| 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. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Manwel Debono |
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