| CODE | PPL2224 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | People Development in the Public Sector | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Policy, Politics and Governance | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces students to theories in and practices of human resource development. The study unit examines how the various HR functions are implemented in public and private organisations, the importance of employability skills and offers insights into the changing role of human resource development in the context of the external and global forces. Study-Unit Aims: This aims of this study-unit are to: - Assist students in understanding better and critically reflect om the importance of people management skills and development in Public and private organisations; - Examine the human resource policies related to people management and development in different organisations; - Critically analyse the various fields of people development, including recruitment, performance management, communication, emotional intelligence, motivation, training and development. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Appreciate the role, structure, functioning and ethical considerations of the HR Departments in public and private organisations; - Have a better knowledge of HR and Industrial relations policies and procedures; - Cite different theoretical approaches to HR policies and present a critique; - Apply theoretical concepts to different life issues in HR policy; - Realise the importance of employability skills for and in organisations; - Understand the importance of costs involved in implementing HR projects. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Adopt approaches to understanding HR and Industrial Relations policy issues; - Critically appraise the HR function and policies; - Identify the opportunities and constraints of the HR function; - Acquire some people development skills in employee relations; handling trade unions; developing emotional intelligence and dealing with conflict management. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: A number of books on methods of research is available at the University of Malta Library. It is advisable to consult the books that are of specific relevance to the focus of the dissertation, that is, reading material on whether it is quantitative or qualitative, whether written by reference to archival materials, to primary and/or secondary sources, to statistical analysis, organization of focus groups or one-to-one interviews. The books listed below are of general application: Main Text - Camilleri-Cassar, F. (2018) Academic Research Methods for the Law Student: A Practical Guide, Faculty of Laws, University of Malta (1sted). - McConville, M, and Chui, W.H. (2017) Research Methods for Law, Edinburgh University Press (2nd edition). - Field, A., (2018) Discovering Statistics using IBM SPSS; SAGE Publication Ltd (ISBN 978-1-5264-1951-4) Supplementary Text - A.T.H. Smith (ed.) Glanville Williams (2016) Learning the Law, (16th ed.) Sweet and Maxwell, London. - Sullivan, M., (2018) Statistics 鈥� Informed Decision using Data; Pearson/Prentice & Hall. - Agresti, F., (2013) Statistics 鈥� The Art and Science of Learning from Data; Pearson. - Finch, Emily | Fafinski, Stefan (2019) Legal Skills, Oxford University Press (7thed). - Strong, S I (2014) How to Write Law Essays and Exams, Oxford University Press (4thed). - McBride, Nicholas J. (with Jason N.E. Varuhas) (2014) Letters to a Law Student: a guide to studying law at university, Pearson (3rd ed). - McMillan, Kathleen and Weyers, Jonathan (2011) How to Write dissertations & Project Reports, Pearson. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Adrian Dalli Anne Marie Thake |
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