Module Details

Module Code: MGMT8055
Title: HRM and Employee Relations
Long Title: HRM and Employee Relations
NFQ Level: Advanced
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 3450 - Business & Management
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: Understanding and interpreting the Irish employee relations system and how it impacts on effective Human Resource Management practice, policies & strategies in the hospitality industry. Recognise and manage workplace conflict and resolve industrial disputes. Interpret & apply employee law. Strategic management and human resource management practice. Contemporary human resource management and employee relations issues in the hospitality industry.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Explore the legal framework within which human resource management takes place by providing an overview of Irish Employee Legislation.
LO2 Recognise and understand employer and management approaches to employee relations considering both employers' and employee objectives.
LO3 Explain the alignment between human resource management and business strategy and evaluate the impact the impact, if any of human resource management practice on organisation performance.
LO4 Explain the role of the State and its institutions and actors in the industrial relations process.
LO5 Interpret contemporary employee relations and human resource management issues.
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
Employment Law
Explore the legal framework within which human resource management takes place by providing an overview and basic understanding of Irish employee legislation
Industrial conflict
Understand the nature and cause of industrial conflict, disputes & grievances. develop grievance & disciplinary procedures to promote a positive industrial relations climate. Understand the role of the HR manager in negotiations in dispute resolution. Understand the role of the machinery provided by the government for assisting in dispute resolution.
Strategic Human Resource Management
Understand strategic human resource management. Be able to explain how human resource management is a strategic management practice. appreciate human resource management strategies, policies, programmes, procedures & practices that are integrated into the organisations strategies, policies, programmes, procedures & practices.
Employee Relations
Employee relations in the Irish context and how this relationship impacts on organisation structures, systems, policies, philosophies, values and culture.
Current employee relations and human resource management issues
Discussion and analysis of topical employee relations and human resource management topics. Discovering the most topical and up-to-date evidence of human resource management and employee relations practice from on line data base material and on trend articles.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Short Answer Questions % of Total Mark 30
Timing Week 6 Learning Outcomes 4,5
Assessment Description
An examination of HRM issues, Irish Industrial Relations System & the Role of the State.
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 70
Timing Sem End Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Assessment Description
Examine HR principles and practices in relation to the work environment.
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

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
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Research Every Week 3.00 3
Lecture Contact Theory Every Week 3.00 3
Total Hours 6.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 6.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Research Every Week 3.00 3
Lecture Contact Theory Every Week 3.00 3
Total Hours 6.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 6.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Wallace. Joseph, Gunnigle. Patrick, McMahon. Gerard, O Sullivan. Michelle. (2013), Industrial Relations in Ireland, 4th. Gill & McMillan, Dublin, [ISBN: 0717143813].
  • Patrick Gunnigle. Continuity and Change in Irish Employee Relations (Irish Studies in Management), Oak Tree Press (Sept. 1994), Ireland, [ISBN: 978-187285357].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Patrick Gunnigle, Joseph Wallace, Gerard McMahon. (2004), Industrial Relations in Ireland, 3rd. Gill & Macmillan Ltd, Ireland, [ISBN: 0-7171-3574-8].
  • Patrick Gunnigle, Noreen Heraty, Michael J. Morley. Personnel and Human Resource Management, Gill & MacMillan, Dublin, [ISBN: 0-7171-2571-8].
  • Laurie J. Mullins. Managing people in the hospitality industry, 3rd. Longman, Harlow, [ISBN: 0-582-31929-3].
  • M.Armstrong,. (2006), A Handbook of HRM Practice, 10th. Kogan Page, London.
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
  • International Journal of Human Resource Management.
  • Journal of Industrial Relations.
  • Personnel Review.
  • IRN Report. Industrial Relations News.
  • Management of Personnel Quarterly.
  • Cornell Hospitality Quarterly.
  • International Journal of Hospitality Management.
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_OCULE_8 Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Culinary Entrepreneurship 1 Elective