Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- consider the impact of cross cultural issues for communicating and operating across national boundaries;
- deal with matters of HRM practice, around e.g. reward, work organisation, training and development and work-life balance in an international context;
- identify how employment law and joint regulation shape strategic HR choices in different countries;
- manage HR departments with different nationally or internationally textured identities.
- assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of HR support resources and mechanisms in subsidiary/associated companies and gain acceptance for making appropriate constructive adjustments;
- operate with appropriate sensitivity and responsiveness in cross-cultural situations; assert viewpoints in a culturally sensitive way, avoiding offence or misunderstanding, and exercising influence and persuasion in situations where communications are difficult;
- manage or professionally influence HRM practices with knowledge of notions of ‘best practice’ and their limits;
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the constraints and opportunities offered by differing national infrastructures of employment relations.
- aspects of national cultures and their implications for organisations;
- differing HRM practices across countries, in terms e.g. of reward, work organization, training, flexibility and work-life balance;
- the differing potential roles of HR departments in different countries and in international organizations e.g. in pursuing notions of ‘best practice’ which might be applied internationally;
- the role and effects on organisations of social regulation by social actors, i.e. nation states, employment and labour law, unions, employers’ associations and international bodies such as the EU and the ILO;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- undertake searches for both qualitative and quantitative information using a range of information sources.
- pursue individual work-related goals effectively;
- operate effectively in terms of international/cross cultural awareness;
- manage ambiguities arising in international contexts, for example in people management, effectively;
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 126 |
Teaching | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Harzing, A. & Ruysseveldt, J.V. (2011). International Human Resource Management. Sage.
Brewster, Chris, Liz Houldsworth, Paul Sparrow and Guy Vernon (2016). International Human Resource Management. London: CIPD (11 copies available in the university library at HF 5549 BRE).
Edwards, Tony and Chris Rees (eds.) (2010). International Human Resource Management. Pearson.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Set exercises - non-exam
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Exercises during the module sessions allow for lecturer guidance on the progress of students’ thinking in response to their individual and group comments, questions and answers.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Individual Coursework | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Individual Coursework | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Individual Coursework | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External