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关于人力资源管理的几个问题
ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (MAN 3105)
模块手册2011/12
Module Handbook 2011/12
关于此模块
About this module
在今天关于人力资源管理是多种多样的，并具有令人兴奋的挑战性。如果他们得到最好的资源，那么他们必须要处理复杂的问题。你们许多人在专业培训的时候，都会遇到过同一时期的人力资源问题，通过其他的工作经验，或者通过媒介来了解。
Managing human resources in today’s organisations is varied, challenging and exciting.
Organisations have to deal with complex and problematic issues if they are to get the best from their people. Many of you will have encountered contemporary human resource issues first-hand in the
Professional Training Year, through other work experience, or through news and other media.
在这个模块中，我们将探讨一个选择的问题，要根据他们同一时期的专业知识在教师队伍中。
In this module we will investigate a selection of issues, based on their contemporary relevance and on the expertise of the teaching team.
想要在这个模块中取得成功，这是由个人课程评估达到100%。你将需要对自己的论文进行研究，并对选择的问题进行分配，同时我们会要求你提供一些人力资源专业人士的建议。而你得到的回报主要用在：
To succeed in this module, which is assessed 100% by individual coursework. you will need to conduct your own research into a selection of those issues for a project-based assignment
in which you are asked to provide advice to HR professionals. You will be rewarded principally for:
Accurate and critical knowledge of contemporary human resource issues
Your ability to review research evidence and contemporary practice in the discipline
Your ability to formulate reasoned, research-informed advice for HR professionals
This handbook contains reference information about the module – its aims, scope,approach, assessment, and resources. The official module outline can be found on the University’s module catalogue (MAN 3105).
Communications 通信
Refer to ULearn regularly during the semester for announcements in case of (e.g.) any changes to the schedule.
Issues in Human Resource Management: Module Handbook 2011/12
If you do not have access to a module on Ulearn you should refer to your student handbook.
The section on Ulearn gives an email address for such problems.
Format and schedule 联系时间
Contact time comprises:
One 2-hour class per week (weeks 1-11)
One 1-hour tutorial per week seminar (weeks 2-10), in the same week as the linked lecture topic.
The schedule is as follows:
Week Date Theme
1 8/2/2012 Module introduction (whole team)
Module orientation: Strategic HR – an overview (Paul Tosey)
2 15/2/2012 Do people dislike change? Transition and resistance (Paul Tosey)
3 22/2/2012 Talent management – `All cream and no bottle’? (Paul Tosey)
4 29/2/2012 International HRM 1: cultural differences (Brian Good)
5 6/3/2012 16.00 Assignment 1 submission
5 7/3/2012 Why training leads to better outcomes (Vurain Tabvuma)
6 14/3/2012 International HRM 2: recruitment and selection issues for expatriation (Brian Good)
7 21/3/2012 International HRM 3: performance management and reward management for expatriation (BrianGood)
8 27/3/2012 Assignment 1 return
8 28/3/2012 Employee engagement and commitment (Ying Zhou) Semester break
9 2/5/2012 HRM in the public sector (Vurain Tabvuma)
10 9/5/2012 Work-life balance – necessity or luxury? (Paul Tosey)
11 16/5/2012 Review session (Paul Tosey)
22/5/2012 16.00 Assignment 2 submission
14/6/2012 Assignment 2 return
Resources for learning 学习资源
Lectures:
We advise you to attend all the lectures. While you will focus on three of the lecture topics for the assessed work, you are likely to perform better if you have an overview of the module and ways in which HR issues link to each other.
Reading:
Each session has an accompanying list of references, posted on ULearn.
Tutorials:
Tutorials are your prime opportunity for contact and interaction with a member of the teaching team in smaller groups than the lecture. Tutorials will encourage dialogue about the module’s topics, including how they link to your experience of HR issues (eg from placements or part-time work). Sometimes the tutorial may include activities such as a case study. You are likely to develop your skills of critical analysis, which are important for the assignments, through regular attendance at tutorials.
ULearn: Normally we place lecture materials such as powerpoint slides (where used) on ULearn in advance. As a minimum you will find the core reading for each topic in the relevant folder from the start of the module. Note that sometimes we may make late changes to slides, and lectures won’t necessarily follow the powerpoint slides slavishly. ULearn is also populated with valuable supporting materials and links to relevant websites, podcasts and so on – do browse the folders.
