2020/21 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5330M Human Resource Management

30 creditsClass Size: 260

Module manager: Meenakshi Sakar
Email: M.Sakar@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Jan to 31 Jul, 1 Sep to 31 May View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

This module aims to introduce students to the main principles and developments in human resource management (HRM) in different types of employment situation. It evaluates the impact of HRM change, its implications for the management of employees, the economic labour market, social and cultural contexts of HRM, and the varied patterns of people management that currently exist.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Identify the main principles and developments in human resource management (HRM) in different types of employment situations
- Evaluate the impact of HRM change
- Assess the implications of HRM for the management of employees
- Recognise the diverse range of issues that emerge within HRM,
- Critically analyse the varied patterns of people management that currently exist
- Critically engage with current issues research and scholarship in the field of HRM
- Identify, describe and evaluate shifts and transformations in the global economy and place their knowledge of HRM theories, policies and practice within global and local contexts

Skills outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
Transferable
- Deliver professional quality presentations
- Work effectively as part of a team
- Formulate/ plans for personal and professional development
- Display an ethical awareness and a sensitivity to diversity in terms of people, culture, business and management issues, reflect on cross-cultural communication issues and identify appropriate solutions

Syllabus

Indicative content

Recent developments in human resource management in public and private organisations operating in the UK and other countries
Transnational corporations and their impacts on national and local labour markets
Skills and management practice and the changing role of the corporate HR Department
Pay and reward systems
Training, recruitment and selection
Appraisal and employee representation and involvement systems

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	8	1.00	8.00
Lecture	20	2.00	40.00
Seminar	17	1.00	17.00
Private study hours			235.00
Total Contact hours			65.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and exam preparation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Your teaching methods could include a variety of delivery models, such as face-to-face teaching, live webinars, discussion boards and other interactive activities. There will be opportunities for formative feedback throughout the module.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Group 20 minutes	20.00
Reflective log	Individual 1,000 words	20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		40.00

EX1 x 3 hour The resit for this module will be 100% by 2 hours examination

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Open Book exam	2 hr	60.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		60.00

The resit for this module will be 100% by 2 hours examination

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 06/05/2021

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