Postgraduate Course: Human Resource Management In Context (CMSE11177)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides students with an understanding of the principal internal and external environmental contexts of contemporary organisations, including the managerial and business context, within which managers, HR professionals and workers interact in conditions of environmental turbulence, change and uncertainty.
It examines how leading organisations respond to these dynamic environmental contexts.
It indicates how leaders in organisations, and those in the HR function, and line managers with HR responsibilities, need to recognise and acknowledge that corporate decisions and HR choices are not always shaped by managers alone. They are also shaped by internal and external forces beyond their immediate control.
Having studied this course, students will be aware that managers and HR professionals in different types of organisation (small, large, national, global), in responding to their internal, business and external environmental contexts, not only have opportunities and choices when taking organisational and HR decisions but also face some constraints on their autonomy in determining their futures.
The course explores the implications for professional practice and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development.
The course aims and objectives complement those of the core programme courses in Human Resource Management in Context and Developing Skills for Business Leadership. There is no overlap with other courses.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
125 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Human Resource Management in Context | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Knowledge and understanding
Students will gain:
A knowledge and understanding of the range of contemporary business organisations and an ability to explain how they fit into their principal environments.
A comprehension of the managerial and business environment within which HR professionals work.
2. Intellectual skills
On completion of the course, students should be able to:
Critically evaluate how organisational and HR strategies are shaped by and developed in response to internal and external environmental factors.
Introduce into this an understanding of globalisation and international forces and comprehend how they shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices.
Deepen this understanding by being able to introduce demographic, social and technological trends and how they shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices.
3. Professional/subject specific/practical skills
On completion of the course students should be able to:
Evaluate the market and competitive environments of organisations and to be able to critically explain how organisational leaders and the HR function respond to them.
Analyse and explain the impact of government policy and legal regulation and how these shape and impact on organisational and HR strategies and HR practices.
4. Transferable skills
On completion of the course students should:
Be able to competently communicate and exchange ideas in both large and small group settings.
Be able to critically evaluate evidence and present a balanced argument.
Be able to plan, organise and prioritise work effectively.
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Assessment Information
Integrative course paper (30%)
Examination (70%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | HRM-HRM in Context |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Thomas Calvard
Tel: (0131 6)51 5313
Email: thomas.calvard@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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