Feedback
There are several channels for feedback on this module, principally:
1. Active participation in weekly tutorials. Tutorials are designed to deepen your understanding of the issues, and/or to develop skills that are relevant to the assignments.
2. Individual feedback on the assignments – especially Assignment 1, which is purpose designed to give you timely feedback on how to improve in Assignment 2. Do read the Assignment 1 brief thoroughly so that you make the best use of this important opportunity for individual feedback.
3. Generic feedback on Assignment 1 – data on overall performance plus tips on typical things that people did well, or not so well.
4. `Feed forward’: at suitable points in the schedule, and in advance of your submission dates, information on what the previous year group did well and not so well in their Assignments 1 and 2.
Reading
This module does not use a set text. We specify core, recommended and supplementary reading for each topic, which is available in advance in the relevant ULearn folder.
We encourage you to read recent academic, peer-reviewed journal articles, with an emphasis on those describing recent empirical studies. For further reading, especially for the assignment, consult journals held in the library such as:
Academy of Management Journal
Administrative Science Quarterly
British Journal of Industrial Relations
Equal Opportunities International
European Journal of Industrial Relations
Human Relations
Human Resource Development International
Human Resource Development Review
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology
Journal of Organizational Behaviour
Journal of Organisational Change Management
Leadership Quarterly
Management Learning
Organization
Organization Studies
Organizational Dynamics
Personnel Psychology
Personnel Review
Work, Employment and Society
Background texts
The following supplementary texts are stocked in the library:
Dowling, P.J., Festing, M. and Engle, A.D. (2008) (5th edn) International Human Resource
Management: managing people in a multinational context, London: Thomson
Leopold, J., Harris, L. & Watson, T. (2005), The Strategic Managing of Human Resources,
Harlow: FT/Prentice Hall (e-link) Or Leopold, J. and Harris, L. (eds) (2009) 2nd ed. The Strategic Managing of Human Resources, Harlow: FT/Prentice Hall
Sadler-Smith, E. (2006), Learning and Development for Managers: Perspectives from
Research and Practice Oxford: Blackwell (e-link)
Wilson, J.P. (1999) Human Resource Development: Learning and Training for Individuals and
Organisations, London: Kogan Page (e-link)
Assessment
The module is assessed 100% by coursework. There are two elements of assessment:
1. An Assignment Plan of 500 words (pass or fail, 10% of the module mark).
2. A Project Report of 2,500 words (90% of the module mark).
See below for the detailed assignment specifications and guidance.
Each assignment must be submitted both in hard copy to the locker to the Student Support
Helpdesk and by ULearn. The submission will not count as completed until the assignment has been submitted by both methods by the deadline to avoid late penalties.
Submit your assignment with the appropriate cover sheet (download from ULearn).
NB do not submit assignments in heat bound or plastic folders that cannot be taken apart, as a sample will need to be photocopied to send to the External Examiner.
Submission and return dates are shown on the schedule.
Extensions
Bear in mind that module tutors cannot grant extensions. Any request must be made to student support with appropriate mitigating circumstances form and evidence
Queries about assignments
It’s usual to have queries about your assessed work. On this module we adopt the principle that information should be consistent, from a single source (ie the module co-ordinator) and accessible to all.
For that reason, please don’t ask tutors individual queries about assignments.
For the same reason, we regret that tutors cannot offer to read individual draft assignments.
That’s why Assignment 1 is design as a plan that will provide individual feedback towards Assignment 2 - please use it well!
In our experience many queries are for information that is already available in the module materials. So if you should have a query, please refer in the first instance to:
The assignment information in this Module Handbook
Any FAQ’s that may be posted on ULearn
If your query is not covered there, you may post a query on the designated ULearn discussion thread.
Detailed assignment specification and guidance
Assignment Plan (Assignment 1, 10% of the module mark)
The main purpose of the Plan, which is submitted part way through the module, is to provide written formative feedback on your progress towards Assignment 2 (the Project Report – see below for details).
It also contributes towards the final grade, on a pass/fail basis.
