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Postgraduate Course: Human Resource Development: theory and practice (EDUA11279)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaEducation Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course will develop a critical understanding of the potential and limitations of the contribution of human resource and talent development policies and strategies to formulating and achieving objectives at national, organisational, group and individual levels and will enable the development of intellectual, social, professional and personal skills to perform effectively in associated professional roles. The course requires learners to reflect critically on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint, explores the implications for professional practice, and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  30
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 24, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Additional Notes Please contact the course secretary before enrolling students to verify spaces available
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Critically analyse and evaluate the formulation and implementation of processes of human resource and talent development strategies for defining and achieving current and future effectiveness at national, organisational, group and individual levels.
2. Critically evaluate the potential and appropriateness of a range of human resource and talent development strategies, policies and methods with reference to relevant contextual factors.
3. Lead the initiation, development and implementation of learning and talent development strategies, interventions and activities.
4. Work effectively and collaboratively with key internal and external partners and stakeholders to diagnose and manage learning and talent development response to problems and issues and ensure clarity of role and contribution to agreed responses.
5. Critically assess the role and influence the politics of human resource development policy and practice in a range of contexts.
6. Act ethically and professionally with a demonstrated commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity in human resource and talent development and to continuous personal and professional development.
Assessment Information
Formative assessment. Seminar contributions reviewing particular issues from the literature.

Summative assessment.

1. Essay - 4000 words
Special Arrangements
This course is open to students from other schools, however, please contact the course secretary prior to enrolling your Tutee in order to verify that there is space available; students on MSc Educational Research and MSc Education have priority.
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus 1. Critically analyse and evaluate the formulation and implementation of processes of human resource and talent development strategies for defining and achieving current and future effectiveness at national, organisational, group and individual levels.
The notions of strategy, strategy formulation and strategy process and their application in learning and talent development; the notions of HRD, strategic HRD and critical HRD and their connections with learning and talent development; the contextual meanings attached to 'talent' and 'talent management' and their application to key employee groups, for example graduates, managers, professionals, women, international managers etc.; the nature and content of national and organisational policies and strategies for learning and talent development; philosophy of learner-centredness.

2. Critically evaluate the potential and appropriateness of a range of learning and talent development strategies, policies and methods with reference to relevant contextual factors.
The contextual historical, economic, social, cultural, sector and organisational factors that influence policy and practice in learning and talent development; the positioning and contribution of corporate learning and talent development in relation to current and future aspirations and ambitions; policy formulation and content; criteria relevant to selection and adoption of strategies and methods including analytical tools for establishing priorities; examples of common policies, strategies and methods in learning and talent development; employee-led vs. employer-led strategies.

3. Lead the initiation, development and implementation of learning and talent development strategies, interventions and activities.
A range of formal and informal learning and talent development interventions and methods; application of a range of learning theories; design of learning and talent development plans and programmes; producing business plans and business cases; allocation and management of resources; budget planning and control; selection and management of third party suppliers.

4. Work effectively and collaboratively with key internal and external partners and stakeholders to diagnose and manage learning and talent development response to problems and issues and ensure clarity of role and contribution to agreed responses.
Understanding of a range of stakeholder theories, including models of stakeholder analysis; models of partnership working; diagnostic tools and processes, including problem formulation and analysis; notions of role, including social, organisational and professional; nature of performance measurement and associated tools; criteria for selection and design of learning and talent development solutions; auditing learning and talent development.

5. Critically assess the role and influence the politics of human resource development policy and practice in a range of contexts.
The notions of power and models of analysing sources and application of power, including sources of power inequalities; the notion of political systems and processes as applied to work organisations, including interest groups , coalitions and alliances; sources and skills of influencing; developing and applying strategies and behaviours to increase influence on decision-makers and decision-making processes.

6. Act ethically and professionally with a demonstrated commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity in learning and talent development and to continuous personal and professional development.
Definitions and understandings of ethics, including philosophical bases; the similarities and differences of notions of equality and diversity; notions of professionalism and professional practice; implications for and applications in professional practice of learning and talent development; rationales for and processes of CPD; a range of CPD methods
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsHRD training development
Contacts
Course organiserMs Claire Valentin
Tel: (0131 6)51 6195
Email: Claire.Valentin@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Alison Edie
Tel: (0131 6)51 4241
Email: Alison.Edie@ed.ac.uk
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