Module Descriptors
HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
HRMG40302
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Stephen French
Email: Stephen.French@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- Examination - Individual exam (1 hour) weighted at 100%
Module Details
Texts
Mullins, L. (2016) Management and Organisational Behaviour 11th Edition FT Prentice Hall
Resources
Library Learning resources
The Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard)
The Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard)
Assessment Details
An individual class test of 1 hour (100%) addressing all learning outcomes
Learning Outcomes
1. UNDERSTAND HOW ORGANISATIONS ARE RESOURCED WITH HUMAN CAPITAL
Knowledge and Understanding
2. APPLY EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN THE PROCESSES OF EMPLOYEE RESOURCING, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Application
Knowledge and Understanding
3. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF KEY THEORIES WHICH UNDERPIN EFFECTIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN THE WORKPLACE AND HOW THEY ARE APPLIED
Knowledge and Understanding
Application
Communication
Knowledge and Understanding
2. APPLY EFFECTIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN THE PROCESSES OF EMPLOYEE RESOURCING, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Application
Knowledge and Understanding
3. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF KEY THEORIES WHICH UNDERPIN EFFECTIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN THE WORKPLACE AND HOW THEY ARE APPLIED
Knowledge and Understanding
Application
Communication
Indicative Content
You will learn about the key and contemporary issues associated with managing people in the workplace. Calling upon literature and research from across the fields of Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, Work Psychology and Employment Relations, you will learn how to motivate, engage and lead people in the modern workplace.
This module examines how business organisations ensure that the gain the maximum advantage of managing their human capital/resources.
- Personality and recruitment/selection
- Evidence-based management/HRM and cognitive biases
- Stress and well-being at work
- Motivation at work
- Leadership at work
- Team working
- Communication
- Learning and development at work
- Communication
- Performance management
This module examines how business organisations ensure that the gain the maximum advantage of managing their human capital/resources.
- Personality and recruitment/selection
- Evidence-based management/HRM and cognitive biases
- Stress and well-being at work
- Motivation at work
- Leadership at work
- Team working
- Communication
- Learning and development at work
- Communication
- Performance management
Learning Strategies
The learning strategy for this module is based around students committing a total of 150 hours of activities towards achieving the learning outcomes. These will be split between 39 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 111 hours of directed, guided and self-study, together with preparation for and completion of the assessment tasks. Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.