Module code: HRM7006-A
1. To promote a critical understanding of the systemic nature of skills and expertise and their importance and use in the workplace;
2. To develop understanding of the way in which skill is conceptualised and understood (individual, job, social setting);
3. To develop critical awareness of the importance of skill development and the factors which shape HRD within diverse organisational and institutional contexts.
This is a topical course and subjects may change to reflect this. The syllabus will include:
Nature of employment;
HRM and HRD;
Nature of skill;
Systemic aspects of skill development;
International approaches (voluntarism and regulation);
'Soft' skills and Learning Organisations;
Qualifications and audit mechanisms;
Organisational culture;
Emotional and aesthetic labour;
Managerial work and management development;
Training for the young.