On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
To provide knowledge and understanding of the institutions, participants, processes and outcomes in Human Resource
Management as well as the contexts in which its management is practised and its theoretical foundations.
To require students to reflect on the conduct of the management of employment at both the organisational and the national
level. Consequently, they will develop awareness of productivity and labour market issues and evaluate their attitudes towards those issues.
To develop and sharpen analytical skills involved in problem solving and decision-making in this field of management through
analysis of situations, the identification of constraints and possible outcomes (including suggestions of appropriate strategies).
Aims
This module explores the responsibility of organisations for the sound management of their employees. Necessarily, a prime feature will be the rapidly changing context in which this occurs and the consequent revisions in personnel policy and practice that have been occurring in employing organisations.
Brief description
This module considers the strategic aspect of HRM with due attention to its main generic components.
Content
Beginning with the importance of HRM for line management, the module deals with selection, performance review, rewards, training and development to end with employment relations and a brief look at employment law.
Reading Lists
Books ** General Text
(2005.) Human resource management /Derek Torrington, Laura Hall, Stephen Taylor.
FT Prentice Hall 0273687131 Bratton ,J and Gold, J Human Resource Management
Palgrave Macmillan
Cornelius, N Human Resource Management
Thomson
McKenna, E and Beech, N The Essence of Humna Resource Management
Lawrence Erlbaum
Price. A Human Resources in a Business Context
Thomson
Storey, J and Sisson, K Managing Human Resources and Industrial Relations
Open University Press
Torrington, D and Hall, L Human Resource Management
Prentice Hall
** Supplementary Text
Armstrong (2001) Paying for contribution
London ; Dover, N.H. : Kogan Page
Armstrong, Michael Managing Reward Systems
Open U.P. 0335157661 Beardwell, Ian Human Resource Management
edition 2r.e.. Pitman 0273622307 Bott, Frank Professional Issues in Software Engineering
edition 3r.e.. Taylor & F. 0748409513 Bratton, John Human Resource Management
edition 2r.e.. Macmillan 0333732073 Cornelius, Nelarine Human Resource Management
edition 2r.e.. Business P. 1861526105 Dickens, Linda Dismissed
Blackwell 0631139257 Dieter. Direct participation and organisational change
Luxembourg : OOPEC
Edwards (2001) Industrial Relations 063122257X Lane, Christel Management and Labour in Europe
E.Elgar Pub. 1852780584 Legge, Karen Human Resource Management
Macmillan 0333572483 Leopold (2001) Human Resources in Organisations
Financial Times Prentice Hall 0273643991 Maund, Linda (2001) Introduction to Human Resource Management
Palgrave 0333912438 Morgan Images of organization
Beverly Hills : Sage Publications 0761906312 Nairns, Janice Employment Law for Business Students
edition 2r.e.. Longman 0582472768 Pinnington, Ashly Introduction to Human Resource Management
edition n.e.. Oxf.U.P. 0198775431 Price, Alan Principles of human resource management
Oxford : Blackwell Business 0631201785 Redman (2001) Contemporary human resources management
Financial Times Prentice Hall 020159613X Ridley, T. M. (2001) Motivating and rewarding employees
London : ACAS
Rose (2001) Employment relations
Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall 0201342995 Salamon (2001) Industrial Relations
edition 3r.e.. Prentice-Hall 0131509470 Smith, Vicki (1999) Managing in the corporate interest
University of California Press 0520067797 Storey (2001) New perspectives on human resource management
London : Routledge 0415010411 Storey, John Human Resource Management
edition 2r.e.. Business P. 1861526059 Storey, John Managing Human Resources and Industrial Relations
Open U.P. 033515655X Tayeb, Monir H. Management of a Multicultural Workforce
Wiley 0471962767 Torrington, Derek Human Resource Management
edition 5r.e.. Financial Times Prentice Hall 0273646397 Wrench, John. Preventing racism at the workplace
Luxembourg : OOPEC
Journals
A Kohn (1993) Harvard business review Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=harvard+business+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Boston : Harvard University 0000178012 A McColgan (1993) Industrial law journal JURA 1992 http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=industrial+law+journal&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
London : Sweet & Maxwell 0003059332 A Pollert (1988) Work, employment and society The Flexible Firm http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=work+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
part 2 pages. Solihull : British Sociological Association Public 0009500170 C Hakim (1993) Work, employment and society The Myth of Rising Female Employment http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Work%2C+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Solihull : British Sociological Association Public 0009500170 C Hendry Human resource management journal Performance and Rewards http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 10 part 3 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 C McGlynn (1995) Industrial law journal European Works Councils http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=industrial+law+journal&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
London : Sweet & Maxwell 0003059332 C W Hg & W Chiu (2001) Human resource management journal Mananging Equal Opportunites for Women http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 11 part 1 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 D Grimshaw Work, employment and society Organisations and the Transformation of the Internal Labour Market http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=work+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 15 part 1 pages. Solihull : British Sociological Association Public
E Heery (1998) Work, employment and society A Return to Contract? Performance Related Pay in a Public Service http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=work+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 12 part 1 pages.
