MANAGING PEOPLE

Module Description 1. To develop a critical awareness of current and emerging practices in the managing of work organisations and human resources 2. Enhance participants ’abilities to increase the contribution of human resources to long-term corporate success, whatever the specific nature of their managerial role and the industry they are in. Learning Outcomes On completion of the module, participants should be able to: 1. Demonstrate a critical understanding that to engage successfully in processes of organising and managing work, their thinking needs to go beyond such dualisms as thinking and acting, structure and culture, strategy and implementation, and see each of these as different facets of unified processes in human and organisational life. 2. Analyze and evaluate the choices presented in approaches to employment management practices and how these relate to the overall strategic way an organisation handles its changing environment and the range of stakeholders with which it deals. 3. Critically appraise current managerial practices to inform the way they can contribute to the strategic direction of human resourcing, and develop appropriate and relevant solutions to employment management issues in their organisations. Indicative Contents/ Areas of Study 1. Historical view of work, work today and workers’ psychological contract 2. Essence of organisational strategy, human resource strategy 3. HRM roles in structures, culture and policy as well as strategic HR partnership and alliance 4. The Workplace Relations 5. New Roles and Challenges for HRM 6. Human Resource Trends and Organisation Culture