Strategic Human Resource Management

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• prominent theories within the discipline of Human Resource Management;
• the complex relationships between business strategy and human resource management;
• the ways in which HR strategies vary across specific contexts;
• the importance of Human Resource Management and the process of strategic management;
• critical knowledge of continuity and change in the field of human resource management, and in relation to strategic human resource management specifically.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• develop strategic thinking as HR professionals, which helps you anticipate future trends, identify opportunities and threats, and develop proactive HR strategies that align with the organisation's long-term goals.
• develop leadership skills and capabilities such as strategic planning, decision-making, and communication.
• contribute to enhancing organisational effectiveness and performance

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• effectively reflect on theories and research methodologies in the field Human Resource Management to examine more practices of strategic human resource management in own research.

Introduction: what is strategic human resource management and why? The difference between SHRM and HRM

Strategic HRM, Organisational Performance and Sustained Competitive Advantage

Strategic HRM: ‘Best fit’ or ‘best practice’

Strategic HRM and leadership

Strategic HRM and organisational climate

Strategic HRM and psychological empowerment: the interdisciplinary approach

The cultural perspective to Strategic HRM

Responsible and sustainable HRM: A strategic approach

New ways of working

Strategic HRM and technology

International SHRM, specific contexts

Implications and future trends in Strategic HRM

The module will be delivered via the following teaching and learning methods:

12 lectures (two-hour lectures per week over twelve weeks) to cover the core concepts within the outline syllabus

Tutorial classes based on small groups, working on case studies and discussing any issues arising from the lectures, background reading or coursework

Directed readings and formative assessments will be given throughout the module.

Interactive group discussions in lectures and seminar classes, working on specific fiction and non-fiction case studies

Learning from practitioners through a guest lecture

Use of both in-person and online materials

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class activities

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment:
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.