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Module Description

This module aims to provide an integrated approach to the management of change, transformation and innovation. The module focuses on the strategic management of people to create the circumstances that support innovation and change. It draws on current debates and empirical research in order to explore the importance of Strategic Human Resource Management within the context of broader corporate strategy.

The module provides an opportunity for you to bring a wide range of theoretical perspectives together in order to evaluate organisational attempts at the management of change and innovation. This should equip you with the conceptual skills for managing people through periods of major change and for creating an environment, which encourages innovatory behaviour. This module includes developing the human resource base to meet competitive challenge and environmental opportunity, the impact of culture and structure in achieving organisational change, innovation and creativity, change and transformation, organisational learning and knowledge management.

Learning Outcomes

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

• Identify the key drivers that bring about innovation, change and transformation.
• Critically evaluate the role of strategic human resource management in underpinning organisational success.
• Recognise, apply and critically appraise different approaches to innovation, change and creativity.
• Examine attempts to bring about effective organisational change and transformation in national and international contexts.

Indicative Content

The module includes:

• developing the human resource base to meet competitive challenge and environmental opportunity
• the impact of culture and structure in achieving organisational change
• innovation and creativity
• change and transformation
• organisational learning and knowledge management.
  

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