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Organisation Capacity Building - MAN00073M

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Module co-ordinator: Miss Sinead McCotter
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

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 Spring Term 2022-23

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
  • 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

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Group practical supporting documentation		 N/A 50
Practical
Group practical		 N/A 50

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Observation of HR Process		 N/A 100

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

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.


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