LEVEL 6, UNIT 4 - STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Level 6, Unit 4 - Strategic Human Resource Management (25 credits)

1. Understand the nature and benefits of strategic approaches to the management and development of people.

2. Understand the relationship between an organisation’s HR strategy in terms of its lower level human resource activities and the wider corporate goals of the organisation.

3. Understand the design, monitoring and evaluation of HR strategy.

4. Understand the strategies for managing people as a resource.

5. Understand the strategies for learning and development within organisations.

6. Understand the strategies for sustaining good employee relations for the benefit of the organisation.

1.1 Define HR strategy and distinguish between what is and is not strategic. 2.1 Evaluate the nature, benefits and conflicts of vertical integration (best fit and coherence) on an organisation’s corporate and human resource strategies. 3.1 Explain how to conduct an environmental analysis focused on the development and/or refinement of an organisation’s HR strategy. 4.1 Explain strategic approaches to organisational design. 5.1 Identify learning needs in an organisation. 6.1 Explain key legislation related to employment rights and responsibilities.
1.2 Describe the content and context of HR strategy. 2.2 Compare and contrast the significance of vertical and horizontal integration as strategic options. 3.2 Construct an outline HR strategy customised to the needs and aspirations of the organisation to which it applies. 4.2 Apply strategic principles to recruitment and selection processes and practices. 5.2 Explain strategies to maximise the effectiveness of budgets targeted on learning. 6.2 Describe strategies to motivate engagement and commitment of employees to the organisation.
1.3 Relate HR strategy to a range of organisational and business scenarios. 2.3 Recognise the relationship between changes in an organisation’s operational, marketing and financial strategies, and their potential impact on the organisation’s HR strategies. 3.3 Examine and evaluate methods for gaining stakeholder commitment to HR strategy. 4.3 Explain strategic approaches to the deployment, attendance and retention of staff. 5.3 Evaluate an organisation's learning programmes in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. 6.3 Explain how strategies to foster positive relationships can be evaluated.
1.4 Critically evaluate the value added by an organisation’s HR strategy. 3.4 Incorporate appropriate ethical principles and values in a proposed HR strategy. 4.4 Provide a strategic approach to succession planning, for key organisational roles and explain how the approach might be implemented. 6.4 Compare the advantages and disadvantages of performance management and rewards systems on employee motivation.
1.5 Explain the role of authority, influence and power for the human resource strategist. 3.5 Compare methods for monitoring human resource management. 4.5 Relate technology support systems to HR management at a local and global level.
1.6 Justify sources of authority, influence and power in human resource strategies. 3.6 Identify and assess the ways in which the effectiveness of a HR strategy may be measured.
1.7 Critically evaluate key models for strategic human resource management.