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HRM40710

Academic Year 2024/2025

HR Management Research Project (HRM40710)

Subject:
Human Resources Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
20
Module Coordinator:
Dr Huw Thomas
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
Module Type:
Fieldwork Module
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The Master’s research report is intended to afford postgraduate students the
opportunity to address a complex business issue from a HR perspective. They will design and undertake
an individual piece of research, taking responsibility of their learning process and gaining an in-depth
understanding of a particular area of human resource management. Students will select a topic enabling them to investigate and diagnose an HR issue within an organisation. To this end, they will design and undertake their research demonstrating a goodunderstanding of the issue being investigated and knowledge of relevant literature and theories. They will adopt a methodology which is appropriate for investigating the issue; explain this choice; obtain and analyse relevant primary and secondary data; show a critical evaluative approach and draw relevant and supportable conclusions. Moreover, as the objective of this module is to enable students to research a
practical or real-life HR issue, whereby a particular HR problem is observed and examined, the research
report will also include HR policy recommendations.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1. To enable students to conduct an independent piece of research while exercising their creative,
questioning, analytic and writing skills in a focused and practical manner;

2. To acquire an in-depth understanding of the relevant literature and key issues related to the
research topic;

3. To understand the steps involved in conducting research and to be able to critically assess the
advantages, disadvantages and appropriateness of different research methods;

4. To weigh up and critically evaluate the study’s research findings;

5. To communicate the study’s results in a coherent and well-structured research report.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Small Group

40
Field Trip/External Visits

6
Specified Learning Activities

20
Autonomous Student Learning

320
Total

410

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active/task-based learning; lectures; critical writing; reflective learning; enquiry & problem-based learning; student presentations, data collection and analysis.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
HRM30090 - International HRM


 

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
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat (CFP) Within Three Semesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Majella Fahy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor John Geary Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Jacqueline Sinclair Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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