Resourcing and Managing Talent (eve)

A major objective of the human resources function is the mobilisation of a workforce. Organisations can only function if they are able to acquire qualified employees and to develop their necessary skills, attitudes and experience to meet their objectives. A further objective is then to retain effective performers for as long as possible. From time to time it is also necessary to dismiss people from organisations. The Resourcing and Managing Talent module (HURM11004) focuses on these activities, focusing not just on the practical aspects of recruitment, selection, development retention and dismissal, but also on the strategic aspects to equip learners with the knowledge and skills required for resourcing and talent management within a global context. Skills can be sourced by hiring employees, but also through other means such as the employment of agency workers, subcontractors and consultants, or through outsourcing arrangements. To mobilise an effective workforce organisations hire people from employment markets, which obliges them to compete for talent with other employers whenever demand for skills is greater than the available supply. Coaching and mentoring are used to develop talents. Effective organisations thus develop a strategic approach to the attraction, development and retention of staff, analysing their key employment markets and gaining an understanding of their dynamics so as to enable them to compete more effectively, both now and in the future.

On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

• Analyse the major features of employment markets from which organisations source staff and evaluate organisations’ talent recruitment and selection strategies. Long-and short-term talent planning and succession planning exercises should be evaluated with a view to building long-term organisational performance.
• Critically assess frameworks of talent development and demonstrate critical understanding of coaching and mentoring.
• Design and implement organisation-based coaching and mentoring strategies and programmes, taking account of a contextual factors, and provide professional talent development services to individuals.
• Gather, analyse and use information on employee turnover as the basis for retaining talents. Manage retirement, redundancy and dismissal practice fairly.
• Act ethically and professionally with a demonstrated commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity in talent management practices.

This is an SCQF Level 11 module and upon successful completion, participants will be awarded 20 credits.

 

Delivery 

A full timetable will be published in advance of course commencement.

 

Course presenter

This module will be delivered by TO BE CONFIRMED.

 

Funding

This course may be available on a fully funded basis to some delegates via our Skills Scholarships.

We are delighted to announce that we currently have an exclusive offer available to UWS alumni!

To celebrate the launch of a selection of Postgraduate modules being delivered in the evening on our Paisley campus starting in January 2025, UWS alumni can benefit from a 20% discount off the standard module fee of £1,070 thus, reducing the payable fee to £856.

Further details, including regarding eligibility, are available under Funding Support.

If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk  

 

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone.

Further information is available at the Student Information Portal.

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.  If you do not meet this criteria, please enquire here.

 

Further study

In addition to being available on a CPD basis, this module is part of our MSc Human Resource Management.

The MSc in Human Resource Management has been designed in response to developments within the HRM sector and can lead to professional accreditation by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Modules available through the UWS CPD Centre include:

• Resourcing and Managing Talent (eve)

Also, you may wish to consider our ground-breaking Master’s in Professional Practice (MProf).

The provides a personal, tailored learning experience at postgraduate level, blending personal development with academic studies where you build your own progamme of study.

For the first time, learners can choose modules from across a wide range of options offered by all four Schools at UWS, allowing you to create a bespoke curriculum, with support and guidance from programme staff.

This personalised approach ensures that each learner's unique needs are recognised, supported, and integrated into the qualification they receive.  There are options for you to achieve a Postgraduate certificate, a Postgraduate Diploma, or a full Masters qualification. 

The UWS CPD Centre can also support your first steps onto the MProf through the following module:

• Making an Experiential Claim

For further information regarding either of these postgraduate programmes, please contact ask@uws.ac.uk

For further information regarding any of the above modules, please contact cpd@uws.ac.uk