In Assignment 1 we are looking for evidence that you are preparing for the Project Report (Assignment 2) by specifying:
A sector, approximate size and geographical location of a type of organisation for
which you wish to write your report (for example, the hub of an aerospace company based in Singapore; an SME in the IT sector based in the UK; a major international hotel chain; etc. ). The choice is yours – this does not have to be a specific, real organisation, but it should be a realistic type of organisation.
Your three chosen HR issues from the module.
Nine journal articles (ie at least three per HR issue) with commentary on their relevance to Assignment 2.
Assignment 1 is neither an outline of the structure of, nor a summary of the proposed contents of, your Project Report (among other things you’re unlikely to know at this stage what your conclusions will be). Instead, your aim is to show that you have done some initial research and have viable ideas for producing the Project Report to a high standard.
Format
500 words (+/- 10%) excluding title page, headings (as specified below) and reference list.
Typed
One-and-a-half spaced.
The font size should be 12.
Given the word count, you need to be concise. You may use bullet points.
Elements:
Cover page (from the ULearn site), Title: IHRM Assignment Plan
Text (using the headings below)
A list of references cited in the text, in Harvard style (not included in the word count).
A self-assessment (not included in the word count) – ie complete the supplied marking grid (see ULearn) with reference to your Assignment 1
The detailed self-assessment and tutor feedback sheet to be used for Assignment 1 is posted on ULearn.
The plan should use the following headings. Word count guidelines are approximate and advisory, not obligatory:
1. Organisational type(around 75 words)
o Ie specify the sector, approximate size and geographical location of the type of organisation to which your report applies. Comment briefly on how the current recession is impacting on HR in this type of organisation.
2. Issues (around 150 words):
o State which three issues, chosen from the nine presented in the module, you intend to address in Assignment 2. Where relevant, explain how you will focus on a more specific sub-topic within one of these issues.
3. Journal articles (around 275 words):
o Which academic journal articles will you examine, and why have you chosen them? Comment briefly on the relevance and potential contribution of these articles to your proposed project report. Remember to refer to at least nine academic journal articles, ie at least three for each topic).
Assessment criteria
Because Assignment 1 is assessed on a pass/fail basis, the criteria are set out as minimum requirements for a `pass’2
IMPORTAN 重要的
Assignment 1 is assessed on a `pass-fail’ basis, which means that the only possible marks are 100% or 0%.
In order to achieve a `pass’ grade and therefore gain the marks available, your submission MUST include the following minimum elements:
? At least 300 words of relevant text (the 300 words excludes the references and the self-assessment),
? AND a reference list,
? AND a completed self-assessment.
If your assignment has all three elements your mark will be 100% for Assignment 1.
ANY ASSIGNMENT THAT DOES NOT MEET ALL THREE BASELINE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE
GIVEN A MARK OF 0%.
Choice of issues
This applies to both assignments.
You must choose three issues from the nine addressed in weeks 2-10 inclusive, as follows:#p#分页标题#e#
One of: Plus one of: Plus one of:
Do people dislike change? Why training leads Employee engagement
Transition and resistance to better outcomes and commitment
NB yes - this does mean that you need to write about issues in your Assignment 1 before the lectures!
There is no right answer about which issues to select. In principle, any combination of the issues presented in the module is acceptable.
You must select issues from those presented during from the module because your assignment needs to demonstrate knowledge and critical evaluation of the module’s coverage.
You do not have to discuss every aspect of an issue that has been covered in a lecture – it would be extremely difficult to cover everything effectively within the word count allowed in Assignment 2. You could choose to focus on a theme of interest within the issue. You should explain what you’ve chosen to focus on, and why, as indicated within the assignments.
Remember that the assignment tests your ability to research these issues. You can begin this research immediately; you should not wait for lecture material to be presented. Remember that core readings and some supporting materials for each issue are in the relevant ULearn folder from the start of the module.
Project Report (Assignment 2, 90% of the module mark).
Imagine that you have been commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)3to write a report, titled:
How can HR make a strategic contribution to organisations in a time of economic recession? Research-based advice for Human Resource professionals.
Your brief is:
To select three contemporary HR issues (from the nine covered in the module) relevant to the type of organisation you specified in Assignment 1;
To review the most pertinent research evidence and contemporary practice relating to these issues;
To set out clear and concise research-based advice to HR professionals.
