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Course description

Business acumen and a strategic mindset are essential tools for contemporary HR practitioners and leaders. These attributes must build on a depth of understanding of different areas of HR practice, informed by evidence, as well as the linkage of HR strategy and business strategy, to support the growth of local, regional and globalizing organisations and the development and wellbeing of the people that work within them. This course integrates and synthesises the fields of Strategic Management and HRM, with a particular emphasis on how strategic HRM shapes the formulation of effective business strategies and is essential to their implementation. We examine how HRM helps organisations to operate cost-effectively, legitimately and flexibly and to build and maintain competitive advantage. Topics include general principles and frameworks in strategic HRM, how HRM strategies and systems vary across important organizational, industry and societal contexts, how to design HR strategies for manufacturing, services and multinational firms and the role of culture, changing employer-employee relationships and technology in shaping the workplaces of the future. We also incorporate ethical perspectives, diversity and inclusion and the development of problem-solving, consulting and stakeholder management skills to equip graduates for an exciting and challenging career leading in the area of people and work.

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