On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Define the key terms in Performance Management.
Explain the shift from Personnel Management to Performance Management.
Apply the elements of performance management to a company.
Assess the importance of unions to Human Resource Management practice.
Determine the case for managing diversity in a company.
Aims
To equip students with a thorough knowledge and understanding of the work of the personnel function in various organisations. To assess the appropriateness of organisational behavioural contributions developed in the Organisation Behaviour module for current human resource management practices and opportunities. To develop in some detail the human resource management contribution to the management of different organisations especially in the global context. To analyse the nature of power and authority in organisations in relation to the development of appropriate and effective Human Resource Management practices. To develop the knowledge and skills required by Human Resource Management in making an effective contribution to organisations.
Brief description
The module will take a macro to micro perspective and will consider the following issues:
Performance management within the context of overall organisational performance, evaluating this approach against traditional MBO approaches
Organisational and national culture as a variable affecting the effective implementation of PM systems
The role of HRM within PM systems; an evaluation of traditional personnel management versus strategic human resource management, the myths and realities
Micro issues influencing, and influenced by, PMS and HRM: Entry (recruitment and selection); Ongoing (training and development, empowerment, appraisal); Outgoing (labour turnover, succession planning)
Reading Lists
s
Bratton, J and Gold, J Human Resource Management
Macmillan
Hendry, C Strategic Human Resource Management
Heinemann
McKenna, E The Essence of Human Resource Management
Prentice Hall
Tyson, S Human Resource Strategies
Pitman
Books
Storey, J Human Resource Management, A Critical Text
Thomson Lerning