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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

Foundations of Strategic HRM

BM606 · Strategic Human Resource Management — Week 1 of 16

CourseBM606
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Foundations of Strategic HRM

  1. Evolution from personnel management to SHRM
  2. Michigan and Harvard models
  3. Resource-Based View (RBV)
  4. Competitive advantage through human capital
  5. Week 1 : Lecture 1B : Evolution and Nature of Strategic Human Resource Management
  6. Michigan Model: The hard approach to human resource management
  7. The Resource-Based View: Resources, Capabilities, and Competitive Advantage

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Discuss key concepts and models governing Strategic Human Resource Management.
  • 1.2 Evaluate the role and importance of Strategic Human Resource Management in organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss key concepts and models governing Strategic Human Resource Management.

Study materials

Videos

  • Michigan Model: The hard approach to human resource management · YouTube · Galton College · 20 min · for registered students
  • The Resource-Based View: Resources, Capabilities, and Competitive Advantage · YouTube · Professor Kuban Explains · 14 min · for registered students
  • What is Strategic Human Resource Management? | HRM | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
  • #01 The strategic Side of Human Resources Management · YouTube · Armin Trost · 33 min · for registered students
  • The Harvard Model of Human Resource Management · YouTube · Marketing91 · 13 min · for registered students
  • What is Resource-Based View (RBV)? | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
  • Human Resource Models: The Harvard Framework · YouTube · Galton College · 60 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.660 Strategic HR Management (Spring 2003) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · 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
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Strategic HRM
  • Week 2: SHRM Frameworks and Organisational Impact
  • Week 3: The Strategic HRM Process
  • Week 4: Approaches to SHRM
  • Week 5: Developing and Operationalising HR Strategy
  • Week 6: Strategic Resourcing and Talent Development
  • Week 7: Strategic Reward and Performance Management
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Application and Impact Assessment of HR Strategies
  • Week 10: Current Perspectives in SHRM
  • Week 11: Contemporary Challenges in SHRM
  • Week 12: Applying Strategic Human Resource Management in practice: c…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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