NBS8123 : Strategic Human Resource Management
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Stephen Procter
- Owning School: Newcastle University Business School
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
• To introduce to students key concepts in the area of the strategic management of people in organisations.
• To encourage students to use these concepts to make sense of their own experiences in organisations.
• To enable students to gain access to concepts and ideas that will be of use to them—-both practically and reflexively--as practising managers
Outline Of Syllabus
1. Human Resource Management (HRM): Managing the Employment Relationship
2. Strategic Human Resource Management: HRM, Strategy and Structure
3. The HR Function and the Role of Line Management
4. Managing Work and Production
5. Managing Employee Voice
6. Managing the Individual Employment Relationship I: Employee Ability
7. Managing the Individual Employment Relationship II: Pay and Performance
8. Linking HR Systems to Organisational Performance
9. HRM and the Future of Work
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 3:00 | 27:00 | PiP delivery |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 23:00 | 23:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 25:00 | 25:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 25:00 | 25:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures provide the basic concepts and framework. These contribute to the module’s intended knowledge outcomes. Supervised group work and oral presentations give students the opportunity to use the basic concepts and frameworks, both to make sense of their own experiences and to see how they might approach situations in a different way in the future. This addresses the module’s intended skills outcomes
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 2 | M | 100 | 3000 words |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 2 | M | Formative feedback is provided on students' reports on their case study work. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The written assignment assesses the intended knowledge and skills outcomes.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- NBS8123's Timetable