Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

This module has been designed to prepare students for their academic studies and a professional career in HR. It is primarily concerned with students’ personal understanding of how the role of the HR practitioner is influenced by the varying types of employment systems across the globe. As such, it underpins, integrates and consolidates students’ learning and experience on the MSc Global Human Resource Management programme.

Outline Of Syllabus

The syllabus includes the following topics relevant to a clear appreciation of comparative employment systems, all of which will be considered within different national contexts;

Varieties of capitalism
Employment Relations across the world
Welfare state regimes and HRM
MNEs - host country and home country effects
HRM in different regions of the world

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

On completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate:
A detailed understanding of the management of people in a global economy.

The legal, regulatory and socio-economic context of people in organisations, including relevant international institutions.

The potential contribution of effective employment relations to the enhancement of employee work performance, well-being and organisational effectiveness, the practice of employee relations in different nation states.

Intended Skill Outcomes

On completion of this module, students will be able to:

Implement appropriate people management and development policies and strategies, maximising the contribution of human resources while optimising interests of key stakeholders in different organisational environments.

Appreciate the significance of the legal and institutional context of HRM and implications for the role of the practitioner.

Implement effective processes for the recruitment, selection, retention and development of employees in an international context.

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

The module combines formal lectures with practical seminars to give students knowledge and understanding about key issues and to allow students to apply them in practical tasks, thereby fostering formal learning in class as well as self-directed independent and peer learning.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The assessment task has been designed to ensure that students have a strong grasp of the content covered on the module and also to establish that students can work independently. The assessment ensures that the students can display a clear understanding of the varieties of capitalism literature underpinning comparative employment systems. It also affords students the opportunity to display their understanding by developing the basis for HR policies and strategies when an organisation is entering a new location.

General Notes

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