Table Of ContentORGANISATION STUDIES AND
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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, meth-
ods and techniques to advance teaching and assessment and student learning in the feld.
Chapters are evidence-based and provide practical advice for enhancing the efectiveness
of OSHRM programmes and courses in universities, colleges and human resource devel-
opment settings globally. With contributions from leading educators in OSHRM, the book
both advances understanding and provides practical guidance for the design of programmes,
courses and classes. Importantly, it illustrates innovative classroom and virtual learning ex-
periences that will secure student engagement; cultivate critical and creative thinking; and
enhance students’ employability, leadership and enterprise capabilities. A distinctive con-
tribution of the book lies in the inclusion of student viewpoints on the understandings
and educational advances proposed by the authors. Signifcantly, the book demonstrates
how recent changes afecting higher education such as globalisation, mass participation and
marketisation, and, most recently, the pandemic crisis can be embraced as opportunities to
advance both educational understanding and educational policy and practice in OSHRM.
This book will be invaluable for university educators internationally in the felds of
OSHRM and for HR developers working in management and leadership development,
and the book has relevance to both groups whatever their career stage, from absolute
beginners through to advanced practitioners.
Kate Black is Associate Professor at Northumbria University, UK. Kate is a qualifed
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 felds of adult education, human resource development (HRD)
and managerial learning.
ORGANISATION
STUDIES AND
HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
An Educator’s Handbook
Edited by Kate Black and Russell Warhurst
First published 2022
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Names: Black, Kate, editor. | Warhurst, Russell, editor.
Title: Organisation studies and human resource management :
an educator’s handbook / Kate Black, Russell Warhurst.
Description: 1 Edition. | New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021024102
Subjects: LCSH: Organizational sociology—Textbooks. | Leadership—
Study and Teaching (Higher) | Personnel management—Study and
teaching (Higher).
Classification: LCC HM786 .O744 2022 | DDC 302.3/5—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021024102
ISBN: 978-0-367-20689-5 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-367-20690-1 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-429-26293-7 (ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9780429262937
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CONTENTS
List of figures ix
List of tables xi
Notes on contributors xiii
Acknowledgements xxiii
1 Introduction: professionalising education in Organisation
Studies and Human Resource Management 1
Russell Warhurst and Kate Black
PART I
Practising differently: OS and HRM learning, teaching
and assessment in physical and virtual space 21
2 Engaging and enthusing students in the physical and virtual
classroom 23
Lesley-Ann Gunton, David Hart and Patrick Hutchinson
3 It’s a game of skill: playful learning through board game design 38
Alke Grӧppel-Wegener, Helen Tracey and Katy Vigurs
4 Giving it a go: introducing authenticity into Human
Resource Management assessments 51
Michelle Blackburn and Anne Paterson
5 The experiential approach to undergraduate OHRM 64
Pam Croney
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6 Module design, delivery and assessment for large
student numbers 77
Roz Gasper and Peter Simpson
Student opinion pieces 91
A Bringing learning to life through stories:
the shoemakers’ tale 93
B Engendering real learning through practice 95
C Strategic interpretation of lectures 97
PART II
Conceptualising differently: reframing OS and HRM
learning, teaching and assessment 99
7 Enriching learning through interactive technologies in
the online, blended and face-to-face contexts 101
Stanley Oliver and David William Stoten
8 Problem-based learning: is it possible to transplant teaching
practice between countries? 113
Mark Crowder and Marilena Antoniadou
9 Classroom experience as an open system 126
Jacek Miroński
10 Developing praxis through active blended learning and
authentic assessment 137
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 150
Nigel Coates and Rebecca Dutson
12 Developing entrepreneurial talent through pedagogical
innovations: insights from three international case studies 166
Brian Harney, Alison Pearce, Paul Doyle, Tomaž Hovelja,
Roisin Lyons and Katarzyna Dziewanowska
Contents vii
Student opinion pieces 181
D The challenges of student cross-cultural integration 183
E Enabling knowledge sharing in culturally diverse teams 185
F Peer learning within the multi-cultural classroom 187
PART III
Educating differently: directions in OS and HRM
education towards a new normal post-pandemic 189
13 Failing better: learning from failure and learning to fail in
the Doctorate of Business Administration 191
Ali Rostron
14 Designing learning and technology spaces for educating
Gen-Z university students 202
Lai Hong Ng and Lai Ling Ng
15 An exercise for evaluating virtual team
member performance 213
Mary Gowan
16 Mind the gap: conceptualising and experiencing the space
between academic and practice communities in HRM/D
education 225
Helen Charlton
17 It takes a team: student-staff partnerships in learning and
teaching in higher education 239
Marilena Antoniadou and Mark Crowder
18 Developing graduates as critical professionals: professional
development ++ 253
Paul Dowson
Student opinion pieces 267
G Peer-assisted learning approaches to enabling multi-
cultural integration and learning 269
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H Forming professionals instead of graduates: the value of
experiential learning for future employment 271
I The value of partnership: a constructive dialogue 273
J Differing curriculum foci at top and mid-tier academic
institutions 275
K Liberated or detained in remote learning? 277
Conclusion 279
19 Conclusion: the future for OS and HR educational excellence 281
Russell Warhurst and Kate Black
Index 293
FIGURES
1.1 OSHRM learning outcomes: then and now 9
2.1 Classroom Engagement Model 24
2.2 Favourite pizza topping TierMaker (created using https://
tiermaker.com/) 26
2.3 Jigsaw for an undergraduate HRM module 28
2.4 Examples of OHRM/D themed memes (created using
Meme-Creator) 29
2.5 Example of an OHRM/D fowchart (created using draw.io) 30
3.1 Prototype of ‘The Game of Life: Placement Edition’ 43
3.2 Prototype of ‘Ikea Recruitment’ 45
3.3 Student working on ‘Risky Recruitment’ (A) and the fnished
prototype (B) 46
3.4 Students working on ‘Tesco Careers’ (A) and the fnished
prototype (B) 47
5.1 Traditional teaching paradigm 66
5.2 Experiential approach 66
5.3 Experiential modules introduced at each level across all programmes 69
5.4 The Building Business Practice (BBP) approach 72
7.1 The nature of undergraduate research and inquiry
(Healey & Jenkins, 2009) 104
7.2 Educational scafolding used to infuence the learning journey 109
7.3 The multi-layered Virtual Learning delivery model 110
9.1 A systematic and cumulative learning-teaching process
(before, during and after one class) 129
10.1 The conversational framework (Laurillard, 2012) 139
11.1 Case study 1: Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service 152
