Programme Specification: Bsc Human Resource Management and Employment Relations *

Programme Specification: BSc Human Resource Management and Employment Relations *

1. Awarding Body LSE 2. Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body, e.g. ESRC; BPS etc 3. Name of final award BSc 4. Programme Title Human Resource Management and Employment Relations 5. Duration of the course 3 years full-time 6. Based in the Department/Institute: Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour 7. Relevant QAA subject benchmark statements General Business and Management (2007) 8. UCAS Code NN26 BSc/HRMgt 9. First written/last amended May 2003 / Nov 2012

10. The programme aims:

 To provide a high quality education in employment relations and human resource management in a research-active environment for intellectually able students from a wide range of backgrounds.  To help students understand the social science basis and inter-disciplinary nature of employment relations and human resource management.  To allow students the chance to develop their skills in social science disciplines ranging from economics to anthropology, through the availability of outside options.  To provide students with analytical skills that will help them think about contemporary issues in employment relations and contribute to policy debates.  To provide a basis for further study and for careers in fields which require individuals to possess intellectual flexibility, strong analytical skills and the ability critically to analyse complex bodies of material.

11. Programme outcomes: knowledge and understanding; skills and other attributes

Students completing the BSc should possess:

 Detailed and critical understanding of the core literature and main theoretical debates in employment relations and human resource management;  Basic knowledge of at least two other social science disciplines;  More advanced knowledge of at least one specialist area in their field;  The ability to work independently, planning and producing lucid, coherent, analytic written papers based on evidence from multiple sources;  The ability to analyse employment relations issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.  The ability to make concise, clear, oral presentations.

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12. Teaching, learning and assessment strategies to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated

Teaching and learning strategies: Students are required to take four full unit courses in each year (or the equivalent in half units). Teaching involves lectures, seminars and classes. Classes focus on discussing the issues arising from lectures and set readings. Students will have an academic adviser who will meet with them at regular intervals to discuss work and offer guidance and assistance with both academic, and where appropriate, personal concerns.

Assessment strategies: Assessment usually involves a written examination in each subject at the end of the academic year. For some courses assessment will involve an extended essay. Students have the opportunity to write a 10,000 word dissertation as one of their third year units. 13. Programme structures and requirements, levels, modules and awards See the BSc Human Resources Management and Employment Relations programme regulations.

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14. Criteria for admission to the programme

No further students will be admitted to the BSc Human Resource Management and Employment Relations as the new BSc Management replaced it from 2012/13.

Criteria until last entry (2011/12): Course requirements: GCSE pass of at least grade C in mathematics is expected. Usual standard offer: GCE A level: grades A A B. Students are expected to have at least one A level, preferably two, in traditional academic subjects. International Baccalaureate: Diploma with 37 points including 6 6 6 at Higher level. Other qualifications are considered.

15. Indicators of quality

 The Department was ranked highly in the last RAE.  The Department has made a number of new appointments, at the top of their respective fields.  Demand for the programme was high and high qualifications were required for admission.  EROB students perform very well in their final examinations. The overwhelming majority obtain a 2:1 or higher.  Positive External Examiners’ reports on the degree programme and performance of students.

16. Methods for evaluating and improving the quality and standard of teaching and learning

Quality is monitored and improved through the following methods:

 Course teaching survey (co-ordinated by TQARO)  The Staff-Student Liaison Committee  The comments of external examiners  Self-monitoring through: Department meetings, in which teaching and services to students are regularly discussed Meeting of teaching teams on each course who meet evaluate performance, remedy defects and propose improvements.  Monitoring of the teaching performance of part-time teachers.  Review of all new courses and programmes, and major modifications, by USSC  Full departmental TLAC review every 5 years  Improvements in teaching technique through observations, advice and further training from the Teaching and Learning Centre.

* This programme was withdrawn from the end of 2011/12 session