Course overview
This course develops students’ advanced knowledge and skills of the theory and practice of contemporary strategic human resource management (SHRM). Many organisations undergo constant change, many of which require the adoption of new work practices and new approaches to decision making and performance management. In many of these organisations, HR people have been leaders in identifying the organisation's particular challenges and in finding and implementing solutions. This course delves into the important links between HRM functions and the organisation’s overarching strategic goals and objectives. Students are required to first identify appropriate HR strategy and to identify effective HR policies and practices to implement that strategy. Students are assessed through an essay, presentation slides and report.
- HR’s Role in organisational success
- Suitable HR Strategy & Practice
- Practical issues for HR practice
Course learning outcomes
- Critically examine, analyse and explain the evolution, practice and theoretical interpretations of Strategic HRM.
- Analyse, apply and explain recent innovations in strategic HRM theory and practice.
- Undertake an environmental and organisational assessment, and propose and justify organisationally appropriate HR strategy and operational practices, having evaluated an organisation's HR-business integration and the sophistication of its HR system.
- Integrate an understanding of ethical and international dimensions of strategic HRM into practice.