ASB-3101 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Credits: 10 Contact hours: 23
Semester: 1 Pre-requisites: ASB-2104
Module organiser: Sally Sambrook

Note: This module is available through the medium of Welsh (ACB-3101).

Aims: To examine issues and developments in the field of contemporary human resource management (HRM). To develop an understanding of the complex issues facing human resource (HR) specialists and line managers in meeting their responsibilities for selecting, deploying, training, appraising, rewarding, relating to and retaining human resources.

Learning Outcomes: On completing the module, students are expected to be able to: • Explain the contribution of the HR function to corporate strategy; • Discuss the processes of recruitment, assessment and selection; • Outline activities involved in developing human resources and facilitating learning; • Explain the link between rewards, motivation and performance; • Critically evaluate the changing employment relationship, assessing the role of trade unions and other forms of employee involvement.

Module Content: • History of the HR function, theories and models of HRM; • The roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in HRM; • The changing nature of work, managing diversity, technology and flexibility; • Human resourcing: recruitment and selection, human resource planning; • Reward and performance management; • Employee relations, employment legislation, the legal framework for unionism; • Human resource development; managing learning, knowledge and change; • The integration of HR and corporate strategy.

Teaching Format:

One 2-hour lecture per week;

Three 1-hour tutorials.

Assessment: • Group coursework assignment (40%); • Individual written coursework assignment (60%).

Text(s):
Beardwell, J. and