Module Details

Module Code: TOUR7003
Title: ER &Managing People in Tourism
Long Title: ER &Managing People in Tourism
NFQ Level: Intermediate
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 8120 - Tourism
Module Delivered in: 2 programme(s)
Module Description: Employee Relations and Managing people in the Tourism Industry. This module explores human resource management practices in relation to reward management, performance management and motivation. It also explains the nature of employee relations practices and workplace conflict. It describes the machinery available to help businesses to resolve this conflict.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Examine the nature, characteristics, concerns and guiding principles of performance management with a view to understanding the differences between performance appraisal and performance management.
LO2 Critique the concept and elements of reward management, its strategic and detailed aims and philosophy, making reference to the economic factors that affect levels of pay.
LO3 Apply motivation theory aiming to obtain added value through people while achieving sustained high levels of performance through these people..
LO4 Examine the complex nature of the employee/employer relationship within the context of Employee relations by appreciating the traditional voluntarist nature of Irish employee relations, the pluralist and unitarist perspective, trade Union structure, collective bargaining and Employer associations.
LO5 Recognise conflict in the workplace and the role of the manager in handling and resolving conflict in addition to understanding and applying the machinery supplied by the State to resolve issues of difference.
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

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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Indicative Content
Understand and apply performance management techniques
Performance management, role, functions and methods.
Reward systems, policies and practices
Pay systems and benefits,pay as a motivator.
Motivation and job design
Theories of motivation, analysis of worker performance on how work and its rewards satisfy individual employees needs. Work design and how it influences employee satisfaction and motivation.
Employee Relations
Employee Relations- the Irish context. Unitarist and pluralist perspective of Employee relations.State involvement.Trade Unions and Employer organisations. Disciplinary rules and procedures.
Workplace workplace conflict
Recognising workplace conflict. Design and application of grievance procedures to manage conflict. Dispute resolution. Using the support of the state i.e. LRC, LC, in dispute resolution
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 10 Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Assessment Description
Assignment discussing the correlation between successful businesses and the application of effective performance management systems, reward systems and motivation policies by those businesses
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 Theory Every Week 4.00 4
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Reseaerch Every Week 3.00 3
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Theory Every Week 4.00 4
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Research Every Week 3.00 3
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Michael J Boella & Steven Goss-Turner. (2013), Human resource Management in the Hospitality Industry, 9th. Routledge, UK, [ISBN: 9780415632539].
  • Patrick Gunnigle, Joseph Wallace, Gerard McMahon. (2004), Industrial Relations in Ireland, 3rd. Gill & Macmillan Ltd, [ISBN: 0717135748].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Noreen Heraty, Patrick Gunnigle, Michael Morely. (2006), Human Resource Management in Ireland, 3rd. Gill & Macmillan Ltd, Ireland, [ISBN: 978-0-7171-3933-0].
  • Michael Armstrong, Tina Stephens. A handbook of employee reward management and practice, 1st. London ; Kogan Page, 2005., [ISBN: 074944343X].
  • Shirley A. Gilmore. (2005), Cases in human resource management in hospitality, 10th Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J., [ISBN: 0131119834].
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
  • Industrial Relations Journal. Industrial and Employee Relations news, Industrial Relations Journal.
  • Personnel Review. Personnel Review.
  • International Journal of Human Resource Management. International Articles HRM.
  • IRN Report. Industrial Relations News.
  • Management of Personnel Quarterly. Management of Personnel, Management of Personnel Quarterly.
  • Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. HRM articles, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly.
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_FTRSM_8 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Tourism Management 6 Mandatory
CR_FTOUR_7 Bachelor of Business in Tourism Management 6 Mandatory