Kenya Methodist University School of Business and Management Studies Department of Business Administration HRMG 4 !

"ourse #itle$ Strategic Human Resource Management "ourse purpose Management of people, in the past 20 years or so, has moved from the sidelines to centre stage. The contributions that Human Resource may make to an organization s performance and effectiveness have become the sub!ect of much scrutiny. "ffect management of human resources provides a sustainable competitive advantage, critical to the success of any enterprise. This course e#amines ho$ managers can develop and implement effective and efficient human resource practices that support the strategic ob!ectives of their firms. %trategic human resource management $ould involve selectivity in recruitment, incentive, employee o$nership plans, empo$erment, teams, training and skill development, !ob redesign, cross&training, promotion from $ithin and elimination of social categories in the $ork place. This course is good introduction to those individuals $ho desire careers in management, especially in the area of human resource management. "ourse o%&ectives 't the end of this course the leaner should be able to( )escribe the purpose and the operation of key human resource practices in today s *rganizations+ "#plain the strategic management process ,no$ ho$ to develop strategic plan ,no$ the HR manager s role in strategic management process 'nalyse ho$ human resource practices can support a firm s strategic ob!ective %ho$ ho$ organization can create and sustain a competitive advantage through people -e able to develop an HR system that supports, and make sense in terms of, company s strategic goals

"ourse content

'ee( one 0 0 .oncept of human resource management /ersions of human resource management .haracteristics of HRM The development of HRM

)ee( t)o*three )efinition of strategy and ho$ strategies are formulated )efinition of strategic human resource management 'ims of strategic human resource management 1ormulation of strategies 'pproaches to HR strategy development .riticism of the approaches

'ee( four and five Resource capability approach Models of developing HR strategies 2eneral and corporate issues affecting the formulation of HR strategies 3mplementing human resource strategies -arriers to implementing HR %trategies *vercoming the barriers to strategy implementation

'ee( si+ 'chieving integration of HR strategies %trategic contribution of HRM to organizational success HR specialist as a strategic partner

'ee( seven %trategies for cultural management *rganization culture *rganizational development and organizational transformation %trategies for organizational development Transformational programmes

'ee( eight and nine Management of change .hange models Ho$ to manage change

'ee( ten and eleven 0 "mployee resourcing strategy

*b!ective of resourcing strategy .omponents of resourcing strategy 4. Human resource planning 2. Resourcing plans 5. Retention plans 6. 1le#ibility plans 7. 8roductivity plans 9. )o$nsizing plans

'ee( t)elve 8erformance management strategies HR development strategies *rganization learning strategies )evelopment of intellectual capital Re$ard strategies "mployee relations strategies

Modes of teaching :ecture;discussion 2roup discussion %tudents presentation

'ssessment instrument and grading Term paper %it in cat .lass participation "nd of the trimester e#am #otal score

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Recommended te+t

4. 'rmstrong, M. =2009>. ' hand book of Human Resource Management Practice 10th?
ed. :ondon( ,ogan 8age.

2. 'rmstrong, m. =2009>. Strategic human resource manaqement: 3th ed. :ondon ,ogan
page.

5. -eard$ell, @. 'nd .laydon, T. =200A>. Human Resource Management. 7th ed. Be$
Cork( 8rentice Hall. 6. 2omez&Me!ia, -alkin D .ardy, =2009>. Managing Human Resources. Epper %addle River( 8earson;prentice Hall /ther instructional materials$ =!ournals, publications, case studies, institutional reports etc>

Kenya Methodist University School of Business and Management Studies Department of Business Administration "ourse "ode$ HRMG 4 ! .ourse Title( %trategic Human Resource Management

3nstructions Cour $ork must be typed 2ive reference including in&te#t citation Ese font 42? and Be$ Times Romans %ubmit your $ork on or before 47 March 2044 :ate assignment $ill not be marked

'ssignment 4( Term paper Fuestion one -y use of appropriate e#ample plus illustration, sho$ ho$ an organization can create and sustain a competitive advantage through people