2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
LUBS5761M Strategic HRM and Talent Management
15 creditsClass Size: 40
Module manager: Sarah Mollitt
Email: S.E.Mollitt@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
Module replaces
LUBS 5760MThis module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
This module aims to equip participants to apply the conceptual insights and practical techniques they have acquired in the analysis of real-life problems with which contemporary organisations have to deal. The module introduces a set of concepts and techniques for analysing some of the more salient human resource problems confronting contemporary organisations and identifies some of the theoretical and technical issues arising from research literature.Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Explain the theory and practice of strategic HRM, and the role of the HR manager within strategic decision making
- Critically evaluate the potential for HR to impact upon performance, and the realities of the HR-performance relationship
- Recognise the potential and limitations of big data in strategic HRM
- Evaluate the role of talent management within an integrated approach towards managing the employment cycle
- Extend the concept of talent management to a comparative context and in multi-national firms
- Relate concepts from strategic HRM and talent management policy and theory to their own experiences of work in organisations
Skills outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
Transferable
- Use knowledge for effective problem solving and decision making
Subject Specific
- Apply cognitive skills of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis to evaluating the main theoretical models of HRM
Syllabus
Indicative content
Part 1: Strategic HRM
Introduction to Strategic HRM: past, present and future
People and performance, big data and high performance work systems
Part 2: Global talent management and strategic HRM
Recruitment and selection,
Employee development and coaching,
Performance management
Reward management
Managing diversity
Redundancy and restructuring
Voice
Part 3: Critical cases in Strategic HRM
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Case Study | 3 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| Group learning | 0 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Lecture | 11 | 1.50 | 16.50 |
| Seminar | 11 | 1.50 | 16.50 |
| Private study hours | 100.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 50.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 | ||
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Progress on the module will be monitored by feedback on group work in seminars, engagement with activity groups, and the opportunity to submit a plan for the assessed coursework.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 3000 words | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by coursework.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 06/02/2018
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