People, Purpose and Performance (N1590)

15 credits, Level 5

Spring teaching

A workforce with relevant experience, skills and capabilities enables companies to remain competitive. It also helps them to achieve their full potential in sustainable ways.

Many organisations find it challenging to achieve performance and purpose through people policies. On this module, you'll address this issue. You'll focus on what organisations can do to maximise performance through their people and create purpose beyond shareholder values.

You’ll also explore what organisations can do to make better use of human capital resources.

You'll examine key questions, including how to:

  • motivate employees to reach their full potential
  • develop employees’ capabilities
  • attract highly capable employees
  • retain highly capable employees
  • align individual employees with organisation strategies.

Teaching

33%: Lecture
67%: Practical (Workshop)

Assessment

30%: Coursework (Group presentation)
70%: Examination (Computer-based examination)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses: