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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Strategic Human Resource Planning

HSC605 · Resource Management in Health and Social Care — Week 1 of 16

CourseHSC605
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Human Resource Planning

  1. Demographic shifts and epidemiological trends
  2. Healthcare policy and legislative reforms
  3. Organisational culture and workforce restructuring
  4. Labour market dynamics
  5. Planning for Human Resource
  6. Labour Flexibility and PESTLE
  7. HRM CH02--Trends in Human Resource Management

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Analyse internal and external influences affecting human resource planning in health and social care.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse internal and external influences affecting human resource planning in health and social care.

Study materials

Videos

  • Planning for Human Resource · YouTube · Galton College · 22 min · for registered students
  • Labour Flexibility and PESTLE · YouTube · Galton College · 59 min · for registered students
  • HRM CH02--Trends in Human Resource Management · YouTube · William Obenauer · 24 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Human Resource Management, ch. 2: Developing and Implementing Strategic HRM Plans · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 36–63 · for registered students
  • People at the heart of care: adult social care reform white paper (DHSC, 2021) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Human Resource Planning
  • Week 2: Determining and Managing Skills Requirements
  • Week 3: Recruitment Planning and Regulatory Compliance
  • Week 4: Selection Methods and Decision-Making
  • Week 5: Workforce Retention and Addressing Talent Deficits
  • Week 6: Financial Information and Managerial Decision-Making
  • Week 7: Financial Ratio Analysis in Health and Social Care
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Short-Term and Long-Term Capital Requirements
  • Week 10: Sources of Finance in the Care Sector
  • Week 11: Strategic Evaluation of Financial Sourcing
  • Week 12: Applying Resource Management in Health and Social Care in p…
  • 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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