DA5071 - Managing People

You will learn through workshops, tutor guidance, feedback, and independent directed and self-directed learning. Importantly, you will also learn at work, through reflecting on your experiences and applying your knowledge from the module to your practice in the workplace. The workshops will introduce you to theories and concepts and allow you to discuss with the tutors and your peers how these relate to your own work based experiences and practice. The workplace provides an opportunity for you to put your own knowledge and skills into practice and review your learning with your manager/mentor and your guidance tutor.

Your learning is supported by a Teaching and Learning Plan, offering guidance on reading to prepare for workshops and help with the completion of the assessment. Within this plan there are also suggested learning activities, which guide you in your independent learning. These activities allow you to reflect and evaluate your knowledge and skills and in this area.

You will also be given work-based assignments and projects, which will support your learning by providing an experientially based opportunity to apply your learning and evaluate your own practice in this area.

The Teaching and Learning plan will provide a number of prompts and guidance to support you academically. Support will also include opportunities to gain feedback from workshop tutors, guidance tutors and peers.

Your module is also supported by an e-learning portal, which houses all the module learning materials, workshop resources, interactive activities, assessment details and various other support facilities which are provided by the University.
In addition, in order to assist you in developing knowledge, you will have access to the University’s library facilities, including extensive electronic resources, eBooks and electronic academic journal articles.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
By the end of the module, you will be able to:
Critically analyse concepts and theories relating to the study of managing people in organisations at organisational, group and individual contexts (MLO 1)

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
You will be able to:
Identify and propose interventions /solutions to resolve people management problems at individual, group and/or organisational levels (MLO2)

Assess a the relevance of theory for HR practice and apply it where appropriate to improve practice (MLO3)

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity)
Demonstrate appreciation of suitable and ethical practice for inclusive approaches to managing diverse and resourceful humans in organisations (MLO4)

Mapping to CMDA Outcomes
Knowledge & Understanding
1.1.3 Analyse own organisation’s strategy for workforce development

7.1.1 Evaluate a range of leadership styles and models to include inclusive leadership

7.2.2 Explain diversity management and review approach in own organisation

8.1 How to recruit, manage, and develop people using inclusive talent management approaches
8.1.1 Explain recruitment strategies and review the effectiveness of own organisations strategy
8.1.2 Examine inclusive talent management approaches and how this can be used to recruit, manage, and develop people
8.1.3 Analyse the use of inclusive talent management within own organisation

8.2.1 Discuss the use of HR systems and processes to ensure legal requirements, health and safety, and wellbeing needs are met

8.3.2 Set realistic achievable goals for others, monitoring and managing progress towards these
9.1.3 Explain the benefits and challenges of cross-functional working and apply this method of working to deliver positive results

Skills
7.4.2 Take actions that support the creation of an high performance work culture

8.6.1 Set realistic goals for others and ensure accountability.

Formative feedback will be provided in relation to a range of in-class and /or online activities throughout the module.

Summative assessment will consist of one individual assessment in two parts:

First task: You will devise a specific HR intervention to address a particular issue in your own organisation/an organisation known to you. (1200 words - 50%)
(MLOs: 2,3,4)

Second task: to provide a written report to justify and provide rationale for the intervention, linking theory and good practice (1800 words - 50%)
(MLOs: 1,2,3,4)

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This module will support you to develop your understanding of a key issue for business organisations: managing with and through people. By developing your understanding of a range of theories and human resource management issues, you will deepen your appreciation of the role of line managers in leading and developing individuals and teams. The module supports you to draw on your own experiences allowing you to reflect and evaluate your own effectiveness in this area and to link theory and practice in the contexts in which you work.