1st Edition

Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management An Educator's Handbook

Edited By Kate Black, Russell Warhurst Copyright 2022
326 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

326 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book advances educational understanding and practice in Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management (OSHRM). It develops new theoretical perspectives on learning in OSHRM and introduces and evaluates a range of educational approaches, methods and techniques to advance teaching and assessment and student learning in the field. Chapters are evidence-based and provide practical... Read more

1 Introduction: professionalising education in Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management

Russell Warhurst and Kate Black

PART I Practising differently: OS and HRM learning, teaching and assessment in physical and virtual space

2 Engaging and enthusing students in the physical and virtual classroom

Lesley-Ann Gunton, David Hart and Patrick Hutchinson

3 It’s a game of skill: playful learning through board game design

Alke Grӧppel-Wegener, Helen Tracey and Katy Vigurs

4 Giving it a go: introducing authenticity into Human Resource Management assessments

Michelle Blackburn and Anne Paterson

5 The experiential approach to undergraduate OHRM

Pam Croney

6 Module design, delivery and assessment for large student numbers

Roz Gasper and Peter Simpson

Student opinion pieces

A Bringing learning to life through stories: the shoemakers’ tale

B Engendering real learning through practice

C Strategic interpretation of lectures

PART II Conceptualising differently: reframing OS and HRM learning, teaching and assessment

7 Enriching learning through interactive technologies in the online, blended and face-to-face contexts

Stanley Oliver and David William Stoten

8 Problem-based learning: is it possible to transplant teaching practice between countries?

Mark Crowder and Marilena Antoniadou

9 Classroom experience as an open system

Jacek Miroński

10 Developing praxis through active blended learning and authentic assessment

Rebecca Page-Tickell, Elaine Yerby, Santanu Vasant and Sima Heer

11 The HR consultant – an experiential learning approach: a case study approach of HR students working on live client projects

Nigel Coates and Rebecca Dutson

12 Developing entrepreneurial talent through pedagogical innovations: insights from three international case studies

Brian Harney, Alison Pearce, Paul Doyle, Tomaž Hovelja, Roisin Lyons and Katarzyna Dziewanowska

Student opinion pieces

D The challenges of student cross-cultural integration

E Enabling knowledge sharing in culturally diverse teams

F Peer learning within the multi-cultural classroom

PART III Educating differently: directions in OS and HRM education towards a new normal post-pandemic

13 Failing better: learning from failure and learning to fail in the Doctorate of Business Administration

Ali Rostron

14 Designing learning and technology spaces for educating Gen-Z university students

Lai Hong Ng and Lai Ling Ng

15 An exercise for evaluating virtual team member performance

Mary Gowan

16 Mind the gap: conceptualising and experiencing the space between academic and practice communities in HRM/D education

Helen Charlton

17 It takes a team: student-staff partnerships in learning and teaching in higher education

Marilena Antoniadou and Mark Crowder

18 Developing graduates as critical professionals: professional development ++

Paul Dowson

Student opinion pieces

G Peer-assisted learning approaches to enabling multicultural integration and learning

H Forming professionals instead of graduates: the value of experiential learning for future employment

I The value of partnership: a constructive dialogue

J Differing curriculum foci at top and mid-tier academic institutions

K Liberated or detained in remote learning?

Conclusion

19 Conclusion: the future for OS and HR educational excellence

Russell Warhurst and Kate Black

Biography

Kate Black is Associate Professor at Northumbria University, UK. Kate is a qualified teacher, Principal Fellow of the UK’s Advance HE, and has over thirty years’ experience as an educator and experience within organisational human resource development (HRD). As Director of Education, Kate leads on learning, teaching and the student experience.

Russell Warhurst is Associate Professor at Northumbria University, UK. Russell is a highly experienced educator and HR developer, having been teaching and researching in higher education and working in adult education roles for four decades. Russell has published widely in the fields of adult education, human resource development (HRD) and managerial learning.