Module Details

Module Code: MGMT7036
Title: HR Strategy Development
Long Title: HR Strategy Development
NFQ Level: Intermediate
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2016/17 ( September 2016 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 3450 - Business & Management
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: This module examines the development of a corporate approach to workforce management whereby HRM considerations become integral to strategic decision making. It outlines the role HR plays in the overall corporate strategy of the organisation and the role of the HR manager in the senior management team.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Evaluate the role of ethical issues associated with strategic human resourcing.
LO2 Describe the factors which influence the strategic HR direction followed by an organisation.
LO3 Analyse the effect of employment legislation on human resource strategies.
LO4 Appraise contemporary approaches to Human Resource Strategy and resourcing the organisation.
LO5 Describe the impact of globalisation on today's workforce.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
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Co-requisite Modules
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Requirements

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Indicative Content
• Organisations, corporate strategies and human resourcing.
HRM as a resource based model. Theoretical issues surrounding the human resource management field of expertise. Issues of centralisation or devolution of decision making. Decide whether seperate resource areas of an organisation are capable of enabling strategies to be executed successfully or whether the strategies of an organisation are being shaped to capitalise on the expertise of a particular resource area..
• Ethics and strategic human resourcing.
How HR strategies support a positive organisational culture. Nature of discrimination and equality. Introduction of HR strategies to promote equality and diversity in the workplace. The increasing importance of positive action initiatives in all areas of employee development.
• Employment law, industrial relations and human resourcing strategies
The effect of employment legislation on HR strategies. The impact of the EU. Trade union recognition. The growth in non-union employment relations. Alternatives to trade unions.
• Strategic Human Resource Management. Past and contemporary strategies.
The relationship betweeen business strategy models and strategic HRM models. Best fit versus best practice human resource management. Measuring the impact of strategic HRM on performance and the balanced scorecard.
•Implications of globalisation on today's workforce.
Impact of globalisation. Developments in Irish and global economies and their impact on workforce management.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework30.00%
End of Module Formal Examination70.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Written Report % of Total Mark 30
Timing Week 6 Learning Outcomes 1,2
Assessment Description
The importance of ethics in strategic H.R. issues
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 70
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Assessment Description
End-of-Semester Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Class Lecture Every Week 3.00 3
Lecturer Supervised Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Reading, Research and Private Study Every Week 4.00 4
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Class Lecture Every Week 1.50 1.5
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Reading, Research, and Private Study Every Week 5.50 5.5
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 1.50
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Julie Beardwell and Tim Claydon. (2010), Human Resource Management A Contempory Approach, 6th Ed. Pearson Financial Times/Prentice Hall, Harlow, [ISBN: 0273722859].
  • Gunnigle Partick. (2011), Human Resourse Management in Ireland, 4th. Gill & MacMillan, p.451, [ISBN: 9780717149797].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • John Bratton, Jeff Gold. (2007), Human resource management, 4th. all, Basingstoke [England] ; Palgrave, 2007., England, [ISBN: 0230001742].
  • Margaret Linehan. (2000), Senior Female International Managers, Ashgate, Aldershot, [ISBN: 9780754612001].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_BHRMN_7 Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource Management 6 Mandatory