Choice of issues
See guidance above (p.9) on the choice of issues for the Assignment Plan – the same applies to Assignment 2.
NB it is permissible to change one or more of the issues you selected for Assignment 1 when you come to Assignment 2. Of course you won’t have the opportunity for feedback about any issue that wasn’t addressed in your Assignment Plan.
Format
2,500 words (+/- 10%) excluding title page and reference list.
Typed
One-and-a-half spaced.
The font size should be 12.
Sections:
Cover page (from the ULearn site)
Assignment text (subheadings are permissible, but optional)
A reference list in Harvard style on a separate final page.
the aim is for your document to communicate to,and to meet the needs of,HR professionals.You may structure the report in the way that you feel best meets this aim. Use of headings is permissible adn optional.You may use or adapt the suggested subheadings below,you may choose your own structure for the repore.
A suggested structure:
Introduction (eg set out your choice of HR issues in the light of the way the recession is impacting on the type of organisation you have chosen)
HR Issue 1: critical review of research evidence and contemporary practice
HR Issue 2: critical review of research evidence and contemporary practice
HR Issue 3: critical review of research evidence and contemporary practice
Recommendations for practice: ie your research-based advice for HR professionals
Conclusion
References
Text in subheadings, diagrams, figures and tables does count for word count purposes.
Please do not include any appendices (in any case, any material surplus to the maximum word count will not be marked).
For one example of a report written in a suitable style, in the sense that it is both scholarly and accessible for practitioners, see the CIPD report `Using the head and heart at work: A business case for soft skills’ (CIPD November 2010), which is posted on ULearn.
Citations and references
The assignment must be written using full academic referencing in the Harvard style.
In your assignment you should cite and refer to at least nine academic journal articles.
NB it is likely that an assignment would need to draw from considerably more than nine articles in order to achieve a distinction grade.
You will be given credit for using relevant, recent (i.e. published after 2005) articles from peer-reviewed journals.
You will be given credit for using relevant empirical studies; that is, peer-reviewed journal articles that use data from studies of HR practice, as distinct from articles that are purely conceptual.
Criteria for assessment
Criterion Marks available
Selection and effective specification of the chosen type of 10
organisation and three HR issues
Knowledge and critical evaluation of research evidence (using a 30
minimum of nine journal articles)
Knowledge and application of relevant examples of contemporary 20
HR practice
Formulates cogent, reasoned, research-based advice for HR 30
professionals
Quality of presentation and referencing (using the Harvard system) 10
observing word count.
Total 100
The detailed mark sheet that will be used for Assignment 2 is posted on ULearn. This has been designed with reference to the University’s standard grade descriptors for undergraduate work and assessors will use the full mark scale.
Assessors will indicate which grade band for each criterion that best reflects the qualities of the assignment; it is not necessarily the case that everything stated on the marksheet for a given criterion and grade band will be true for the assignment in question.
Your mark for each criterion will be chosen from the range shown for the grade band indicated.
Additional guidance
To produce a good assignment at this level, you will need to do at least a couple of drafts. The first draft gets the basic information down so that you can go through it again to ensure that you’ve addressed all the points above and to refine the structure of the assignment.
Put yourself in the position of the reader – make sure that you explain what you are going to do, and why, and give regular ‘signposts’ so that the reader knows that they are following a well thought-out path, not just being taken on an aimless ramble.
Credit will be given for evidence of relevant research beyond the references given in the module.
Theories, frameworks and research studies should be described concisely –don’t get bogged down in over-lengthy description.
Explain how theories differ from each other and provide an assessment of their comparative usefulness.
Consider ‘classic’ studies in the field as well as important recent contributions.
Evaluate research, don’t just describe it. For example, what are the strengths and limitations of the available evidence? Think especially about the research methods used.
Bear in mind that there may well be conflicting views in the research. Aim to summarise and convey these conflicts to your audience.
Credit is given for drawing on relevant examples of practice from organisations. These may be from research literature (journal articles),practitioner literature or other sources. Aim to use credible sources and substantiate these where possible by citing your sources of information.
Explain the reasoning behind your advice to practitioners. This does not need to be extensive but does need to explain why have you arrived at these recommendations.
Pay attention to correct referencing and citation. Not only does this indicate a professional attitude towards your work, but also incorrect or incomplete referencing is likely to be penalised.
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