Module manager: Oliver MacDonald
Email: O.MacDonald@Leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
LLLC0103 – Introduction to Human Resource Management
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module introduces you to the core concepts and practices of Human Resource Management (HRM). You will explore key topics including recruitment, performance management, and employee relations, and learn how to apply HRM techniques in diverse organisational settings. You will also develop your academic skills, including reflective writing, research, and referencing, and build professional and digital competencies relevant to learning and work contexts.
The objectives of the module are to:
1. Provide you with opportunities to explore HRM Practices by explaining and discussing HRM theories and practices, focusing on contemporary trends in recruitment, performance management, and employee relations.
2. Develop your understanding of the impact of HRM strategies in an organisational context.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
LO1: Explain the core functions of HRM within an organisational context.
LO2: Discuss the impact of cultural diversity on HRM practices in an organisational context.
LO3: Evaluate how Human Resource policies can shape and adapt to different workplace cultures.
LO4: Discuss the effectiveness of alternative HRM strategies in enhancing organisational performance, considering the alignment of HRM with overall business objectives.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1. Working and communicating with others (Enterprise) - Valuing ideas, co-ordinating effort and supporting others.
2. Ethical (Sustainability) - Identifies ethical questions relating to HRM, which involve considering what is morally right or fair, and how we make good choices; understands how decisions affect people and the world around.
3. Presentation (Academic) - The ability to communicate on a pre-prepared topic in an accessible manner, considering the needs of the specific audience. For example, oral or visual presentations to a variety of audiences.
4. Academic writing (Academic) - the ability to communicate effectively in written form to articulate an argument, supported by relevant evidence and adhering to academic convention.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Seminar | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Independent online learning hours | 91 | ||
| Private study hours | 82 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 27 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Through tutorials, monitoring of student contributions, formative feedback and staged submission of coursework. Drafts can be submitted in line with tutor deadlines. Peer feedback on in-class activities and online discussion.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Case Study: Written report (1500 words) | 50 |
| Coursework | Presentation: Group Presentation (20 minutes) | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 07/02/2025
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