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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

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Module TeacherKathy Monks
NFQ level 9 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
Strategic human resource management is based on the recognition that an organisations effectiveness can be increased if its human resources are managed with HR policies and practices that deliver the right number of employees with appropriate behaviours, skills and competencies, and levels of motivation to the organisation. Defining what is appropriate, required and feasible for the organisation is set in the context of the organisations internal and external environments. A further challenge and complexity is that strategic human resource management is practiced in firms operating across several national borders. Thus, the practice of developing and implementing strategy, and consequently human resource practices and policies, in the multinational company (MNC) is considerably more complex and will be considered.Topics include the nature and development of HRM; the role of the HR manager and HR function; strategic HRM; International HRM and HR professional competencies. The course is organized around readings, discussions, cases, lectures and multi-media material.

Learning Outcomes
1. Analyse the nature of HRM, its evolution and development
2. Evaluate the role of the HR manager and HR function within the organisation
3. Analyse the key issues in strategic and international HRM from a research and practice base.
4. Critique existing models of strategic HRM
5. Assess the nature of HRM together with its evolution and development



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24models and frameworks of strategic HRM
Independent learning60reading, research, exercises
Examination41group presentations, individual assignment
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Overview of module.
The nature and development of HRM; the role of the HR Manager and the HR function; strategic HRM; models of international HRM• International HRM.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
PresentationIn your teams, present to the class on an HR issue that is of strategic important in your organisation20%Week 8
ProjectCritically evaluate the role of the personnel/HR function within your own organisation. In what ways should this role be developed over the next three years?80%Sem 2 End
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
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Indicative Reading List
  • Ulrich, D., Allen, J., Brockbank, W., Younger, J.: 2009, HR Tranformation: Building Human resources from the outside in, McGraw-Hill, London,
  • Ulrich, D., Allen, J., Brockbank, W: 2005, The HR value proposition, HBS Press, Boston,
  • Schuler, R. and Jackson, S.: 2006, Strategic Human Resource Management, 2nd, Blackwell,
  • Almond, P., Ferner, A.: 2006, American multinationals in Europe: Managing employment relations across national borders, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
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