BUS3024 : Critical Perspectives on Human Resource Management
- Offered for Year: 2021/22
- Module Leader(s): Professor Steve Vincent
- Lecturer: Dr Martí Lopez Andreu, Dr Ana Lopes
- Owning School: Newcastle University Business School
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
Aims
To provide a basis for critical judgement on the current state of human resource management.
To evaluate key recent changes in the practice of HRM in organisations.
To explore the role of political forces, ideologies and institutional conditions in shaping the practice of HRM.
To identify possible alternative ways of organising HRM.
Outline Of Syllabus
1. The problem with HR strategy
2. Employee voice: making the workers' voice heard
3. Identity and diversity
4. Autonomy and control at Work
5. Workplace skills
6. Downsizing and the precariat
7. Technology and HRM
8. The State, regulation, governance, and HRM
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | Online non-synchronous |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 22:00 | 22:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 1:00 | 9:00 | Present in Person |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 9 | 2:00 | 18:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 6 | 3:00 | 18:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 6 | 1:00 | 6:00 | Present-in-Person |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 1 | 1:00 | 1:00 | Online: synchronous |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 24:00 | 24:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
There will be one non-synchronous online introduction lecture, 9 present-in-person subject lectures and one non-synchronous online conclusions/summary lecture. There will be approximately 2 hours structured research and reading activity for each present in person lecture. Lectures will be grouped into 5 areas for discussion, with one small group teaching to discuss the assessment. Each of these will have three hours of guided independent study. Further formative feedback will be developed via a discussion board and drop-in session. It is expected that further reading will take approximately 24 hours and that the assessment will take about 22 hours to draft and edit.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1 | M | 100 | 2,000 words. |
Formative Assessments
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written exercise | 1 | M | essay plan |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The essay assesses students' depth of understanding of a the module will be assessed, synoptically, drawing on extensive independent further research and reading.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- BUS3024's Timetable