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BUSI4B915: STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (FT)

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Type Tied
Level 4
Credits 15
Availability Not available in 2024/2025
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Management and Marketing

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To achieve an advanced level of understanding of the ways in which HRD can become a strategic function, meeting critical business needs and promoting organisational as well as individual growth.
  • Students should, by the end of the Module, be informed at the theoretical level, and be able to relate the subject at a practical level to a wide range of organisations and situations.

Content

  • Strategy and Human Resource Development.
  • Learning Theories and Styles.
  • Training Needs Analysis.
  • Managerial Competency and its Assessment.
  • Design and Delivery.
  • Evaluation.
  • Organisational Learning and Development.
  • Practitioner Consulting Skills and their Development.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have:
  • an advanced understanding of the nature of HRD and its contribution to contemporary business;
  • developed a critical awareness of the key models and concepts underpinning SHRD;
  • a critical appreciation of the issues involved in the application of HRD models to real business situations;
  • a critical appreciation of the individual skills and competencies required of the HRD practitioner.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have:
  • acquired advanced skills in recognising and apply different techniques and tools in the design, delivery and evaluation of HRD.

Key Skills:

  • Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading. The written assignment will test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Workshops (a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion)28Yes
Preparation and Reading122 
Total150 

Summative Assessment

Component: Written AssignmentComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written Assignment4,000 words maximum100 

Formative Assessment

None.

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