Strategic HRM in the Business Context
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours Face to Face
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Prerequisites
Nil
Corequisites
Nil
Aims and objectives
This unit of study emphasises the practicalities and thinking required of HR Managers to ensure that the actions undertaken by the HR function both prepare and align the organisation’s strategic plans to meet future challenges. The unit will adopt a systemic view to examine how different HR practices align to make a strategic contribution to the organisation. The unit will also adopt a holistic approach to investigate linkages between firm performance, organisational strategy, and HR strategy.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Apply advanced and coherent knowledge of the key concepts and theoretical foundations of strategic human resource management.
2. Critically analyse and address complex strategic HRM issues to support a change process.
3. Critically evaluate and contrast theories of Strategic HRM and their application in organisations.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Sarawak Face to Face: Lectures (12 x 2 hrs)
SOL - Swinburne Online
Engaging with online content and discussions
Student workload:
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
To be successful, students should:
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
1. Assignment 1 (Group) 20 - 30%
2. Assignment 2 (Individual) 30-40%
2. Assignment 2 (Individual) 30-40%
3. Assignment 3 (Individual) 30-50%
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• Problem solving skills
• Analysis skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Theoretical foundations of Strategic HRM
• HR strategy, structure, policy and organisational culture
• Contingency, configurational and best practice approaches
• Facilitating resource deployment through HR architectures
• The global, virtual, and technological context of HR
• HR as a conscience keeper, employee champion, and change agent
• HR strategy, structure, policy and organisational culture
• Contingency, configurational and best practice approaches
• Facilitating resource deployment through HR architectures
• The global, virtual, and technological context of HR
• HR as a conscience keeper, employee champion, and change agent
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading