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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module BUSS2021: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Department: ECONOMICS FINANCE AND BUSINESS (BUSINESS) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

BUSS2021: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Type Level Credits Availability Module Cap Location
Open 2 20 Available in 2005/2006 None. Queen's Campus, Stockton

Pre-requisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations

  • None.

Aims

  • To analyse the broad area of human resource management, a fundamental dimension of any organisation.
  • This will involve analysis of such processes and practices as recruitment and selection, performance management, training and development, reward systems and industrial relations.

Content

  • The environmental context of human resource management.
  • the employment relationship.
  • recruitment and selection.
  • training and development.
  • performance management and appraisal.
  • reward systems.
  • industrial relations.
  • employment policies.
  • international aspects of human resource management.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge
  • By the end of the module, students are expected to: understand the origins of human resource management.
  • understand and analyse the processes involved in human resource management.
  • appreciate the role of human resource management in relation to organisational effectiveness.
Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Lectures aim to provide the students with a sound theoretical and empirical basis for their studies of human resource management.
  • Seminars will provide the possibility to discuss and apply, through for example, case studies, the concepts introduced in the lectures.
  • In preparation for the seminars, especially for group presentations, the students are asked to use both library and internet sources in order to facilitate their understanding of the topics discussed.
  • The summative assignment is designed to test the students' ability to research a given topic independently and to put together a stringent and cohesive argument.
  • The examination serves to evaluate the students' understanding of the broad spectrum of topics covered in the lectures and seminars.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotal HoursAttendance Monitored
Lectures 22 1 Per Week 1 Hour 22
Seminars 8 4 in Term 1, 4 in Term 2 1 Hour 8
Preparation and Reading 170 170
Total 200

Summative Assessment

ComponentComponent WeightingElementLength/DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Examination 60% one-and-a-half-hour unseen written examination 100%
Coursework 40% 2500 word (maximum) written assignment 100%

Formative Assessment

Contribution to a group presentation.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.