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Sessions' Venue

All sessions will be held at 21 Academy's Training Centre in Naxxar

21 Business Centre, No. 20., Triq in-Nutar Debono, Naxxar NXR 2525

Monday sessions 09:30 - 12:30hrs (compulsory signature)

Wednesday sessions 17:30 - 20:30hrs

Saturday sessions 09:00hrs - 17:00hrs

Lecture Schedule & Notes

Lecture notes will be available during the week following the respective lecture. Schedule dates are indicative and may change. All changes, if any, may be communicated via email, SMS or telephone calls.

LectureDateTimePresentationNotes (If Any)
Lecture 0118 November 202309:00 to 17:00hrsPresentation 01Human Resource Management by Professor Tony Keenan
Lecture 0222 November 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 02Human Resource Management by J. Coyle-Shapiro et al
Job Information Checklist
Lecture 0325 November 202309:00 to 17:00hrsPresentation 03
Lecture 0429 November 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 04
Lecture 0502 December 202309:00 to 17:00hrsPresentation 05
Lecture 0606 December 202317:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 06Job Evaluation Exercise
Lecture 0709 December 202309:00 to 17:00hrsPresentation 07
Tutorial 0116 December 202309:00 to 12:00hrs
Tutorial 0216 December 202312:00 to 15:00hrs
Presentations20 December 202317:30 to 20:30hrs

Lecturer/s  

Mr John Muscat Drago

Lecture Summaries & Suggested Reading 

Lecture 1 - Introduction to human resource management and its context

  • Self Assessment sitting 1

Following this session students will learn to:

  • What is human resource management (HRM).
  • Theories and models of HRM.
  • The context of HRM within organisations.
  • Strategic and operational HRM.
  • Impact of HRM on success of organisations.
  • International HRM.
  • Understand the broad areas of HRM and their relevance to organisations.

 

Core Reading List

  • Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2020). Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice (15th ed.). Kogan Page. - (11th Editi0n)
  • Dessler, G. (2019). Human Resources Management, Global Edition (16th ed.). Pearson. - (15th Edition)
  • Bratton & Gold. (2017). Human Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 2 - The different components of HRM and the role of the HR function

Following this session students will learn to:

  • The different key areas in HRM.
  • The role of the HR function.
  • The role of people working in HR.
  • The role of line managers in people management.
  • Develop awareness on how HRM impacts on organisational success

 

Core Reading List

  • Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2020). Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice (15th ed.). Kogan Page. - (11th Editi0n)
  • Dessler, G. (2019). Human Resources Management, Global Edition (16th ed.). Pearson. - (15th Edition)
  • Bratton & Gold. (2017). Human Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 3 - Organisational design and people resourcing

Following this session students will learn to:

  • Getting things done through people through organisations.
  • Job analysis and design.
  • Workforce planning.
  • Recruitment and selection.
  • Talent management.
  • Develop basic competence to assess specific aspects when interviewing people for jobs.
  • Analyse a job and develop a job description.

 

Core Reading List

  • Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2020). Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice (15th ed.). Kogan Page. - (11th Editi0n)
  • Dessler, G. (2019). Human Resources Management, Global Edition (16th ed.). Pearson. - (15th Edition)
  • Bratton & Gold. (2017). Human Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 4 - Learning and development

Following this session students will learn to:

  • The fundamentals of learning and development.
  • The key steps of learning and development.
  • Practices adopted in learning and development.
  • Leadership and management development.
  • How people learn.
  • How to carry out a Training Needs Analysis.
  • Development of a training plan.

 

Core Reading List

  • Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2020). Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice (15th ed.). Kogan Page. - (11th Editi0n)
  • Dessler, G. (2019). Human Resources Management, Global Edition (16th ed.). Pearson. - (15th Edition)
  • Bratton & Gold. (2017). Human Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 5 - Performance management

Following this session students will learn to:

  • The need and benefits of performance management.
  • Different systems in manging performance.
  • Assessing performance at work.
  • Performance appraisal and systems.
  • How to rate performance at work.

 

Core Reading List

  • Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2020). Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice (15th ed.). Kogan Page. - (11th Editi0n)
  • Dessler, G. (2019). Human Resources Management, Global Edition (16th ed.). Pearson. - (15th Edition)
  • Bratton & Gold. (2017). Human Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 6 - Managing people and teams

Following this session students will learn to:

  • What is meant by managing people at work.
  • Different characteristics of people at work.
  • How to manage people individually and as a team
  • Communicating with others.
  • Developing and maintaining high performance teams.
  • Setting goals.

