STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

COE 3116

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 3

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Business and Management Sciences

School:

School of Business

Course Description & Objectives:

This course deals with the ways in which strategic thinking can be applied to Human Resource Management in organisations. SHRM considers questions such as: What does it mean to be a HR professional? How can we integrate HR concerns into organisational decisions and strategies? How can strategic thinking underpin HRM activities? The course focuses on the way strategies can be formed and enacted in organisations, and on the internal and external environmental contexts from which human resource strategies emerge. Course Objectives

To provide students with opportunities to synthesise managerial strategy issues with HRM processes, in a considered and reflective manner.
To introduce a range of contemporary issues in HRM, and promote strategic human resource management as a new way of thinking about organisations and their stakeholders.
To offer the opportunity to enhance students skills in organisational analysis, issue selling and strategic thinking - through fieldwork, case studies and seminars.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

Intelligently discuss the linkages among firm strategies, business environments, organizational outcomes and human resource management.
Analyse and resolve situations involving the role of human resource management in achieving organizational goals.
Develop an in-dept knowledge of different perspectives on the relationship between human resource management practices and organisational performance.

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