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HRM40910

Academic Year 2024/2025

HRM,Business Alignment &Change (HRM40910)

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

Curricular information is subject to change.

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.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module, the following learning outcomes are envisaged:
• You will develop business insights to guide HR strategy and plans
• You will gain knowledge of the HR Function and how it is evaluated by key stakeholders
• You will achieve familiarity with HR metrics used to measure HR impact and contribution
• You will understand the links between HRM and performance from multiple perspectives
• You will achieve familiarity with the basic approaches to organization design, work design and team performance from a HRM perspective
• 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 outlining the material to be covered.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

144
Autonomous Student Learning

82
Total

250

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Student engagement will be encouraged and developed through class debate and discussion, presentations and critical analysis of case studies in order to deepen understanding of HRM, alignment with stakeholder needs, organisation development, HRM function development and change management.

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
Exam (In-person): 2-hour closed book in-person examination End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No
60
 No
Group Work Assignment: Case study report (25% of final grade) and Group Presentation (15% of final grade). Details will be provided at the first session of the module. Week 9 Graded No
40
 No

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

Name Role
Professor Anne Keegan Tutor

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 11:00 - 12:50
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