 

Core Reading List

  • Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2020). Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice (15th ed.). Kogan Page. - (11th Editi0n)
  • Dessler, G. (2019). Human Resources Management, Global Edition (16th ed.). Pearson. - (15th Edition)
  • Bratton & Gold. (2017). Human Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 7 - Presenting your Business

Following this session students will learn to:

  • What motivates people at work.
  • People engagement and commitment.
  • How the work environment impacts people at work.
  • How to enhance productivity and commitment at work.

 

Core Reading List

  • Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2020). Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice (15th ed.). Kogan Page. - (11th Editi0n)
  • Dessler, G. (2019). Human Resources Management, Global Edition (16th ed.). Pearson. - (15th Edition)
  • Bratton & Gold. (2017). Human Resource Management. Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 8 - Tutorial Session 01

  • Self Assessment sitting 2

During this session students will:

  • Go through and discuss the correct answers of the Self-Assessment
  • Discuss the contents of the presentation being prepared for the Group Presentation

 

Core Reading List

  • Induction Session 03 slides
  • All of the 1 to 7 sessions slides

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 9 -  Tutorial Session 02

During this session students will:

  • Discuss the contents of the presentation being prepared for the Group Presentation
  • Discuss the Assignments being drafted as part of the assessment method

 

Core Reading List

  • Induction Session 03 slides
  • All of the 1 to 7 sessions slides

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 10 -  Tutorial Session 03

During this session students will:

  • Discuss the contents of the presentation being prepared for the Group Presentation
  • Discuss the Assignments being drafted as part of the assessment method

 

Core Reading List

  • Induction Session 03 slides
  • All of the 1 to 7 sessions slides

Supplementary Reading List

 

Lecture 11 -  Assessments

During this session students will:

  • Receive the scored self-assessment
  • Deliver the group presentations and answer to questions from both students and tutor
  • Go through the last assignment issues, if any.

 

Methods of Assessment

Self Assessment 15% of final score - Students will be expected to sit for a multiple-choice test during the module's first lecture on 17 November 2023. Students will be handed out with the test sheet and their answers during the session 8 on the 13 December 2023 and will be asked to correct their own submission.

Group Presentation 20% of final score

Reflective Notes 10% of final score

1 Assignment 55% of final score

Assignment

You have to choose 1 out of the 3 questions which are available in the Assignment Submission form below. Assignment should be submitted by not later than Thursday 21 December 2023. The assignment has to be submitted together with the Assignment Submission Form through 21 Academy's plagiarism software turnitin. Please indicate the questions which you have addressed in the Assignment Submission form and upload assignments in pdf format. Do not scan assignment but convert/save it directly to pdf. We ask you to keep the similarity percentage very low and definitely below 20%. You should  review and rephrase any assignments which show more than 20% similarity. Any assignments submitted above 20% similarity will not be scored and considered as failed.

Assignment Submission Form

If you need information on how to plan, draft and submit your assignment follow the 21 Academy presentation on Writing and Submitting your Assignment.

We are also making the 21 Academy's Assignments Rubric available for your guidance. This is a performance-based assessment tool. Tutors will use the rubric to assist them to allocate scoring while it allows students to understand what is required in the assignment and how it will be graded. The Harvard Referencing Style should be used.

Group Presentation

You will be asked to design and deliver a group presentation about a business you plan to create together. This will be the same group you worked together with in-class. The presentation should be  delivered in 20 minutes and each member of the group should deliver part of the presentation . The presentation will be delivered on Wednesday 20 December 2023 between 17.30 and 20.30hrs.

Please read, fill in and submit the Group Presentation Submission Form, which will be made available here, together with your presentation. The Group Presentation Submission Form includes the question which has to be addressed through your presentation,

This Presentation Rubric is being made available for your guidance. This is a performance-based assessment tool. Tutors will use the rubric to assist them to allocate scoring while it allows students to understand what is required in the presentation and how your presentation will be graded.

The presentation should be submitted in pdf format together with the Presentation Submission Form through Turnitin by not later than Tuesday 19 December at 23.59hrs. Do not scan the presentation but convert/save it directly to pdf.

Note that the submitted presentations will be scanned for plagiarism.

Reflective Notes

Each student should submit Reflective Notes about their experience during the preparatory phase of the Group Presentation. From here you can download 21 Academy's Reflective Notes template in Word Format or pdf format. The Reflective Notes have to be submitted to the academy through turnitin by not later than Tuesday 19 December 2023 at 23.59hrs.

If you need information on how to write and keep your reflective notes for your involvement in the group work to prepare the presentation please refer to the Induction Presentation 03.