Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE MGT1944

 
TITLE Human Resource Management

 
UM LEVEL 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Business and Enterprise Management

 
DESCRIPTION Study-unit Aims

This study-unit introduces students to the main elements constituting the discipline of Human Resource Management. It includes the application of psychological and sociological theories to the management of humans at work. Besides, it focuses on some of the most important tasks carried out by human resource managers.

By the end of the study-unit the students should be able to:

- understand some of the most important functions of human resource managers
- identify appropriate human resource techniques and adapt them to the needs of workplaces

The topics to be covered are the following:

1. Career choice and development
2. Job analysis and person specification
3. Recruitment and selection
4. Training
5. Basic counselling skills
6. Leadership
7. Employee involvement
8. Group dynamics
9. Performance appraisal
10. Design of the work environment
11. Organisational culture
12. Organisational change

Reading List

Compulsory readings:

- Set of research papers
- Lecture notes

Useful books:

- Baldacchino, G., Caruana, A. & Grixti, M. (2003). Managing people in Malta: Case Studies in Local Human Resource Management Practice. Malta: Agenda & FHRD.

- Beardwell, J. & Claydon, T. (2007). Human Resource Management: A contemporary approach. UK: FT Press.

- Furnham, A. (2005). The psychology of behaviour at work: The individual in the organisation. UK: Psychology Press.

- Gibson, J., Ivancevich, J. & Donnelly, J. (2008). Organisations: Behaviour, structure, processes. UK: Irwin.

- Silvester, J., Patterson, F., Robertson, I., Cooper, C., Burnes, B. & Arnold, J. (2004). Work psychology: Understanding human behaviour in the workplace. UK: Financial Times Management.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Presentation SEM1 Yes 40%
Examination (2 Hours) SEM1 Yes 60%

 
LECTURER/S Manwel Debono

 

 
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