F Green et al (1999) Industrial and labor relations review Trade Unions and Training in British Workplaces http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Industrial+and+labor+relations+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Cornell University 0000197939 G Gall & S McKay (2001) Industrial relations journal Union perception of Employer Response to Union Recognition http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=industrial+relations+journal&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Oxford : Basil Blackwell 0000198692 H McCredie & V Shackleton (1994) Human resource management journal The Development of a Senior Management Assessment Centre http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 5 part 1 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 H Rainbird (1994) Human resource management journal The Changing Role of the Training Function http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 5 part 4 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 I Carlton & M Sloman Human resource management journal Performance Appraisal in Practice http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
London : Industrial Relations Services
I Kessler and J Purcell (1992) Human resource management journal Performance Related Pay http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 J Clark (1999) Industrial law journal Unfair Dismissal and Arbitration in S. Africa and the UK http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=industrial+law+journal&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 28 part 4. London : Sweet & Maxwell 0003059332 J Geary (1992) Human resource management journal Pay Control and Commitment http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 J Heyes & M Stuart (1998) British journal of industrial relations Trade Unions and Training http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=british+journal+of+industrial+relations&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 36 part 3 pages. London : London School of Economics and Political 0000071080 J O'Connell Davidson (1994) Work, employment and society Subcontract and Flexibility http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=work+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 J Royle (1999) European journal of industrial relations Where's the beef? McDonalds and the European Works Council http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=european+journal+of+industrial&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 5 part 3 pages. London : Sage Publications 0009596801 J Wills Human resource management journal European Works Councils in British Firms http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 9 part 4 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services
K G Knight (2000) British journal of industrial relations Discipline & Dismissal http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=british+journal+of+industrial+relations&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 28 part 4. London : London School of Economics and Political 0000071080 K Grint Human resource management journal What's Wrong with performance Appraisal? http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 3 part 3 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services
K Starkey (1989) British journal of industrial relations Time and Professionalism http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=british+journal+of+industrial+relations&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
London : London School of Economics and Political 0000071080 L Dickens (1999) Human resource management journal Beyond the business case: a three pronged approach to equality action http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 9 part 1 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 L Dickens (1994) Human resource management journal What HRM means for gender equalities http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 8 part 1 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 L Dickens (1998) Industrial law journal Anticipating New Roles for Third Parties http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=industrial+law+journal&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
London : Sweet & Maxwell 0003059332 L Hunter (1993) British journal of industrial relations The Flexible Firm http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=british+journal+of+industrial+relations&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 31 part 3 pages. London : London School of Economics and Political 0000071080 L Turner (1997) Industrial relations journal Participation and Efficiency http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=industrial+relations+journal&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Oxford : Basil Blackwell 0000198692 M Beer (1993) Harvard business review What role should incentives play? http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=harvard+business+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 71. Boston : Harvard University 0000178012 M Bergman (1989) Journal of economic perspectives http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=journal+of+economic+perspectives&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Nashville : American Economic Association 0008953309 M Korczynski & N Ritson Work, employment and society Derecognising Unions and Centralising Bargaining http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Work%2C+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 14 part 3 pages. Solihull : British Sociological Association Public 0009500170 M Noon Human resource management journal Racial Discrimination in Job Applications http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 3 part 4 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 N Lane (2000) Journal of management studies The Management Implications of Women's employment disadvantage: Nursing http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=journal+of+management+studies&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 37 part 5 pages. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publications 0000222380 P Gunnigle (1998) British journal of industrial relations Counterposing Collectivism. PRP on Greenfield sites http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=british+journal+of+industrial+relations&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 36. London : London School of Economics and Political 0000071080 P Gunnigle et al (1998) British journal of industrial relations Counterposing Collection: PRP on Greenfield sites http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=british+journal+of+industrial+relations&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 36. London : London School of Economics and Political 0000071080 P Miller (1987) The Economic journal The Wage Effect of the Segregation of Women http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=economic+journal&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 0000130133 P Smith British journal of industrial relations Exclusion in Road Haulage http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=british+journal+of+industrial+relations&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 37 part 4 pages. London : London School of Economics and Political 0000071080 P Stiles Human resource management journal Performance Management http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 7 part 1 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 R McKenzie (2000) Work, employment and society Subcontracting and Regulation: Telecoms http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=work+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 14 part 4 pages. Solihull : British Sociological Association Public 0009500170 R Thomas (1992) Work, employment and society What is HRM? http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=work+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 2 part 3 pages. Solihull : British Sociological Association Public 0009500170 S Brown and J Sessions (1998) Labour Jurassic Union Man? A profile of the British Trade Union Member http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=labour&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 12 part 4 pages. Roma : Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini 0011217081 S Kerr (2003) Harvard business review The Best Laid Incentive Plan http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=harvard+business+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Boston : Harvard University
S Kerr (2003) Harvard business review The best laid incentive plans http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=harvard+business+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Boston : Harvard University 0000178012 S Newell (1993) Human resource management journal The Use of Psychometric Tests http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 4 part 1 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 T Cutler & P Jones Work, employment and society Does Safety Pay? http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Work%2C+employment+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 10 part 4 pages. Solihull : British Sociological Association Public 0009500170 T Newton and P Findlay Human resource management journal Playing God? The Performance of Appraisal http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 6.
T Redman (2000) Human resource management journal Performance Appraisal in an NHS Hospital http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=human+resource+management&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
edition 10 part 1 pages. London : Industrial Relations Services 0009545395 V Fournier (1999) Sociology Review The Appeal to Professionalism as a Disciplinary Mechanism http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=sociology+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
England: Philip Allan Updates 0009598499 W Brown (1993) British journal of industrial relations The Contraction of Collective Bargaining http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=british+journal+of+industrial+relations&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
London : London School of Economics and Political 0000071080
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