BSc Management (Marketing) with Industrial/Professional Experience

The course takes a critical approach to study of HR Strategy and practices. It encourages students to delve into empirical and theoretical research literature to engage with and gradually increase their understanding of:

-          The meaning of HRM; how forces external to the organisation shape HRM

-          HR strategy and performance

-          Pay and reward management

-          Training and skills development and  the changing nature of skills

-          HR planning, recruitment and selection

-          Performance management and appraisal

-          Employee involvement, participation and fair treatment at work.

-          Recent trends in HR and employment practices

-          Equality, diversity and work-life balance.

Only available to students on: Mgt/Mgt Specialism; IM; IBFE; Acctg.

The course aims to give students an understanding of how human resource management is planned and organised. More specific aims include:

• To examine how and organization’s strategy informs HRM practice and how HRM, in turn, impacts on organizational performance, not just from a narrow economic perspective but also in terms of its impact on the wider society.
• To expose students to a range of theoretical frameworks and alternative views on how HRM works and what it means for organizations and different groups of workers.
• To apply these concepts critically in the in-depth study of key HR strategic practice areas such as recruitment and selection, learning and development, payment and reward, fair treatment, employee involvement, diversity management and work-life balance. 

At the end of the course students should be able to:

a) Identify the links between HR Strategy, practices, contextual forces,  and organisational performance.

b) Understand, review and critique academic work and organizational practice in selected areas of HRM, specifically in relation to HR strategy, policy and practice and considering fair treatment, equal opportunities, worker’s representation, involvement and well-being.

-          Contextual, societal and organizational forces shaping HRM

-          HRM, strategy and performance;

-          Pay and reward management;

-          Training and skills development and  the changing nature of skills

-          HR planning, recruitment and selection

-          Performance management and appraisal

-          Employment involvement and participation.

-          Recent trends in HR Strategy and employment practice

-          Equality, diversity and work-life balance.

Lectures and in-lecture exercises plus guest speakers when possible (HR practitioners and career advisors) and surgeries

Seminars and group discussions.

Optional formative assignment: essay rehearsing answers to hypothetical exam questions.

One exam (100%)

- Informal advice and discussion during lectures and seminars.

- Written feedback on optional coursework.

 

Wilkinson, A., Redman, T. and Dundon, T (2017) Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases. 5 Edition. Harlow: Pearson.

Marchington, M., Wilkinson, A., Donnelly, R., and Kynighou, A. (2016) HRM at Work, 6e, CIPD Publishing: London

Boxall, P. and Purcell, J. (2015) Strategy and Human Resource Management, 4 Edition, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan

Wilton, N. (2017) An Introduction to Human Resource Management. London: Sage.

Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Dependent courses: None

Programme Restrictions: Only available to BSc Mgt/Mgt Specialism; IM; IBFE; Acctg.

 

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2027 will be £10,050 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £35,300 per annum.

For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

You will receive a significant tuition fee discount for the placement year. UK students with a household income of up to £35,000 are also eligible to receive a  cash bursary  worth up to £2,000.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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As an international student you may be eligible for our Global Futures Scholarships . This is open to students starting their studies in September 2027.