This week’s topics
Evolution of Human Resource Management
- Transition from personnel management to strategic HRM
- Industrial welfare and human relations movements
- Modern role of HR as a strategic business partner
- Week 1 : Lecture 1A : The Evolution and Role of HR Function
- Week 1 : Lecture 1B : Evolution and Nature of Strategic Human Resource Management
- The Human Resources Business Partner Explained
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Explain how human resource management has evolved.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how human resource management has evolved.
Study materials
Videos
- The Human Resources Business Partner Explained · YouTube · AIHR - Academy to Innovate HR · 12 min · for registered students
- The Essential Guide to Human Resource Management and Personnel Management · YouTube · Galton College · 10 min · for registered students
- What is Strategic Human Resource Management? | HRM | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Principles of Management, ch. 11: Human Resource Management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 313–340 · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 16: Strategic Human Resource Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 608–646 · 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
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
