Human Resource Management in a Global Context

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School:

Huddersfield Business School

Credit Rating:

Level (including FHEQ):

M (FHEQ Level 7)

Graded or Non Graded:

Graded

Version Valid From:

2020-09-01

Module Leader:

Muhibul Haq

Version Number

2022.02

Learning Methods

Seminar

Guided Independent Study

Synopsis

This module develops a range of People Management & Development personal, academic, and HR practitioner skills. During the course students are expected to develop a number of specified skills regarding the analysis of business situations and understanding how the HR contextual elements are applied. There is a range of underpinning… For more content click the Read More button below.

This module develops a range of People Management & Development personal, academic, and HR practitioner skills. During the course students are expected to develop a number of specified skills regarding the analysis of business situations and understanding how the HR contextual elements are applied. There is a range of underpinning knowledge that will have been learnt and provided in other modules that will be re-applied in this module.

Learning Strategy

The methods used to achieve the course objectives will include the following: Formal inputs which provide the students with core knowledge to be able to participate in the exercises.Group work, discussions, simulations and case studies, which will give the students opportunities to develop skills relating to personal transferable skills and… For more content click the Read More button below.

The methods used to achieve the course objectives will include the following:

Formal inputs which provide the students with core knowledge to be able to participate in the exercises.
Group work, discussions, simulations and case studies, which will give the students opportunities to develop skills relating to personal transferable skills and the module outcomes
Assessment criteria which will encourage and require the development and demonstration of critical, analytical abilities, ability to produce logical persuasive arguments and to use up to date information to demonstrate their abilities as a thinking professional.
Students will be encouraged to use sources of information technology as ways of developing their personal knowledge and skills for themselves and others.
Opportunities to attend CIPD meetings, network, visit different places of employment and hear from HR Professionals will be used to provide current real-life work examples.

Outline Syllabus

Human Resource (HR) professionals and managers operate within increasingly complex and changing organisational and contextual circumstances, whether in the market, public or ‘third’ sectors and whatever the size of their organisations or the types of goods or services these enterprises produce for their customers or clients. This module provides learners with an understanding of the principal internal and external environmental contexts of contemporary organisations, including conditions of environmental turbulence, change and uncertainty. The relationship between ethics and Human Resource Management is explored as an area of increasing importance in organisations. Third, the module indicates how leaders in organisations, and those in the HR function, need to recognise and acknowledge that corporate decisions and HR choices are not always shaped by managers alone. This module explores the implications for professional practice and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will

Analyse and critically evaluate contemporary organisations and their principal environments.

Analyse and critically evaluate the managerial and business environment in which HR professionals work.

Analyse and critically evaluate how organisational and HR strategies are shaped by and developed in response to internal and external environmental factors.

Critically understand the market and competitive environments of organisations and how organisational leaders and the HR function respond to them

Critically evaluate globalisation and international forces and how they shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices.

Present a critical evaluation of demographic, social and technological trends and how they shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices

Analyse and critically evaluate government policy and legal regulation and how these shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices.

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