MonksOffice NumberQ313
Level 5 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Module Aims

To explore the nature of strategic human resource mamagement including:

  • The roles undertaken by HR professionals in contemporary organizations
  • The efficiency and effectiveness of HR departments
  • The links between HR strategy and business strategy
  • The links between HRM and performance
  • High performance work systems and employee commitmentCreating HR systems
  • The ethical context of decision making in HRM

This module will help students maek sense of what is happening in the field of HR and its interactions with an increasingly competitive business setting. Contemporary initiatives in the area of business performance and HR will be examined. Students will become adept at recoginising both mutually reinforcing links and dysfunctional inconsistencies. They will be knowledgable as to how mismanaged situations might be remedied.



Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, the student will have:

  • Obtained an understanding of the nature of stategic HRM and its links to business strategy and organisational performance
  • Evaluated the various roles that may be undertaken by HR professionals and of the HR department
  • Considered the ethical issues underpinning the practice of HRM
  • Explored the roles undertaken by HR professionals and considered the skills and abilities required in these roles


Indicative Time Allowances
Hours
Lectures 24
Tutorials
Laboratories
Seminars
Independent Learning Time 51

Total 75
Placements
Assignments
NOTE
Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus
  • The roles of HR professionals and the HR function
  • Efficiency and effectiveness in HRM
  • The nature of strategic HRM
  • The links between HRM and business strategy
  • The links between HRM and performance
  • Ethical issues in HRM
Assessment
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Indicative Reading List
Essential
Ulrich,D. and Brockbank, W.2005. The HR Value Proposition.Boston:HBS Press.
 
Schuler,R. and Jackson,S.1999.Strategic Human Resource Management. London: Blackwell.

Supplementary

Boxall,P. and Purcell,J.2003.Strategy and Human Resource Management.Basingstoke,Hampshire:Palgrave

Gratton,L.2004.The Democratic Enterprise,London:Prentice Hall.

Holbeche,L.1999.Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy.Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann

Journal articles e.g. Human Resources Management Journal, International Journal of HRM, Human Resource Management,British Journal of Industrial Relations.

Programme or List of Programmes
GDHRMGrad Dip in Human Resource Management
MHRMMasters in Human Resource Management
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