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Organisation Capacity Building - MAN00073M
Module summary
This module aims to deepen students’ knowledge of and practical approach to how organisations can effectively manage resourcing and talent management processes.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2024-25 |
Module aims
This module aims to deepen students’ knowledge of and practical approach to how organisations can effectively manage resourcing and talent management processes.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of this module students should be able to:
Identify the context within which HR capacity building process are undertaken within organisations
Analyse how resourcing and talent management strategies support an organisation’s human capital
Undertake and manage the key components of resourcing and talent management (RTM) processes in line with an organisation’s RTM strategy
Forecast an organisation’s staffing needs through an analysis of key macro, micro and intra environmental metrics
Determine the appropriate level of support which needs to be extended to key stakeholders to ensure resourcing and talent management processes are effectively implemented within organisations; including the application of appropriate skills, such as effective communication in diverse contexts, the supportive use of group contributions across team environments.
Support the stages of an organisation’s career development cycle, including exit.
Make ethically informed decisions at each stage of the RTM and career development processes while demonstrating empathy; sensitivity to diversity; eloquent negotiation and presentation skills to persuade and influence others.
Enhance their professional aptitude across a range of verbal and non-verbal communication competencies both in-person and in online environments while demonstrating elevated reflexive, presentation and multimedia skills, in keeping with the standards required of a HR Professional responsible for developing organisation capacity.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Groupwork | 50 |
| Groupwork | 50 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 50 |
| Essay/coursework | 50 |
Module feedback
Students will receive:
Individual feedback following their formative assessment
An overview of key points arising from the over-all cohorts approach to the formative assessment
A summative mark following the summative assessment stages including:
Feedback addressing the group’s performance during the practical stage
Module assessment report following the related Board of Examiners
All feedback will be issued according to UoY feedback policy guidelines.
All practicals will be observed by a) Module leader b) module moderator c) HR practitioner
Observers (the latter where possible) will make individual notes during the practical and following each group practical will agree on the collective feedback to be issued
Indicative reading
Taylor, S. (2014) Resourcing and Talent Management. CIPD
Taylor, S. and Woodhams, C. (2016) Human Resources: People and Organisations. CIPD
Additional Reading:
Aguinis, H. (2013) Performance Management. Pearson
Armstrong, M. (2014). Armstrong’s Handbook of Reward Management Practice: Improving Performance Through Reward, Third Edition. London: Kogan Page.
Armstrong, M. (2016). Armstrong’s Handbook of Strategic Human Resource Management. Kogan Page.
Corey, D. (2016) Effective HR Communication. Kogan Page.
Martocchio, J. J. (2015). Strategic Compensation: A Human Resource Management Approach, Eighth Edition. Pearson.
Seville, E. (2016) Resilient Organisations, Kogan Page
Shields, J., Kaine,S., Dolle-Samuel, C., North-Samardzic, A., McLean, P., Johns, R., O’Leary, P., Plimmer, G. and Robinson, J.(2015). Managing Employee Performance and Reward, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.