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HRM40590

Academic Year 2024/2025

Concepts in IR and HRM (HRM40590)

Subject:
Human Resources Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Darragh Golden
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This modules is designed to guide students towards an understanding of the major theoretical, practical and public policy debates in the field of employment relations. The module is organised around a series of themes including: conflict and cooperation; current debates in Human Resource Management; the dynamics of power and resistance in the workplace; corporate governance and employment relations; and the role of the legal and institutional framework in addressing both economic efficiency and social equity.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completing this module, students should be able to: Identify and evaluate a range of perspectives on industrial relations and HRM; Describe and discuss the historical development and current context of industrial relations and HRM; Critically analyse contemporary debates in the areas examined; Display high-level critical thinking skills in written work and the ability to construct a sound argument based on a wide reading of the academic literature.

Indicative Module Content:

Assumptions of industrial relations
Development of HRM
Current Debates in HRM
Flexibility and labour market segmentation
Power and control
Institutional approaches to IR & HRM
Corporate governance and IR
Climate change, HRM and the Just Transition
Hard and soft law

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Small Group

1
Specified Learning Activities

66
Autonomous Student Learning

150
Total

241

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, case-based learning, discussions, group work and presentation, critical writing.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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