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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Strategic Foundations and Value of Human Resource Management

SMP808 · Strategic Human Resource Management — Week 1 of 16

CourseSMP808
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Foundations and Value of Human Resource Management

  1. Resource-based view and dynamic capabilities
  2. Human capital theory
  3. Evolution from personnel management to strategic business partner
  4. Sustainable competitive advantage through human assets
  5. Week 1 : Lecture 1B : Evolution and Nature of Strategic Human Resource Management
  6. Week 1 : Lecture 1A : The Evolution and Role of HR Function

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Critically justify the importance of human resource management in organisations.
  • 1.2 Assess the role and purpose of the strategic human resource management function and activities in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically justify the importance of human resource management in organisations.

Study materials

Videos

  • #01 The strategic Side of Human Resources Management · YouTube · Armin Trost · 33 min · for registered students
  • Strategic Human Resource Management MGMT 430 · YouTube · Robyn Berkley · 29 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
  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 4: Managing Firm Resources · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 101–134 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Foundations and Value of Human Resource Management
  • Week 2: Cross-Functional Synergy and Business Strategy Alignment
  • Week 3: Organisational Culture, Structural Design, and Human Systems
  • Week 4: Contextual Environmental Scanning and Strategic Demand Fore…
  • Week 5: Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Deployment
  • Week 6: Human Resource Governance, Policy Design, and Legal Complia…
  • Week 7: Ethical Stewardship, CSR, and Sustainable Human Capital
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Formulating Comprehensive Strategic HRM Architecture
  • Week 10: Strategy Execution, People Analytics, and Performance Metri…
  • Week 11: Strategic Evaluation, Governance, and Continuous Organisati…
  • 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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