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HRM40900

Academic Year 2025/2026

Human Resource Management (HRM40900)

Subject:
Human Resources Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
7.5
Module Coordinator:
Ms Pauline Grace
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Online
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module will provide students with no previous knowledge or experience of HRM with an understanding of key issues and current developments in the field. The module deals with a range of key aspects associated with the strategic management of human resources. Among the areas covered are: strategic human resource management (HRM); talent management which incorporates recruitment, selection, learning and development, and performance management; employee rewards and executive remuneration; international HRM and expatriation; and contemporary issues in HRM.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1. Critically assess the potential contribution of HR strategy and related practices to the success of a business.
2. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of selected human resource policies and their application in practice, including, for example, employee resourcing, learning and development, performance management, compensation systems and international HRM.
3. Appreciate current challenges faced by HR functions and line managers with respect to the management of employees

Indicative Module Content:

1. Employee/People Resourcing
2. Learning and Development
3. Performance Management
4. Rewards Management
5. Practice of Rewards Management
6. Benefits in the Workplace
7. Executive Compensation
8. International Human Resource Management

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

70

Autonomous Student Learning

100

Seminar (or Webinar)

3

Online Learning

2

Total

175


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The approaches to teaching and learning span a mix of bespoke asynchronous recordings, ancillary learning tasks and tests, discussion threads, group exercises, individual reading/research and live online webinars. Students are expected to keep pace with the schedule of presentations and associated activities. Participation is a vital element in the design of this module, allowing students an opportunity to form, air and rebut their critical judgements. As a key component of this online program, the parallel discussion and debate forum creates a dynamic real-time environment for learning.

The assessment for this module is anchored in contemporary HR practices. Students are asked to refer to familiar and relatable practices. There is an expectation that academic journals are a primary source of knowledge; the lens for discovery being guided both by class material and the student's personal experience. Students are asked to indicate which pieces of literature they find most useful. Generative AI is not afforded a deliberate role in either assignment or discussion, nor are tracts so derived given significant scope for reward.

The Harvard referencing system is used for this module.

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
Assignment(Including Essay): Individual Proposal Week 6 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
10
No
Assignment(Including Essay): Individual Project Week 11 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
60
No
Assignment(Including Essay): Group Presentation Week 15 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
No
Participation in Learning Activities: Discussion Forum Engagement Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12, Week 14, Week 15 Pass/Fail Grade Scale No
10
No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn 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?

The feedback strategy includes individualised feedback via Brightspace to students within two weeks of receipt of the project proposal. The central objective is to affirm the student's topic choice and methodology or to offer suggestion should another direction be more opportune. Students are pointed towards the grade descriptors on the UCD website. The second piece of feedback is on foot of the group submission. The aim is group feedback, the premise being that the contribution across the group was equal. The metrics include content and visual presentation. The third tranche of formal feedback is contingent upon the submission timeline. When the individual project forms part of the final assessment the feedback is withheld but provisional grades are made available to the relevant examination boards.