This week’s topics
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
- Strategic role of HRM
- Workforce planning
- Organizational alignment
- Professional standards
- HRM and its Functions
- What is Strategic Human Resource Management? | HRM | From A Business Professor
- HR Planning: How to Apply Human Resource Planning in Practice [2025]
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Explain the purpose of human resource management.
- 1.2 Explain the objectives of human resource management.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the purpose of human resource management.
Study materials
Videos
- HRM and its Functions · YouTube · Galton College · 22 min · for registered students
- What is Strategic Human Resource Management? | HRM | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
- HR Planning: How to Apply Human Resource Planning in Practice [2025] · YouTube · AIHR - Academy to Innovate HR · 10 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Principles of Management, ch. 11: Human Resource Management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 313–340 · for registered students
- Human Resource Management, ch. 2: Developing and Implementing Strategic HRM Plans · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 36–63 · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 16: Strategic Human Resource Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 608–646 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
