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HRM40880

Academic Year 2024/2025

HRM Technology, Analytics & Digital Innovation (HRM40880)

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

Curricular information is subject to change.

During this module, we draw on the latest research and recent cases to study HRM (Human Resource Management) technology, analytics and digital innovation. We focus on how technology impacts on HRM practice, implementation and the work performed by HRM practitioners and line managers. Questions examined include: How is the world of work is changing due to the rise of online labour platforms? What are the implications for work of the growing use of algorithmic management? We study the rise of HR analytics and critical issues associated with this development as well as looking for explanations for why analytics sometimes fails to live up to its promise. We probe technology use in functional organizational areas such as performance management, employer branding, recruitment, and selection. We adopt a perspective on these developments that is critical and analytical in examining the impact of technology use in HRM on individuals, organizations, and society.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to demonstrate clear knowledge and understanding of:
• Technology and the changing world of work
• Analytics and HRM
• Technology and the changing world of HRM in organizations

Students should be able to discuss:
• The emergence of gig work and online labour platforms
• Algorithmic management and its implications for workers and HR actors
• The rise of HR analytics
• Technology innovations in employer branding, recruitment, and selection
• Technology innovations in performance management
• Changes to core HRM activities and implications of technology for HRM practitioners’ roles
• Ethics, privacy, employee well-being and social questions linked with technology, analytics and algorithmic management


Indicative Module Content:

Technology and the changing world of work
HRM in online labour platforms and algorithmic management
Analytics and HRM
Technology and the changing world of HRM in organizations

A detailed module descriptor will be distributed prior to the commencement of the course.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

72
Autonomous Student Learning

144
Total

240

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Student engagement will be evoked through debate, discussion, presentations and critical analysis of case studies, legal developments, media reports and academic articles on the uses of technology, analytics and digital innovation in HRM practice and interactions with employees and other key stakeholders.

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
Summer Yes - 2 Hour
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?

Feedback on continuous assessment components will be provided to individuals or groups as relevant to the assessment type and following the assessment.

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