BPA2206 Human Resource Management

Organizations today face many challenges in the management of their human resources. Every month brings media report on organizational reengineering, restructuring, outsourcing, rightsizing, downsizing, rationalization, retrenchment etc. most of these change-management strategies have implications for public personnel management. Public personnel management is part of the process of management in general. It is a constituent element in the complex business of piloting any public establishment. Public personnel management is both a function (something which is done) and a discipline (a body of knowledge). The purpose of the course is to provide a clear understanding of development in the field of human resources management that those managing public establishment will certainly and increasingly face. 

Objectives

• acquisition of foundation knowledge, concerning the concepts and theories in the field of human resource management 
• acquisition of insights into the contemporary human resource practices that modern organizations
• ability to critically reflect on theories, approaches and practices in human resource management

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion students should be able to:

• Identify and describe principles the functions of HR management 
• Understand and apply the theories, methods or techniques used by HR practitioners 
• Analyse contemporary HR issues, including how to create an environment for success