HRM40910 HRM,Business Alignment &Change

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module is about understanding the role of HRM practitioners in aligning HR activities to business and stakeholder needs. During the module, we introduce models, tools and techniques for analysing business and organizational challenges and translating the results into HRM insights that inform effective approaches to HRM activities. We focus on the links between HR strategy and HR activities, the nature of the HRM function and HR metrics, organization, work and team design, and enabling change readiness. The importance of business acumen and metrics in evaluating and guiding HRM activities are central to this module.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module, the following learning outcomes are envisaged:
• LO.1: You will develop business insights to guide HR strategy and plans
• LO.2: You will gain knowledge of the HR Function and how it is evaluated by key stakeholders
• LO.3: You will achieve familiarity with HR metrics used to measure HR impact and contribution
• LO.4: You will understand the links between HRM and performance from multiple perspectives
• LO.5: You will achieve familiarity with the basic approaches to organization design, work design and team performance from a
HRM perspective
• LO.6: You will understand diverse frameworks and models for managing change

Indicative Module Content:

This module is about understanding the role of HRM practitioners in aligning HR activities to business and stakeholder needs.
A detailed module descriptor will be distributed in advance of the module commencing.

Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Specified Learning Activities

72

Autonomous Student Learning

144

Total

240

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Continuous assessment Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

40

Examination: 2 hour end of trimester exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

60


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer Yes - 2 Hour
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

Name Role
Professor Anne Keegan Tutor

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